Publications
Piano Education Press
Piano Education Press is a division of the Frances Clark Center, 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.
Featured
Piano Inspires Kids: Annual Collection (2024-2025): Vol. 2, No. 1-4
Dr. Sara Ernst and Dr. Andrea McAlister
Join us as we explore the world through music, discovering the musicians, composers, cultures, and art forms that connect us to one another. Each issue will contain feature articles, music in the news, practice tips, new music, theory lessons, creative activities, games, and puzzles—content that students and teachers can immediately apply to their lessons, practice, and music making.
This annual collection contains the following special topics:
- Improvising at the Piano
- Music & Nature
- Music and Listening
- Let’s Go to the Movies
$32.00
$32.00
Piano Inspires Kids: Annual Collection (2023-2024): Vol. 1, No. 1-4
Dr. Sara Ernst and Dr. Andrea McAlister
Join us as we explore the world through music, discovering the musicians, composers, cultures, and art forms that connect us to one another. Each issue will contain feature articles, music in the news, practice tips, new music, theory lessons, creative activities, games, and puzzles—content that students and teachers can immediately apply to their lessons, practice, and music making.
This annual collection contains the following special topics:
- Music and the Summer Games
- The Music of Argentina
- Celebrating the Music of Florence Price
- Music and the Brain
Reference Publications
Marvin Blickenstaff
$49.99
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…
Jane Magrath
$59.99
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…
Robert Weirich
$39.99
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…
Legacy Publications
Edited by Edward Darling
$35.00
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…
Frances Clark
$35.00
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…
Elvina Pearce
$35.00
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…
Repertoire & Student Publications
Thomas H. Kerr Jr.
$19.99
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…
Thomas H. Kerr Jr.
$34.99
Dancétudes: 7 Vignettes of Dolls and Pets is a set of seven programmatic piano solos by Thomas Henderson Kerr Jr., composed for his young daughter. Dedicated to her dolls and pets, these…
Thomas H. Kerr Jr.
$19.99
Scherzino, Easter Monday Swagger (1970) is a solo piano work by Thomas Henderson Kerr Jr. Subtitled A Fantasy “Romp” on Walk Together, Children, it offers contrasting…
E.L. Lancaster and Kevin Olson
$11.99
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…
E.L. Lancaster and Omar Roy
$15.99
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…
Dr. Sara Ernst and Dr. Andrea McAlister
$32.00
Join us as we explore the world through music, discovering the musicians, composers, cultures, and art forms that connect us to one another. Each issue will contain feature articles, music in the…
Dr. Sara Ernst and Dr. Andrea McAlister
$32.00
Join us as we explore the world through music, discovering the musicians, composers, cultures, and art forms that connect us to one another. Each issue will contain feature articles, music in the…
Christopher Madden and Jani Parsons
$11.99
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…
Christopher Madden and Jani Parsons
$13.99
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…
Connor Chee and Renata Yazzie
$16.99
Weaving Sounds is a collection of beginner piano repertoire written by the vibrant and diverse voices of Native and Indigenous composers from the Diné, Mohawk, Anishinaabe, Cree, Blackfoot…
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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