Workshop Description: Come explore traditional children’s songs and games as we explore children’s musical culture in vibrant Brazil! Samba! Maracatu! Juliana will share.
How does creative thinking engage us with language, history and culture? In our first workshop of the year we come together to make music together! Let’s play!
How does creative thinking engage us with language, history and culture? In our first workshop of the year we come together to make music together! Let’s play!
Clinician Biography: Juliana Cantarelli Vita is Assistant Professor of Music Education at the University of Hartford’s Hartt School. Blending her interests in music education and ethnomusicology, she has published widely on children’s musical cultures, community music, world music pedagogy, and feminist spaces for music-making. She serves on the editorial board of The Orff Echo. Prior to teaching in academic spaces, Juliana was a K-7 general music teacher for a decade, both in
Brazil and the United States. She has given keynote addresses and has been a guest speaker at a number of selected universities and conferences around the world. She is the recipient of the Elizabeth May (Slater) Award from the Society for Ethnomusicology, and was nominated for the 2021 Distinguished Dissertation Award at the University of Washington. |
As a clinician, she has given workshops in the United States, Abya Yala/Latin America, and Europe. Juliana Cantarelli Vita earned her Ph.D. in Music Education with an emphasis in Ethnomusicology at the University of Washington, and has been part of the Smithsonian Folkways Certificate Course in World Music Pedagogy at West Virginia University, University of Washington, and directs the recently-launched course at The Hartt School. She earned her master’s degree in music at West Virginia University, and her bachelors at the Federal University of Pernambuco (Brazil). Juliana taught pre-K through Grade 6 general music for three years in Recife, Brazil, and was a lecturer at WVU upon graduation. She has completed Orff Schulwerk and Kodaly Pedagogy levels.
Blending her interests in music education and ethnomusicology, Juliana has presented papers and given clinics at several national and international conferences in North America, South America, and Europe. As a researcher, she has published papers at Orff Echo (Winter 2017) and Perspectives: Journal of the Early Childhood Music & Movement Association (Volume 13:1, 2018). As a clinician, Juliana has given more than 50 workshops in the United States, Brazil, and Europe. Her research lives in the intersections of pedagogy and tradition, understanding teaching and learning practices within different contexts.
Blending her interests in music education and ethnomusicology, Juliana has presented papers and given clinics at several national and international conferences in North America, South America, and Europe. As a researcher, she has published papers at Orff Echo (Winter 2017) and Perspectives: Journal of the Early Childhood Music & Movement Association (Volume 13:1, 2018). As a clinician, Juliana has given more than 50 workshops in the United States, Brazil, and Europe. Her research lives in the intersections of pedagogy and tradition, understanding teaching and learning practices within different contexts.