Frances Clark

Frances Oman Clark (March 28, 1905 – April 17, 1998) was an American pianist,
Frances Clark
pedagogue, and academic who authored, co-authored and edited many widely used
piano method books, most notably The Music Tree series.[1] Her 1955 publication, Born March 28, 1905
Time to Begin, introduced the concept of teaching music reading by pattern Goshen, Indiana,
recognition, thus pioneering the "intervallic method", which "revolutionised" the United States
teaching of music reading.[2] Died April 17, 1998
(aged 93)
Hightstown, New
Biography
Jersey, United States
Clark received a bachelor's degree at Kalamazoo College in 1928 and also
Nationality American
completed graduate work at University of Michigan, The Juilliard School, The Paris
Alma mater Kalamazoo College
Conservatory, and The American Academy at Fontainebleau.[3] She went on to serve
on the faculty at Kalamazoo College from 1945–1955, before joining the faculty of
Westminster Choir College and eventually co-founding The New School for Music Study in 1960, the first graduate school devoted
to the study of music pedagogy.[4]

References
1. Chen, Yieng Chyi. "A Comparison of The Music Tree, Piano Adventures, and Hal Leonard Student Library For
Beginning Piano Teachers" (http://acumen.lib.ua.edu/content/u0015/0000001/0001199/u0015_0000001_0001199.pd
f) (PDF). University of Alabama. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
2. Bruno Emond and Gilles Comeau,"Cognitive modeling of early music reading skill acquisition for piano"(http://act-r.
psy.cmu.edu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1034paper0008.pdf), In N. Rußwinkel, U. Drewitz & H. van Rijn
(eds.), Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling, Berlin: Universitaetsverlag der TU
Berlin.
3. "In Memoriam: Frances Clark"(http://www.claviercompanion.com/ClarkArticle/Clark.html). Clavier Companion.
Retrieved July 25, 2016.
4. "About Frances Clark" (http://www.nsmspiano.org/mission-history/). The New School for Music Study. Retrieved
July 25, 2016.

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