Originally from the St. Louis, Missouri area, recent performances and awards of Colin Levins include being a prizewinner of the Kansas City Sigma Alpha Iota Scholarship Auditions, performances at venues such as the Kauffman Center of Performing Arts and the Peabody Conservatory, and recent world premieres of solo piano works.

Mr. Levins has performed throughout the United States and abroad, including solo piano music and chamber ensembles. He enjoys various ways of being active in the music world, especially connecting with his audience. To explore this in more detail, he launched a project called “Classical Horizons,” a series of mini-recitals with exciting pieces for a casual audience. Mr. Levins has also dabbled in arranging music and composing. Throughout his performance career, he has also been a pianist at many churches in the United States. He currently serves as the Director of Music Ministry at the First Presbyterian Church of Bordentown (Bordentown, NJ).

Also a dedicated teacher, his private students have consistently received awards and competitions and are active performers. Mr. Levins is currently on the faculty of the New School for Music Study (Kingston, NJ), a division of the Frances Clark Institute, as a 2024-2025 Postgraduate Teaching Fellow. He has previously held teaching positions at the UMKC Conservatory Academy, Interlochen Arts Camp, Warrensburg Community Music Program, and the Wentzville Academy of Art, Music, and Education. A member of the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA), he was active in the KCMTA where he served on the Executive Board, and has formerly served on executive boards of the UCM and UMKC Conservatory’s MTNA collegiate chapters, the latter of which he was Founder and President. This chapter has gone on to give presentations at various venues in the United States.

Mr. Levins earned a Master of Music in Piano Performance from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory with a fully funded Graduate Teaching Assistantship. He also holds a Bachelor of Music from the University of Central Missouri, where he graduated summa cum laude from the Honors College with concentrations in Piano Performance and Piano Pedagogy. Major teachers include Dr. Francine Kay, Professor Sean Chen, Dr. Mia Kim, and Dr. Jennifer Judd. He completed additional studies with Professor Michael Chertock at the Brevard Music Center and has participated in various music festivals such as the Zodiac Music Festival and the Pennsylvania State Honors Music Institute. Outside of music, Mr. Levins takes pleasure in photography as a hobby and attempts to be a runner.