Humberto Vargas began his musical studies in Mexico City;  studied piano under the tutelage of Maestra Eunice Rocha in the Mexican Methodist Church; after he decided to study a bachelor degree in bassoon at the National School of Music in Mexico.  After playing in diverse orchestras in Mexico,  he moved to Montreal, Quebec, Canada to obtain a Master's degree  in Symphonic Orchestra Conducting under the tutelage of Maestro Jean-Francois  Rivest  and  Maestro  Paolo  Bellomia at  Montreal University.
He decided to attend  also several  Orchestra  conducting  workshops  with Maestros such as Harold Farberman (Bard College of Music);  Marin Alsop (Baltimore Philharmonic),  Leon Boltstein (Jerusalem Philharmonic), Lorraine Villancourt (NEM Montreal); Peter Eotvos (Berlin Philharmonic); Apo Shu (Shanghai Philharmonic) among others.

He has conducted diverse  Choirs and  Orchestras in  Mexico City,  Montreal, and New York. He moved to Calgary in 2013, where he was invited to conduct various choirs and orchestras. His musical activities include:

- Director of the First Alliance Church Orchestra

- Music Director, “Yodel Club Heimattreu”  Choir

- Music Director,  “Voix de Rocheuses”  Choir

  -Music Director, "The Master's Singers"  Choir

-Music Director, "YMCA"  kids  Choir

-Music Director,  "Prairie College"  Community Choir

-Worship Arts Faculty member, Prairie College

  - Guest Conductor at the  Chamber Orchestra at the University of Ambrose

- Guest conductor of the New West Symphony and Chorus

-Guest conductor at the Painted Fish Theatre Company

- Music Director and Founder of the Alpha Omega Music Ensemble.

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