In 1990, she was appointed for the Board of Directors of ISME and in 1994, she was voted as President elect (1994-2000).
Currently, she is teaching at the National University of San Martin, where she is the HEAD of the ARTS PROGRAM, including the post graduated school.
She holds a PhD in Music with special focus in Education.

Curriculum Vitae

Educational Background

• Higher National Professor National Conservatory of Music “Carlos Lopez Buchardo” (1954) (stimulus grant).
• Ph. D. (Music: Music Education). Presented Thesis 3-XII-1996; National University of Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina Faculty of Humanities and Arts Dissertation: A Descriptive and Comparative Research Tool (Parametrical Model) as Applied to the Dalcroze, Martenot, Willems, Orff, Kodály, Ward, Suzuki, Murray-Schafer and Paynter methods: Issues to an Eclectic Music Education Curriculum.

Teaching and Administrative Experience

• Director, Center of Investigation of Musical Education, Collegium Musicum (CIEM), Buenos Aires (Since 1994)
• Professor, Bachelor's degree in Musical Education, Music School, Humanity and Art College, National University (Rosario) (since 1993) - Invited professor at the post graduated course, same University, since 1997
• Adviser, Higher Teaching Institute ¨Carlos Maria Biedma" (since 1968); Argentine Model School (k. p. s), (since January 1962)
• Faculty, National Conservatory of Music "Carlos Lopez Buchardo" (since 1967), Professor of Didactics, methodology and teaching practice.
• Academic Adviser and Professor; Musical Pedagogy Master (E.U.M.), Extremadura University, Spain (1996-1997).
• Pedagogical Adviser, National Programmer for Youth Orchestra. Argentina (1995)
• National Director of Music of the National State Department of Culture (1994)
• Coordinator of the Action Committee (INTEM-OEA/UNESCO); Investigation and survey on the "The Formation of Professional Music in Latin America" (Since October 1995)

Professional Services

• President of the International Society for Music Education (ISME), 1994-2000. "Member of the Executive Board of International Music Council – UNESCO (1998-2004)
• Director of Courses and Lectures; for all the Argentine provinces, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Chile, Spain, United States of America, France, Mexico, Paraguay, Portugal , Venezuela and Uruguay
• Scholarship student of the British Council for research in Great Britain, 1976.
• Academic Londsdowne, Victoria University, Canada, 1981
• Research on the different aspects of the Professional Music Formation (Programmers and special methodologies)): Invited Guest/Speaker to France and Holland, January, 1985; the USA, February-March, 1984; Switzerland and Belgium, January, 1985; the USA, June, 1986; West Germany, February, 1987
• Visiting Scholar to the School of Music at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA, January, 1989; State University of Florida, USA, October, 1991
• Visiting Professor to the Musical Exp. Department, University of Extremadura, Spain (1994-1995, 1995-1996)
• Director of the Higher Institute of Art of the Colon Theatre (1981-1991) (retired in the charge)
• Consultant in areas of artistic expression (creation of the C.B.C. for the E.G.B.), National State Department of Culture (January to June, 1994) (at present ad honorum)
• Director of the Center for Music Pedagogy at the Institute of Educational Research (1979-1990)
• Examiner of the International Baccalaureate: Assessments in Spanish, French and English (since 1990)
• Director of organizations and programmers in the National Direction of Music and Dance for the National State Department of Culture (since 1994)
• 110 Lectures on topics related to Music Education 5. Lectures and Presentations/Addresses
• International lectures on Music, ISME in: Michigan, USA, 1966; Montreaux, Switzerland, 1976; London-Ontario, Canada, 1978; Eugene, Oregon, USA, 1984; Innsbruck, Austria, 1986; Canberra, Australia, 1988; Helsinki, Finland, 1990; Seoul, Korea, 1992; Tampa, Florida, USA, 1994; OEA in: Rosario, Argentina, 1970; Mexico, F.D., 1970; Viña del Mar, Chile, 1985
• Research Seminaries on Music Education, ISME in: Mexico, 1975; Graz, Austria, Melbourne, Australia, 1988; Stocklom, Sweden, 1990; Nagoya, Japan, 1992; Miami, Florida, USA, 1994
• Meeting in: Viña del Mar, Chile, 1990; Bogotá, Colombia, 1991; Hispanic lecture in Lisboa, Portugal, 1993; Córdoba, Argentina, 1994; Victoria, Spain, 1994; Caracas, Venezuela. 1995; Bilbao, País Vasco, 1995
• Research on: the "Professional Outline of the Argentinean Music Teacher"; "Education Strategies Compared not only at Kindergarten, Primary and Secondary level, but also in the Formation of the Professional Musician: a parameter model from the comparison to the fusion"

Awards

• Cavalier of French Palmes Academiques (1985)
• Villa-Lobos award granted by Brazilian Government (1988)
• Silver Medal for life long work awarded by the Argentinean Musicians
• Society (1990) (SADAIC)
• Distinguished Member of the Argentine Music Council and of the Argentinean council of International Affairs (1994)

Publications

• 52 titles covering research, creativity, audio perception, teaching strategies, etc.
• In 1994, she lead a 22 people team to prepare the fundamentals of art standards for the national system of general education (published by the National Minister of Education)