Alfred's Basic Piano Library: Notespeller Book 3: Piano Book
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Alfred's Basic Piano Library: Notespeller Book 3: Piano Book
By Gayle Kowalchyk and E. L. Lancaster
Level: 3
Item: 00-14557
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Students needing to review and improve their note-naming and interval-naming skills will benefit greatly from these well-prepared Notespeller Books. Each book provides a variety of written activities that reinforce note reading concepts presented in the Lesson Books. Correlates page-by-page with the Lesson Books, but may also serve as an effective supplement to other piano methods.
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About the Authors
Dr. Gayle Kowalchyk is a piano educator and pedagogy specialist at California State University, Northridge, where she teaches class piano, individual piano lessons, and piano pedagogy courses. She earned her bachelor's degree in piano performance from Ohio University, a master's degree in piano performance and pedagogy from Northwestern University, and a doctorate in piano pedagogy from Teachers College, Columbia University.
Throughout her career, Dr. Kowalchyk has held teaching positions at Eastern Illinois University, Oklahoma Baptist University, and the University of Oklahoma. She coordinated the class piano program and directed the piano preparatory program at Eastern Illinois, and during the early 1980s taught at the National Music Camp in Interlochen, Michigan. Her work as a clinician and adjudicator has taken her to numerous national conferences, including those hosted by the Music Teachers National Association, Music Educators National Conference, National Group Piano Symposium, and the World Piano Pedagogy Conference.
In collaboration with her husband, Dr. E. L. Lancaster, Dr. Kowalchyk has authored more than 300 educational piano publications, including the widely used Alfred's Premier Piano Course and Music for Little Mozarts. She and her husband operated an independent piano studio in Norman, Oklahoma from 1981 to 1996. Currently based in the Los Angeles area, she continues her work as both a piano instructor and clinician for Alfred Music.
Throughout her career, Dr. Kowalchyk has held teaching positions at Eastern Illinois University, Oklahoma Baptist University, and the University of Oklahoma. She coordinated the class piano program and directed the piano preparatory program at Eastern Illinois, and during the early 1980s taught at the National Music Camp in Interlochen, Michigan. Her work as a clinician and adjudicator has taken her to numerous national conferences, including those hosted by the Music Teachers National Association, Music Educators National Conference, National Group Piano Symposium, and the World Piano Pedagogy Conference.
In collaboration with her husband, Dr. E. L. Lancaster, Dr. Kowalchyk has authored more than 300 educational piano publications, including the widely used Alfred's Premier Piano Course and Music for Little Mozarts. She and her husband operated an independent piano studio in Norman, Oklahoma from 1981 to 1996. Currently based in the Los Angeles area, she continues her work as both a piano instructor and clinician for Alfred Music.
Dr. E. L. Lancaster served as Executive Editor for Piano at Alfred Music and holds faculty status as an adjunct piano instructor at California State University, Northridge. His educational background includes degrees from Murray State University, the University of Illinois, and a Ph.D. from Northwestern University.
For nearly two decades, Dr. Lancaster was Professor of Music at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, where he shaped piano pedagogy education from 1979 to 1998. He founded both the master's and doctoral programs in piano pedagogy at Oklahoma in 1980 and mentored more than 50 doctoral candidates in the field. His teaching extended to pre-college students through the Piano Pedagogy Laboratory Program, which blended group and private instruction. During this same period, he and his wife Dr. Gayle Kowalchyk operated a thriving independent piano studio in Norman from 1981 to 1996.
Dr. Lancaster's professional leadership includes roles as National Chairman of Group Piano and National Chairman of Student Chapters for MTNA, as well as serving as 2020 National Conference Chair. He has also held significant positions within the National Conference on Piano Pedagogy. His contributions have been recognized with numerous honors: the Regents Award for Superior Teaching (1984), the Associated Distinguished Lectureship (1987), the Provost's Outstanding Academic Advising Award (1996), and the Outstanding Faculty Award in the College of Fine Arts (1996). In 1991 he received the David Ross Boyd Professorship, recognizing faculty excellence in teaching and student guidance. Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia named him a Signature Sinfonian in 2013, and Murray State University presented him with the 2014 Distinguished Alumnus Award.
For nearly two decades, Dr. Lancaster was Professor of Music at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, where he shaped piano pedagogy education from 1979 to 1998. He founded both the master's and doctoral programs in piano pedagogy at Oklahoma in 1980 and mentored more than 50 doctoral candidates in the field. His teaching extended to pre-college students through the Piano Pedagogy Laboratory Program, which blended group and private instruction. During this same period, he and his wife Dr. Gayle Kowalchyk operated a thriving independent piano studio in Norman from 1981 to 1996.
Dr. Lancaster's professional leadership includes roles as National Chairman of Group Piano and National Chairman of Student Chapters for MTNA, as well as serving as 2020 National Conference Chair. He has also held significant positions within the National Conference on Piano Pedagogy. His contributions have been recognized with numerous honors: the Regents Award for Superior Teaching (1984), the Associated Distinguished Lectureship (1987), the Provost's Outstanding Academic Advising Award (1996), and the Outstanding Faculty Award in the College of Fine Arts (1996). In 1991 he received the David Ross Boyd Professorship, recognizing faculty excellence in teaching and student guidance. Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia named him a Signature Sinfonian in 2013, and Murray State University presented him with the 2014 Distinguished Alumnus Award.