Teaching Piano Skills

Contributors include: Marvin Blickenstaff, Scott McBride Smith, Forrest Kinney

Teaching Piano Skills gives teachers insight into the best practices of teaching and learning scales, chords, and arpeggios at the piano.

This is a fully online course comprised of video and written materials from the following sources: Keyboard Companion, Clavier Companion, Piano Magazine, Teaching Foundational Technique, Inspiring Artistry, From the Artist Bench, and webinars.

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Teaching Adults in Groups (from A Pianist’s Guide to Teaching in Groups)

Contributors include: Andrea McAlister, Rebecca Bellelo, and Yeeseon Kwon

Teaching Adults in Groups offers teachers practical pedagogy for the teaching of group lessons with adult students. Topics include the benefits of group teaching, the teaching of diverse levels in adult groups, the teaching of rhythm, and performance.

This is a fully online course comprised of video and written materials from A Pianist’s Guide to Teaching in Groups, a comprehensive course offered by the Frances Clark Center. The full course is available in self-guided and facilitated versions at pianoinspires.com/courses. 

This is a self-guided microcourse. Reflection questions serve as a way to reflect on the material as well as your own teaching and performing experiences. You will not respond to these questions on the platform, but you may wish to complete the activities for your own personal use.

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Teaching Collegiate Group Piano (from A Pianist’s Guide to Teaching in Groups)

Contributors include: Andrea McAlister, Omar Roy, and Yeeseon Kwon

Teaching Collegiate Group Piano offers teachers practical pedagogy for the teaching of collegiate group piano lessons. Topics include the benefits of group teaching, the teaching of skills, the teaching of reading, and the use of technology.

This is a fully online course comprised of video and written materials from A Pianist’s Guide to Teaching in Groups, a comprehensive course offered by the Frances Clark Center. The full course is available in self-guided and facilitated versions at pianoinspires.com/courses. 

This is a self-guided microcourse. Reflection questions serve as a way to reflect on the material as well as your own teaching and performing experiences. You will not respond to these questions on the platform, but you may wish to complete the activities for your own personal use.

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Teaching Beginning and Elementary Children in Groups (from A Pianist’s Guide to Teaching in Groups)

Contributors include: Amy Glennon, Andrea McAlister, Allison Shinnick

Teaching Beginning and Elementary Children in Groups offers teachers practical pedagogy for the teaching of beginning and elementary children in group lessons. Topics include the benefits of group teaching, teaching reading and artistry, rhythm and movement, and improvisation and aural skills.

This is a fully online course comprised of video and written materials from A Pianist’s Guide to Teaching in Groups, a comprehensive course offered by the Frances Clark Center. The full course is available in self-guided and facilitated versions at pianoinspires.com/courses. 

This is a self-guided microcourse. Reflection questions serve as a way to reflect on the material as well as your own teaching and performing experiences. You will not respond to these questions on the platform, but you may wish to complete the activities for your own personal use.

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20th- and 21st-Century Music by Women Composers (from Hidden Gems: Four Centuries of Piano Music by Women Composers)

Contributors include: Susan Yang, Ashlee Young, Clare Longendyke, and Brendan Jacklin

20th- and 21st-Century Music by Women Composers offers teachers practical pedagogy for the teaching and performance of select piano repertoire by women composers Ruth Schonthal (Level 1), Emma Lou Diemer (Level 3), Karalyn Schubring (Level 4), Zenobia Powell Perry (Level 3), Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté (Level 6), Florence Price (Level 7), Alexina Louie (Level 8), Lili Boulanger (Level 10), and Dorothy Rudd Moore (Level 10). 

This is a fully online course comprised of video and written materials from Hidden Gems: Four Centuries of Piano Music by Women Composers, a comprehensive course offered by the Frances Clark Center. The full, self-guided course is available at pianoinspires.com/courses. 

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A Guide for Access to Materials

Ruth Schonthal – “Cradle Song for a Quiet Evening” from Pentatonics

• Level 1 (Late Elementary)
• www.carlfischer.com/o5345-pentatonics.html
• Carl Fischer

Emma Lou Diemer – “Jazz Echoes” from Adventures in Sound

• Level 3 (Early Intermediate)
• www.fjhmusic.com
• Adventures in Sound. Emma Lou Diemer, composer. Published by FJH Music Company.

Karalyn Schubring – Fiddle Tune

• Level 4 (Early Intermediate)
• www.justatheorypress.com/s/search?q=schubring
• Just a Theory Press

Zenobia Powell Perry – “Vignette No. 2” from Piano Potpourri

• Level 3 (Early Intermediate)
• www.zenobiapowellperry.org/Musictopurchase.html
• Jeannie Gayle Pool

Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté – “A” from Alphabet Pieces

• Level 6 (Intermediate)
• www.musicfromcanada.com/store/p1423/_From_My_Childhood%2C_Volume_1%3A_Alphabet_Pieces_%28W_077DIG%29.html
• Published by Waterloo Music; Edited by Lorne Watson

Florence Price – The Goblin and the Mosquito

• Level 7 (Late Intermediate)
• imslp.org/wiki/The_Goblin_and_the_Mosquito_(Price%2C_Florence)
  Edited and typeset by John McKinnon, 2020. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0

Alexina Louie – “Into Forever” from Star Light, Star Bright

• Level 8 (Late Intermediate)
• www.jwpepper.com/Star-Light-Star-Bright/5982051.item#.YZ623dDMLD5
• Fred Harris Music Company, Ltd.  

Lili Boulanger – Trois Morceaux No. 1 

• Level 10 (Early Advanced)
• IMSLP: imslp.org/wiki/3_Morceaux_(Boulanger%2C_Lili)
•  Published by: New York: G. Schirmer, 1918

Dorothy Rudd Moore – A Little Whimsy

• Level 10 (Early Advanced) 
• www.hildegard.com/catalog.php?keyword=490-01070
  Ed. by Helen Walker-Hill; Published by Hildegard Publishing Company

Romantic Era Music by Women Composers (from Hidden Gems: Four Centuries of Piano Music by Women Composers)

Contributors include: Susan Yang, Ashlee Young, and Clare Longendyke

Romantic Era Music by Women Composers offers teachers practical pedagogy for the teaching and performance of select piano repertoire by women composers Mel Bonis (Level 2), Amy Beach (Level 5), Louise Farrenc (Level 5), Josephine Lang (Level 7), and Fannie Hensel (Level 9). 

This is a fully online course comprised of video and written materials from Hidden Gems: Four Centuries of Piano Music by Women Composers, a comprehensive course offered by the Frances Clark Center. The full, self-guided course is available at pianoinspires.com/courses. 

This is a self-guided microcourse. Reflection activities serve as a way to reflect on the material as well as your own teaching and performing experiences. You will not respond to these questions on the platform, but you may wish to complete the activities for your own personal use.

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A Guide for Access to Materials

Mel Bonis- La Puce

• Level 2 (Late Elementary)
• sheetmusic2print.com/products/bonis-puce-103
• Edited by M. A. Caux

Amy Beach –  “Sliding on the Ice” from Six to Twelve, Op. 119, No. 1

• Level 5 (Intermediate)
• www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/sliding-on-ice-digital-sheet-music/19857732
• Arranged by Gail Smith. Published by Hal Leonard.

Louise Farrenc – Op. 50, No. 11 from 25 Etudes Faciles

• Level 5 (Intermediate) 
• IMSLP: imslp.org/wiki/25_Etudes_faciles%2C_Op.50_(Farrenc%2C_Louise)
• Paris: Alphonse Leduc, n.d.(ca.1876). Plate 5854.

Josephine Lang – 3 Klavierstucke No. 3 

• Level 7 (Late Intermediate)
• IMSLP: imslp.org/wiki/3_Klavierst%C3%BCcke_(Lang%2C_Josephine)
• Published by Frankfurt: E.H. Schunke, n.d.(after 1880). Plate 269.

Fanny Hensel – 3 Melodies, Op. 4, No. 2

• Level 9 (Early Advanced)
• IMSLP: imslp.org/wiki/3_M%C3%A9lodies%2C_Op.4_(Hensel%2C_Fanny)
• Berlin: Schlesinger, n.d.[1847]. Plate S. 3294.

Classical Era Music by Women Composers (from Hidden Gems: Four Centuries of Piano Music by Women Composers)

Contributors include: Annie Jeng, Brendan Jacklin, and Clare Longendyke

Classical Era Music by Women Composers offers teachers practical pedagogy for the teaching and performance of select piano repertoire by women composers Hélène de Montgeroult (Level 7), Marianna von Auenbrugger (Level 8), Marianne von Martinez (Level 9), and Sophia Dussek (Level 10). 

This is a fully online course comprised of video and written materials from Hidden Gems: Four Centuries of Piano Music by Women Composers, a comprehensive course offered by the Frances Clark Center. The full, self-guided course is available at pianoinspires.com/courses. 

This is a self-guided microcourse. Reflection activities serve as a way to reflect on the material as well as your own teaching and performing experiences. You will not respond to these questions on the platform, but you may wish to complete the activities for your own personal use.

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A Guide for Access to Materials

Hélène de Montgeroult – Etude No. 19 in F Major

• Level 7 (Late Intermediate)
• IMSLP: imslp.org/wiki/Cours_complet_pour_l’enseignement_du_forte_piano_(Montgeroult%2C_H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne)
• Paris: Launer, n.d. [ca.1830], IMSLP

Marianna von Auenbrugger – Sonata in E-flat Major, III. Rondo

• Level 8 (Late Intermediate)
• www.alfred.com/at-the-pianowith-women-composers/p/00-428/
• Edited by Maurice Hinson; Published by Alfred Publishing Co, Inc, 1995

Marianne von Martinez – Sonata in E Major, I Allegro

• Level 9 (Early Advanced)  
• IMSLP: imslp.org/wiki/Keyboard_Sonata_in_E_major_(Martinez%2C_Marianne)
• Edited by Ernst Pauer; Published by Alte Meister, Vol.3, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d.(ca.1878). Plate V.A. 411

Sophia Dussek – Piano Sonata in A Major

• Level 10 (Early Advanced)
• www.hildegard.com/catalog.php?keyword=490-01080
• Hildegard Publishing Company

Baroque Era Music by Women Composers (from Hidden Gems: Four Centuries of Piano Music by Women Composers)

Contributors include: Ashlee Young, Susan Yang, Brendan Jacklin, and Annie Jeng

Baroque Era Music by Women Composers offers teachers practical pedagogy for the teaching and performance of select piano repertoire by women composers Magdalena Dakkert (Levels 1 and 2), Elisabetta de Gambarini (Level 4), Maria Teresa Agnesi (Level 6), and Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (Level 7). 

This is a fully online course comprised of video and written materials from Hidden Gems: Four Centuries of Piano Music by Women Composers, a comprehensive course offered by the Frances Clark Center. The full, self-guided course is available at pianoinspires.com/courses. 

This is a self-guided microcourse. Reflection activities serve as a way to reflect on the material as well as your own teaching and performing experiences. You will not respond to these questions on the platform, but you may wish to complete the activities for your own personal use.

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A Guide for Access to Materials

Magdalena Dakkert – Minuet

• Level 1 (Late Elementary)
• www.fjhmusic.com
• On Your Way to Succeeding with the Masters. Edited by Helen Marlais; Published by FJH Music Company, 2007  

Magdalena Dakkert – Bourrée

• Level 2 (Late Elementary)
• www.fjhmusic.com
• On Your Way to Succeeding with the Masters. Edited by Helen Marlais; Published by FJH Music Company, 2007

Elisabetta de Gambarini – Tambourin 

• Level 4 (Intermediate)
• www.alfred.com/at-the-piano-with-women-composers/p/00-428/
• Edited by Maurice Hinson; Published by Alfred Publishing Co, Inc, 2008

Maria Teresa Agnesi – Sonata in F Major, I Allegro Moderato

• Level 6 (Intermediate)
• IMSLP: imslp.org/wiki/Harpsichord_Sonata_(Agnesi%2C_Maria_Teresa)   
• David Silva Monje Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre – Minuet in G Minor from Les pièces de Clavecin

• Level 7 (Late Intermediate)
• IMSLP: imslp.org/wiki/Pi%C3%A8ces_de_clavecin,_Livre_1_(Jacquet_de_La_Guerre,_Elisabeth)
• Edited by Steve Wiberg, Due West Editions, IMSLP

Music by Black Composers for Early-Advanced Students (from Unsung Heroes in Piano Pedagogy: 20 Pieces by Black Composers to Use in Your Studio Now)

Contributors include: Artina McCain and Leah Claiborne

Music by Black Composers for Early-Advanced Students offers teachers practical pedagogy for the teaching and performance of select piano repertoire by Black composers Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, R. Nathaniel Dett, and Margaret Bonds.

This is a fully online course comprised of video and written materials from Unsung Heroes in Piano Pedagogy: 20 Pieces by Black Composers to Use in Your Studio Now, a comprehensive course offered by the Frances Clark Center. The full, self-guided course is available at pianoinspires.com/courses. 

This is a self-guided microcourse. Exploration questions serve as a way to reflect on the material as well as your own teaching and performing experiences. You will not respond to these questions on the platform, but you may wish to complete the activities for your own personal use.

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A Guide for Access to Materials

1.Three-Fours (Valse Suite), Op. 71 by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Four Early 20th-Century Piano Suites By Black Composers, edited by Joseph Smith (G. Schirmer, Inc., 1997)

https://www.halleonard.com/product/50482960/four-early-20th-century-piano-suites-by-black-composers

2.“I’m Troubled in Mind” from24 Negro Melodies by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

(Boston: Ditson, 1907) public domain

https://ks4.imslp.net/files/imglnks/usimg/8/84/IMSLP07288-Coleridge-Taylor_-_24_Negro_Melodies_(piano).pdf

3.“Morning/Barcarolle” from In the Bottoms by Nathaniel Dett

Four Early 20th-Century Piano Suites by Black Composers, edited by Joseph Smith (G. Schirmer, Inc., 1997)

https://www.halleonard.com/product/50482960/four-early-20th-century-piano-suites-by-black-composers

4.“The Angels Changed My Name” from24 Negro Melodies by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

(Boston: Ditson, 1907) public domain

https://ks4.imslp.net/files/imglnks/usimg/8/84/IMSLP07288-Coleridge-Taylor_-_24_Negro_Melodies_(piano).pdf

5.“Wade in the Water” from24 Negro Melodies by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

(Boston: Ditson, 1907) public domain

https://ks4.imslp.net/files/imglnks/usimg/8/84/IMSLP07288-Coleridge-Taylor_-_24_Negro_Melodies_(piano).pdf

6. “Troubled Waters” from Spiritual Suite by Margaret Bonds

Black Women Composers: A Century of Piano Music (1893-1990)

(Hildegard Publishing Company, 1992)

https://www.hildegard.com/resources.php?page=afro_american#490-01070

Music by Black Composers for Intermediate Students (from Unsung Heroes in Piano Pedagogy: 20 Pieces by Black Composers to Use in Your Studio Now)

Contributors include: Leah Claiborne

Music by Black Composers for Intermediate Students offers teachers practical pedagogy for the teaching and performance of select piano repertoire by Black composers Valerie Capers, Ignatius Sancho, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Harry T. Burleigh, Estelle Ricketts, and R. Nathaniel Dett.

This is a fully online course comprised of video and written materials from Unsung Heroes in Piano Pedagogy: 20 Pieces by Black Composers to Use in Your Studio Now, a comprehensive course offered by the Frances Clark Center. The full, self-guided course is available at pianoinspires.com/courses. 

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A Guide for Access to Materials

1.“Ella Scats the Little Lamb” from Portraits in Jazz by Valerie Capers

Portraits in Jazz: A Piano Album (Oxford University Press, 1992) ISBN-10: 0193385627 / ISBN-13: 978-0193385627

https://valcapmusic.com/publications/

2.“Culford Heath Camp” from Twelve Country Dances (for the year 1779 set for the Harpsichord)by Ignatius Sancho

(London: S and A. Thompson, 1779) public domain

https://imslp.simssa.ca/files/imglnks/usimg/0/07/IMSLP629880-PMLP506292-Twelve_Country_Dances_-_Full_Score.pdf

3.“Billie’s Song” from Portraits in Jazz by Valerie Capers

(Oxford University Press, 1992) ISBN-10: 0193385627 / ISBN-13: 978-0193385627

https://valcapmusic.com/publications/

4.“Lady Mary Montagus Reel” from Twelve Country Dances (for the year 1779 set for the Harpsichord)by Ignatius Sancho

(London: S. and A. Thompson, 1779) public domain

https://imslp.simssa.ca/files/imglnks/usimg/0/07/IMSLP629880-PMLP506292-Twelve_Country_Dances_-_Full_Score.pdf

5.Adagio in F Minor by Chevalier de Saint Georges

Edited by Dominique-Renee De Lerma (Theodore Presser Company)

https://www.presser.com/140-40039-adagio+in+f+minor.html

6.“On Bended Knees” from From the Southland by H.T. Burleigh

Four Early 20th-Century Piano Suites by Black Composers, edited by Joseph Smith (G. Schirmer, Inc., 1997)

https://www.halleonard.com/product/50482960/four-early-20th-century-piano-suites-by-black-composers

7.“His Song” from In the Bottoms by Nathaniel Dett

Four Early 20th-Century Piano Suites by Black Composers, edited by Joseph Smith (G. Schirmer, Inc., 1997)

https://www.halleonard.com/product/50482960/four-early-20th-century-piano-suites-by-black-composers

8.Rippling Spring Waltz by Estelle Ricketts

Black Women Composers: A Century of Piano Music (1893-1990)

(Hildegard Publishing Company, 1992)

Florence Price Teaching Pieces (from Unsung Heroes in Piano Pedagogy: 20 Pieces by Black Composers to Use in Your Studio Now)

Contributors include: Lia Jensen-Abbott and Leah Claiborne

Florence Price Teaching Pieces offers teachers practical pedagogy for the teaching and performance of beginning and elementary works by Florence B. Price

This is a fully online course comprised of video and written materials from Unsung Heroes in Piano Pedagogy: 20 Pieces by Black Composers to Use in Your Studio Now, a comprehensive course offered by the Frances Clark Center. The full, self-guided course is available at pianoinspires.com/courses. 

This is a self-guided microcourse. Exploration questions serve as a way to reflect on the material as well as your own teaching and performing experiences. You will not respond to these questions on the platform, but you may wish to complete the activities for your own personal use.

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A Guide for Access to Materials

1.Little Pieces on White Keys, No. 2 by Florence Price

A Collection of Florence Price’s Piano Teaching Music, Vol 1. Beginning Pieces, edited by Dr. Lia Jensen-Abbott (ClarNan Editions, 2015)

https://www.classicalvocalrep.com/products/A-Collection-of-Florence-Prices-Piano-Teaching-Music-Vol-1-Beginning-Pieces-384524.html?sid=482b0b82d850876bae67a0d7ebc808fd

2.Little Pieces on Black Keys, No. 1 by Florence Price

A Collection of Florence Price’s Piano Teaching Music, Vol 1. Beginning Pieces, edited by Dr. Lia Jensen-Abbott (ClarNan Editions, 2015)

https://www.classicalvocalrep.com/products/A-Collection-of-Florence-Prices-Piano-Teaching-Music-Vol-1-Beginning-Pieces-384524.html?sid=482b0b82d850876bae67a0d7ebc808fd

3.Little Pieces on Black Keys, No. 2 by Florence Price

A Collection of Florence Price’s Piano Teaching Music, Vol 1. Beginning Pieces, edited by Dr. Lia Jensen-Abbott (ClarNan Editions, 2015)

https://www.classicalvocalrep.com/products/A-Collection-of-Florence-Prices-Piano-Teaching-Music-Vol-1-Beginning-Pieces-384524.html?sid=482b0b82d850876bae67a0d7ebc808fd

4.“Autumn Echoes” by Florence Price

A Collection of Florence Price’s Piano Teaching Music, Vol 2. Beginning Pieces, edited by Dr. Lia Jensen-Abbott (ClarNan Editions, 2015)

https://www.classicalvocalrep.com/products/A-Collection-of-Florence-Prices-Piano-Teaching-Music-Vol-2-Beginning-Pieces-384531.html?sid=482b0b82d850876bae67a0d7ebc808fd

5.“Criss Cross” by Florence Price

A Collection of Florence Price’s Piano Teaching Music, Vol 2. Beginning Pieces, edited by Dr. Lia Jensen-Abbott (ClarNan Editions, 2015)

https://www.classicalvocalrep.com/products/A-Collection-of-Florence-Prices-Piano-Teaching-Music-Vol-2-Beginning-Pieces-384531.html?sid=482b0b82d850876bae67a0d7ebc808fd

6.“Follow Me” by Florence Price

A Collection of Florence Price’s Piano Teaching Music, Vol 2. Beginning Pieces, edited by Dr. Lia Jensen-Abbott (ClarNan Editions, 2015)

https://www.classicalvocalrep.com/products/A-Collection-of-Florence-Prices-Piano-Teaching-Music-Vol-2-Beginning-Pieces-384531.html?sid=482b0b82d850876bae67a0d7ebc808fd

Teaching Young Children in Groups (from A Pianist’s Guide to Teaching in Groups)

Contributors include: Andrea McAlister and Janet Tschida

Teaching Young Children in Groups offers teachers practical pedagogy for the teaching of young children in group music lessons. Topics include the benefits of group teaching, the development of young children, the teaching of reading, and the use of movement activities.

This is a fully online course comprised of video and written materials from A Pianist’s Guide to Teaching in Groups, a comprehensive course offered by the Frances Clark Center. The full course is available in self-guided and facilitated versions at pianoinspires.com/courses. 

This is a self-guided microcourse. Reflection questions serve as a way to reflect on the material as well as your own teaching and performing experiences. You will not respond to these questions on the platform, but you may wish to complete the activities for your own personal use.

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Classical Sonatinas and Sonatas at the Piano

Contributors include: Jerry Wong, Peter Takacs, Amy Glennon, Ratko Delorko

Explores the technique, style, and character of Classical music from pre-sonatina works through the music of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.

This is a fully online course comprised of video and written materials from the following sources: Keyboard Companion, Clavier Companion, Piano Magazine, Teaching Foundational Technique, Inspiring Artistry, From the Artist Bench, and Frances Clark Center webinars; as well as Welcome and Exit surveys.

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