Latest News
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Open Position: Editor-in-Chief/Chief Content Director
The Frances Clark Center is currently seeking an Editor-in-Chief/Chief Content Director (EIC) to lead and direct all aspects of its digital and print publication, Clavier Companion. The EIC develops, executes and leads the overall development of the publication, in cooperation and collaboration with divisional leadership of the Center. As a… 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 -
Frances Clark Center appoints new Director of NCKP
The Frances Clark Center is pleased to announce that Ryan Greene has been promoted to the position of Director, NCKP and Director of Digital Operations for the Frances Clark Center. Greene is currently Associate Director, National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy, and has handled Digital Management for Clavier Companion. Greene has… Read More -
Frances Clark Center for Keyboard Pedagogy Hires Full-Time Executive Director
The Frances Clark Center is pleased to announce the hire of Dr. Jennifer Snow as its first full-time Executive Director. Snow is a former Vice President, Teacher Education for the Royal Conservatory and previously was a member of the keyboard faculty at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. She… 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.