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Elvina Pearce Donates Transformative Gift to The Frances Clark Center
The Frances Clark Center is thrilled to announce the generous and transformative gift received from renowned teacher Elvina Truman Pearce. This unprecedented legacy gift has been donated by Mrs. Pearce to advance the mission of the Center through meaningful and high quality teacher education. Executive Director, Dr. Jennifer Snow expressed,… Read More -
Clavier Companion: Benjamin Grosvenor
At just 25 years of age, Grosvenor has already played in some of the biggest venues, and with the most prestigious orchestras in the world. Andrea McAlister joins him for an exclusive interview in the March/April 2018 issue of Clavier Companion. Read More -
Call for Proposals now open!
The 2019 National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy seeks session proposals for its next conference, July 24-27, 2019. This special 20th anniversary celebration will take place in Lombard, Illinois. Read More -
Publications
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, Clavier Companion magazine, the Piano Pedagogy Forum, and several print publications.