Bio

Filipino-Canadian pianist Sheila Vandikas has led an active musical career that has taken her across North America, Europe, and Asia. With over three decades of teaching experience, her passion for cultivating a love of music in aspiring musicians has driven her to build a thriving music studio based in the Greater Toronto Area in Canada. A graduate of the Royal Conservatory of Music and the University of Toronto, Sheila has studied with Patricia Parr, Irina Kugucheva, and Ruth Nieboer. 

Currently, she is the Newmarket RCM Exams Representative and the director of MuSix Studio and Services, where her family of six maintains a busy teaching and performing schedule. Their entire family of six was showcased in Visual and Performing Arts Newmarket's 2018 series, Three for the Show.

In her spare time, Sheila enjoys writing compositions, transcriptions and arrangements. Most notably, her arrangement of Libertango for piano four-hands was featured on CBC's In Concert by the piano-duo La Fiammata. Sheila also holds a black belt in Goju-ryu Karate and maintains an active lifestyle with her husband.