Music for Little Mozarts: Notespeller & Sight-Play Book 2: Piano Book
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Music for Little Mozarts: Notespeller & Sight-Play Book 2: Piano Book
Written Activities and Playing Examples to Reinforce Note-Reading
By Christine H. Barden, Gayle Kowalchyk, and E. L. Lancaster
Level: 2
Item: 00-45125
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The Notespeller & Sight-Play Book 2 reinforces note-reading skills based on the concepts introduced in the Music Lesson Book 2. Each page has two activities---a written activity and a playing example. The written activity reinforces notes on the keyboard and staff through coloring, circling, drawing, or matching. The sight-play examples help students relate notes and musical concepts to performance on the keyboard, move out of fixed hand positions, and identify melodic and rhythm patterns.
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Christine H. Barden is recognized worldwide as an expert in early childhood music education. She co-authored Alfred's Music for Little Mozarts, a preschool piano method, and currently teaches piano independently in Reno, Nevada. Her students have earned numerous prizes in both piano performance and composition, while she also leads Music for Little Mozarts classes for young learners.
Barden holds a piano performance degree from San Francisco State University, where she studied under Vladimir Brenner, a piano soloist with the NBC Symphony Orchestra. Her career includes four years of study, performance, and teaching throughout Europe, followed by 17 years as a national staff member with Yamaha. During her tenure with Yamaha, she served as Director of Curriculum and National Chief Instructor for the Yamaha Music Education System, and was among the first American teachers to study with Yamaha Music Foundation instructors in Japan.
As a sought-after clinician, Barden has led workshops for piano teachers at conferences across the United States and internationally in England, Norway, and Singapore. Her published works through Alfred include the Music for Little Mozarts series and piano solos such as "Etude Toccata," which was selected as a National Federation of Music Clubs Junior Festival piece.
Barden holds a piano performance degree from San Francisco State University, where she studied under Vladimir Brenner, a piano soloist with the NBC Symphony Orchestra. Her career includes four years of study, performance, and teaching throughout Europe, followed by 17 years as a national staff member with Yamaha. During her tenure with Yamaha, she served as Director of Curriculum and National Chief Instructor for the Yamaha Music Education System, and was among the first American teachers to study with Yamaha Music Foundation instructors in Japan.
As a sought-after clinician, Barden has led workshops for piano teachers at conferences across the United States and internationally in England, Norway, and Singapore. Her published works through Alfred include the Music for Little Mozarts series and 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, individual piano, 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 a doctoral degree in piano pedagogy from Teachers College at Columbia University.
Her professional accomplishments include extensive teaching experience at several universities, including Eastern Illinois University where she coordinated the class piano program and directed the piano preparatory program. She has also served on the faculty at Oklahoma Baptist University and the University of Oklahoma. Over the summers from 1979 to 1982, she taught class piano and piano ensemble at the National Music Camp in Interlochen, Michigan. Alongside her husband, Dr. E. L. Lancaster, she has co-authored more than 300 educational piano publications, including Alfred's Premier Piano Course and Music for Little Mozarts.
Dr. Kowalchyk is recognized nationally as a clinician and adjudicator, having presented at conventions for the Music Teachers National Association, the Music Educators National Conference, and the World Piano Pedagogy Conference, among others. From 1981 to 1996, she and her husband operated an independent piano studio in Norman, Oklahoma. She now resides in the Los Angeles area and works as a clinician for Alfred Music.
Her professional accomplishments include extensive teaching experience at several universities, including Eastern Illinois University where she coordinated the class piano program and directed the piano preparatory program. She has also served on the faculty at Oklahoma Baptist University and the University of Oklahoma. Over the summers from 1979 to 1982, she taught class piano and piano ensemble at the National Music Camp in Interlochen, Michigan. Alongside her husband, Dr. E. L. Lancaster, she has co-authored more than 300 educational piano publications, including Alfred's Premier Piano Course and Music for Little Mozarts.
Dr. Kowalchyk is recognized nationally as a clinician and adjudicator, having presented at conventions for the Music Teachers National Association, the Music Educators National Conference, and the World Piano Pedagogy Conference, among others. From 1981 to 1996, she and her husband operated an independent piano studio in Norman, Oklahoma. She now resides in the Los Angeles area and works as a clinician for Alfred Music.
E. L. Lancaster served as Executive Editor of Piano for Alfred Music and currently teaches piano as an adjunct faculty member 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.
From 1979 to 1998, Dr. Lancaster was a Professor of Music at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, where he established the master's and doctoral programs in piano pedagogy in 1980. He supervised more than 50 doctoral dissertations in piano pedagogy and directed the Piano Pedagogy Laboratory Program, which provided pre-college students with combined group and private instruction. During this period, he and his wife Dr. Gayle Kowalchyk operated a large independent piano studio in Norman from 1981 to 1996.
Dr. Lancaster has held significant leadership positions within the music education field, serving as National Chairman of Group Piano, National Chairman of Student Chapters, and 2020 National Conference Chair for MTNA. He also chaired the Administration/Pedagogy Liaison Committee for the National Conference on Piano Pedagogy. His achievements have been recognized through numerous honors, including the Regents Award for Superior Teaching (1984), the Associated Distinguished Lectureship (1987), the Provost's Outstanding Academic Advising Award (1996), and the Outstanding Faculty Award in the College of Fine Arts (1996). In 1991 he received a David Ross Boyd Professorship recognizing excellence in teaching and student guidance. The Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia national music fraternity named him a Signature Sinfonian in 2013, and Murray State University honored him with the 2014 Distinguished Alumnus Award.
From 1979 to 1998, Dr. Lancaster was a Professor of Music at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, where he established the master's and doctoral programs in piano pedagogy in 1980. He supervised more than 50 doctoral dissertations in piano pedagogy and directed the Piano Pedagogy Laboratory Program, which provided pre-college students with combined group and private instruction. During this period, he and his wife Dr. Gayle Kowalchyk operated a large independent piano studio in Norman from 1981 to 1996.
Dr. Lancaster has held significant leadership positions within the music education field, serving as National Chairman of Group Piano, National Chairman of Student Chapters, and 2020 National Conference Chair for MTNA. He also chaired the Administration/Pedagogy Liaison Committee for the National Conference on Piano Pedagogy. His achievements have been recognized through numerous honors, including the Regents Award for Superior Teaching (1984), the Associated Distinguished Lectureship (1987), the Provost's Outstanding Academic Advising Award (1996), and the Outstanding Faculty Award in the College of Fine Arts (1996). In 1991 he received a David Ross Boyd Professorship recognizing excellence in teaching and student guidance. The Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia national music fraternity named him a Signature Sinfonian in 2013, and Murray State University honored him with the 2014 Distinguished Alumnus Award.