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Clara Atkins-Pope is
the owner and Master Instructor of The Studio of Piano Fine Arts,
Inc. located in Harlan, Kentucky.
Pleasant Mountains Publishing is
the vehicle Clara uses to publish her musical compositions for harp,
piano, organ, violin, and voice. Clara holds a Bachelor of Arts
degree from Centre College, where she graduated as a Music Major.
The Studio of Piano Fine Arts was established by Clara in 1980, to
bring private music lessons to the children of the Eastern Kentucky
Coalfields. To
learn more about the Private Music Studios Clara is working to
establish in Eastern Kentucky, visit her website
www.pianofinearts.com.
Clara's writings about music, its importance in the
life of community as well as in settings of healing, have been
published in The Harp Therapy Journal, and local newspapers.
Clara is a founding member of the
non-profit organization Pleasant Mountains Performing Arts and
Artists' Association, Inc., which provides musical scholarships for
students with a "burning desire' to learn to play an instrument, but
whose family is without the financial means. This organization is
also the "parent organization" for The Artists' Attic, located in
the Harlan County Courthouse, showcasing the works of local visual
artists, sculptors and painters. Please visit this website at
www.artist-attic.net.
Clara can be contacted at
clarapope@bellsouth.net |
