Singing with Tom K.

A Denver, CO native, Tom K. is a baritone classical vocalist, a current masters degree student, and bachelors degree recipient of the University of Denvers Lamont School of Music. A prolific performer, Thomas has played the following roles: Schaunard in La Boheme; Guglielmo in Cosi fan tutte; Valentin in Faust; Escamillo in Carmen; Peter, the father, in Hansel und Gretel; Belcore in L'elisir d'amore; Major-General Stanley in Pirates of Penzance; Curly in Rogers and Hammerstein'™s Oklahoma!; and Don Giovanni in Mozart's operatic masterpiece Don Giovanni. Striving to continuously better himself and his musical abilities, Thomas has competed, and placed, in several competitions: 1st place in the 2013 Denver Lyric Opera Guild€™s annual vocal competition; the 2013 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, receiving the Young Artist Encouragement award; and, 5th place in the Denver Lyric Opera Guilds 2012 competition. In the summer of 2013 he also attended a summer opera young artist program called Opera in the Ozarks. Thomas excels in concert performance and has sung Brahms€™ Ein deutsches Requiem with the Boulder Symphony Orchestra; Bach€™s cantata 140 as baritone soloist with the Lamont Chorale; and Mahler€™s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen with both the Boulder Symphony Orchestra and Aurora Symphony. Along with his performance schedule, Thomas maintains a voice studio of students with varying degrees of proficiency. He was recently ranked as one of the top voice teachers in Denver by CBS4 Denver News. While enrolled at Lamont for his undergraduate degree, Thomas studied with Kenneth Cox, obtained his Bachelor of Music degree, and was awarded several distinct honors. The most notable of these honors were the 2008 Presser Scholar Award, 2009 Senior Recital of Distinction, and the 2009 Outstanding Undergraduate in Performance award. Thomas currently resides in Denver, CO and studies with soprano Sara Bardill of the Lamont School of Music.