Jason Pandelidis

Performer, educator, and lover of all things music, Jason Pandelidis is a lyric tenor. He was last seen as Normanno in Voice at Illinois’ Lucia di Lammermoor and Palhaço Beringela in the partial premier of João Guilherme Ripper’s Candinho with Lyric Theatre @ Illinois. A native Pennsylvanian, Jason received his B.A. from Susquehanna University. While attending, he sang the partial roles of Dr. Blind, from Die Fledermaus; The Watchman, from Martinů’s Ariene; and Archibald, from Secret Garden. He also sang the Evangelist in Shütz’s Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi. After graduating in 2019, he moved to Houston, Texas where he taught high school choir and was a staff tenor at Christ Church Cathedral. Under the direction of the cathedral’s music director, Grammy Award-winning Robert L. Simpson, Jason sang the role of Gabriel in the North American premier of Bob Chilcott’s Christmas Oratorio. In 2023, 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 the Spring of 2021, he was seen as Basilio in the LTI production of Le nozze di Figaro under the direction of Nathan Gunn. In the summer of 2022, he 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.