Juliana Cantarelli Vita
Artist, Musician, and Teacher in Seattle, Washington
Juliana is a doctoral student at the University of Washington and General Music Teacher at Laurelhurst Elementary School. She earned her master’s degree in music at West Virginia University, and her bachelor's 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 and worked at the Smithsonian Folkways World Music Pedagogy Course at West Virginia University (2015, 2017, 2018), and at the University of Washington (2018).
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.