Collegiate Connections – Call for Proposals!

Collegiate Connections, a professional engagement initiative for students and faculty, supports the innovative work of emerging leaders, scholars, and artists. The program provides opportunities for collegiate groups and classes to submit term and annual projects to be showcased in an online national event. The program aims to foster peer connections and collaboration through the exchange of ideas, scholarship, and dialogue from across the country.

We invite collegiate groups in pedagogy, repertoire, related performance and interdisciplinary classes along with their faculty mentors to submit a group project. Projects may cover a wide range of topics such as creative teaching projects, lecture and musical presentations, community engagement, social justice, business entrepreneurship projects, and more. We welcome all group submissions.

Selected group projects will be featured in the inaugural Collegiate Connections online national event on Friday, April 24, 2026, from 11:00 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. Eastern. The online gathering aims to foster community exchange and will highlight these innovative and collaborative projects from selected collegiate groups and their faculty mentors. Selected projects may also be included in various Piano Inspires online and print resources, such as Inspiring Artistry, From the Artist Bench, Discovery Page, Piano Magazine, and Piano Inspires Kids.

The Proposals Submission Portal is open now. The deadline for project proposal submission is March 30, 2026. Please visit pianoinspires.com for submission information. Please join us as we explore and amplify the dynamic work of the next generation of piano educators and trailblazers.