Publications
Piano Education Press
Piano Education Press is a division of the Frances Clark Center for Keyboard Pedagogy, a not-for-profit educational organization 501(c)(3) that serves the advancement of piano teaching, learning, and performing through highest quality resources and programs.
Mission
The mission of the Center is to amplify the transformative power of music making in the life of every person regardless of age or ability through research, development and codification of successful practices, and the curation and dissemination of publications, courses, seminars, and conferences.
- Offer books at a variety of levels to meet the needs of a wide range of students.
- Provide resources that enhance the experience of participants in the webinars and courses developed by the Center.
- Publish books that further learning in areas where materials are not readily available from other sources.
- Enrich and diversify the piano teaching curriculum.
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.
NEW! 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.
NEW! Recollections:
A Pianist’s Essays on Teaching, Performing, and Living
By Robert Weirich
Recollections: A Pianist’s Essays on Teaching, Performing, and Living gathers dozens of articles Robert Weirich wrote for various music journals, including Clavier, over the last four decades. The essays are linked by new writing that 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. Whether one ascends to the Carnegie stage or teaches little fingers to play, the underlying aspirations—at their purest—are the same.
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.
From Rote to Note
By E.L. Lancaster and Kevin Olson
From Rote to Note: Elementary Piano Pieces that Reinforce Theory and Technique contains nine pieces based on a theoretical or technical concept that students encounter at beginning levels of study. The pieces are designed to be taught from a musical map without the aid of traditional notation.
From Rote to Note, Book 2
By E.L. Lancaster and Omar Roy
From Rote to Note, Book 2: Late Elementary to Early Intermediate Piano Studies that Reinforce Theory and Technique contains twelve piano studies based on a theoretical or technical concept. The studies are designed to be taught from a musical map without the aid of traditional notation.
Technique through Repertoire, Book 1
Selected and Edited by Christopher Madden and Jani Parsons
Technique through Repertoire helps students develop essential technical skills by studying short excerpts from standard piano literature. This two-volume collection contains nearly 150 excerpts designed to help students improve technical skills in the context of motivating, engaging repertoire.
Book 1 includes examples arranged in order of difficulty for students at early intermediate to intermediate levels.
Technique through Repertoire, Book 2
Selected and Edited by Christopher Madden and Jani Parsons
Technique through Repertoire helps students develop essential technical skills by studying short excerpts from standard piano literature. This two-volume collection contains nearly 150 excerpts designed to help students improve technical skills in the context of motivating, engaging repertoire.
Book 2 includes examples arranged in order of difficulty for students at intermediate to late intermediate levels.
Questions and Answers: Practical Advice for Piano Teachers
Frances Clark
For over 26 years, piano teachers relied on Frances Clark’s column in Clavier magazine for insightful, inspiring answers to their questions. Some of her best advice on subjects ranging from repertoire to …
The Success Factor in Piano Teaching: Making Practice Perfect
Elvina Pearce
This definitive volume contains a unique combination of encyclopedic knowledge and down-to-earth ideas that can help every piano teacher achieve extraordinary results in teaching, practicing, and performing…
A Piano Teacher’s Legacy: Selected Writings by Richard Chronister
Edited by Edward Darling
Richard Chronister was one of the pedagogy greats of his time. During the last forty years of the 20th century, he was a driving force for better piano teaching and better training of piano teachers. …
Proceedings of Past National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy
Every two years, members from across all areas of the music profession convene at the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy for several intensive days of learning, inspiration, and collegiality. This publication documents this extraordinary event. You will find full transcripts of keynote addresses, PEDx sessions, conference workshops, and plenary sessions. Also included are reports of pre-conference seminars, as well as abstracts of research poster and pre-conference technology sessions. We hope that you find the Proceedings a resource to which you will return to repeatedly in the future, and we hope to see you at future meetings of the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy.
Piano Pedagogy Forum
A publication featuring articles by students and young professionals.
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Teaching Students with Visual Impairments – Empathy and Facilitation
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Teaching Students with Visual Impairments – Resources
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Studio Environment – Some Keys to Success
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