Energize Your Teaching with the New Suzuki Piano Books 1-3

E.L. Lancaster brings a variety of teaching experiences to his position as Vice President/Keyboard Editor-in-Chief of Alfred Publishing Company. From 1979 to 1998 he was on the faculty of the University of Oklahoma, Norman where he taught courses in piano pedagogy and coordinated the group piano program. Lancaster established the masters and doctoral programs in piano pedagogy at the University of Oklahoma in 1980. During his tenure there, he served as major professor for over fifty doctoral dissertations in the field of piano pedagogy. His students serve on faculties of colleges and universities and operate independent piano studios throughout the country. Simultaneously, he taught pre-college students in the Piano Pedagogy Laboratory Program combining group and private instruction. In addition, he and his wife, Gayle Kowalchyk, operated a large independent piano studio in Norman, Oklahoma from 1981 until 1996.

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Mary Craig Powell currently teaches piano in her home studio in Columbus, Ohio. Retired from the Conservatory of Music faculty of Capital University, she has taught piano at both the college and preparatory levels. Her reputation as a Suzuki teacher has grown to international proportions and has given her extensive invitations throughout the world to train teachers and teach children. Her young students are consistent winners in auditions and competitions. Ms. Powell has written a book entitled Focus on Suzuki Piano and contributed to another book entitled Teaching Suzuki Piano. Currently she serves as the co-chairman of the International Suzuki Piano Committee, which has recently finished revising and re-editing all the Suzuki piano books. In recognition of her contribution to Suzuki instruction, she has received the “Excellence in Teaching” Award and the “Excellence in Suzuki Teacher Education” award from the SAA as well as the “Distinguished Alumna” Award from East Carolina University, her alma mater. As an active member of Music Teachers’ National Conference, she has been named the “State Certified Piano Teacher of the Year” by the Ohio Music Teachers’ Association.

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