The Frances Clark Center is pleased to announce the selected proposals for our Collegiate Connections events. Join us at the 2025-26 Collegiate Connection Event on Friday, April 24, 2026 from 11:00 AM-12:30 PM Eastern. We look forward to highlighting this outstanding work and to foster global community engagement among our collegiate cohorts and faculty.
COLLEGIATE CONNECTIONS WINNERS
University of South Carolina:
Elias Blake, Ísis Cardoso
Echos Across the Atlantic: African Roots in Brazilian and American Piano Music
Faculty Mentor: Scott Price
College-Conservatory of Music,
University of Cincinnati:
Lingjun Hao, Yajiao Liang, Isabel Mearini, Seohee Yang
From Classroom to Community: Training Undergraduate Teachers in Preschool Piano Pedagogy
Faculty Mentor: Lynn Worcester Jones
University of Kansas:
Zhongyan Cao, Cassie Chen, Jiaming Liang, Cindy Ting-Yu Lu, Nawaporn Ruangthap
Unlocking Creativity Through Pop-Chord Improvisation in Group Piano
Faculty Mentor: Ivy Lu Wang
COLLEGIATE CONNECTIONS HONORABLE MENTION
The University of Arizona:
Chuan Choy, Yi Yun Chin
Recording Practice Habits: With 3-3-3 Method
Faculty Mentor: Grace Ho
MORE ON COLLEGIATE CONNECTIONS
- WEBINAR: 2025 Collegiate Connections Webinar
- DISCOVERY PAGE: 2025 Collegiate Connections
- PAGE: Collegiate Resources
- DISCOVERY BLOG: The Piano Conference – Perspectives of New Professionals by Janna Peña and Anthony Ty
- WEBINAR: Peer Connections: Wellbeing in the Professional Life with Jess Johnson, Midori Koga, Paola Savvidou and Yeeseon Kwon
- WEBINAR: Peer Connections: Belonging in Professional Spaces with Leah Claiborne, Ross Salvosa and Yeeseon Kwon
- DISCOVERY PAGE: Peer Connections and Collegiate Connections 2025-26
- PRESS RELEASE: Announcing the Selected Collegiate Connections Proposals (2025)
- DISCOVERY PAGE: 2024 Collegiate Connections
- PRESS RELEASE: Announcing the Selected Collegiate Connections Proposals
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