Jason Tramm

Jason C. Tramm’s work in the operatic, symphonic and choral repertoire
has received critical acclaim throughout the Unites States and abroad.
Maestro Tramm serves as Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the
MidAtlantic Opera with whom he made his Carnegie Hall (Stern Auditorium) and
Lincoln Center (Alice Tully Hall) debuts in the past two seasons with his
critically acclaimed “Prayer for Peace”concerts.

Currently in his 10th season as Director of Music, in Residence, of
the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association, Tramm leads the choral,
orchestral, and oratorio performances in the 6,500-seat historic Great
Auditorium in the summer months. In addition to the historic Ocean Grove
Choir Festival, the largest sacred music festival on the East Coast, Tramm
conducts orchestral and sacred masterworks. He has appeared on two National
Public Radio broadcasts with organ virtuoso Gordon Turk and a large
orchestra. Mr. Tramm is also Music Director/Principal Conductor of the
Teatro Lirico D’Europa, a touring professional opera company, with whom he
will conduct over 25 performances this season in 6 states in performances of
Turandot, Madama Butterfly, Tosca, Carmen and La Traviata. Tramm led the NJ
State Opera as principal conductor and Artistic Director from 2008 to 2012,
where he collaborated with some of the finest voices in opera, including
Samuel Ramey, Vladimir Galouzine, Angela Brown, Gregg Baker, and Paul
Plishka. His 2009 HDTV broadcast with PBS affiliate NJN of “Verdi Requiem:
Live from Ocean Grove,” garnered a regional Emmy Award nomination.

An accomplished educator, Tramm serves on the faculty at Seton Hall
University as Assistant Professor and Director of Choral Activities, College
of Communication and the Arts where he leads the University Choir, Chamber
Choir, Orchestra, and teaches voice and conducting. He is also actively
sought as a clinician and regularly presents lectures. He holds degrees in
music from the Crane School, the Hartt School, and a DMA in Conducting from
Rutgers University, where he was the recipient of their prestigious
Presidential Fellowship. In 2003, he joined the ranks of Metropolitan Opera
Stars Renee Fleming and Stephanie Blythe in being honored with the Rising
Star Award from the SUNY Potsdam Alumni Association. A frequent guest
conductor, he has led operatic and symphonic performances in Italy, Romania,
Albania, and Hungary, where he recorded an album of rarely heard French
operatic arias with the Szeged Symphony.