Music for Little Mozarts: Music Discovery Book 3: Piano Book
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Music for Little Mozarts: Music Discovery Book 3: 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; Haydn, Joplin, Ravel, Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky are introduced. Melodies to sing, using either solfege or letter names, help students learn to match pitch and discover tonal elements of music. Familiar songs include The Hokey-Pokey, The Wheels on the Bus and Hey, Diddle Diddle. Correlates to the Music Lesson Book 3. Full color, 48 pages.
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Christine H. Barden is widely regarded as a leading expert in early childhood music education. She co-authored Alfred's Music for Little Mozarts, a preschool piano method, and currently maintains a private piano studio in Reno, Nevada. There, she teaches accomplished students in piano and composition while also leading Music for Little Mozarts classes for young learners.
Barden holds a degree in piano performance from San Francisco State University, where she studied under Vladimir Brenner, a piano soloist with the NBC Symphony Orchestra. Her career has taken her across the globe, including four years spent studying, performing, and teaching in Europe and a groundbreaking period as one of the first American teachers to study with Yamaha Music Foundation instructors in Japan. She later served as a national staff member for Yamaha for 17 years, holding positions including Director of Curriculum and National Chief Instructor for the Yamaha Music Education System.
As a respected clinician, Barden conducts workshops for piano teachers at conferences throughout the United States and internationally in England, Norway, and Singapore. Her published works with Alfred feature the Music for Little Mozarts course and piano solos, including "Etude Toccata," which was selected as a National Federation of Music Clubs Junior Festival piece.
Barden holds a degree in piano performance from San Francisco State University, where she studied under Vladimir Brenner, a piano soloist with the NBC Symphony Orchestra. Her career has taken her across the globe, including four years spent studying, performing, and teaching in Europe and a groundbreaking period as one of the first American teachers to study with Yamaha Music Foundation instructors in Japan. She later served as a national staff member for Yamaha for 17 years, holding positions including Director of Curriculum and National Chief Instructor for the Yamaha Music Education System.
As a respected clinician, Barden conducts workshops for piano teachers at conferences throughout the United States and internationally in England, Norway, and Singapore. Her published works with Alfred feature the Music for Little Mozarts course and piano solos, including "Etude Toccata," which was selected as a National Federation of Music Clubs Junior Festival piece.
Dr. Gayle Kowalchyk is currently a faculty member at California State University, Northridge, where she teaches class piano, piano, and piano pedagogy. She earned her bachelor's degree in piano performance from Ohio University in 1977, completed a master's degree in piano performance and pedagogy from Northwestern University in 1979, and received her Ed.D. in piano pedagogy from Teachers College, Columbia University in 1989.
Throughout her career, Dr. Kowalchyk has held teaching positions at Eastern Illinois University, Oklahoma Baptist University, and the University of Oklahoma. At Eastern Illinois, she coordinated the class piano program, directed the piano preparatory program, and taught graduate level pedagogy courses. She also spent summers from 1979 to 1982 teaching class piano and piano ensemble at the National Music Camp in Interlochen, Michigan. As a clinician and adjudicator, she has presented at major conferences including the Music Teachers National Association, Music Educators National Conference, National Group Piano Symposium, and World Piano Pedagogy Conference.
In collaboration with her husband, Dr. E. L. Lancaster, Dr. Kowalchyk has authored more than 300 educational piano publications, notably Alfred's Premier Piano Course and Music for Little Mozarts. From 1981 to 1996, she and her husband operated an independent piano studio in Norman, Oklahoma, serving students across all age levels. Currently based in the Los Angeles area, she continues her work as a clinician for Alfred Music in addition to her university teaching.
Throughout her career, Dr. Kowalchyk has held teaching positions at Eastern Illinois University, Oklahoma Baptist University, and the University of Oklahoma. At Eastern Illinois, she coordinated the class piano program, directed the piano preparatory program, and taught graduate level pedagogy courses. She also spent summers from 1979 to 1982 teaching class piano and piano ensemble at the National Music Camp in Interlochen, Michigan. As a clinician and adjudicator, she has presented at major conferences including the Music Teachers National Association, Music Educators National Conference, National Group Piano Symposium, and World Piano Pedagogy Conference.
In collaboration with her husband, Dr. E. L. Lancaster, Dr. Kowalchyk has authored more than 300 educational piano publications, notably Alfred's Premier Piano Course and Music for Little Mozarts. From 1981 to 1996, she and her husband operated an independent piano studio in Norman, Oklahoma, serving students across all age levels. Currently based in the Los Angeles area, she continues her work as a clinician for Alfred Music in addition to her university teaching.
E. L. Lancaster served as Executive Editor of Piano for Alfred Music and currently holds an adjunct faculty position in piano at California State University, Northridge. He earned degrees from Murray State University, the University of Illinois, and Northwestern University, where he completed his doctoral studies.
From 1979 to 1998, Lancaster was a Professor of Music at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, where he shaped the piano pedagogy program significantly. He established both the master's and doctoral programs in piano pedagogy in 1980 and mentored more than 50 doctoral dissertation advisees throughout his tenure. His pedagogical work extended to pre-college students through the Piano Pedagogy Laboratory Program, which integrated group and private instruction. Concurrently, he and his wife Dr. Gayle Kowalchyk operated a thriving independent piano studio in Norman from 1981 to 1996.
Lancaster's leadership in music education organizations has been substantial. He served as National Chairman of Group Piano and National Chairman of Student Chapters for MTNA, and chaired the 2020 National Conference. He also held significant roles within the National Conference on Piano Pedagogy. His contributions to teaching earned him the University of Oklahoma's Regents Award for Superior Teaching (1984), Associated Distinguished Lectureship (1987), Provost's Outstanding Academic Advising Award (1996), and Outstanding Faculty Award in the College of Fine Arts (1996). He received a David Ross Boyd Professorship in 1991, an honor recognizing faculty excellence in teaching and student guidance. In 2013, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia named him a Signature Sinfonian, and Murray State University presented him with its 2014 Distinguished Alumnus Award.
From 1979 to 1998, Lancaster was a Professor of Music at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, where he shaped the piano pedagogy program significantly. He established both the master's and doctoral programs in piano pedagogy in 1980 and mentored more than 50 doctoral dissertation advisees throughout his tenure. His pedagogical work extended to pre-college students through the Piano Pedagogy Laboratory Program, which integrated group and private instruction. Concurrently, he and his wife Dr. Gayle Kowalchyk operated a thriving independent piano studio in Norman from 1981 to 1996.
Lancaster's leadership in music education organizations has been substantial. He served as National Chairman of Group Piano and National Chairman of Student Chapters for MTNA, and chaired the 2020 National Conference. He also held significant roles within the National Conference on Piano Pedagogy. His contributions to teaching earned him the University of Oklahoma's Regents Award for Superior Teaching (1984), Associated Distinguished Lectureship (1987), Provost's Outstanding Academic Advising Award (1996), and Outstanding Faculty Award in the College of Fine Arts (1996). He received a David Ross Boyd Professorship in 1991, an honor recognizing faculty excellence in teaching and student guidance. In 2013, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia named him a Signature Sinfonian, and Murray State University presented him with its 2014 Distinguished Alumnus Award.