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Keyboard Companion Autumn 2006; Vol. 17, No. 3

Keyboard Companion Autumn 2006; Vol. 17, No. 3

view flipbook Page numbers refer to FlipBook pages and not the printed pages in the magazine. Page 5: The Editor’s Page Group lessons – Part two Elvina Pearce Page 7: Letters Page 7: On the cover Page 8: Teacher/Student/Parent How did you develop your career...

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2025 NCKP Innovation Summit: Building a Community Vision for the Future of Piano Education

Winter 2026; Vol. 17, No. 4

On July 23, 2025, The Piano Conference: NCKP (National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy) hosted the inaugural, groundbreaking Innovation Summit, a day that brought together 420 members of the piano education community—emerging professionals, independent and community teachers, public school educators, university faculty, and industry leaders. More...

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Piano Inspires Podcast: Leila Viss

Back to Discovery Blog Home As we get closer to The Piano Conference: NCKP 2025 this July, we invite you to register for our 2025 Gala, celebrating our 2025 Lifetime Achievement Outstanding Service Award recipients. The Frances Clark Center celebrates its Outstanding Service Award recipients...

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Piano Inspires Podcast: Leila Viss

Back to Discovery Blog Home To celebrate the latest episode of the Piano Inspires Podcast featuring Leila Viss, we are sharing an excerpted transcript of her conversation with Andrea McAlister. Want to learn more about Viss? Check out the latest installment of the Piano Inspires...

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5 Things to Know about Piano Inspires Kids Composition Contest

Back to Discovery Blog Home Attention budding composers! Piano Inspires Kids invites students to submit a piano solo for our first composition contest! Winning compositions will be featured in the Summer 2024 issue and on our website, kids.pianoinspires.com. Read below for all the details! 1....

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5 Things to Know about Piano Inspires Kids Composition Contest

Back to Discovery Blog Home Attention budding composers! Piano Inspires Kids invites students to submit a piano solo for our first composition contest! Winning compositions will be featured in the Summer 2024 issue and on our website, kids.pianoinspires.com. Read below for all the details! 1....

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Piano Inspires Kids: David, Plays!

Back to Discovery Blog Home The Winter 2024 Issue of Piano Inspires Kids is coming soon! Subscribers will be receiving the print issue in their mailboxes in the coming weeks. Not yet a subscriber? Click here to receive the issue and give the gift of...

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Piano Inspires Kids: Winter Issue Sneak Peak

Back to Discovery Blog Home The Winter 2024 Issue of Piano Inspires Kids is coming soon! Subscribers will be receiving the print issue in their mailboxes in the coming weeks. Not a subscriber? Subscribe by Thursday, December 14 at kids.pianoinspires.com/subscribe to receive the issue and...

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An Inspirational Force of Nature | Honoring Michelle Conda

Michelle Conda is a recipient of the 2023 Frances Clark Center Lifetime Achievement Award. Her extensive contributions to the field of piano pedagogy are extraordinary and exemplify outstanding dedication to the field of music and piano teaching. The Frances Clark Center Lifetime Achievement Award is...

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NCKP 2023: Committee Programming Previews

Spring 2023; Vol. 15, No. 1

NCKP: The Piano Conference will be in-person at the Westin Chicago Lombard from Wednesday to Saturday, July 26–29, 2023, and online on Friday to Sunday, June 9–11, 2023. The conference has a compelling array of topics covering all aspects of piano teaching, learning, and performing....

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Class Piano and COVID-19

COVID-19 Special Issue; Vol. 12, No. 2

In this unprecedented time of uncertainty around COVID-19, class piano instructors are faced with the daunting task of moving instruction online. This task is made even more difficult with students in locations without access to a piano or keyboard. It is important to organize yourself and your students...

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Benjamin Grosvenor: Beyond His Years

March 2018; Vol. 10, No. 2

When Benjamin Grosvenor walked onto the stage of Oberlin College’s Finney Chapel, he easily could have been mistaken for one of the many piano majors on campus. From the opening measures of the Bach French Suite in G Major, however, any thoughts that Grosvenor was...

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The future of piano teaching – Technology and the learning process

March 2015; Vol. 7, No. 2

Editor’s note: In the November/December 2014 issue, Clavier Companion launched a series of articles addressing the future of piano teaching. This article is part of that series, which will continue in future issues.  “The popularity of this new pastime among children has increased rapidly ....

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What are your thoughts on the future of piano teaching?

November 2014; Vol. 6, No. 6

What’s next for our profession?   Clavier Companion asked twelve pedagogues from around the country to contribute their thoughts on the future of piano teaching. In the following article, each author provides a short musing on this broad question. This series will continue in future...

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