N. Thomas Pedersen was appointed Artistic Director of the Washington Savoyards in 2006. He was music director for the Washington Savoyards 2005 Mikado. He has pursued a finely integrated career as a singer, conductor, producer and teacher. He began his career as a musical Theater performer in Mame (Young Patrick), Sound of Music (Rolf), My Fair Lady (Freddie), Hello, Dolly! (Cornelius), Oklahoma ( Curly), Carousel ( Billy), The Pirates of Penzance (Pirate King), and She Loves Me ( Head Waiter) with numerous stock, regional, and national companies. He has been featured on stage with celebrated stage performers Ruby Keeler, Ethel Merman, George Rose, and Vicki Lawrence. In 1982 Mr. Pedersen made his operatic debut with the Michigan Opera Theater and in a ten year span sang with the Detroit Symphony, Toledo Symphony, Toledo Opera, The June Opera Festival, The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival on National Public Radio, WFNT Radio in Chicago, and WQRX Radio in New York City. He has been a soloist with conductors Maurice Abravanel, Leonard Bernstein, Antal Dorati, and Robert Shaw.

As a conductor, Mr. Pedersen has been praised by Bruce Feld of the Los Angeles Times for his “zesty and innovative conducting” for Man of La Mancha. The Washington Post has singled him out for his “expert and stylishly conducted” performances of The Music Man at CUA. He has music directed for many well know television stars including: Gary Sandy (WKRP in Cincinnati), John McCook (The Bold and the Beautiful), David Canary (All My Children), Barbara Eden (I Dream of Jeannie) and Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop. He has worked in Branson, Missouri, with Eleanor Dicks as co-producer and musical supervisor for legendary country singer Mel Tillis and his daughter Pam Tillis.

As Artistic Director of Theatre Ten Ten, New York’s oldest Off Off-Broadway Theatre, he produced and music directed over 20 shows, and has been Music Director at the Long Beach Civic Light Opera in Long Beach, California, The Library Theater in Warren, Pennsylvania, and the University Of Michigan Opera Theatre.

He is currently Co-Chair of the Music Theatre division of The Catholic University of America, Associate Artistic Director of Summer Dinner Theatre at Montgomery College and the Director of Music at St.Paul’s United Methodist Church in Kensington, Maryland.