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Composition, Gesture, Music and Narrative, Composer-Performer Collaboration, Musical Theatre, Music and Creativity, Performance Studies, Music Composition with Children

Biography

Sara Carvalho is a senior lecturer in the Department of Communication and Arts of Aveiro University, Portugal, where she currently holds the positions of director of the Doctoral Music course, Vice-director of the Music Undergraduate course, and coordinates the Composition course. She is a fellow researcher of INET-md [Instituto de Etnomusicologia – Centro de Estudos em Música e Dança], and her research interests centre on the fields of Composition and Music Education.
As a composer Sara is interested in the interaction of different Performing Arts, as an extension and transformation of musical thinking, and aspects associated with gesture, musical narrative, audience as performers, and performer-composer collaboration.
Her folio has over 70 pieces that are played regularly both in Portugal and around the World, including commissions by ensembles and soloists of international merit, and prestigious international institutions. Several of her pieces are available on CD, and in 2012 her first monographic CD “7 pomegranate seeds” was published. Many of her scores are published by the Portuguese Music Information & Investigation Centre and Babel Scores.
In the field of Music Education, Sara researches the influence of creative processes on the development of musical thinking in children. Her research themes include: creativity in education, optimization of teaching-learning in the classroom, the influence of musical projects in schools and communities, and emotion and flow in a musical context.
Between 2005 and 2017 she was regularly invited to sit on the panel of experts of the European Commission to evaluate projects for “Culture” and “Creative Europe” programmes.
She has organized and been invited as a panel member of many scientific comities of both conferences and journals, among others, co-organized: 2011 and 2015 - "Performa - Conference on Performance Studies"; 2016, 2017 and 2019 - "Orff-Schulwerk Meeting of the University of Aveiro"; 2016 and 2019 - "National Meeting of Composition and Musical Analysis: Educational Perspectives"; 2017 - "1st International Conference Music for and by Children: Perspectives from Children, Composers, Performers and Educators" (musichildren'17). She has been invited as a jury for several competitions, including "9th and 13th International Composition Competition of Póvoa de Varzim", "Prémio de Composição SPA/Antena 2" in 2021 and the "International Competition: Arioso Musica Domani: International Competition Prize 2010 and 2012".
Her research work is published in different journals and book chapters, such as ASHGATE/SEMPRE Studies in The Psychology of Music Series and London: Imperial College Press.
She is the Artistic director of Performer Ensemble (Portugal). The Ensemble primarily focuses its activity in the areas of composition and performance, through the commissioning, premiere, dissemination and recording of works, mainly of Portuguese composers.

Activities

Employment (2)

Universidade de Aveiro: Aveiro, PT

2020-09-01 to present | Professora Associada / Senior Lecturer (Departamento de Comunicação e Arte)
Employment
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Sara Carvalho

Universidade de Aveiro: Aveiro, PT

1999-11-15 to 2020-08-31 | Professora Auxiliar / Lecturer (Departamento de Comunicação e Arte)
Employment
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Sara Carvalho

Education and qualifications (3)

University of York: York, York, GB

1996-10-01 to 2001-02-13 | PhD (Music)
Education
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University of York: York, Yorkshire, GB

1995-09-01 to 1996-09-01 | Master of Arts (Music)
Education
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Universidade de Aveiro: Aveiro, PT

1990-10-01 to 1995-07-15 | 5 Year Teaching Degree (Communication and Art)
Education
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Professional activities (2)

Korea-Holland Music Association : Seul, KR

2022 | Selection of the piece "Occupied Mirrors", for toy piano and audience
Distinction
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ISCM – World New Music Days 2020: Auckland, NZ

2019 | Selection of the piece "sobre a areia o tempo poisa", for piano, violin and cello
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Funding (3)

Experimentation in music in Portuguese culture: History, contexts and practices in the 20th and 21st centuries

2018-11-26 to 2022-11-25 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
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PTDC/ART-PER/31380/2017

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Euterpe unveiled: Women in Portuguese musical creation and interpretation during the 20th and 21st centuries

2016-07-04 to 2019-12-31 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

PTDC/CPC-MMU/3559/2014

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PhD in Music Composition

1996-09 to 1999-11 | Grant
Ministério da Educação e Ciência (Lisbon, Lisbon, PT)
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Works (50 of 156)

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My shadow walks home with me (CD recording by Jorge Correia e Helena Marinho)

2024-10 | Other
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Spotify

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From Sonic Gesture to Composition: Mapping the Path for the Physical Computing Instrument

TENOR - International Conference on Technologies for Music Notation and Representation
2024-04-03 | Conference paper
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cv-prod-id-4308453

Contributors: Coimbra, João; Portovedo, Henrique; Carvalho, Sara
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Exploring Creativities: Creation as a strategy for elarning music and the arts. Explorar creatividades: La creación como estrategia para el aprendizaje de la música y las artes

Edictoràlia
2023 | Book
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cv-prod-id-3995843

Contributors: MURILLO, Adolf; TEJADA, Jesús,; FOLETTO, Clarissa; RIANO, Mª Elena; Carvalho, Sara; SOLÈ, Lluís
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Exploring Creativities: creation as a strategy for learning music and the arts

EdictOrália Llibres i Publicaciones
2023 | Edited book
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cv-prod-id-4308454

Contributors: Murrillo, Adolf; Tejada, Jesús; Riaño, Mª Elena; Foletto, Clarissa; Carvalho, Sara; Solé, Lluís
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o pé descalço da Corujeira, e um eco de qualquer coisa que se foi (CD recording by Supernova Ensemble)

2023 | Other
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cv-prod-id-4003727

Contributors: Carvalho, Sara
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Designing a Digital Instrument as Gestural Controller Through Performance and Composition.

Jornadas CICECO 23
2023-10-13 | Conference abstract
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cv-prod-id-4037624

Contributors: Coimbra, João; Portovedo, Henrique; Carvalho, Sara
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Designing a gestural interface for musical expression: notes on recent development.

Research Summit'23
2023-07-15 | Conference abstract
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cv-prod-id-4037623

Contributors: Coimbra, João; Portovedo, Henrique; Carvalho, Sara
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haiku from the sea (CD recording by Erato Alakiozidou)

2022 | Other
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cv-prod-id-4003659

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C00611

Contributors: Carvalho, Sara
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Music for and by children: 2nd International Conference Music for and by Children - Perspectives from Children, Composers, Performers and Educators

Music for and by children
2022 | Journal issue
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cv-prod-id-4308452

Contributors: Carvalho, Sara; Foletto, Clarissa; Utermohl de Queiroz, Dora
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postlude, still in fugue

2022 | Online resource
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979-0-55051-175-0

Contributors: Carvalho, Sara; Corresponding author: Carvalho, Sara.
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prelude in fugue

2022 | Online resource
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979-0-55051-175-0

Contributors: Carvalho, Sara; Corresponding author: Carvalho, Sara.
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haiku from the sea (CD recording by Robert Fleitz)

2021 | Other
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cv-prod-id-4003640

Contributors: Carvalho, Sara
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Hollow

Centro de Investigação & Informação da Música Portuguesa, Lisboa
2021 | Online resource
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979-0-55051-139-2

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My shadow walks home with me

Centro de Investigação & Informação da Música Portuguesa, Lisboa
2021 | Online resource
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979-0-55051-140-8

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talvez haja fim... (CD recording by Henrique Portovedo)

2021 | Other
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cv-prod-id-4003629

Contributors: Carvalho, Sara
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Desired artistic outcomes in music performance

SEMPRE Studies in The Psychology of Music
2021-10-29 | Book
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Sara Carvalho
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A hybrid cat hip symposium Partituras Editadas

Centro de Investigação & Informação da Música Portuguesa, Lisboa
2020 | Online resource
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ISMN 979-0-55051-092-0

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Begin at the beginning, and go on till you come to the end: then stop

Editora: Centro de Investigação & Informação da Música Portuguesa, Lisboa
2020 | Online resource
ISMN:

979-0-55051-092-0

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imaginary bars (CD recording by Henrique Portovedo)

2020 | Other
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cv-prod-id-4003571

Contributors: Carvalho, Sara
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The toy piano takes the stage

Revista Vortex
2020 | Journal issue
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cv-prod-id-4004062

Contributors: Carvalho, Sara
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Occupied reflections: audience as performers

Revista Vórtex
2020-09-17 | Journal article
Contributors: Sara Carvalho
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The toy piano takes the stage

Revista Vortex
2020-09-17 | Journal issue
Part of ISSN: 2317-9937
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Sara Carvalho

talvez haja fim... piece for solo saxophone. Patent at the exhibition "De casa para um mundo" at "XXI Bienal International de Arte de Cerveira"

2020-08-01 | Other
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cv-prod-id-4076836

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De casa para um mundo

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Music for and by Children: online proceedings of the international conference musichildren’17

Music for and by children
2019 | Journal issue
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cv-prod-id-4308455

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https://proa.ua.pt/index.php/musichildren/article/view/1018

Contributors: Carvalho, Sara; Foletto, Clarissa; Lopes, Filipe; Hiney, Aoife
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slumscape (CD recording by Performa Ensemble)

2019 | Other
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cv-prod-id-4003567

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MPMPCD51

Contributors: Carvalho, Sara
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... when I waked, I cried to dream again (CD recording by Carlos Canhoto)

2018 | Other
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cv-prod-id-4003562

Contributors: Carvalho, Sara
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Estratégias de afinação baseadas em Intonation & Vibrato de Trevor Wye

Flute: Hands on Research 2017 – Book of Conference Proceeedings
2018 | Conference paper
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cv-prod-id-4040284

Contributors: SALEIRO, Clara ; Carvalho, Sara
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Estratégias de afinação baseadas em Intonation & Vibrato de Trevor Wye

Flute: Hands on Research 2017 – Book of Conference Proceeedings
2018 | Conference paper
Part of ISBN: 978-972-789-571-7
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Sara Carvalho

Musichildren: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference Music for and by children

UA Editora, Universidade de Aveiro
2018 | Book
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The Fukushima project for child composers: An interview with Dai Fujikura

ÍMPAR: Online journal for artistic research
2018 | Journal article
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cv-prod-id-4004181

Part of ISSN: 2184-1993
Contributors: Carvalho, Sara; Lopes, Filipe; Hiney, Aoife
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The Fukushima project for child composers: An interview with Dai Fujikura

ÍMPAR: Online journal for artistic research
2018 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2184-1993
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Sara Carvalho

Crossing cultures, intertextualities

Creating Music across Cultures in the 21st Century
2017 | Conference abstract
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cv-prod-id-4037615

Contributors: Correia, Jorge Salgado; Marinho, Helena; Carvalho, Sara
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Dislexia e Música: Adaptação no design da partitura musical

EIMAD: Encontro de Investigação em Música, Artes e Design
2017 | Conference poster
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Sara Carvalho

Gesture as a metaphorical process: an exploration through musical composition

Revista Vortex
2017 | Journal article
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cv-prod-id-4004215

Part of ISSN: 2317-9937
Contributors: Carvalho, Sara
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How do instrumental teachers communicate musical ideas in performance teaching?

Performa’15 – Proceedings of the International Conference on Music Performance
2017 | Conference paper
Part of ISBN: 978-972-789-510-6
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Sara Carvalho

moon chunks: creating musical meanings

Revista Vortex
2017 | Journal article
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cv-prod-id-4004191

Part of ISSN: 2317-9937
Contributors: Carvalho, Sara
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moon chunks: creating musical meanings

Revista Vortex
2017 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2317-9937
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Sara Carvalho

Musichildren'17 - Abstracts of the 1st International Conference Music for and by Children: Perspectives from Children, Composers, Performers and Educators

UA Editora, Universidade de Aveiro
2017 | Book
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cv-prod-id-4003967

Contributors: Carvalho, Sara; Foletto, Clarissa; Lopes, Filipe
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Performa’15 – Proceedings of the International Conference on Music Performance

UA Editora
2017 | Book
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Dislexia e Música: Adaptação no design da partitura musical

EIMAD: Encontro de Investigação em Música, Artes e Design
2017-02-03 | Conference poster
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cv-prod-id-4067720

Contributors: Carvalho, Sara; SILVA, A.
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402 Aforismos: do Diário aforístico-poético 2013-2014

Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l.
2016 | Translation
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Introducing sight-reading practice to a piano student with dyslexia: a case study

International Society for Music Education 32nd World Conference on Music Educationı, Glasgow
2016 | Conference paper
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Sara Carvalho

Meaning construction during performer preparation of a New Music piece

10mo. Congreso Internacional de Educación Superior "Universidad 2016": II Simposio de enseñanza de las artes en al educación superior
2016 | Conference paper
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cv-prod-id-4037773

Contributors: Carvalho, Sara
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Meaning construction during performer preparation of a New Music piece

10mo. Congreso Internacional de Educación Superior “Universidad 2016”: II Simposio de enseñanza de las artes en al educación superior
2016 | Conference paper
Part of ISBN: 978-959-16-3011-7
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Pop up (CD recording by Borealis Ensemble)

2016 | Other
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cv-prod-id-4003489

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MPMPCD0032

Contributors: Carvalho, Sara
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prelude in fugue (CD recording by Helena Marinho)

2016 | Other
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cv-prod-id-4003398

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MPMPCD0032

Contributors: Carvalho, Sara
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Teaching and learning music analysis through questioning strategies

International Society for Music Education 32nd World Conference on Music Education
2016 | Conference paper
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Sara Carvalho

From outside to inside: bringing the informal music learning practices of students into the academic context

RD.researchday, University of Aveiro
2016-06-15 | Conference poster
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cv-prod-id-4067762

Contributors: VIERA, Bruna; Carvalho, Sara
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Abordagem Orff-Schulwerk: História, Filosofia e Princípios Pedagógicos

Aveiro: UA Editora, Universidade de Aveiro
2015 | Book
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Begin at the beginning, and go on till you come to the end: then stop (CD recording by machina lírica)

2015 | Other
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cv-prod-id-4003369

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