Lucía Casal de la Fuente

Short CV

Singer and psychopedagogue, with masters in therapy and in training processes. In the period 2014-2021 she worked at the USC as a teacher of the Department of Pedagogy and Didactics (7 years), and as an international projects officer (10 months) and a teaching training and innovation officer (9 months). From 2021 she is a teacher and researcher of the Area of Didactics of Musical Expression of the UVIGO. Her training and expertise are focused on vocal technique didactics. She did several international teaching and research stays, in which she combined the study of vocal education, singing therapy, singing and music education, early childhood education, innovation and equity. Her PhD “Best psychopedagogical practices for vocal education and childhood singing: case studies of two internationally renowned programs” has been supervised by Miguel Ángel Zabalza and Carol Gillanders. She is the coordinator of VOCES LEDAS, a psychopedagogical project on vocal and singing education. She usually takes part in educational conferences and seminars. She also wrote diverse academic papers, and collaborates with both national and international research groups.