About Me

Liz Jennings has taught piano since 1990. She earned a Bachelors degree from the College of St. Benedict in 1990, where she studied piano with Fr. Robert Koopmann at St. John's University. In 1999, she earned a Masters of Arts degree in Educational Psychology-learning and cognition from the University of Minnesota-Minneapolis.

Liz is a current member of the American College of Musicians/National Piano Guild and Minnesota Music Teachers Association. She continues her musical professional development by attending summer workshops at the University of St. Thomas, Piano Pedagogy department; keeping abreast of professional piano teacher journals; and participating in piano teacher web forums. In August 2007, she attended the biannual National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy in Chicago.

Over the past five years,  Liz has devoted her time teaching privately in her home and to her two children. During this time, her interests have led her to research the area of piano instruction for preschoolers. Most recently, she taught piano for two years at Maternity of Mary/St. Andrew school in their after-school program. In her free time, Liz also plays violin and viola in the Classical Sounds Chamber Trio in Shoreview and the St. Paul Jewish Community Center Orchestra, and doing genealogy work.  In 2008-09 she volunteered as an assistant preschool Sunday School music teacher.