Bio
Kathleen Feenstra has been teaching piano and theory in BC's Fraser Valley since 2001. Accredited by The Royal Conservatory of Music with an ARCT in Piano Performance (2010) and also an ARCT in Piano Pedagogy (2019), Kathleen is a member of the British Columbia Registered Music Teachers Association. She enjoys teaching, composing, and arranging, and is passionate about seeing her students succeed in their musical studies.
As a composer, Kathleen has created more than 60 works for piano and voice. She has published three books of educational piano repertoire and is currently working on publishing a fourth. Kathleen is a two-time winner of the CFMTA Call for Compositions: Rocky Mountain Ride, received 1st place in the level 3/4 piano category in 2016 and Maple Syrup Moon won in the level 5/6 piano category in 2022. A number of Kathleen’s compositions are included in the ACNMP Contemporary Showcase Festival Syllabus. Her compositions , digital piano books, and arrangements are available for purchase through Sheet Music Plus and Sheet Music Direct. Her piano books are available at King’s Music in Chilliwack and Abbotsford BC.
Kathleen has been awarded the following specialist teaching designations by the Royal Conservatory of Music: Elementary, Intermediate, and Advanced Piano, Elementary and Intermediate Theory, and Advanced Harmony. In 2016, Kathleen was awarded the B.C. RCM Gold Medal for Elementary Piano Pedagogy. In 2019, upon the completion of her ARCT in Piano Pedagogy, she received the BCRMTA Piano Pedagogy Award for the highest aggregate mark in the province of BC.
List of Works
All scores are available through Sheet Music Plus and Sheet Music Direct. Piano books can be purchased through the composer or at Kings Music in Abbotsford and Chilliwack BC. For a full list of works with video performances visit: www.sardispiano.com/compositions
Works for Piano - by recommended level
Prep A
Raindrops (2021) — solo piano (1’)
Raindrops Duet (2021) — piano duet (1’)
Snowflakes (2021) — solo piano (1’)
Snowflakes Duet (2021) — piano duet (1’)
Prep B
Falling Snow (2022) — piano solo (1’)
Fog (2021) — piano solo (1’)
Lemon Shark (2016) — solo piano (1’)
Level 1
A Little Dance (2016) — solo piano (1’)
Alpine Meadow (2016) — solo piano (2’)
Dance With Me (2016) — solo piano (1’)
Fragments of a Dream (2018) — solo piano (2’)
Loch Ness Lunch (2018) — solo piano (2’)
Long Long Ago (2018) — solo piano (1’)
Polar Bear March (2016) — solo piano (1’)
Winter Sunrise (2016) — solo piano (1’)
Level 2
Birthday Morning (2016) — solo piano (2’)
My Heart (it longs for you) (2018) — solo piano (1’)
Puddle Jumping (2016) — solo piano (1’)
School’s Out! (2022) — solo piano (1’)
The Cheerful Woodpecker (2016) — solo piano (1’)
The Middle of Nowhere (2018) — solo piano (2’)
The Sea of Tranquility (2022) — solo piano (2’)
Level 3
Freckled Lemonade (2016) — solo piano (1’)
Ice Cream Sundae (2015) — solo piano (1’)
Starlight (2021) — solo piano (2’)
Wandering Clouds (2021) — solo piano (2’)
Wild Horse Rampage (2016) — solo piano (1’)
Level 4
Highland Jig (2018) — solo piano (2’)
Rocky Mountain Ride (2016) — solo piano (1’)
Level 5
Candyland (2015) — solo piano (2’)
Penguin Promenade (2016) — solo piano (2’)
Level 6
Blossoming Boughs (2022) — solo piano (2’)
Maple Syrup Moon (2022) — solo piano (3’)
Northern Wilderness (2022) — solo piano (3’)
Zig-Zag Zephyr (2022) — solo piano (1’)
Level 7
Wherever You May Be (2016) — solo piano (3’)
Whispers of Springtime (2017) — solo piano (2’)
Level 8
Across the Sky (2017) — solo piano (3’)
I’ll be with You (2016) — solo piano (3’)
Lavender’s Blue — Theme and Variations (2016) - solo piano (3’)
Level 9
Better Days are Coming Soon (2021) — solo piano (3’)
Bittersweet Memories
Boreal Beauty (2007) — solo piano (3’)
Glimmering Moonlight
Level 10
Metamorphosis (2002) — solo piano (3’)