Blake Nawa’a (he/him/his) teaches applied voice at Regis University. As a singer with diverse interests, he values a strong and flexible vocal technique that allows singers to approach a wide variety of genres.
A quintessential “gigging musician,” Blake has assembled a music career as a music director, conductor, instructor, collaborative pianist, chorister, and soloist. Blake has music directed, pit conducted, and played keyboard for musical theatre productions across the Denver metro area with the Denver Center Theatre Company, the PACE Center, and others, as well as various summer theatre education camps. He can also regularly be heard as a tenor soloist in major works concerts at Augustana Lutheran Church, and he sings professionally with St Martin’s Chamber Choir, the Colorado Bach Ensemble, and The Evans Choir. During the pandemic, he produced SONGspeare!, a YouTube series exploring art song settings of Shakespeare’s words. He’s also been known to leave the pit and appear on stage from time to time.
Blake is the Assistant Artistic Director of the Colorado Chorale and Music Director of the Original Dickens Carolers. He holds a B.M. in Vocal Performance and a M.M. in Conducting from the University of Denver.
