Keyboard Companion Spring 2005; Vol. 16, No. 1
Keyboard Companion Spring 2005; Vol. 16, No. 1
view flipbook Page numbers refer to FlipBook pages and not the printed pages in the magazine. Page 5: The Editor’s Page Remembering Frances Clark Elvina Pearce with Louise Goss Page 7: On the cover Page 8: Teacher/Student/Parent What special qualities do parents of children who...
Winter 2026: Editor’s Letter
Winter 2026; Vol. 17, No. 4
The best pedagogy and teacher training programs prepare students to teach by steeping future teachers in theoretical frameworks (i.e., important educational and child development principles), offering proven strategies to teach musical concepts and technique, and then providing extended practical experiences for supervised teaching internships with...
Keyboard Companion Summer 1999; Vol. 10, No. 2
view flipbook Page numbers refer to FlipBook pages and not the printed pages in the magazine. Page 5: The Editor’s Page Woodworking and Musicmaking Richard Chronister Page 6: Teacher/Student/Parent What do you do about missed lessons? Barbara Kreader with Gillian Erskine, Ralph Neiweem, Claire Aebersold,...
Wilfred Delphin: Breaking Barriers through a Life in Music
Wilfred Delphin may not be a household name among young pianists, but his work as a concert duo-pianist and university professor has paved the way for those traveling after him. As half of the duo-piano team, Delphin and Romain, Wilfred has performed at large and...
Autumn 2025: Editor’s Letter
This past June and July, close to 1,000 pianists participated in The Piano Conference: NCKP 2025. Those of us who convened in Lombard, Illinois, experienced a palpable energy and sense of shared purpose as we explored the value of piano teaching midway through the third...
Exceptional Lives In Music: A Look at the Frances Clark Center 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award Honorees
Summer 2025; Vol. 17, No. 2
During The Piano Conference: NCKP 2025, Barbara Fast, Susanna Garcia, Gary Ingle, William Chapman Nyaho, and Craig Sale will be honored by the Frances Clark Center for a lifetime of achievement and service to music. The individuals in this outstanding group are leaders and innovators...
Summer 2025: Editor’s Letter
Summer 2025; Vol. 17, No. 2
In his interviews with Bill Moyers in the late 1980s, mythologist Joseph Campbell urged viewers to find their place of “creative incubation” and to use it daily; “…This is the place where you can simply experience and bring forth what you are and what you...
Piano Inspires Podcast: 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award Winners
Back to Discovery Blog Home The Frances Clark Center recognizes Barbara Fast, Susanna Garcia, Gary Ingle, William Chapman Nyaho, and Craig Sale as recipients of the 2025 Frances Clark Center Lifetime Achievement Award. Each of these recipients exemplifies outstanding dedication to the field of music and...
Spring 2025: Editor’s Letter
Spring 2025; Vol. 17, No. 1
At the end of my first semester of undergraduate piano study, my teacher asked me to “practice improvising” during my winter break. I suspect that her intention was to help me recognize the possibilities of each key (beyond simple scales, arpeggios, and chord progressions that...
Piano Inspires Podcast: Barbara Fast
Back to Discovery Blog Home To celebrate the latest episode of the Piano Inspires Podcast featuring Barbara Fast, we are sharing an excerpted transcript of her conversation with Pamela Pike. Want to learn more about Fast? Check out the latest installment of the Piano Inspires...
Winter 2025: Editor’s Letter
Winter 2025; Vol 16, No. 4
Understanding cultural and musical context improves student engagement during music learning and interpretation during performance. To bring attention to composers and create camaraderie within my piano studio, I feature a “composer of the month.” In addition to learning about the composer and where they grew...
Piano Inspires Podcast: Catherine Rollin
Back to Discovery Blog Home To celebrate the latest episode of the Piano Inspires Podcast featuring Catherine Rollin, we are sharing an excerpted transcript of her conversation with Pamela Pike. Want to learn more about Rollin? Check out the latest installment of the Piano Inspires...
Connor Chee: Honoring Tradition and Embracing Possibility at the Piano
Autumn 2024; Vol 16, No. 3
“What started as setting a few melodies actually turned into composing some original things, and reaching back into that part of me that wanted to compose since I was a child.” Connor Chee “The more time I spend at the piano, the more I am...
Autumn 2024: Editor’s Letter
Autumn 2024; Vol 16, No. 3
The start of each academic year is filled with excitement, joy, and hope—for students and teachers! We begin the year feeling the full range of possibilities: students dream about new and long sought-after challenge pieces that they might learn and perform, while teachers imagine steady...
Piano Inspires Podcast: Ann DuHamel
Back to Discovery Blog Home To celebrate the latest episode of the Piano Inspires Podcast featuring Ann DuHamel, we are sharing an excerpted transcript of her conversation with Pamela Pike. Want to learn more about DuHamel? Check out the latest installment of the Piano Inspires...