This Week Speaker

Award Winning Tenor and Guitarist

One of the winners of the Denver Opera Guild's recent Competition for Colorado Singers, tenor Humberto Borboa will sing accompanied by guitarist Kirk Redman

Humberto Borboa, tenor.

Originally from Mexicali, Mexico, Humberto received a B.M. from Escuela Superior de Canto de Mazatlan in 2012 and a Master of Music degree in vocal performance from the University of Arizona in 2014. He was a 2013 Arizona´s District winner from the Metropolitan Opera National Council Audition and made his professional debut in 2009 with Sociedad Artística Sinaloense in Mexico, singing the solo tenor role in Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana. Since then he has actively performed throughout Mexico, as well as appearing in Antigua, Guatemala, Austria, Chicago, Italy and the Czech Republic.

Kirk Redman is an established teacher and performing guitarist. He has been studying classical guitar since the age of eight, and has been teaching classical and fingerstyle guitar for the past decade and, while teaching in Cincinnati, was voted best music instruction in the East by Cinci Magazine. A graduate of the prestigious College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati, he performed regionally and regularly presented engaging and varied concert programs throughout the Midwest before relocating to Denver. He enjoys bringing rarely heard music to a wide audience, performing in both formal concert halls and casual diners and cafes.