Music for Little Mozarts: Rhythm Speller, Book 3: Piano Book
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Music for Little Mozarts: Rhythm Speller, Book 3: Piano Book
Written Activities and Rhythm Patterns to Reinforce Rhythm Reading
By Christine H. Barden, Gayle Kowalchyk, and E. L. Lancaster
Level: 3
Item: 00-47170
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The Rhythm Speller Book 3 reinforces rhythm skills based on the concepts introduced in the Music Lesson Book 3. Each page of the Rhythm Speller Book has two activities---a rhythm-writing activity and a rhythm-reading activity. The written activities reinforce note values and counting through coloring, circling, drawing, or matching. The rhythm-reading activities help students practice clapping or tapping rhythm patterns while counting aloud, playing rhythms on rhythm instruments or keys on the keyboard, and chanting words based on rhythm patterns.
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Christine H. Barden stands as an internationally recognized expert in early childhood music education. She co-authored Alfred's Music for Little Mozarts preschool piano method and maintains a private piano teaching studio in Reno, Nevada, where she instructs award-winning students in piano, composition, and Music for Little Mozarts classes.
Her musical foundation includes a piano performance degree from San Francisco State University, where she studied under Vladimir Brenner, the NBC Symphony Orchestra's piano soloist. Barden spent four years in Europe studying, performing, and teaching music. As one of the first American educators to train with Yamaha Music Foundation instructors in Japan, she went on to serve 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 clinician, Barden regularly leads workshops for piano teachers at conferences across the United States, England, Norway, and Singapore. Her published compositions with Alfred include the Music for Little Mozarts series and solo piano pieces, notably "Etude Toccata," which earned selection as a National Federation of Music Clubs Junior Festival piece.
Her musical foundation includes a piano performance degree from San Francisco State University, where she studied under Vladimir Brenner, the NBC Symphony Orchestra's piano soloist. Barden spent four years in Europe studying, performing, and teaching music. As one of the first American educators to train with Yamaha Music Foundation instructors in Japan, she went on to serve 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 clinician, Barden regularly leads workshops for piano teachers at conferences across the United States, England, Norway, and Singapore. Her published compositions with Alfred include the Music for Little Mozarts series and solo piano pieces, notably "Etude Toccata," which earned selection 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 doctorate in piano pedagogy from Teachers College at Columbia University.
Her professional accomplishments include extensive publishing work with her husband, Dr. E. L. Lancaster, on more than 300 educational piano books for Alfred Music, notably Alfred's Premier Piano Course and Music for Little Mozarts. Dr. Kowalchyk has presented clinics and workshops at major national conferences including the Music Teachers National Association, the Music Educators National Conference, the National Group Piano Symposium, and the World Piano Pedagogy Conference. She also serves as a clinician for Alfred Music.
Before joining California State University, Northridge, Dr. Kowalchyk held faculty positions at Eastern Illinois University, where she coordinated the class piano program and directed the piano preparatory program, as well as at Oklahoma Baptist University and the University of Oklahoma. She taught summers at the National Music Camp in Interlochen, Michigan from 1979 to 1982, and operated an independent piano studio in Norman, Oklahoma with her husband from 1981 to 1996.
Her professional accomplishments include extensive publishing work with her husband, Dr. E. L. Lancaster, on more than 300 educational piano books for Alfred Music, notably Alfred's Premier Piano Course and Music for Little Mozarts. Dr. Kowalchyk has presented clinics and workshops at major national conferences including the Music Teachers National Association, the Music Educators National Conference, the National Group Piano Symposium, and the World Piano Pedagogy Conference. She also serves as a clinician for Alfred Music.
Before joining California State University, Northridge, Dr. Kowalchyk held faculty positions at Eastern Illinois University, where she coordinated the class piano program and directed the piano preparatory program, as well as at Oklahoma Baptist University and the University of Oklahoma. She taught summers at the National Music Camp in Interlochen, Michigan from 1979 to 1982, and operated an independent piano studio in Norman, Oklahoma with her husband from 1981 to 1996.
E. L. Lancaster served as Executive Editor of Piano at Alfred Music and currently teaches piano as adjunct faculty 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.
From 1979 to 1998, Lancaster was 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 and taught pre-college students through the Piano Pedagogy Laboratory Program, blending group and private instruction. He also co-operated an independent piano studio in Norman with his wife, Dr. Gayle Kowalchyk, from 1981 to 1996. His teaching excellence earned him multiple honors from the University of Oklahoma, including 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).
Lancaster has been deeply involved in the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) and related organizations, serving as National Chairman of Group Piano, National Chairman of Student Chapters, and 2020 National Conference Chair. He has also held leadership roles in the National Conference on Piano Pedagogy. In 2013, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia named him a Signature Sinfonian in recognition of his excellence and leadership as an alumnus. Murray State University honored him with the Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2014, the institution's highest alumni recognition.
From 1979 to 1998, Lancaster was 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 and taught pre-college students through the Piano Pedagogy Laboratory Program, blending group and private instruction. He also co-operated an independent piano studio in Norman with his wife, Dr. Gayle Kowalchyk, from 1981 to 1996. His teaching excellence earned him multiple honors from the University of Oklahoma, including 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).
Lancaster has been deeply involved in the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) and related organizations, serving as National Chairman of Group Piano, National Chairman of Student Chapters, and 2020 National Conference Chair. He has also held leadership roles in the National Conference on Piano Pedagogy. In 2013, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia named him a Signature Sinfonian in recognition of his excellence and leadership as an alumnus. Murray State University honored him with the Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2014, the institution's highest alumni recognition.