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The American tenor and music teacher , Jeffrey Fahnestock, obtained his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from the Eastman School of Music, where he studied with Yi-Kwei Sze and Seth McCoy; and his Artist Diploma from the Peabody Conservatory of Music, where his teacher was Stanley Cornett. He was awarded Fellowships for the study of art song and opera at the Tanglewood Music Center, Ravinia Festival’s Steans Institute, and Kent/Blossom Music Festival. In addition, he studied with Jon Humphrey for two summers at the Aspen Music School and Festival. He has coached with Gérard Souzay, Ernst Haefliger, Hermann Prey, Reri Grist, Phyllis Curtin, Martin Katz, Warren Jones, Thomas Grubb, and Evelyn Lear, among others.
Acclaimed as “an outstanding singer with a very well-produced leading tenor voice” by the Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich, Jeffrey Fahnestock has performed a wide range of repertoire across the USA, Great Britain, Germany, and Japan. He sings a variety of oratorio literature for lyric tenor, including George Frideric Handel's Messiah, Felix Mendelssohn's Elijah, Haydn’s Creation, Dvorak’s Stabat Mater, Benjamin Britten's Saint Nicolas, Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers, and J.S. Bach's Mass in B minor (BWV 232), Johannes-Passion (BWV 245), Matthäus-Passion (BWV 244), and the cantatas. He has appeared as a soloist with the Washington Bach Consort, Tulsa Oratorio Chorus, Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Bach in Baltimore Concert Series, Folger Consort, Rochester Bach Festival, and Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, among many others. As an operatic soloist, Mr. Fahnestock has performed works by W.A. Mozart, B. Britten, Ravel, Cavalli, Bononcini, Donizetti, Verdi, and Massenet in Baltimore, Harrisburg, Rochester, Washington, and at the Aspen Music Festival.
Jeffrey Fahnestock taught at Dickinson College and Bryn Mawr Conservatory. Currently on the faculties at Susquehanna University and Gettysburg College, he teaches applied voice, vocal literature and lyric diction. He is also the co-director of Susquehanna University’s GO-Japan (Global Opportunities) Program, a chamber music residency at Niigata University and travel to Sado Island and Tokyo.
He has recorded for Albany and Guild, and been a featured soloist on radio and television broadcasts in the USA. |
