is a passionate teacher and enjoys teaching piano to all levels of students, from very beginner to highly advanced. No matter what level or age, he most enjoys helping students who are motivated, ambitious, and driven, and who are continuing to reach for a higher level. See his achievements here

Colin began playing the piano at age nine, taking lessons from Frances Wojnar, and subsequently from James Arthur Gardner. He later studied with Bruce Cook and Dale Tsang at Diablo Valley College, and later with Roger Woodward and Victoria Neve at San Francisco State University.

He earned his Bachelor of Music from San Francisco State University with an emphasis in classical piano performance.

In 2000, Colin was the winner of the Itala Gambino Memorial Award For High School Piano as well as a blue ribbon recipient in the Music Teachers Association of California’s Baroque Festival. In 2005, he was one of three pianists chosen to perform in the annual concerto performance with the Diablo Valley College Philharmonic Orchestra, playing the Piano Concerto No.3 by Beethoven. In 2010, he placed as an alternate performer in the San Francisco State University Concerto Competition, playing the first movement of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No.3.

In 2013, he performed Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.23 with the Forest Hill Chamber Orchestra in San Francisco and was a final-round runner-up in the Forest Hill Young Artists Competition. In 2015, Colin Brady was honored to deliver a solo recital at the historical landmark, Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. In 2017, he received the Music Teachers Association of California Membership Award and was the winner of the Michael Seagrove Avalos Award for piano performance.

Colin remains an active classical pianist, continuing to learn and challenge himself with pieces on his long list. He is an active performer throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.

A self-proclaimed “tough teacher”, he is very encouraging and sees the magic that occurs when one of his students achieves what they thought they once couldn’t. He looks very much forward to guiding the next student to their goal.