Dr. John Feierabend returned to the Cliburn in spring 2012 to develop more Musical Awakenings® presentations. Musical Awakenings is the core education program for the Cliburn. The program reaches over 30,000 students each year. Dr. John Feierabend, nationally known director of music education at the Hartt School of the University of Hartford, and Shields-Collins Bray, principal keyboardist for the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, worked together to create new Musical Awakenings programs which teach children about the basic elements of music through fun, interactive activities within the context of classical piano repertoire. These new programs will be presented during the 2012-2013 school year. The Cliburn currently has a library of 24 Musical Awakenings programs.