About
Piano Inspires Kids
The Magazine Inspiring Pianists Around the World is a quarterly print publication that contains engaging content for piano students, offers a space for student-created ideas and submissions, and provides the teacher with activities and curricular materials for use in teaching.
For pianists
Piano Inspires Kids is created for you! Join our community of pianists around the world by reading the print magazine and submitting your ideas through our website. Explore the magazine and submit your ideas today!
For parents
Piano Inspires Kids provides engaging content for your child. Each issue will inspire your child to discover composers and music from around the world, current events, music theory, and ideas on practicing. Piano Inspires Kids will also connect young pianists to a broader community of inspired music makers through the many opportunities to share and submit their own content.
For teachers
Piano Inspires Kids is created with teachers in mind, giving you content and curricular ideas to enrich your teaching and engage your younger students. Your Piano Inspires Kids can be purchased as an individual or group subscription. Find more content for teachers at pianoinspires.com.
Meet the Editors-in-Chief
Sara Ernst
Sara Ernst, PhD, is Director of Teaching Engagement for the Frances Clark Center. An active pedagogue and pianist, she is currently Associate Professor and Director of Piano Pedagogy at the University of Oklahoma.
Andrea McAlister
Dr. Andrea McAlister serves as Director of Digital Programming for the Frances Clark Center and Senior Editor for Piano Magazine. Dr. McAlister is Professor of Piano Pedagogy at the Oberlin College & Conservatory.
Subscriptions and Circulation:
New subscriptions, renewals, and change of address can be processed on the Piano Inspires Kids website.
For additional customer support:
Piano Inspires Kids,
Frances Clark Center
P.O. Box 651 Kingston, NJ 08528
Toll-free: 1-800-487-6188
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The Frances Clark Center for Keyboard Pedagogy is a not-for-profit educational institution (501c3) that serves the advancement of piano teaching, learning, and performing through highest quality resources, initiatives, and programs. The Center includes: Piano Inspires Kids, The National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy, the Piano Magazine, The New School for Music Study, and Teacher Education Programs. The Frances Clark Center was founded in 1998 to advance the philosophy of world-renowned teacher and innovator Dr. Frances Clark. Dr. Clark believed passionately in the transformative power of music making in the life of every person, regardless of age or ability, and that the quality of a person’s musical life was directly attributable to the quality of teaching they experienced.
Piano Inspires is published quarterly by The Frances Clark Center for Keyboard Pedagogy, P.O. Box 651, Kingston, NJ 08528. Periodicals Postage Paid at Kingston, NJ, and at additional mailing offices. Printed in USA.Contents © 2023 by Piano Inspires Kids. All rights reserved. None of the contents of this magazine may be duplicated or reprinted without advance written permission from the publisher.
