About Rachel
Rachel Pantazis is an actor and vocalist based in New York City. She is a classically trained soprano with extensive musical theatre experience. Above all, she is a passionate collaborator with extreme versatility.
Rachel Pantazis grew up in southern New Hampshire as the daughter of two parents working in public education for students with special needs.
She found a supreme love for classical music and theatre as a high school student studying voice privately and singing in her local church choir as well as her school chorus. Her memories of singing Vivaldi’s Gloria, Mozart’s Requiem, and Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms are some of her most treasured.
Rachel attended Westminster Choir College as a vocal performance and pedagogy major for one year studying with Harold Evans. However, the conservatory model did not give her access to the liberal arts education she was hoping for, and Rachel transferred to Plymouth State University in the White Mountains of New Hampshire in 2011.
During college, Rachel took an internship with the American Repertory Theatre at Harvard University in the education department. The theatre was producing its pre-Broadway run of Finding Neverland, running theatre programming in the inner-city schools of Boston, and designing social stories for their sensory friendly youth productions.
Since graduating from Plymouth University in 2015, Rachel has performed in countless regional productions along the east coast, worked as a production singer with Carnival Cruise Line, moved to upper Manhattan, married her incredible husband, and adopted a cat!
Rachel has continued her passion for working with youth performers music directing youth productions of musicals on the east coast. Rachel teaches private voice to students of all ages on Zoom and in person. Click here to get more information about booking a lesson.
The "hot goss"
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Jeanne McCartin
EDGE MAGAZINE
“(…) another flawless performance, cartoon-believable. She just does everything right.”
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Roseann Cane
BERKSHIRE MAGAZINE
“As Will Parker, Andrew Burton Kelley is a hoot, and he is well-matched with Rachel Pantazis’s Ado Annie, the girl who “cain’t say no.” (…) Will and Ado Annie are downright randy, and great fun to watch and listen to.”
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Lisa Jarisch
BERKSHIRE ONSTAGE
“Rachel Pantazis, who has left an indelible mark on this season with her powerful soprano voice and her in-depth characterizations, is almost unrecognizable as the gawky, awkward, performance movement challenged, glasses-wearing Missy (…) Her joy shines through with her performance.”
Reels
Rachel's 2024 singer reel
"Secret Love" from The Marvelous Wonderettes at the Mac-Haydn Theatre
Moments from the 2024 national tour of Little Women the musical
"Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again"
Voice Lessons
Rachel Pantazis has been a private vocal teacher and coach since 2015. She is a summer faculty member at the Perry-Mansfield School of the Performing Arts and prides herself on her ability to teach to students of all ages and levels.
Rachel is a sensory safe teacher for students who are neurodivergent, identify with symptoms of dyslexia and learning disabilities, or anyone who simply learns differently.
Rachel is also a fantastic resource for vocalists who struggle with sight reading and ear training. She has an extensive choral background and believes that reading music shouldn't be something that scares performers. Rachel works enthusiastically with singers who are fearful of ensemble singing.
Whether she is teaching a five year old who is just learning to read, or an adult who is auditioning for professional theatre, she prides herself in her ability to meet her students wherever they are in their musicianship.
Rachel currently teaches voice lessons via Zoom and in-person out of her apartment in New York City Monday - Friday from 10am-9pm. Use the links below to purchase lessons.
Rachel is a singer with America’s Sweethearts NYC
Book an individual appointment.
In this section, you can book individual lessons based on available appointments, book a recurring time slot, or choose multiple different time slots. If you have any questions, email voice.pantazis@gmail.com.
Voice lessons cannot be cancelled within 24 hours of the appointment. I will stay in the meeting for the first 10 minutes of 30 minute lessons or the first 15 minutes of the other durations. If the student is a no-show, that lesson is forfeit. For questions, email voice.pantazis@gmail.com.
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