Bianca Thomas

Bianca Thomas has a Bachelor of Music Education and Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Metropolitan State University of Denver. She was a very active member of the choir program at MSU Denver under the direction of MB Kreuger and served as a leader, tutor, and student teacher in the community for many years. During her time at MSU Denver, she auditioned for a singing internship with St. Martin’s Chamber Choir and was awarded the internship, performing with them in their 2021-’22 season. She is excited to be back as a member of SMCC and extremely honored to have been the Nathaniel Dett Fellow.

Bianca has been a performer her whole life, singing in church choirs, school choirs, singing and playing instruments with her family, and performing in many opera and musical theater roles. In 2019, Bianca attended the Orfeo Music Festival in Vipiteno, Italy, where she performed an Opera scene as Idamante from Idomeneo, as well as other solo arias and oratorios. She was also asked to be a guest conductor for the MSU Treble Choir by MB Krueger in the Fall of 2021. She received recognition and the McCollum Endowed Scholarship (2020) for her dedication to and success in Music Education, and the Beverly Christiansen Fernald Endowed Scholarship (2021) for her accomplishments in her private voice study and performance. She graduated as an honoree for the MSU Denver Music Department with many accolades in December of 2022, and is currently the Vocal Music Director at Gateway High School in Aurora, CO.