Antonella Coppi – 28th cycle ACADEMIC BACKGROUND Master's Degree in Historical and Performing Arts (University of Perugia), Master’s Degree in Music Education (Conservatorio of Parma – Upper Level) and Master’s Degree in Vocal Composition and Choir Conducting (Conservatorio of Ferrara – Upper Level). She also graduated in Pianoforte (Conservatorio of Perugia), Educational Communication for Teachers (Master of specialization - University of Ferrara) Teaching in Humanistic Heritage (Master of specialization - University of Ferrara) and SISS in Italian Literature (Upper level - University of Parma). To complete her training, she specializes in Techniques and methods of music education in Europe – 0-6 (International European Graduate Program) Orff international Method (Simeos Verona), General and Experimental Teaching (specializing upper course - University of Ferrara). PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND She collaborates from many years with the Faculties of Education of the University of Perugia and Modena and Reggio Emilia in the field of Practice of Music and Music Education. From last Academic year She is actives in the same field in the Faculty of Education of the Free University of Bolzano. She has been Coordinator of the Master in Music Education and Research (University of Perugia) and Scientific Coordinator research project “REMUS, Reggio Emilia, Musica Università, Scuola” (University of Modena e Reggio Emilia, 2003 – 2008). For the Ministry of Education she is coordinator of many refresher courses for teachers in Music Education in the Italian school: she is member of the most important international society of music education (ISME, IMC, etc.). from 2010 she is member of the Institutional Education Group for application of El Sistema in Reggio Emilia. At the teaching and research activity, she approaches an important artistic work as University Choir and Orchestras Conductor, with over 200 concert around the Italy and Europe: from 2008 until today, she is Scientific Referent of National Coordination of University Choirs and Orchestras in Italy. From 2000 she is the Italian Referent for Song of Hope International Program (Minneapolis, MN, USA). From 2004 she is Delegate from the Rector of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia – University Choir and Orchestra (Protocollo Unimore-Uniss). RESEARCH INTERESTS Her research interests lie in music pedagogy and didactics with a focus on the teaching – learning process conveyed by the use of Vocal and Choir experience. The research project she is developing is related Youth Choirs in El Sistema as a framework in the field of pedagogical music teaching for multilingual youth in Bressanone. Many are participations in National and International Conferences. PUBLICATIONS In over 35 publications since 2002, including: Coppi, A. (2004) Remus “Reggio Emilia Musica Università, Scuola” Studi e ricerche sulla formazione musicale. Perugia: Morlacchi Editore Coppi A. (2007). Un progetto formativo extracurricolare in Musica, Ricerca sul Curricolo e innovazione didattica Tecnodid, pp. 60-71. Coppi A.(2009). La Creatività, in La Regione in musica – Diffusione della pratica musicale in Emilia Romagna. Tecnodid, pp.67-70 Coppi A. (2010) I Cori e le Orchestre Universitarie Italiane, Attualità e prospettive. CLEUP. Coppi A. (2013). Music and Creativity in Italian schools, in Scientific Research Publisching (SRP) , inc. USA. ISBN: 9781-61896-029-0 Coppi A. (2013). Musica ed internazionalizzazione, in Musica Domani n. 168-169, settembre –dicembre 2013, Torino: EDT, pp.30-34.ISSN 0391-4380 Coppi A. (2014). Music education and capability approach: from the model of El Sistema in Venezuela to current applications in learning and inclusion Italian context. In Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences Journal. ISSN: 18770428). LANGUAGES Italian (mother tongue), Fluent English, (International Language School of English - Brighton, Malta), Basic German and Spanish.