Natassa Economidou Stavrou is a Professor of Music Education in the Department of Music and Dance at the University of Nicosia in Cyprus. She has presented papers at international conferences regarding music curriculum, teachers and children’s attitudes towards Music as a school subject, early childhood music education, creativity, differentiated instruction in music teaching and learning, students as curriculum co-negotiators, and effective music teaching. Her work has been published in refereed journals and books. She is currently elected board member of the International Society for Music Education (ISME, 2020-2024) and served on the board of the European Association for Music in Schools (EAS) in the period 2015 to 2019. Natassa has co-coordinated the design and development of the latest Cyprus National Curriculum for Music, after appointment by the Ministry of Education in Cyprus. Since 2012 she directs her own early childhood music centre, offering group music classes for children aged 8 months to seven years old. She is currently on the editorial board of the International Journal of Music Education, Music Education Research and the International Journal of Music in Early Childhood.

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