Following his piano teacher, Thomas Redcay, he transferred to Texas Tech, where he earned his Bachelor of Music degree.
After college, Pandolfi moved to St Thomas in the US Virgin Islands for two years as a chorus teacher in a public school.
Upon returning to the United States, Pandolfi spent two years in Denver as part of a house band, Buddy Brown and the Bittersuite, and then moved to Los Angeles where he played for dance classes, acting seminars, actor/singer auditions, and in various piano lounges.
After spending 15 years in LA, Pandolfi moved with his family back to Greenville, where he created his recording label, MagicMusic Productions.
Pandolfi has been actively involved with charity organizations, performing in benefit concerts for Hospice, several South Carolina women's shelters, The Ara Parseghian Foundation (Neimann-Pick Type C disease), United Way, The Red Cross, The American Heart Association, and others.