Michael Clark

Michael Clark is a pianist, teacher, and scholar noted for his “natural, clear, and nuanced” performances (Piano Magazine). An advocate for the music of Florence Price, he has presented numerous lecture recitals on her piano music. His debut album Waltzes and Character Pieces of Florence Price, released by Navona Records, featured seven world-premiere recordings and “embodied the musical and pianistic richness of Price’s music” (Sonograma Magazine). He edited Florence Price: Rediscovered Gems for Piano Solo, a collection of previously unpublished intermediate works released by Hal Leonard in January 2025. Clark currently serves as Assistant Professor of Piano and Director of Secondary Piano at Baylor University. Devoted to practical solutions in pedagogy, he researches traditions of piano fingering and is the founder of Piano Tricks, an online database of fingerings and redistributions for over 1000 passages from the piano repertoire.