Music for Little Mozarts: Plush Toy -- Clara Schumann-Cat: Piano Plush Toy
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Music for Little Mozarts: Plush Toy -- Clara Schumann-Cat: Piano Plush Toy
By Christine H. Barden, Gayle Kowalchyk, and E. L. Lancaster
Level: 2, 3 & 4
Item: 00-19767
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Clara Schumann-Cat is an elegant real cat in the Music for Little Mozarts series. She comes from a musical family where everyone plays the piano. Her great-grandmother was taught by Clara Schumann herself, and she was named after that famous pianist and composer. She helps Beethoven Bear and Mozart Mouse with their music studies. Larger size.
Clara-Schumann Cat is a replica of the character first introduced in Lesson Book 2. Suggestions are made in the Lesson Book for integrating the animals into the lesson.
Clara-Schumann Cat is a replica of the character first introduced in Lesson Book 2. Suggestions are made in the Lesson Book for integrating the animals into the lesson.
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Christine H. Barden is recognized internationally as a leading figure in early childhood music education. She co-authored Alfred's Music for Little Mozarts preschool piano method and currently maintains a private piano teaching studio in Reno, Nevada, where she instructs Music for Little Mozarts classes alongside working with numerous award-winning students in piano and composition.
Her musical training is extensive and globally influenced. Barden earned her degree in piano performance from San Francisco State University, where she studied with Vladimir Brenner, a piano soloist for the NBC Symphony Orchestra. She spent four years living and working in Europe as a performer and educator, and became one of the first American teachers to study with Yamaha Music Foundation instructors in Japan. Following this experience, she served as a national staff member with Yamaha for 17 years, holding positions including Director of Curriculum and National Chief Instructor for the Yamaha Music Education System.
A sought-after workshop presenter, Barden has conducted clinics for piano teachers at professional conferences throughout the United States, England, Norway, and Singapore. Her compositions with Alfred include the Music for Little Mozarts course and several piano solos, notably "Etude Toccata," which was selected as a Junior Festival piece by the National Federation of Music Clubs.
Her musical training is extensive and globally influenced. Barden earned her degree in piano performance from San Francisco State University, where she studied with Vladimir Brenner, a piano soloist for the NBC Symphony Orchestra. She spent four years living and working in Europe as a performer and educator, and became one of the first American teachers to study with Yamaha Music Foundation instructors in Japan. Following this experience, she served as a national staff member with Yamaha for 17 years, holding positions including Director of Curriculum and National Chief Instructor for the Yamaha Music Education System.
A sought-after workshop presenter, Barden has conducted clinics for piano teachers at professional conferences throughout the United States, England, Norway, and Singapore. Her compositions with Alfred include the Music for Little Mozarts course and several 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 piano instructor and pedagogy specialist at California State University, Northridge, where she teaches class piano and graduate-level pedagogy courses. 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 class piano programs, directed preparatory piano studies, and taught pedagogy at each institution. Her summers from 1979 to 1982 were spent teaching at the National Music Camp in Interlochen, Michigan.
As a prolific 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 World Piano Pedagogy Conference. She has co-authored more than 300 educational piano publications with her husband, Dr. E. L. Lancaster, among them Alfred's Premier Piano Course and Music for Little Mozarts. Based in the Los Angeles area, she currently serves as a clinician for Alfred Music in addition to her teaching responsibilities.
Throughout her career, Dr. Kowalchyk has held faculty positions at Eastern Illinois University, Oklahoma Baptist University, and the University of Oklahoma. She coordinated class piano programs, directed preparatory piano studies, and taught pedagogy at each institution. Her summers from 1979 to 1982 were spent teaching at the National Music Camp in Interlochen, Michigan.
As a prolific 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 World Piano Pedagogy Conference. She has co-authored more than 300 educational piano publications with her husband, Dr. E. L. Lancaster, among them Alfred's Premier Piano Course and Music for Little Mozarts. Based in the Los Angeles area, she currently serves as a clinician for Alfred Music in addition to her teaching responsibilities.
Dr. E. L. Lancaster served as Executive Editor for Piano at Alfred Music and currently teaches piano as an adjunct faculty member at California State University, Northridge. He holds degrees from Murray State University and the University of Illinois, along with a Ph.D. from Northwestern University.
Throughout his academic career, Dr. Lancaster spent nearly two decades at the University of Oklahoma, Norman as a Professor of Music from 1979 to 1998. He founded both the master's and doctoral programs in piano pedagogy there in 1980 and guided more than 50 doctoral candidates in that specialty. His honors include 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 the David Ross Boyd Professorship, recognizing faculty who excel in teaching and student guidance.
Beyond his university work, Dr. Lancaster has been instrumental in professional music education organizations. He chaired the Group Piano and Student Chapters committees for MTNA and served as National Conference Chair in 2020. He has also held leadership roles with the National Conference on Piano Pedagogy. In 2013, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia honored him as a Signature Sinfonian, and in 2014, Murray State University named him a Distinguished Alumnus. From 1981 to 1996, he and his wife, Dr. Gayle Kowalchyk, operated a private piano studio in Norman while he simultaneously directed the Piano Pedagogy Laboratory Program for pre-college students.
Throughout his academic career, Dr. Lancaster spent nearly two decades at the University of Oklahoma, Norman as a Professor of Music from 1979 to 1998. He founded both the master's and doctoral programs in piano pedagogy there in 1980 and guided more than 50 doctoral candidates in that specialty. His honors include 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 the David Ross Boyd Professorship, recognizing faculty who excel in teaching and student guidance.
Beyond his university work, Dr. Lancaster has been instrumental in professional music education organizations. He chaired the Group Piano and Student Chapters committees for MTNA and served as National Conference Chair in 2020. He has also held leadership roles with the National Conference on Piano Pedagogy. In 2013, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia honored him as a Signature Sinfonian, and in 2014, Murray State University named him a Distinguished Alumnus. From 1981 to 1996, he and his wife, Dr. Gayle Kowalchyk, operated a private piano studio in Norman while he simultaneously directed the Piano Pedagogy Laboratory Program for pre-college students.