Alfred's Basic Piano Library: Sight Reading Book 3: Piano Book
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Alfred's Basic Piano Library: Sight Reading Book 3: Piano Book
By Gayle Kowalchyk and E. L. Lancaster
Level: 3
Item: 00-5763
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The Sight Reading Books teach sight reading in a systematic way by creating exercises based on the same concepts that students are studying in the Lesson Books. Also includes rhythm sight reading drills and improvisation exercises to develop tactile freedom on the keyboard. Exercises are short and the music is generally easier than the corresponding pages in the Lesson Book.
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Dr. Gayle Kowalchyk is a piano instructor and pedagogy specialist at California State University, Northridge, where she teaches class piano, individual piano, and piano pedagogy courses. She earned a 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 at Columbia University.
Her professional accomplishments include extensive teaching experience at multiple universities, including Eastern Illinois University where she coordinated the class piano program and directed the preparatory piano program. She has presented workshops and clinics at major conferences including the Music Teachers National Association, the Music Educators National Conference, and the World Piano Pedagogy Conference. With her husband Dr. E. L. Lancaster, Kowalchyk has co-authored over 300 educational piano publications, most notably Alfred's Premier Piano Course and Music for Little Mozarts.
In addition to her university position, Kowalchyk serves as a clinician for Alfred Music. She and her husband previously operated an independent piano studio in Norman, Oklahoma from 1981 to 1996, and she taught at summer programs including the National Music Camp at Interlochen, Michigan and at Oklahoma Baptist University and the University of Oklahoma.
Her professional accomplishments include extensive teaching experience at multiple universities, including Eastern Illinois University where she coordinated the class piano program and directed the preparatory piano program. She has presented workshops and clinics at major conferences including the Music Teachers National Association, the Music Educators National Conference, and the World Piano Pedagogy Conference. With her husband Dr. E. L. Lancaster, Kowalchyk has co-authored over 300 educational piano publications, most notably Alfred's Premier Piano Course and Music for Little Mozarts.
In addition to her university position, Kowalchyk serves as a clinician for Alfred Music. She and her husband previously operated an independent piano studio in Norman, Oklahoma from 1981 to 1996, and she taught at summer programs including the National Music Camp at Interlochen, Michigan and at Oklahoma Baptist University and the University of Oklahoma.
Dr. E. L. Lancaster served as Executive Editor for Piano at Alfred Music and currently teaches piano as adjunct faculty at California State University, Northridge. He earned degrees from Murray State University and the University of Illinois, along with a Ph.D. from Northwestern University.
Throughout his career at the University of Oklahoma from 1979 to 1998, Dr. Lancaster was a Professor of Music who shaped the field of piano pedagogy. He founded the university's master's and doctoral programs in piano pedagogy in 1980 and guided more than fifty doctoral students through their dissertations. His teaching excellence earned him the Regents Award for Superior Teaching (1984), an Associated Distinguished Lectureship (1987), the Provost's Outstanding Academic Advising Award (1996), and the Outstanding Faculty Award in the College of Fine Arts (1996). The university honored him with a David Ross Boyd Professorship in 1991. He also directed the Piano Pedagogy Laboratory Program, where pre-college students received combined group and private instruction, and operated a large independent piano studio in Norman, Oklahoma with his wife, Dr. Gayle Kowalchyk, from 1981 to 1996.
Dr. Lancaster has held significant leadership roles within music education organizations, serving as National Chairman of Group Piano and National Chairman of Student Chapters for MTNA, as well as 2020 National Conference Chair. He contributed to the National Conference on Piano Pedagogy as Chair of the Administration/Pedagogy Liaison Committee. Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia named him a Signature Sinfonian in 2013, and Murray State University presented him with the Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2014.
Throughout his career at the University of Oklahoma from 1979 to 1998, Dr. Lancaster was a Professor of Music who shaped the field of piano pedagogy. He founded the university's master's and doctoral programs in piano pedagogy in 1980 and guided more than fifty doctoral students through their dissertations. His teaching excellence earned him the Regents Award for Superior Teaching (1984), an Associated Distinguished Lectureship (1987), the Provost's Outstanding Academic Advising Award (1996), and the Outstanding Faculty Award in the College of Fine Arts (1996). The university honored him with a David Ross Boyd Professorship in 1991. He also directed the Piano Pedagogy Laboratory Program, where pre-college students received combined group and private instruction, and operated a large independent piano studio in Norman, Oklahoma with his wife, Dr. Gayle Kowalchyk, from 1981 to 1996.
Dr. Lancaster has held significant leadership roles within music education organizations, serving as National Chairman of Group Piano and National Chairman of Student Chapters for MTNA, as well as 2020 National Conference Chair. He contributed to the National Conference on Piano Pedagogy as Chair of the Administration/Pedagogy Liaison Committee. Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia named him a Signature Sinfonian in 2013, and Murray State University presented him with the Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2014.