Tenor Jeffrey Fahnestock has performed a wide range of repertoire across the United States, Great Britain, Germany, and Japan.  He sings a variety of oratorio literature for lyric tenor, including Handel’s Messiah, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Haydn’s Creation, Dvorak’s Stabat Mater, Britten’s Saint Nicolas, Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers, and J.S.Bach’s Mass in B Minor, Johannespassion, Matthäuspassion, and the cantatas.  Fahnestock has appeared as a soloist with the Washington Bach Consort, Tulsa Oratorio Chorus, Baltimore Choral Arts Society, the Folger Consort, Rochester Bach Festival, and Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, among many others.  As an operatic soloist, Mr. Fahnestock has performed works by Mozart, Britten, Ravel, Cavalli, Bononcini, Donizetti, Verdi, and Massenet in Baltimore, Harrisburg, Rochester, Washington, and at the Aspen Music Festival.

Mr. Fahnestock is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music and The Peabody Institute.  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, Fahnestock studied for two summers at the Aspen Music School and Festival.

Currently on the faculties at Susquehanna University and Gettysburg College, Mr. Fahnestock 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. Fahnestock taught previously at Dickinson College and Bryn Mawr Conservatory.  He has recorded for Albany and Guild, and been a featured soloist on radio and television broadcasts in the United States.