Teresa Richert is attending Summer Sizzle for the first time as Keyboard Kamp host composer and guest.

Teresa grew up in the Vancouver, British Columbia area.  Her musical studies began with piano lessons at age four.  She has ARCT Diplomas in Piano Performance, Piano Teaching, Composition and Theory from the Royal Conservatory of Music.  She completed her ARCT in Composition and Theory studying with Stephen Brown at the Victoria Conservatory of Music.  She also holds Bachelor of Science and Applied Science degrees from Simon Fraser University.

An award-winning composer of piano and vocal music, she has also written for orchestra, chamber ensembles and other solo instruments. Several of her compositions have been performed by professional and amateur musicians across Canada.

Teresa has written nine collections of piano solos ranging from elementary to advanced level.  Many of her piano pieces are included in the British Columbia Conservatory Horizons series and the Canadian National Conservatory of Music’s Northern Lights books.  She recently joined Red Leaf Pianoworks, a collective of Canadian composers dedicated to composing new and exciting repertory for piano students.

Teresa teaches piano, theory and composition at Place des Arts in Coquitlam and at her home studio in Maple Ridge, British Columbia.