Winter 2025: Life in Music
Winter 2025; Vol 16, No. 4
The new year of 2025 signals the end of the first quarter of the twenty-first century. This time marker is a reminder that most collegiate students and young professionals were born during this first quarter and their perspectives will define the future of our profession....
Piano Inspires Podcast: Pete Jutras
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Piano Inspires Podcast: Dennis Alexander
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Autumn 2024: Life in Music
Autumn 2024; Vol 16, No. 3
As teachers, we are eternal learners at our core. Our thirst to improve, expand, and deepen our impact for our students continuously inspires us. This summer, I had the opportunity to attend the International Society for Music Education (ISME) conference hosted in Helsinki, Finland. The...
Piano Inspires Podcast: Spencer Myer
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A Tribute to Gary Ingle
by Jennifer Snow Published in Piano Magazine, Summer 2024 Issue Leadership is a term that is frequently used. A quick google search reveals a range of characteristics, terminology, and definitions of success. The truth of effective leadership lies in the person—an individual who impacts a...
A Tribute to Gary Ingle
by Jennifer Snow Published in Piano Magazine, Summer 2024 Issue Leadership is a term that is frequently used. A quick google search reveals a range of characteristics, terminology, and definitions of success. The truth of effective leadership lies in the person—an individual who impacts a...
Life in Music
by Jennifer Snow Leadership is a term that is frequently used. A quick google search reveals a range of characteristics, terminology, and definitions of success. The truth of effective leadership lies in the person—an individual who impacts a profession, motivates and inspires, builds community, navigates...
Piano Inspires Podcast: An Interview with William Chapman Nyaho
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Life in Music
Spring 2024; Vol. 16, No. 1
Recently, in our newly launched Piano Inspires Podcast, I had the great honor to speak with Dr. William Chapman Nyaho who is the featured artist-educator in this issue. During our conversation, we explored the concept of the artist as advocate and ambassador. We discussed how...
Winter 2024: Life in Music
Winter 2024; Vol. 15, No. 4
The end of the 2023 calendar year provides us with time for reflection and gratitude. Recently, I had the opportunity to travel with the renowned master teacher, Marvin Blickenstaff. At teacher engagement events, he shared his lifetime of wisdom on piano teaching and specifically a...
Thank You!
Discovery homeSign up for email updatessubmit a question As we enter the season of gratitude and giving, we pay tribute to piano teachers from around the country who are transforming the lives of their students. Students, parents, and colleagues are honoring piano teachers from their...
Autumn 2023: Life in Music
Inspired teaching is driven by curiosity to learn, improve, and advance practice. By adopting a “beginner’s mindset” we embrace the opportunities to learn and grow every day. This summer, the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy gatherings embodied this ethos. The breadth of programming encompassed music...
Summer 2023: Life in Music
Summer 2023; Vol. 15, No. 2
As educators, we embrace summer as a time for reflection and renewal. It offers the possibilities to attend a conference, work on a new credential, catch up on reading, prepare new programs, and generally restore our creative energy. For newly graduated professionals, June can also...
Helpful Guidance for Piano Teachers During the COVID Crisis
COVID-19 Special Issue; Vol. 12, No. 2
In the uncertainty and confusion of the COVID-19 crisis, the music community faces unprecedented issues surrounding private and group instruction. As you consider what is best for your studio, we at the Frances Clark Center hope that you find this document helpful in your decision...