Kathleen van Mourik, a native of Alberta, is in high demand as a vocal coach and collaborative pianist, and is known for her interdisciplinary collaborations with artists, actors and dance.

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Upon returning to Canada, she completed the Master of Music degree in piano performance with Dr. Vladimir Levtov at the University of Calgary. Other important teachers include the late Greta Kraus and Rudolf Jansen. She has also studied with Martin Isepp at the Banff Centre and completed a residency there with her two piano partners, Charles Foreman. As a two piano team they commissioned several compositions by various composers and have a CD of French two-piano music available on the Arktos label.

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Kathleen is the founder and Artistic Director of the Calgary based International Festival of Song and Chamber Music Society (known as the Mountain View Festival) a master class series and concert festival combining art song and chamber music as well as the Mountain View Young Artist Concert Series, a series devoted to presenting emerging musicians in concert. She is also in demand as an adjudicator and teacher and is currently a piano instructor with the Chinook School of Music in Calgary and teaches a small private class as well.