Music for Little Mozarts: Music Discovery Book 2: Piano Book
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Music for Little Mozarts: Music Discovery Book 2: Piano Book
Singing, Listening, Music Appreciation, Movement and Rhythm Activities to Bring Out the Music in Every Young Child
By Christine H. Barden, Gayle Kowalchyk, and E. L. Lancaster
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The unique Music Discovery Book contains songs that allow the students to experience music through singing, movement and rhythm activities. Music appreciation is fostered through carefully chosen music; J. S. Bach, Pachelbel, Saint-Saëns, Schumann and Johann Strauss are introduced. Melodies to sing, using either solfege or letter names, help students learn to match pitch and discover tonal elements of music. Correlates to the Music Lesson Book 2. Familiar songs include Frère Jacques and Skip to My Lou. Full color, 48 pages.
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Christine H. Barden is recognized internationally 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 studio in Reno, Nevada, where she instructs students in piano, composition, and Music for Little Mozarts classes. Many of her students have won prestigious piano and composition awards.
A San Francisco State University graduate with a degree in piano performance, Barden studied under Vladimir Brenner, a renowned piano soloist for the NBC Symphony Orchestra. She spent four years living and working in Europe, where she studied, performed, and taught. Notably, she was among the first American teachers to train with Yamaha Music Foundation instructors in Japan, an experience that launched a 17-year career as a national staff member with Yamaha, where she served as Director of Curriculum and National Chief Instructor for the Yamaha Music Education System.
As a highly sought-after clinician, Barden has conducted workshops for piano teachers at conferences across the United States and internationally in England, Norway, and Singapore. Her published compositions with Alfred include the Music for Little Mozarts curriculum and multiple piano solos, among them "Etude Toccata," which was selected as a National Federation of Music Clubs Junior Festival piece.
A San Francisco State University graduate with a degree in piano performance, Barden studied under Vladimir Brenner, a renowned piano soloist for the NBC Symphony Orchestra. She spent four years living and working in Europe, where she studied, performed, and taught. Notably, she was among the first American teachers to train with Yamaha Music Foundation instructors in Japan, an experience that launched a 17-year career as a national staff member with Yamaha, where she served as Director of Curriculum and National Chief Instructor for the Yamaha Music Education System.
As a highly sought-after clinician, Barden has conducted workshops for piano teachers at conferences across the United States and internationally in England, Norway, and Singapore. Her published compositions with Alfred include the Music for Little Mozarts curriculum and multiple piano solos, among them "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, 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 her doctorate in piano pedagogy from Teachers College, Columbia University.
Throughout her career, Dr. Kowalchyk has held faculty positions at Eastern Illinois University, where she coordinated the class piano program and directed the piano preparatory program, as well as at Oklahoma Baptist University and the University of Oklahoma. She has co-authored more than 300 educational piano publications with her husband, Dr. E. L. Lancaster, including Alfred's Premier Piano Course and Music for Little Mozarts.
As a clinician and adjudicator, Dr. Kowalchyk regularly presents at major conferences including the Music Teachers National Association convention, the Music Educators National Conference, and the World Piano Pedagogy Conference. She previously taught class piano and piano ensemble at the National Music Camp in Interlochen, Michigan during summers from 1979 to 1982, and operated an independent piano studio in Norman, Oklahoma with her husband from 1981 to 1996. She currently serves as a clinician for Alfred Music in the Los Angeles area.
Throughout her career, Dr. Kowalchyk has held faculty positions at Eastern Illinois University, where she coordinated the class piano program and directed the piano preparatory program, as well as at Oklahoma Baptist University and the University of Oklahoma. She has co-authored more than 300 educational piano publications with her husband, Dr. E. L. Lancaster, including Alfred's Premier Piano Course and Music for Little Mozarts.
As a clinician and adjudicator, Dr. Kowalchyk regularly presents at major conferences including the Music Teachers National Association convention, the Music Educators National Conference, and the World Piano Pedagogy Conference. She previously taught class piano and piano ensemble at the National Music Camp in Interlochen, Michigan during summers from 1979 to 1982, and operated an independent piano studio in Norman, Oklahoma with her husband from 1981 to 1996. She currently serves as a clinician for Alfred Music in the Los Angeles area.
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, culminating in a Ph.D. from Northwestern University.
Lancaster spent nearly two decades at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, where he held the rank of Professor of Music from 1979 to 1998. He founded both the master's and doctoral programs in piano pedagogy there in 1980, subsequently guiding more than 50 doctoral candidates through their dissertations. His teaching extended to pre-college students through the Piano Pedagogy Laboratory Program, which he designed to integrate group and private instruction. During the same period, he and his wife Dr. Gayle Kowalchyk operated a thriving independent piano studio in Norman.
Lancaster has been deeply involved in national music organizations, serving as National Chairman of Group Piano and National Chairman of Student Chapters for MTNA, as well as 2020 National Conference Chair. The University of Oklahoma recognized his excellence with multiple honors: the Regents Award for Superior Teaching (1984), Associated Distinguished Lectureship (1987), Provost's Outstanding Academic Advising Award (1996), Outstanding Faculty Award in the College of Fine Arts (1996), and a David Ross Boyd Professorship (1991). He received the Signature Sinfonian Award from Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia in 2013 and was named Distinguished Alumnus by Murray State University in 2014.
Lancaster spent nearly two decades at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, where he held the rank of Professor of Music from 1979 to 1998. He founded both the master's and doctoral programs in piano pedagogy there in 1980, subsequently guiding more than 50 doctoral candidates through their dissertations. His teaching extended to pre-college students through the Piano Pedagogy Laboratory Program, which he designed to integrate group and private instruction. During the same period, he and his wife Dr. Gayle Kowalchyk operated a thriving independent piano studio in Norman.
Lancaster has been deeply involved in national music organizations, serving as National Chairman of Group Piano and National Chairman of Student Chapters for MTNA, as well as 2020 National Conference Chair. The University of Oklahoma recognized his excellence with multiple honors: the Regents Award for Superior Teaching (1984), Associated Distinguished Lectureship (1987), Provost's Outstanding Academic Advising Award (1996), Outstanding Faculty Award in the College of Fine Arts (1996), and a David Ross Boyd Professorship (1991). He received the Signature Sinfonian Award from Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia in 2013 and was named Distinguished Alumnus by Murray State University in 2014.