Welcome to Sister Bernadette Trecker’s Piano Studio

Mission Statement

Music brings the gift of joy and happiness. Sr. Bernadette helps give this gift of music through piano keyboard instruction at Presentation Music Studio where she caringly fosters the discipline needed to learn to make music.

Sister Bernadette at the keyboard

           

OFFERINGS
At Presentation Music Studio

• Private Instruction (Specializing in Beginning to Intermediate Levels)
• Music Theory and Keyboard Technique
• Group Lessons
• Ensembles
• Music Learning with Computer Software
• Instruction for ages 7 and older
• Performance Opportuntiies

Presentation Music STUDIO IS CONVENIENTLY LOCATED in South Fargo,one block off 32nd Avenue south and University Drive at  at 1101 32nd Ave. South. 

The Studio includes space for recitals. There is AMPLE PARKING

CONTACT INFORMATION
For more information or a free consultation and tour please call (701) 238-7107, e-mail to presmusicstudio@cableone.net or visit www.ndmta.org.


Studio Policy Statement: (PDF  file)

Studio Calendar  (PDF  file)
 
Registration (PDF  file)

Pre-Registration (PDF file)

Credit Card payment form (PDF file)

Registration for Rally/ Festival (PDF  file)




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Sister Bernadette, a Presentation  Sister, has served as Church organist, guitarist and pianist for over 20 years and now also serves as an independent piano teacher.

She received a Music Minor Degree with Moorhead State University.  She trained in music with university studies of a piano teaching course at Valley City State University.

She has the experience of being an Elementary teacher in Catholic parochial schools for over 25 years.

Sister shares her love of music and experience of teaching with her students.

Musical thought:   

Music produces a kind of joy which we cannot do without.  

- Confucious

Sister Bernadette’s CURRICULUM includes:

Technique                                                                                                    
    developing use of fingers, wrist and arm; practice of scales, chords, cadencesd arpeggios
    
Sight-reading
    regular sight-reading activities

Transposition
    experience in playing pieces in others keys (examples playing in  
    the key of C verses the key of G)

Improvisation, Composition
    fostering individual music creativity

Music History, Style, Interpretation
    appreciating composers and their styles    

Music Theory
    ear training, rhythm, harmony, note recognition, etc.

Repertoire
    experience of  classical, jazz, blues, ragtime, popular, sacred, contemporary, and sacred styles

Memorizing
    encouraging a memorized repertoire