Tricia Zahner serves as the art and music teacher at Immanuel, instructing our day school students on two afternoons each week and also teaching private piano and organ lessons. Mrs. Zahner has a bachelor’s degree from Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato, MN with a dual major in Theater and English. She also had extensive musical training at Bethany including several years of organ instruction culminating in a senior recital.

She received 11 years of private piano instruction and has taken voice and violin lessons. One of Tricia's piano teachers could trace her teaching lineage back to J.S. Bach. In college, she took courses in piano pedagogy and music theory. Mrs. Zahner teaches piano lessons to students of Immanuel, homeschool students, and others from the community.

She has also taught community music classes for preschool age children. Tricia has sung in mixed and women’s choirs and in various theater productions. Tricia is also a skilled artist and enjoys working with our school students via a number of artistic mediums. Mrs. Zahner has been a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church since 2010 and has taught in our school since 2013.