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Piano Magazine
Autumn 2019 issueThe newly redesigned Autumn issue of the Piano Magazine celebrates Women in Music. Digital flipbook available for all current subscribers. Read More -
Announcing Teacher Education Courses
Enrollment is now open for the Frances Clark Center's first online course, The Beginner Course: Strong Foundations for Young Pianists Read More -
Piano Teach Learn Facebook Group
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We offer publications by leaders in the field that will be of great interest to any piano teacher. They are frequently used both in collegiate pedagogy courses and by independent teachers. Recent additions include "The Success Factor in Piano Teaching" by Elvina Pearce. Read More
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Welcome To The Frances Clark Center For Keyboard Pedagogy
The Frances Clark Center for Keyboard Pedagogy is a not-for-profit educational institution (501c3) located in Kingston, New Jersey.
The work of the Center is based on the philosophy of music educator Frances Clark (1905-1998) whose life work revolutionized the field of music education in the twentieth century.
Dr. Clark believed passionately in the transformative power of music making in the life of every person - not just the young, not just the gifted, not just the privileged. What set Frances Clark apart from her predecessors, however, was her recognition that the quality of musical experience is directly related to the quality of the music teaching-learning experience. Thus she placed singular importance on the preparation of teachers.
"There is music in every child. The teacher's job is to find it and nurture it." — Frances Clark
The Center advances its goals and serves local, national, and international audiences through: The New School for Music Study, the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy, The Piano Magazine, the Piano Pedagogy Forum, and several print publications.