Festival for Creative Pianists

07/04/2025

There's still time to enroll in our in-person Festival for Creative Pianists in Montpelier, VT from August 6th - 10th!! Learn more and enroll today at

Festival Enrollment Thanks for your interest in joining us for the Festival for Creative Pianists in person program from August 6th - 10th in Montpelier, VT. Please complete the form below to apply. Once we receive your enrollment request, we’ll be in touch to discuss your eligibility and next ste...

03/31/2025

Join composers from the Abundant Silence roster as they share performance recordings and insights into their creative work and process. The theme for this event is Inspired by Nature, (check out Nathan Hall's Exploring Nature at the Piano learning activity in our online community). Following the presentation of each piece (introduction by composer and video recording), the composers will engage in a discussion about the ways they integration nature into their music composition, and answer your questions about the creative process!

Composers and pieces will include:

Nathan Hall, The Garden the Sea
Martha Hill Duncan, Spirals in the Sky
Julian Fueyo, Zafiro

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Welcome to the Festival for Creative Pianists online community! Through this online community, piano enthusiasts, students, and teachers can engage and share creative work, learning from each other in an engaging, welcoming, and support environment. We offer a number of different events, activities,...

02/05/2025

So proud of our board member, Brady Wolff and so happy to sponsor this performance, including a new work by Dayton Kinney, at WSU Pullman FOCAM!

01/01/2025

Celebrate and discover the depths of your creativity: explore, learn, collaborate, & share today by joining our free online community! https://festivalforcreativepianists.community/share/IY0vOgdzVYBJ5p_H?utm_source=manual

Our online community is a space for you to build creative skills, experiment with new ideas, share your wisdom and experience, and engage in new creative projects. We are continually adding new activities and challenges, like the new Exploring Nature at the Piano activity with teaching artist and composer Nathan Hall.

Join today, and share your creative work in any of our activities, challenges, or submission areas, and be entered to win a free 45-minute Creativity Coaching session with one of our teaching artists. Share your work before the end of January and you will be automatically entered to win!

Welcome to the Festival for Creative Pianists online community! Through this online community, piano enthusiasts, students, and teachers can engage and share creative work, learning from each other in an engaging, welcoming, and support environment. We offer a number of different events, activities,...

12/21/2024

We need your help! Donate today to support our programs and activities in 2025. You can help provide engaging, fun, and creative programs for piano students, educators, and enthusiasts next year!

Give the Gift of CreativityDonate today to support the Festival for Creative Pianists programs and activities in 2025! You can help provide engaging, fun, and creative programs for piano students, educators, and enthusiasts next year!We’ve got som...

05/18/2024

We are planning some awesome live virtual events this summer for our festival. Join our online community today at www.festivalforcreativepianists.community to stay up to date and explore courses, creativity challenges, and more that already exist on the site!

04/18/2024

There's still time to enroll in our 2024 in-person Festival for Creative Pianists in Vermont! Full scholarships are available! Enroll by April 30th to secure your spot. Get all of the details at

The Festival for Creative Pianists is a nonprofit arts education organization dedicated to celebrating the joy of creating music at the piano.

03/16/2024

Join us in Vermont from June 11th - 15th for our first in-person festival since 2019! We are partnering with Adamant Music School to create a new experience for creative pianists of all ages and levels. Early bird deadline is April 14th. Scholarships available!! Learn more and enroll at www.festivalforcreativepianists.org

12/09/2023

Check it out! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm9ws0965jI Guests Dr. Arthur Houle and George Litterst make the case for a much needed new standard edition that includes some of Clementi's own later revisions to his Op. 36 Sonatinas. Dr. Houle has published a new critical edition based on these revisions that include obvious attempts at exploring the range of later fortepianos, expanded uses for the damper pedal and other considerations. The new edition is available on TimeWarp's SuperScore app, as well as in hard copy from various vendors.

Guests Dr. Arthur Houle and George Litterst make the case for a much needed new standard edition that includes some of Clementi's own later revisions to his ...