Biography

Alexandra Kertz-Welzel, PhD, is professor and chair of music education at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet in Munich (Germany).

She obtained her PhD in musicology from Saarland University in Saarbruecken (Germany), as well as master’s degrees in music education, German studies, philosophy, piano performance, and harpsichord performance. From 2005-2011, she was lecturer in music education at the University of Music in Saarbruecken (Germany), and, from 2002-2005, visiting scholar and lecturer in music education at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA (United States). With research interests in international music education, philosophy of music education, music education policy, community music, and children’s musical cultures, she has regularly presented at national and international conferences in Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Nepal, Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In addition, she was Director of the School of Arts at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet in Munich from 2018-2020 and Excellence Initiative Mentor at the Faculty of History from 2011-2017. She is author and editor of several books and a frequent contributor to leading journals in music education. Her book, “Globalizing music education: a framework,” was published by Indiana University Press in 2018. She was chair of the International Society for the Philosophy of Music Education (ISPME) from 2017-2019 and co-chair of the ISME Commission on Policy: Culture, Education and Media from 2016-2018. Additionally, she is editorial board member of international peer-reviewed journals such as Philosophy of Music Education Review, Arts Education Policy Review, and Journal of Historical Research in Music Education.