Global Compact

on Music Education

The international Expert Group brought together professionals from all continents with experience and expertise in music education.

Get to know some of our Experts!

Expert Group Members / Phase I

  • Emily Achieng Akuno, President, International Society for Music Education, Kenya

  • Adriana Didier Rodrigues, President, Latin American Forum for Music Education

  • Eric Favaro, Chair, Canada Coalition for Music Education

  • Rachel Glodo, Program Specialist, Yale School of Music, US

  • Marja-Leena Juntunen, Professor, Sibelius Academy, Finland

  • Richard Letts, Director, The Music Trust, Australia

  • Morag MacDonald, Manager, Youth Music Initiative, Creative Scotland

  • Marcus Medeiros, President, Brazilian Association for Music Education

  • Danhong Yu, Professor, Shanghai Conservatory of Music, China

Expert Group Members / Phase II

Gary McPherson, Australia

Donald A. Hodges, US

Richard Letts, Australia

Ian Cross, England

David Elliot, US

Eckhart Altenmüller, Germany

Bindu Subramaniam, India

Nasim Niknafs, Iran / Canada

Huib Schippers, Netherlands

Magda Dourado Pucci, Brazil

Bridget Whyte, UK

Patricia Campbell, US

Patricia Opondo, South Africa

Mary Luehrsen, US

María Olga Piñeros, Columbia



Alla Toropova, Russia

Eric Favaro, Canada

Rachel Glodo, US

Maria Helena Vieira, Portugal

Stefan Gies, Belgium

Graham Welch, UK

Manuela Encarnacao, Portugal

Amos Tetteh, Ghana

Jose Luis Arostegui, Spain

Tarik Ward, US

Ole Reitov, Denmark

Fairouz Nishanova, Switzerland

Richard Parncutt, Austria

Joanne Loewy, US

Per Ekedahl, Brazil

Korkor Amarteifio, Ghana