Colleen Athparia

Colleen Athparia is a an internationally recognized pianist with a distinguished career as a pedagogue, performer, composer and recording artist. One of her compositions has just been published in the new RCM book series. Colleen holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from University of Toronto and a Masters of Music in Performance with distinction from Indiana University. A dedicated teacher since 1979, her Calgary studio through Mount Royal Conservatory features many extremely accomplished students, including two who were recently listed in CBC’s Top 30 Classical musicians in Canada under 30. Heralded by the National Post as one of the top four Canadian pianists of contemporary music today, she was honoured in Ottawa in 2009 as one of 50 esteemed musicians who have contribute significantly to the Canadian music scene over the past 50 years. For many decades Colleen has been a Senior Examiner for the Royal Conservatory of Music and in 2017 she was awarded “RCM Teacher of Distinction for Alberta” as a leader in the field of music education.