Graça Boal-Palheiros is Coordinating Professor at the Porto Polytechnic School of Education, where she teaches Music Pedagogy and Music Psychology in both graduate and master courses and coordinates the Master's in Music Education. She holds a PhD in Music Psychology from the University of Roehampton, London, an MA in Music Education from the University of London, a BA in Music Pedagogy, from the Lemmens Institute, University of Leuven, and a degree in Psychology from the University of Porto. Graça is former member of the International Society for Music Education Board and Executive and member and co-chair of the ISME Research Commission. Former president of the APEM - Portuguese Association of Music Education, she was editor of the APEM Journal for ten years. Co-founder and president of the Wuytack Association of Music Pedagogy, she coordinates its Teacher Education Centre as well as editorial and musical projects. Co-founder of the CIPEM (Centre for Research in Psychology of Music and Music Education), she was director of CIPEM - Branch of INET-md at the Porto Polytechnic and member of the INET-md Board (2018-2022), and currently coordinates the Research Group Education, Music, and Theatre in the Community. Her interests include children' s music listening, adolescents singing, music teacher education and musical projects for social inclusion. She has served in various Editorial Boards and is a reviewer for international journals. Graça is co-author of the Music Programs for Basic Education (Ministry of Education, 1991) and author of one of the first books on research in music education in Portugal (APEM, 1993). She has published in several countries, presents at national and international conferences and has lectured at universities in Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Japan, Spain and the UK.