Biography
Praised by the Washington Post as “velvety voiced,” Jason Widney is a versatile performer and pedagogue. A frequent oratorio soloist, he performs regularly with the Washington Bach Consort making solo appearances in the Noontime Cantata Series and both the Saint John and Saint Matthew Passions. He has performed as a soloist in Bach’s Christmas Oratorio and the Schütz Requiem with New Dominion Chorale and the St. Matthew Passion with Bach in Baltimore. He has also appeared as a soloist with the Handel Choir of Baltimore in Vaughan William’s Mass in G minor and Handel’s Messiah and with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in Uematsu’s Distant Worlds: The Music from Final Fantasy. His opera credits include Schaunard in Puccini’s La bohème, Dancaïro in Bizet’s Carmen and Wagner in Gounod’s Faust with the Baltimore Concert Opera and Don Inigo in Ravel’s L’heure espagnole with the Baltimore Opera Company. Jason also enjoys art song repertoire and is a frequent performer with Baltimore Musicales as well as performing solo recitals. Jason is proud to sing in the choir of the Washington National Cathedral where he has performed solos in the Duruflé and Howells Requiems, the Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 and Handel’s Israel In Egypt. Jason has performed with a number of chamber vocal ensembles including Cathedra, The Thirteen, Chantry, District 8 and the Bridge Ensemble. In addition to performing, Jason enjoys a robust teaching career, serving on the faculties of Towson University and the University of Maryland Baltimore County.