Biography
PhD in Education, studied Music and Musicology. His research interests include, among others, music education policies, music and community, creativities, music teaching and the professionality of musicians and music teachers. He has participated in various meetings, conferences in different fields of music, education and culture, and has published different types of work that stands out "The Music Conservatory: teachers, organization and policies”. Professionally he worked as a music teacher at various levels of education, from pre-school to higher education, led a professional music school and participated in working groups of the Ministry of Education related to restructuring the teaching of music at conservatoires. At the present time he is Associate Professor in the Department of Arts, School of Education of Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal, head of the Department of Arts, former President of ISME Portugal and editor of the “Revista de Educação Musical” (Journal of Music Education).