Update on Dr. Edwin Gordon’s NCKP keynote
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 22, 2015Written by Sam Holland The Frances Clark Center for Keyboard Pedagogy, and the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy, wish to extend our sincere best wishes to Dr. Edwin Gordon who has been diagnosed with acute leukemia. Dr. Gordon was to...
PIANO PEDAGOGY FORUM MOVES TO NEW HOME
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Frances Clark Center Acquires Prestigious Online Journal The Frances Clark Center for Keyboard Pedagogy is pleased to announce that it has acquired the Piano Pedagogy Forum internet journal.Created in 1998 by Scott Price as the first online journal in the piano pedagogy field, the journal...
LOUISE GOSS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1926-2014 Louise Goss, one of world’s leading figures in the field of piano pedagogy, co-founder of the New School for Music Study, and editor of two seminal series on teaching piano, and founder of The Frances Clark Center for Keyboard Pedagogy, died...
NEW SCHOOL STUDENTS WIN AWARDS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Young Pianists Garner National Attention The Frances Clark Center for Keyboard Pedagogy (FCCKP) recognizes the following outstanding musicians at The New School for Music Study on their recent achievements in piano study. Three students at The New School for Music Study (NSMS)...
NEW SCHOOL FOR MUSIC STUDY WELCOMES COMMUNITY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Well-Known Piano School Hosts Open House The New School For Music Study (NSMS) announces its first-annual Open House and Welcome Night, scheduled for Thursday August 29, 2013 from 4-8PM. NSMS is located just 5 minutes north of Princeton on Nassau/Route 27 in...
NEW SCHOOL FOR MUSIC STUDY APPOINTS NEW LEADER
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Rebecca Pennington Named Interim Administrative Director The Frances Clark Center for Keyboard Pedagogy announces the appointment of Rebecca Pennington as Interim Administrative Director of The New School for Music Study. Pennington was appointed to the position following the resignation of current Administrative...
THE FRANCES CLARK CENTER CONGRATULATES SARA ERNST
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dr. Ernst Accepts Position at the University of South Carolina The Frances Clark Center for Keyboard Pedagogy announces the resignation of Sara Ernst as Administrative Director of The New School for Music Study. Ernst has accepted a position at the University of...
Piano News from Around the Globe
Winter 2022; Vol. 13, No. 4
Winner of 18th Frederic Chopin International Piano Competition Announced On October 20, Canadian pianist Bruce (Xiaoyu) Lui won first prize at the 18th Frederic Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw. Delayed by one year due to the pandemic, Liu competed against twelve finalists, performing the...
September 2018: Preludes
September 2018; Vol. 10, No. 5
Piano Competitions Cooper International Competition Winners Announced Seventeen-year-old Tony Siqi Yun (from Canada) recently won the 2018 Cooper Competition performing the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23 in the concerto finals with The Cleveland Orchestra. Seventeen-year-old Kai-Min Chang (from Taiwan) placed second,...
September/October 2017: Recent Research
September 2017; Vol. 9, No. 5
The rhythm of grammar Neuroscientists at Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Music Cognition Lab have identified a correlation between good rhythm skills and a strong grasp of grammar in school-aged children. According to the lab’s director Dr. Reyna Gordon, rhythmic patterns and sentence structures are similar...
News & Notes Nov/Dec 2017: Falling Pianos and Extreme Minimalism
November 2017; Vol. 9, No. 6
Falling pianos At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the annual “Piano Drop” has been a celebrated event for more than forty years. According to Steve Annear of The Boston Globe, “It’s a celebration that not only rallies the community together to participate in something unusually destructive… but...
November/December 2017: Recent Research
November 2017; Vol. 9, No. 6
Music with the mind Neuroscientists have created the world’s first musical instrument which can be played using only thoughts. The hands-free device may help rehabilitate those who are unable to play an instrument because of stroke, spinal cord injury, or ALS.1 The instrument, called an...
Digital-Only: Piano Palooza in Cleveland!
May 2018; Vol. 10, No. 3
Over 50 young musicians had a fun-filled time at Piano Palooza, a carnival of music games for elementary-level piano students ages 12 and under. Participants visited game stations, collected a “punch” for each game played, then traded a completed card for a prize. Piano Palooza...
Digital-Only Content: Dartington Hall Celebrates 70 Years!
May 2018; Vol. 10, No. 3
Dartington Hall is a creative institution and historical meeting ground for those hungry to explore a new musical landscape, renowned for its compelling and diverse community of performers, composers and thinkers. Celebrating its 70th anniversary, the internationally renowned Summer School is at the heart of...
DIGITAL-ONLY CONTENT: The Harmony Program celebrates 10 years of service to New York City.
May 2018; Vol. 10, No. 3
Celebrating the success of its students and the vital role music plays in shaping communities in the New York City metro area: This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Harmony Program, an organization that brings free instrumental music education into under-served communities across New...