Children from age 4 through junior high school may enroll. No prior music training is necessary. Children are placed according to their age and experience. Beginners enroll for 20-minute lessons. More advanced students take 30 and 45-minute lessons.
Instructors work with parents to determine when children are ready to advance.
Our Artistic Director determines which instructor will teach new students. The founder and Artistic Director of the Piano Preparatory School, Mrs. Nogaj, has been at Bradley University for 15 years. She was educated in her native Poland and taught students for 25 years in Europe. Mrs. Nogaj studied the Suzuki method of piano instruction at the University of Wisconsin, Steven's Point. Many of her students have won local, regional and state competitions.