Engage with the Frances Clark Center at the KMTA/MMTA Joint State Conference
The Frances Clark Center is pleased to participate in this dynamic, collaborative conference. Catch our sessions with Dr. Jennifer Snow and Dr. Sara Ernst, and stop by our exhibit booth to say hello and explore our many resources for piano teaching, learning, and performing. We look forward to connecting with you!
Friday, September 27 and Saturday, September 28, 2024
University of Missouri – Kansas City
5000 Holmes St, Kansas City, MO 64110
KMTA/MMTA attendees receive exclusive discounts. Keep scrolling to explore!
Subscriptions
Piano Inspires Kids
Piano Inspires Kids is a quarterly magazine that explores the world through music, discovering the musicians, composers, cultures, and art forms that connect us to one another.
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Piano Magazine
Piano Magazine is the leading resource for pianists, piano teachers, and piano enthusiasts. This quarterly publication provides informative, interesting, and inspiring ideas on all aspects of piano teaching, learning, and performing. It includes access to the full resources of pianoinspires.com.
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Featured Publications
MISSOURI AUTHOR!
Recollections: A Pianist’s Essays on Teaching, Performing, and Living
By Robert Weirich
This collection of essays is both memoir and an exploration of the place of the arts in American society. Weirich addresses many aspects of making a career in music—from getting started to the importance of teachers, competitions, and the question of sustainability. He recognizes that the values of artistic pursuit are essentially timeless. Whether one ascends to the Carnegie stage or teaches little fingers to play, the underlying aspirations—at their purest—are the same.
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Inspired Piano Teaching
By Marvin Blickenstaff
Inspired Piano Teaching is filled with practical advice on teaching students at all levels. It is dedicated to keeping inspiration and artistry alive for every student in every lesson. Topics range from proactive teaching, the interview, and the first lesson to technical gestures, guidelines to interpretation, and coaching a piece to performance. After reading the book, teachers will feel like they have attended a multi-day workshop with Marvin.
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Piano Literature for Teaching and Performance
By Jane Magrath
Piano Literature for Teaching and Performance is a resource for teachers, students, and performers. It features works from the Baroque through Contemporary periods; listings from underrepresented, women, and living composers; and annotations with composer biographies, musical characteristics, and pedagogical considerations. Suggested grade levels from 1 through 10.
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NEW! Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel?: Concert Scherzo for Two Pianos, Four Hands
By Thomas H. Kerr Jr., edited by Susanna Garcia and William Chapman Nyaho
Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel?: Concert Scherzo for Two Pianos, Four Hands is a set of six variations and a coda based on the Negro spiritual. Composed in 1940 by pianist and composer Thomas Henderson Kerr Jr. for his performances on the Black College Circuit during the 1940s, it is an effective showpiece for advanced pianists.
Other Publications
E.L. Lancaster and Kevin Olson
From Rote to Note
E.L. Lancaster and Omar Roy
From Rote to Note, Book 2
Courses
15% OFF
all full-length courses
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Online Teacher Education Courses
Our ever-growing collection of teacher education courses covers topics including teaching beginners, inclusive teaching, repertoire by underrepresented composers, studio management, and more. Receive 15% off all enrollments with discount code CONFERENCE15.
CONFERENCE PRESENTER!
The Beginner Course: Establishing Strong Foundations for Young Pianists
Sara Ernst, course leader
The Intermediate Course: Continuing Pianistic Growth and Development
Jane Magrath and Pamela Pike, course leaders
Craig Sale, course leader
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The Piano Conference: NCKP 2025
The Piano Conference: NCKP 2025 advances the international field of piano teaching, learning, and performing through the dissemination of innovative ideas, cutting-edge research, and diverse perspectives. It promotes connection and engagement within our community through its programming and events.
Attending The Piano Conference: NCKP 2025 enables students to connect with peers from across the world in real time and stay on top of the latest ideas in piano teaching, learning, and performing through engaging sessions and events. We invite students and faculty alike to get involved, individually or as a group! Presenting at this high-visibility, international conference gives students amazing professional development experience as well as networking for graduate studies and employment opportunities.
The Call for Proposals is now open until Monday, October 21, 2024. We call for proposals that have a vision to the future, engage our expanded community, and inspire innovation and progressive change. Proposals will be blind reviewed.
Other Ways to Get Involved
Social Media
We invite students to interact with our engaging, educational content on social media. Our socials are a place for discussing relevant topics in pedagogy, engaging with teaching video content, diving deeper on composers and pieces, connecting with other curious pianists, and enjoying freebies and discounts throughout the year. Our socials are a great way to encourage students to interact with their craft on a daily basis through channels they are adept at navigating.
Questions on our collegiate resources? Email support@pianoinspires.com.
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The Frances Clark Center for Keyboard Pedagogy is a not-for-profit educational institution (501c3). The Frances Clark Center advances its goals and serves local, national, and international audiences through its divisions: The New School for Music Study, NCKP: The Piano Conference, Piano Magazine, Piano Inspires Kids, Journal of Piano Research and PianoInspires.com.
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