“I absolutely adored having you here! Thank you so much for making the big effort to come to NYC. Your dedication and passion truly shone through from the moment you started by giving the students an introduction to a masterclass. I really appreciated you tailoring your approach to each child’s level and meeting them where they are. Your feedback was incredibly insightful and practical, providing us with valuable guidance for the future. I am so grateful that my students had a chance to work with you. Everyone was so excited and felt that they gained so much from you. Thank you always for your fabulous sense of humor, joy, and enthusiasm!!! I love your spirit.”
— Lisa Bastien
“Creating magic in the unexpected: same goals, different accents...”
“I was charmed, educated, inspired, and enlightened every moment the two of you were delivering, creatively and entertainingly, truly relevant, important information.I have now attended numerous sessions and I found your presentation unique and exceptionally creative. You have no equals. My hour with you passed far too quickly. Yours was memorable and certainly the best experience of the San Antonio conference. ”
— Sheila Bhalla, "Professionally Speaking", MTNA Member California, 2016 MTNA Session with Peter Mack
“Your session at MTNA was one of the best...”
“... if not the best session that I have attended of yours and in general. It was filled with wonderful ideas, lots of great examples ( I love that there was so much music played) and your humor was fantastic. I laughed a lot and thought a lot and left really energized. It was simply a tour de force of piano teaching presentations.”
— Catherine Rollin 2018 MTNA
“I must thank you so much, from the bottom of my heart...”
“to your extraordinary contribution to my Pedagogy Saturday. I am absolutely inspired by your spirit. You are an example and inspiration to all of us.”
— John Perry
“Ingrid is the best!”
— Ethel Huber
“Her lectures and master classes are filled with gems of wisdom...”
“On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Calgary Arts Summer School, I applaud Ingrid for her tenacity and strength, first of all, to follow through on her standing commitment to CASSA, to travel all the way to western Canada to give two days of Piano Pedagogy lectures and Master classes, and spend a grueling week as head clinician for the Piano Camp. She is to be admired for her huge comeback; only Ingrid could do that!
Ingrid is still full of energy and vitality; she is a brilliant teacher and speaker. In many ways, she is better than ever! Her lectures and master classes are filled with gems of wisdom, are presented with sincerity and humor, and everyone appreciates her.
Ingrid has been the Piano Camp clinician for CASSA for 10 of our 15 years of existence. The camp is patterned in part after her Westminster Choir College Piano Camps. Ingrid is still the best; invite her to your hometown soon! ”
— Linda Kundert-Stoll, President & Artistic Director, Calgary Arts Summer School Association (CASSA), Aug 2008
“Inspiring, informative – good tips! Fun!”
— Hetty Jasma
“Ingrid is such an inspiration! Good for her. She makes me want to challenge myself as well.”
— Anon
“...both students and audience are engaged in a fun, supportive learning environment...”
”Ingrid Clarfield has a lot to say to piano teachers and says it with passion, humor, creativity, and vivid examples. At her master classes, both students and audience are engaged in a fun, supportive learning environment. The response to her sessions in Chattanooga has been overwhelmingly positive.”
— Sigrid Luther, Chattanooga Music Teachers Association, February 2008
“...The combinations of your witty spontaneity and musical artistry made for a memorable morning.”
”... On behalf of New England Piano Teachers Associate we would like to thank you for a stimulating and instructive presentation last month. The feedback from those present was excellent. Your pedagogical remarks regarding practice strategies, keyboard choreography, and having high expectations for our students were very useful and well received. The combinations of your witty spontaneity and musical artistry made for a memorable morning. ...”
— Carol Chaffee Chairman, N.E.P.T.A
“...thank you again for inspiring us with your musicianship, pedagogy, and personal dynamism...”
”It was wonderful having you here — thank you again for inspiring us with your musicianship, pedagogy, and personal dynamism. I read the teacher workshop comments, and they all thought it the best they’ve attended, because you offered them so much that they could immediately use in their teaching, and you offered it with engaging wit as well as authority. Personally, I was honored to be your left hand. I enjoyed it and learned much.”
— Beverly Smoker, Coordinator of Keyboard Studies,Nazareth College, Rochester, N.Y., June 2008
“...I learned more about teaching from your presentation than from any other ...”
“... My Colleagues and I enjoyed your program with Dennis Alexander at MTNA Convention. I learned more about teaching from your presentation than from any other while attending this convention...”
— Sue Hayes Dearing -- NCTM
“What a delight to have you in Portland as part of our Portland International Piano Festival. Here are a sampling of some of the comments about why all of those who returned their evaluations rated you as a WOW!”
— Pat Zigelow, Executive Director, Portland Piano International, 2006
“...thank you...”
”... On behalf of New York State Music Teachers Association we would like to thank you for three dynamic sessions you presented at the 1997 NYSMTA convention at Skidmore College. We believe the stimulating information included in your sessions and in the master class inspired those in attendance to a greater awareness of the importance of their role as teachers and performers of the powerful art of music. Comments on the evaluation forms were glowing in regards to the quality of material you chose to present and your enthusiastic delivery...”
— Diane Birr Convention Co-Chair
“...one of the world’s greatest senses of humor...”
“What a great conference this was for Oklahoma Music Teachers Association! I have heard nothing but positive comments over and over, Ingrid, about your presentations. Your wonderful way of imparting lots of concrete information with one of the world’s greatest senses of humor is outstanding. As the conference chair, I like to look around the room and see the expressions on people’s faces. It is always great to see people looking involved, but when they have smiles on their faces and are laughing in recognition, that is the best. Then I know they are getting great ideas in a very relaxed way.”
— Sandra Meyer Oklahoma Music Teachers Association, President-Elect and Conference Chair, June 8, 2010
“...I thoroughly enjoyed your presentation! ...”
”... I thoroughly enjoyed your presentation! The ideas and format of your books are really great and VERY helpful to an enormous segment of teachers throughout the country! Your infectious enthusiasm and marvelous playing were inspiring to me and I�m sure to all those present! I went home to each with lots of renewed energy and commitment to better teaching! Thanks for sharing your perspectives! ...”
— Diane Goolkasian Rahbee Composer - New England Piano Teachers Association
“...Our students and their parents still talk about how much they took away from your instruction ...”
”... You would be as thrilled as I am if you were to see the results of your visit last month. The difference that we heard and saw in out end-of-January recital is the product of your recommendations and inspiration. Thank you, so much! Our students and their parents still talk about how much they took away from your instruction � and the teachers are using your books a lot...”