Ximena
Valverde
Music teacher.
Doctor of Education,
Master in Music Therapy
and Researcher.
Music is my life
It brings me personal, emotional and intellectual growth
I am originally from the city of Iquique in northern Chile, where my love for music awakened. I studied to be a music teacher at the University of La Serena.
For some years, I was working as a music teacher in the city of Iquique. Later, I moved to Spain to study, first in the city of Salamanca where I was trained as a music therapist and a few years later, in Barcelona where I did my master's studies in Music Education and Musicology. Finally, I started my path as a researcher by doing my doctorate in Education at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Since 2018, I have lived in Berlin where I work as a music educator in different educational projects with children from 1 to 12 years old. Over the years, I have trained as a music therapist working with people with intellectual disabilities and their families; and I have integrated musical, vocal and instrumental teams in the countries where I have resided.
I have worked as an evaluator of cultural projects for the Ministry of Culture and the Arts of Chile in the 2022 and 2023 calls.
I am a member of the Chilean Center for Music Research and Teaching (CIEM) , I have conducted various research in music therapy and music education and I have written two books: Latinoamerica en el Aula (2015) and Latinoamerica en el Aula: Fiestas y Carnavales (2016).
Professional degrees and titles
Degree
in Education
and State Teacher in Musical Education
University of
La Serena
Chile
Master degree
in Music Therapy
Pontificia
de Salamanca
University
España
Master degree
Curriculum and
Educational projects
Andres Bello
University
Chile
Master degree Musical Education
und Musicology
Autonoma
de Barcelona
University
Doctor
of Education
Autonoma
de Barcelona
University
What I currently do
I live in Berlin, Germany and work in a music school with children of different ages, I accompany them in their initial musical education and I teach cello, guitar and flute.
Also, I am a music and spanish teacher in secondary education.
Since 2022 I have been teaching instrumental and vocal training, harmony and analysis and music didactics at the International University of La Rioja (UNIR) Spain.
I am currently starting my own venture with a mobile music school, teaching music to children from 0-6 years old, as well as doing educational concerts in different locations in Berlin.