Palmer became a proficient musician at a young age he played the piano on the radio at age 13 and studied piano and accordion, which would form the basis of his musical endeavors. He was also the choir director of Memorial Lutheran Church in Houston, Texas for many years.ĭr.
Palmer authored 789 published works on a range of topics, including an accordion method, several piano methods, a method for the Hammond chord organ, a guitar method, and choral works. Palmer was a musician, teacher, and the author of hundreds of published works.ĭr. Lancaster, she is the coauthor of more than 275 educational piano books, including Alfred's Premier Piano Course, which they coauthored with Dennis Alexander, Victoria McArthur, and Martha Mier.ĭr. She is on the board of advisors for Clavier Companion magazine. Kowalchyk has presented sessions for the World Piano Pedagogy Conference, national conventions of the Music Teachers National Association, and more. She has also taught piano pedagogy and class piano at Oklahoma Baptist University and the University of Oklahoma.ĭr. Kowalchyk was formerly on the faculty of Eastern Illinois University, where she coordinated the class piano program, directed the piano preparatory program, and taught graduate piano pedagogy. She holds degrees from Ohio University (piano performance), Northwestern University (piano performance and pedagogy), and an EdD from Teachers College, Columbia University (piano pedagogy). Gayle Kowalchyk selects and edits music for the supplementary piano catalog for Alfred Music Publishing.