The RESONANCES project examined how exchange experiences between music teachers from diverse cultural backgrounds influence human development, pedagogical practices, and contemporary conceptions of music education in a constantly changing world.
Over the course of eighteen months, a qualitative, multi-sited study was carried out across three leading programmes/institutions that promote international pedagogical exchanges: AIM – Academy for Impact through Music, NEOJIBA – Núcleos Estaduais de Orquestras Juvenis e Infantis da Bahia, and HEM – Haute école de musique de Genève.
The research team was composed of Ricardo Castro (pianist, conductor, founder of NEOJIBA and professor at HEM), who directed the project; Alix Didier Sarrouy (researcher at INET-md), who served as scientific coordinator and researcher; and Maria Peres (recently graduated in Musicology from FCSH), who worked as research assistant.
On 3 December 2025, the official presentation of the final report will take place. With around 150 pages, available in both Portuguese and English, the report offers an in-depth presentation of the work developed in close collaboration with young music teachers from different parts of the world.
Special guest commentator:
Ailbhe Kenny, Associate Professor of Music Education at the Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick (Ireland). She is the author of Music Refuge: Living Asylum Through Music (2025) and Communities of Musical Practice (2016), and co-editor of Sonic Signatures: Music, Migration and the City at Night (2023) and Musician-Teacher Collaborations: Altering the Chord (2018). She is currently President of the International Society for Sociology of Music Education (ISSME). In 2025, she chaired the international conference Cultural Diversity in Music Education (CDIME), held in Ireland.
Access to the online session (Zoom Room):
ID: 871 3268 1794
Code: 013812