2024-2025 Gratitude Report: Celebrating a Year of Community, Legacy, and Innovation
Back to Discovery Blog Home The New School for Music Study. We are deeply grateful to our donors, educators, and partners who continue to invest in our mission of advancing piano education. Your belief in The Frances Clark Center sustains our programs, inspires teachers and...
Piano Inspires Podcast: Randy Faber
Back to Discovery Blog Home To celebrate the latest episode of the Piano Inspires Podcast featuring Randy Faber, we are sharing an excerpted transcript of his conversation with Jennifer Snow. Want to learn more about Faber? Check out the latest installment of the Piano Inspires...
Summer 2025: Life in Music
Summer 2025; Vol. 17, No. 2
This issue of Piano Magazine is one of our most inspiring because it celebrates the extraordinary contributions of our 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award honorees. These five outstanding individuals have far-reaching impact, advancing our profession while stewarding our community. Their leadership, creativity, and commitment to piano...
Piano Inspires Podcast: Spencer Myer
Back to Discovery Blog Home As we get closer to The Piano Conference: NCKP 2025 this July, we invite you to register for our conference and join us in Lombard, Illinois. Additionally, we invite you to join us at a conference Gala celebrating our 2025...
Spring 2025: Life in Music
Spring 2025; Vol. 17, No. 1
This summer, we will be hosting The Piano Conference: NCKP 2025.1 As shared in this issue of Piano Magazine, the online and in-person programs are robust, reflecting the extraordinary work of our dedicated and inspired community. In addition to our scheduled programs, we have added...
Piano Inspires Podcast: Courtney Crappell
Back to Discovery Blog Home To celebrate the latest episode of the Piano Inspires Podcast featuring Courtney Crappell, we are sharing an excerpted transcript of his conversation with Jennifer Snow. Want to learn more about Crappell? Check out the latest installment of the Piano Inspires...
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
Back to Discovery Blog Home To celebrate the latest episode of the Piano Inspires Podcast featuring Pete Jutras, we are sharing an excerpted transcript of his conversation with Jennifer Snow. Want to learn more about Jutras? Check out the latest installment of the Piano Inspires...
Piano Inspires Podcast: Dennis Alexander
Back to Discovery Blog Home To celebrate the latest episode of the Piano Inspires Podcast featuring Dennis Alexander, we are sharing an excerpted transcript of his conversation with Jennifer Snow. Want to learn more about Alexander? Check out the latest installment of the Piano Inspires...
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
Back to Discovery Blog Home To celebrate the latest episode of the Piano Inspires Podcast featuring Spencer Myer, we are sharing an excerpted transcript of his conversation with Jennifer Snow. Want to learn more about Myer? Check out the latest installment of the Piano Inspires...
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
Back to Discovery Blog Home To celebrate the latest episode of Piano Inspires Podcast featuring William Chapman Nyaho, we are sharing an excerpted transcript of his conversation with Jennifer Snow. Want to learn more about Nyaho? Check out the latest installment of the Piano Inspires...