Credentials
B.M. in Music Education (Susquehanna University)
M.M. in Vocal Performance & Literature (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Residencies: Main Stage Voice Program Student Artist (Bay View Music Festival); Teaching-Artist Voice Fellow (OPERA San Antonio); Smith Young Artist (Cedar Rapids Opera)
Performer, educator, and lover of all things music, Jason Pandelidis is a lyric tenor from York, PA.
Jason last sang the Page in Amahl and the Night Visitors. Previously, he performed Enrico Carouser in Cedar Rapids Opera’s Too Many Sopranos and covered the titular character in Candide at Northern Lights Music Festival. Earlier, he debuted Bucky in the world premiere of The Red Songbird with FBN Productions, Inc. and performed in Opera Omaha’s first opera in Spanish, El último sueño de Frida y Diego. Recently, he performed the Tenor Magi in Heartland Sings’ The Gift of the Magi.
Jason received a Master of Music in Vocal Performance and Literature from The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, under the tutelage of Jerold Siena in 2023. His performance credits at UIUC include Basilio in Le nozze di Figaro under the direction of Nathan Gunn, Normanno in Lucia di Lammermoor, the Angel City Tenor in City of Angels, and Palhaço Beringela in the partial premier of João Guilherme Ripper’s opera in Portuguese, Candinho. In the summer of 2022, Jason had the opportunity to sing Rolf in Sound of Music and Parpignol in La bohème at the Bay View Music Festival.
When he is not singing, he enjoys reading, playing board and video games, and engaging in other classical nerdy endeavors.