[1][2] Colón Tarrats studied music at Ponce's Escuela Libre de Música under Emilio Alvarado, Librado Net, and Rafael Franco.

He joined the university choir and sang first bass in a group called Interamerican Concert Singers.

He became associate director of said Singers group and toured the Caribbean, New England, and New York State.

He also joined the Vocal Instrumental Ars Nova and the Coral Polifónica de Ponce.

During 1980 and 1981, he co-founded the Instituto de Música Juan Morel Campos where he also became professor of choir and music theory.

In 1994, he joined the teaching staff at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico (PUCPR) and became the school's choir director.

[13] Colón Tarrats has authored nearly 200 chorals many of which are about Puerto Rican folklore, among which are several by Rafael Hernández Marín including El Cumbanchero, Silencio, Capullito de Alelí, Preciosa, Lamento Borincano, Romance, y Ahora Seremos Felices.