Music for Little Mozarts: Notespeller & Sight-Play Book 3: Piano Book
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Music for Little Mozarts: Notespeller & Sight-Play Book 3: Piano Book
Written Activities and Playing Examples to Reinforce Note-Reading
By Christine H. Barden, Gayle Kowalchyk, and E. L. Lancaster
Level: 3
Item: 00-45126
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The Notespeller & Sight-Play Book 3 reinforces note-reading skills based on the concepts introduced in the Music Lesson Book 3. Each page of the Notespeller & Sight-Play Book 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 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. Her students regularly win competitions in both piano performance and composition, and she also leads Music for Little Mozarts classes for preschoolers.
Barden holds a degree in piano performance from San Francisco State University, where she studied under Vladimir Brenner, a pianist with the NBC Symphony Orchestra. Her international experience includes four years spent studying, performing, and teaching across Europe, as well as pioneering work in Japan as one of the first American teachers to train with Yamaha Music Foundation instructors. She later became 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 has conducted educational workshops for piano teachers at conferences throughout the United States and internationally in England, Norway, and Singapore. Her published compositions with Alfred include piano solos such as "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 pianist with the NBC Symphony Orchestra. Her international experience includes four years spent studying, performing, and teaching across Europe, as well as pioneering work in Japan as one of the first American teachers to train with Yamaha Music Foundation instructors. She later became 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 has conducted educational workshops for piano teachers at conferences throughout the United States and internationally in England, Norway, and Singapore. Her published compositions with 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 professor of piano at California State University, Northridge, where she teaches class piano, applied piano, and piano pedagogy. She earned her B.M. in piano performance from Ohio University, her M.M. in piano performance and pedagogy from Northwestern University, and her Ed.D. in piano pedagogy from Teachers College at Columbia University.
Throughout her career, Dr. Kowalchyk has held faculty positions at Eastern Illinois University, Oklahoma Baptist University, and the University of Oklahoma. She coordinated the class piano program at Eastern Illinois and directed its piano preparatory program while teaching graduate level pedagogy courses. During the summers between 1979 and 1982, she taught class piano and 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, National Piano Teachers Institute, and the World Piano Pedagogy Conference. She is co-author of over 300 educational piano publications with her husband, Dr. E. L. Lancaster, including the widely used Alfred's Premier Piano Course and Music for Little Mozarts. From 1981 to 1996, the couple maintained an independent piano studio in Norman, Oklahoma. Currently based in the Los Angeles area, she continues to serve as a clinician for Alfred Music.
Throughout her career, Dr. Kowalchyk has held faculty positions at Eastern Illinois University, Oklahoma Baptist University, and the University of Oklahoma. She coordinated the class piano program at Eastern Illinois and directed its piano preparatory program while teaching graduate level pedagogy courses. During the summers between 1979 and 1982, she taught class piano and 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, National Piano Teachers Institute, and the World Piano Pedagogy Conference. She is co-author of over 300 educational piano publications with her husband, Dr. E. L. Lancaster, including the widely used Alfred's Premier Piano Course and Music for Little Mozarts. From 1981 to 1996, the couple maintained an independent piano studio in Norman, Oklahoma. Currently based in the Los Angeles area, she continues to serve as a clinician for Alfred Music.
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.
From 1979 to 1998, Lancaster was Professor of Music at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, where he shaped the piano pedagogy program significantly. He founded both the master's and doctoral degree programs in piano pedagogy in 1980 and mentored more than 50 doctoral students in the field. His teaching extended to pre-college students through the Piano Pedagogy Laboratory Program, which integrated group and private lessons. Between 1981 and 1996, he and his wife, Dr. Gayle Kowalchyk, operated a substantial independent piano studio in Norman.
Lancaster's leadership in music education organizations includes roles as National Chairman of Group Piano and National Chairman of Student Chapters for MTNA, along with serving as 2020 National Conference Chair. The University of Oklahoma recognized his excellence with the Regents Award for Superior Teaching (1984), the David Ross Boyd Professorship (1991), the Associated Distinguished Lectureship (1987), and the Provost's Outstanding Academic Advising Award (1996). Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia named him a Signature Sinfonian in 2013 for exemplary representation of the fraternity, and Murray State University presented him with its 2014 Distinguished Alumnus Award.
From 1979 to 1998, Lancaster was Professor of Music at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, where he shaped the piano pedagogy program significantly. He founded both the master's and doctoral degree programs in piano pedagogy in 1980 and mentored more than 50 doctoral students in the field. His teaching extended to pre-college students through the Piano Pedagogy Laboratory Program, which integrated group and private lessons. Between 1981 and 1996, he and his wife, Dr. Gayle Kowalchyk, operated a substantial independent piano studio in Norman.
Lancaster's leadership in music education organizations includes roles as National Chairman of Group Piano and National Chairman of Student Chapters for MTNA, along with serving as 2020 National Conference Chair. The University of Oklahoma recognized his excellence with the Regents Award for Superior Teaching (1984), the David Ross Boyd Professorship (1991), the Associated Distinguished Lectureship (1987), and the Provost's Outstanding Academic Advising Award (1996). Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia named him a Signature Sinfonian in 2013 for exemplary representation of the fraternity, and Murray State University presented him with its 2014 Distinguished Alumnus Award.