Music for Little Mozarts: Lesson Assignment Book: Piano Book
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Music for Little Mozarts: Lesson Assignment Book: Piano Book
Assignment Pages, Practice Records and Lesson Evaluations to Use with Levels 1--4
By Christine H. Barden, Gayle Kowalchyk, and E. L. Lancaster
Item: 00-17488
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The Music for Little Mozarts Lesson Assignment Book is designed to allow the teacher to write the student's assignment, using a minimum of lesson time. Using a two-page format, the book can accommodate assignments for 32 lessons. Additional spaces are provided to record practice time, evaluate each lesson, facilitate written instructions both from the parents to the teacher and from the teacher to the parents as well as work spaces for students that include a keyboard and staff. Special evaluation forms are also included.
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About the Authors
Christine H. Barden stands as a leading expert in early childhood music education. She co-authored Alfred's Music for Little Mozarts preschool piano method and maintains a private piano teaching practice in Reno, Nevada, where she instructs award-winning students in piano, composition, and Music for Little Mozarts classes. A San Francisco State University graduate with a degree in piano performance, she studied under Vladimir Brenner, principal pianist for the NBC Symphony Orchestra.
Her career spans international experience and significant leadership roles. Barden spent four years studying, performing, and teaching throughout Europe, then became one of the first American educators to train with Yamaha Music Foundation instructors in Japan. She subsequently worked as a national staff member with Yamaha for 17 years, serving as Director of Curriculum and National Chief Instructor for the Yamaha Music Education System.
Beyond her teaching and administrative work, Barden is an accomplished clinician and composer. She regularly conducts workshops for piano teachers at conferences across the United States and internationally in England, Norway, and Singapore. Her published compositions through Alfred include piano solos such as "Etude Toccata," which was selected as a National Federation of Music Clubs Junior Festival piece.
Her career spans international experience and significant leadership roles. Barden spent four years studying, performing, and teaching throughout Europe, then became one of the first American educators to train with Yamaha Music Foundation instructors in Japan. She subsequently worked as a national staff member with Yamaha for 17 years, serving as Director of Curriculum and National Chief Instructor for the Yamaha Music Education System.
Beyond her teaching and administrative work, Barden is an accomplished clinician and composer. She regularly conducts workshops for piano teachers at conferences across the United States and internationally in England, Norway, and Singapore. Her published compositions through Alfred include piano solos such as "Etude Toccata," which was selected as a National Federation of Music Clubs Junior Festival piece.
Dr. Gayle Kowalchyk is a piano instructor and pedagogy specialist at California State University, Northridge, where she teaches class piano and piano pedagogy courses. She earned her bachelor's degree in piano performance from Ohio University in 1977, completed graduate studies in piano performance and pedagogy at Northwestern University in 1979, and received her Ed.D. in piano pedagogy from Teachers College at Columbia University in 1989.
Throughout her career, Dr. Kowalchyk has held faculty positions at Eastern Illinois University, Oklahoma Baptist University, and the University of Oklahoma. She coordinated class piano programs, directed piano preparatory offerings, and taught graduate courses in pedagogy. During the summers of 1979 through 1982, she taught class piano and piano ensemble at the National Music Camp in Interlochen, Michigan.
Working alongside her husband, Dr. E. L. Lancaster, Dr. Kowalchyk has authored more than 300 educational piano publications, including Alfred's Premier Piano Course and Music for Little Mozarts. She is an active clinician and adjudicator who has presented at major conferences including the Music Teachers National Association, Music Educators National Conference, National Group Piano Symposium, and World Piano Pedagogy Conference. Based in the Los Angeles area, she currently serves as a clinician for Alfred Music while continuing her teaching responsibilities.
Throughout her career, Dr. Kowalchyk has held faculty positions at Eastern Illinois University, Oklahoma Baptist University, and the University of Oklahoma. She coordinated class piano programs, directed piano preparatory offerings, and taught graduate courses in pedagogy. During the summers of 1979 through 1982, she taught class piano and piano ensemble at the National Music Camp in Interlochen, Michigan.
Working alongside her husband, Dr. E. L. Lancaster, Dr. Kowalchyk has authored more than 300 educational piano publications, including Alfred's Premier Piano Course and Music for Little Mozarts. She is an active clinician and adjudicator who has presented at major conferences including the Music Teachers National Association, Music Educators National Conference, National Group Piano Symposium, and World Piano Pedagogy Conference. Based in the Los Angeles area, she currently serves as a clinician for Alfred Music while continuing her teaching responsibilities.
Dr. E. L. Lancaster served as Executive Editor for Piano at Alfred Music and currently teaches as an adjunct piano faculty member at California State University, Northridge. He earned degrees from Murray State University and the University of Illinois, culminating in a Ph.D. from Northwestern University.
During his 19-year tenure as Professor of Music at the University of Oklahoma, Norman (1979 to 1998), Dr. Lancaster established the institution's master's and doctoral programs in piano pedagogy and guided more than 50 doctoral candidates through their dissertations. He taught piano pedagogy courses, directed the group piano program, and led the Piano Pedagogy Laboratory Program for pre-college students. From 1981 to 1996, he and his wife, Dr. Gayle Kowalchyk, operated a large independent piano studio in Norman.
Dr. Lancaster has held significant leadership roles within the Music Teachers National Association, serving as National Chairman of Group Piano and Student Chapters, and as 2020 National Conference Chair. He has also been active in the National Conference on Piano Pedagogy. His contributions to education earned him numerous accolades, including the Regents Award for Superior Teaching (1984), the David Ross Boyd Professorship (1991), and the Provost's Outstanding Academic Advising Award (1996). In 2013, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia recognized him as a Signature Sinfonian, and Murray State University honored him as a Distinguished Alumnus in 2014.
During his 19-year tenure as Professor of Music at the University of Oklahoma, Norman (1979 to 1998), Dr. Lancaster established the institution's master's and doctoral programs in piano pedagogy and guided more than 50 doctoral candidates through their dissertations. He taught piano pedagogy courses, directed the group piano program, and led the Piano Pedagogy Laboratory Program for pre-college students. From 1981 to 1996, he and his wife, Dr. Gayle Kowalchyk, operated a large independent piano studio in Norman.
Dr. Lancaster has held significant leadership roles within the Music Teachers National Association, serving as National Chairman of Group Piano and Student Chapters, and as 2020 National Conference Chair. He has also been active in the National Conference on Piano Pedagogy. His contributions to education earned him numerous accolades, including the Regents Award for Superior Teaching (1984), the David Ross Boyd Professorship (1991), and the Provost's Outstanding Academic Advising Award (1996). In 2013, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia recognized him as a Signature Sinfonian, and Murray State University honored him as a Distinguished Alumnus in 2014.