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
Hiromichi Mito, Professor, Meijii Gakuin University, Japan
Tan Sooi Beng, Professor, School of the Arts, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Alla Toropova, President, Russian Society for Music Education
Yukiko Tsubonou, Director, Institute for Creativity in Music Education, Japan
Bridget Whyte, Chief Executive, Music Mark, England
Michael Yaffe, Associate Dean, Yale School of Music, US
Erica Eyrich, Director, Arts Investment Forum, Germany
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