Will Jordan is a lyric tenor from Atlanta, GA, currently pursuing a B.M. in Voice Performance at Furman University under Dr. Grant Knox. Now a junior, Will has already performed a variety of principal roles with Sarah Reese Lyric Theatre, including Major-General Stanley in The Pirates of Penzance and Jupiter in Orpheus in the Underworld. His other recent notable credits include Valjean in Les Misérables, Jack Kelly in Newsies, and Agatha Trunchbull in Matilda: the Musical.

In addition to his on-stage work, Will is an active member of several prestigious ensembles at Furman, such as the Furman Singers, Furman Chamber Choir, and the Greenvillebillies—Greenville’s first student bluegrass ensemble. A recipient of Furman’s prestigious Presidential Music Scholarship, Will was named a semifinalist in the 2024 Schmidt Vocal Competition.

During the summer of 2024, Will attended the internationally renowned Seagle Festival as a Hattie Mae Lesley Foundation Artist, where he performed in a variety of pieces spanning the lyric theatre repertoire, with appearances as Tobias Ragg in Sweeney Todd; Dragon in the Northern United States premiere of Evan Mack’s Dragon’s Breath; Harry Beaton in Brigadoon; and chorus credits in Don Giovanni and Jennifer Higdon’s Cold Mountain. He has also had the privilege of working with renowned clinicians in masterclasses and recitals, including Martin Katz, Adriana Zabala, Javier Arrebola and Libby Larsen. Will is an alumnus of SongFest and the Georgia Governor’s Honors Program.

Outside of performance, Will serves as the Herring Church Music Intern at First Baptist Church of Greenville and as a Furman Advantage Teaching Fellow in Music Literature and Music Theory. Additionally, he worked as Assistant Director for the Sarah Reese Lyric Theatre’s Opera Scenes program in 2023. Find him on Instagram @willjordantenor.