Music for Little Mozarts: Music Recital Book 2: Piano Book
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Music for Little Mozarts: Music Recital Book 2: Piano Book
Performance Repertoire to Bring Out the Music in Every Young Child
By Christine H. Barden, Gayle Kowalchyk, and E. L. Lancaster
Item: 00-19725
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The Music for Little Mozarts Recital Book 2 includes motivational music to reinforce performance concepts that are introduced in the Music Lesson Books. Recital Book 2 also provides extra material for students who move quickly in group lessons. The book includes an all new story about Beethoven Bear, Mozart Mouse and their music friends, as well as familiar music for performance.
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About the Authors
Christine H. Barden is a leading figure in early childhood music education and a co-author of Alfred's Music for Little Mozarts preschool piano method. Based in Reno, Nevada, she maintains a private piano teaching studio where she works with numerous award-winning students in piano and composition while also leading Music for Little Mozarts classes for young learners.
Her musical training includes a degree in piano performance from San Francisco State University, where she studied under Vladimir Brenner, a pianist with the NBC Symphony Orchestra. She spent four years abroad studying, performing, and teaching across Europe, and became one of the first American educators to train with Yamaha Music Foundation instructors in Japan. Barden then served 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.
As a sought-after clinician, Barden regularly conducts workshops for piano teachers at conferences throughout the United States and internationally in England, Norway, and Singapore. Her published works through Alfred include the Music for Little Mozarts curriculum and several original piano solos, notably "Etude Toccata," which was selected as a Junior Festival piece by the National Federation of Music Clubs.
Her musical training includes a degree in piano performance from San Francisco State University, where she studied under Vladimir Brenner, a pianist with the NBC Symphony Orchestra. She spent four years abroad studying, performing, and teaching across Europe, and became one of the first American educators to train with Yamaha Music Foundation instructors in Japan. Barden then served 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.
As a sought-after clinician, Barden regularly conducts workshops for piano teachers at conferences throughout the United States and internationally in England, Norway, and Singapore. Her published works through Alfred include the Music for Little Mozarts curriculum and several original piano solos, notably "Etude Toccata," which was selected as a Junior Festival piece by the National Federation of Music Clubs.
Dr. Gayle Kowalchyk is a professor of piano at California State University, Northridge, where she teaches class piano, individual piano, and piano pedagogy. 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, Columbia University.
Her career spans multiple institutions, including Eastern Illinois University where she coordinated the class piano program and directed the piano preparatory program. She has also held teaching positions at Oklahoma Baptist University and the University of Oklahoma. During the early 1980s, she spent summers teaching class piano and piano ensemble at the National Music Camp in Interlochen, Michigan. As a clinician and adjudicator, Dr. Kowalchyk regularly presents at major conferences including the Music Teachers National Association, Music Educators National Conference, National Group Piano Symposium, and the World Piano Pedagogy Conference.
Together with her husband, Dr. E. L. Lancaster, she has authored over 300 educational piano publications, including Alfred's Premier Piano Course and Music for Little Mozarts. From 1981 to 1996, they operated an independent piano studio in Norman, Oklahoma, serving students of all ages. Currently based in the Los Angeles area, she continues her work as a clinician for Alfred Music in addition to her university teaching.
Her career spans multiple institutions, including Eastern Illinois University where she coordinated the class piano program and directed the piano preparatory program. She has also held teaching positions at Oklahoma Baptist University and the University of Oklahoma. During the early 1980s, she spent summers teaching class piano and piano ensemble at the National Music Camp in Interlochen, Michigan. As a clinician and adjudicator, Dr. Kowalchyk regularly presents at major conferences including the Music Teachers National Association, Music Educators National Conference, National Group Piano Symposium, and the World Piano Pedagogy Conference.
Together with her husband, Dr. E. L. Lancaster, she has authored over 300 educational piano publications, including Alfred's Premier Piano Course and Music for Little Mozarts. From 1981 to 1996, they operated an independent piano studio in Norman, Oklahoma, serving students of all ages. Currently based in the Los Angeles area, she continues her work as a clinician for Alfred Music in addition to her university teaching.
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.
For nearly two decades, Dr. Lancaster was Professor of Music at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, where he established both the master's and doctoral programs in piano pedagogy in 1980. He directed the group piano program, advised more than 50 doctoral dissertation students, and taught pre-college piano through the university's Piano Pedagogy Laboratory Program. From 1981 to 1996, he and his wife, Dr. Gayle Kowalchyk, operated a thriving independent piano studio in Norman.
Dr. Lancaster has held significant leadership roles within the Music Teachers National Association, including National Chairman of Group Piano, National Chairman of Student Chapters, and 2020 National Conference Chair. His teaching excellence has been recognized with multiple awards: 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 the David Ross Boyd Professorship (1991). In 2013, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia named him a Signature Sinfonian, and Murray State University honored 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 established both the master's and doctoral programs in piano pedagogy in 1980. He directed the group piano program, advised more than 50 doctoral dissertation students, and taught pre-college piano through the university's Piano Pedagogy Laboratory Program. From 1981 to 1996, he and his wife, Dr. Gayle Kowalchyk, operated a thriving independent piano studio in Norman.
Dr. Lancaster has held significant leadership roles within the Music Teachers National Association, including National Chairman of Group Piano, National Chairman of Student Chapters, and 2020 National Conference Chair. His teaching excellence has been recognized with multiple awards: 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 the David Ross Boyd Professorship (1991). In 2013, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia named him a Signature Sinfonian, and Murray State University honored him with the 2014 Distinguished Alumnus Award.