MARIA DA GRAÇA PARENTE FIGUEIREDO MOTA

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MARIA DA GRAÇA PARENTE FIGUEIREDO MOTA

Dados Pessoais | Personal Data

Nome sob o qual publica| Name under which publish: Graça Mota Data de Nascimento | Birth Date: 17 de Janeiro de 1947

Formação Académica | Academic Degrees

Grau | Degree: Doutoramento Classificação | Final Grade: Pass

Instituição que conferiu o grau | Degree Granting Institution: University of Keele, United Kingdom

Título da tese | Thesis Title: Determinants of Children's Musical Development in the Early Years of General Classroom Music Instruction

Orientador | Supervisor: Professor John Sloboda

Domínio científico | Scientific Domain: Psicologia da Música Designação do curso | Program Title: PhD

Ano | Year: 1984

Grau | Degree: Mestrado

Classificação | Final Grade: Accepted

Instituição que conferiu o grau | Degree Granting Institution: University of Boston, USA

Título da tese | Thesis Title: Psychological Implications for Music Curriculum Development in the Schools of Portugal

Orientador | Supervisor: Professor Lee Chrisman

Domínio científico | Scientific Domain: Educação Musical

Designação do curso | Program Title: Master in Education – Music Major Ano | Year: 1976

Grau | Degree: Diplom Music Pädagogik Classificação | Final Grade: Gut Bestanden

Instituição que conferiu o grau | Degree Granting Institution: Staatlich Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg

Domínio científico | Scientific Domain: Pedagogia Musical Designação do curso | Program Title: Musik Pädagogik

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Grau | Degree: Curso Superior de Piano Classificação | Final Grade: 19 valores

Instituição que conferiu o grau | Degree Granting Institution: Conservatório de Música do Porto Domínio científico | Scientific Domain: Interpretação

Actividades anteriores e situação actual | Previous activity and current status

Período | Time Period

Cargo, categoria ou actividade | Position, category or activity

Instituição | Institution

01/01/2015 até à data

Director of CIPEM/Polytechnic Branch of INETmd (Instituto de Etnomusicologia Centro de Estudos em Música e Dança)

Member of the direction of INETmd

Coordinator of the Research Group "Education and Muisc in the Community"

Politécnico do Porto

01/08/2014 a 31/07/2016

Member Elected of the Board of Directors International Society of Music Education

31/07/2014 a 31/07/2016

Chair of the Special Interest Group El Sistema International Society for Music Education

Chair of the Research Commission International Society of Music

Education

Coordinator of the Master in Music Education Escola Superior de Educação do Politécnico do Porto Representative for Europe in the Research Commission International Society for Music

Education

Coordinator of the Music Education Teacher Training Course Escola Superior de Educação do Instituto Politécnico do Porto Member of the Coordination Team of the PostGraduation in

Musictherapy

ESE/IPP in collaboration with the University of

Cadiz/Espanha Member of the Coordination Team of Masters in Psychology

of Music and Music Education

ESE/IPP em colaboração com FPCE/UP

01/01/2002 a 31/12/2002

Element of Piano and voice chamber music groups; Registration of a CD in 2002 with the singer Jane Davidson

exclusively with repertoire composed by women composers Porto e U.K.

01/12/2001 a 31/12/2001

Pianist: First presentation in Portugal of the Concert for two pianos and orchestra by Bohuslav Martinu with the Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa in December 2001

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Período | Time Period

Cargo, categoria ou actividade | Position, category or activity

Instituição | Institution

02/09/1999 a 05/09/1999

Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), grants for participation in the 1st _{European Conference on Research}

Relevant to the Work of Music Academies and Conservatoires Lucerne, Switzerland

European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of

Music 23/11/1998

a 16/09/2014

Director of CIPEM (Research Centre in Psychology of Music and Music Education

Escola Superior de Educação do Instituto Politécnico do Porto 01/09/1994 a 31/07/2013 Senior Lecturer

Escola Superior de Educação do Instituto

Politécnico do Porto 01/10/1992

a 31/07/1996

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Grants for PhD at the

University of Keele University of Keele

01/10/1988 a 31/07/2002

ERASMUS/SOCRATES 1988, 1992, 1999, 2000 e 2001, 2002 Grants for teacher mobility programmes in France,

Germany, Norway, and UK

ERASMUS/SOCRATES

1/11/1988 até à data

Activity as a Pianist: Element of the piano duet with Nelly Santos Leite created in Porto in 1988, with public presentations in several cities in Portugal and the

Portuguese Television channels

Porto 01/09/1987

a 31/08/1994

Lecturer

Escola Superior de Educação do Instituto

Politécnico do Porto 01/10/1983

a 31/07/1984

Instituto Nacional de Investigação Científica Grants for

Master in Music Education at the Boston University Boston University - USA

09/11/1976 a 31/08/1986 Music Teacher Escola Preparatória de Matosinhos

Escola Preparatória de Augusto Pires de Lima

Escola Preparatória de Paredes Escola Preparatória de S. Pedro

da Cova

Escola Preparatória de Rio Tinto 01/10/1971

a 31/07/1973

Instituto de Alta Cultura Grants for Studies at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg

Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Theater 01/10/1968

a 31/07/1971

Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst (DAAD) grants for Studies at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und

Darstellende Kunst in Hannover

Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst

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Área de Actividade Científica | Area of Scientific Activity

- Music Education and Psychology of Music Director of CIPEM (Research Centre in Psychology of Music and Music Education) IPP Branch of the Institute of Ethnomusicology Studies in Music and Dance.

- Coordinator of the Research Group 'Education and Music in the Community. - Director of the Journal ´Música, Psicologia e Educação' between 1999-2013. - Chair of the ISME Research Commission 2008-2010.

- Member of the Scientific Committee of the World Conference on Arts Education, Lisbon, March de 2005 - Member of the International Advisory Board of the British Journal of Music Education between 2003 and 2007.

- Member of the International Advisory Board of the journal Research Studies in Music Education since 2013. - Senior Lecture in the Music Education Course both at the undergraduate as the postgraduate levels. - Elected member of the Scientific Committee of the Escola Superior de Educação until 31 July 2013

- Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Symposium on Performance Science, Porto, Casa da Música, November, 2007.

- External examiner for the Western Australia University.

- External examiner in several doctoral programs in Portuguese universities.

- Peer reviewer for the International Journal of Music Education, Music and Arts in Action, Research Studies in Music Education, Revista Portuguesa de Educação, Springer Publisher.

- Supervisor of master and doctoral thesis.

- Supervision of a postdoctoral researcher from the University of the State of Santa Catarina, Brazil 2012-2013.

- Collaborator in the doctoral program of the University of the State of Bahia, Brazil, as cosupervisor.

- Member of one of the evaluation teams of the Agency for Evaluation and Accreditation in Higher Education (A3ES).

Domínio de Especialização | Area of Scientific Activity

Music Education/Cultural Psychology of Music Education/Community Music/Music and social inclusion. Actuais interesses de investigação | Current research interests

Innovation in music education, music curriculum development and assessment, music teacher education, musical identity, musical narratives, music education and social inclusion, music in women's prisons, women in Philharmonic Bands.

Outras competências/actividades | Other professional interests/activities Regular activity as a pianist, in piano duet and chamber music.

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Experiência na Orientação | Experience as scientific adviser

- Supervisor of several Master and doctoral theses.

- Member of several boards for Masters and PhDs examinations. - External examiner for the University of Western Australia.

- External examiner for the Universidade do Minho, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Universidade de Aveiro, - Universidade Aberta, Portugal.

- External examiner for the Universidade Complutense, Madrid, Spain. - External examiner for the University of Almeria, Spain.

Participação em Projectos de Investigação | Participation in R&D projects

- Main Investigator in the project ´Music Education in context in search of a new praxis´ (funded by FCT – POCTI/1999/CED/34477) already completed. Several papers with preliminary and final findings of this project have been presented at international conferences, and a number of papers have been published in national and international journals.

- Author of the project personal narratives in the construction of a musical career a case study at the Escola Calouste Gulbenkian in Braga. This project is complete and a book chapter has been written, submitted and accepted for publication in the book "Narrative Soundings: An anthology of narrative inquiry in music education", edited by Margaret Barrett and Sandra L. Stauffer (Springer).

- Author of the project "Composing with Hyperscore in general music classes: an exploratory study" with the support of Casa da Música. This project has been presented in the Conference "International Symposium on Performance Science" held at Casa da Música in November 2007, and published in the Proceedings edited by Aaron williamon and Daniela Coimbra.

- Main Investigator in the project ´The construction of the musical identity of young Portuguese – a cultural perspective´ (funded by FCT – POCTI/CED/60609/2004) already completed. The results of this project are published in the book edited by Editora Afrontamento.

- Crescer nas Bandas Filarmónicas um estudo sobre a identidade musical de Jovens Portugueses".

- Main Investigator in the project ‘Music and Drama in Primary School – the Madeira Island case’ (funded by FCT PTDC/CED/72112/2006 em colaboração com o CIIE, Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Educativas da FPCEUP) already completed. Several papers with preliminary and final findings of this project have been presented at international conferences, and a number of papers have been submitted to national and international journals and are waiting publication after the proposed revisions have been completed.

- Main Investigator in the project ‘Promoting social inclusion through engagement with music – the project Orquestra Geração' (funded FCT PTDC/CPECED/ 120596/2010) completed in september 2015. This project gave rise to the recent publication of a book (2017) coedit with João Teixeira Lopes of the Porto University (Institute of Sociology).

- Main Investigator within the protocol established between the Educational Department of Casa da Música and the CIPEM/INETmd.

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Prémios e Distinções | Prizes and awards received

Ano | Year

Prémio ou distinção | Name of the prize or award

Entidade Promotora | Promoting Entity

1964 Menção Honrosa com Louvor no Concurso de Piano da

cidade de Viseu Câmara Municipal de Viseu

1964 Prémio Gulbenkian do Conservatório de Música do Porto Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

1962 1.º Prémio ex-aequo no Concurso Debussy da Emissora

Nacional Emissora Nacional

Publicações | Published Works

 Mota, G. & Teixeira Lopes, J. (eds.) (2017). Crescer a tocar na Orquestra Geração. Porto: Verso da História.

 Mota (org.) (2008). Crescer nas Bandas Filarmónicas – um estudo sobre a construção da identidade musical de jovens portugueses. Porto: Afrontamento.

Capítulos de Livros | Chapters in Books

 Mota, G., Baker, G., Ilari, B., O'Neil, S. & Senyshyn, Y. (2016). "Social inclusion and nonformal music learning—in the shadow of Venezuela’s El Sistema". In R. Wright (Series Ed.) and R. Wright, B. A. Younker, & C. Beynon (Vol. Eds.), Research to practice: Vol. 7. 21st _{century music education: Informal} learning and nonformal teaching approaches in school and community contexts, pp. 38-54. Waterloo, ON: Canadian Music Educators’ Association.

 Mota, G. (2015). "Twenty five years of music teacher education in Portugal – revisiting history". In S. Figueiredo, Soares, J. & Schambeck, R. F. (Orgs.), The Preparation of Music Teachers: a Global Perspective, pp. 241-264. Florianópolis: UDESC.

 Mota, G. (2014). Thorns and joys in creative collaboration: A project with music education and visual arts students. In M. S. Barrett (Ed.), Collaborative creative thought and practice in music, 221238. Farnham, UK: Ashgate.

 Henley, J., Cohen, M., & Mota, G. (2014). Musical development and positive identity change within criminal justice settings. In G. C. Beyens, M. A. Ramos, E. Zipane & T. Ophuysen (Eds.), Rethinking Education: Empowering Individuals with the Appropriate Educational Tools, Skills and Competencies, for their Active Cultural, Political and Economic Participation in Society in Europe and Beyond, 120149. Brussels: Access to Culture Platform.

 Mota, G. (2012). Voices of two young women – Listening to a growing selfhood. In M. S. Barrett & S. Stauffer (Eds.), Narrative Soundings: An anthology of narrative inquiry in music education. Dordrecht, the Netherlands: Springer, pp: 329-349.

 Mota, G. & Figueiredo, S. (2012). Initiating music programs in new contexts: in search of a democratic music education. In G. McPherson and G. Welch (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Music Education; Vol. I, 187-204. Oxford: Oxford UP.

P á g i n a 7 | 11  Mota, G. (2012). Music in higher education after the Bologna Treaty: Or, in search of a new

educational culture. In C. Benedict & P. Schmidt (Eds.), NSSE Yearbook, 111(1), 112–132.

 Mota (2008). Introdução. In: G. Mota (org.), Crescer nas Bandas Filarmónicas – um estudo sobre a construção da identidade musical de jovens portugueses. Porto: Afrontamento.

 Mota (2008). Roteiro Teórico. In: G. Mota (org.), Crescer nas Bandas Filarmónicas – um estudo sobre a construção da identidade musical de jovens portugueses. Porto: Afrontamento.

 Mota (2008). Percursos partilhados, narrativas cruzadas. In: G. Mota (org.), Crescer nas Bandas Filarmónicas – um estudo sobre a construção da identidade musical de jovens portugueses. Porto: Afrontamento.

 Mota, G. (2001). Portugal. In: D. Hargreaves & A. North (Ed.), Musical development and learning: the international perspective. Londres: Continuum.

 Mota, G. (2000). O ensino da música em Portugal. In: l. Hentschke (Ed.), Educação musical em países de línguas neolatinas. Porto Alegre: Editora da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.

Artigos em revistas de circulação internacional com arbitragem científica | Papers in international scientific periodicals with referees

 Mota, G. (2015). "La formación de profesores de educación musical en Portugal. Aportaciones para una reflexión contextualizada". RIEM, Revista Internacional de Educación Musical, 3, pp. 41-50.  Mota, G. (2014). “A Educação Musical em Portugal: Uma história plena de contradições”. Debates –

Cadernos do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Música, Centro de Letras e Artes, UNIRIO. Vol. 13, pp. 41-50.

 Mota, G. & Abreu, L. (2014). Thirty years of music and drama education in the Madeira Island: facing future challenges. International Journal of Music Education, Vol. 32(3), pp. 360–374.

 Mota, G. & Araújo, M. J. (2013). Music and drama in primary schools in the Madeira Island – narratives of ownership and leadership, Music Education Research, Vol. 15 (3), pp. 275-289.

 Mota, G. & Figueiredo, S. (2012). Estudo comparativo sobre a formação de professores de música em Portugal e no Brasil. Revista do Centro de Educação da UFSM. Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Vol. 37, 2, maio/agosto, pp. 273-290.

 Mota, G. (2007). The Music Educator’s professional training – challenges and consequences in the new European context. Problems in Music Pedagogy, University of Daugavpils, Vol. 2, pp. 5-17.  Davidson, J.; Mota, G. 2007. "Editorial: About "Performance matters!"", Musicae Scientiae 11, 34.  Mota, G., Costa, J. & Leite, A. (2005). Music education in context: the construction of the teacher's

identity within cross-disciplinary collaboration in the arts. Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 161/162, pp. 181-188.

 Mota, G. (2003) Pesquisa e formação em educação musical. Revista da ABEM, Porto Alegre, Associação Brasileira de Educação Musical, 8, pp. 11-16.

 Mota, G. (2003) A educação musical no mundo de hoje: um olhar crítico sobre a formação de professores. Educação, Revista do Centro de Educação, Santa Maria, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2, pp. 11-22.

Artigos em revistas nacionais com arbitragem científica | Papers in national periodicals with referes  Mota, G. (2007). A música no 1.º ciclo do ensino básico: Contributo para uma reflexão sobre o

P á g i n a 8 | 11  Mota, G. (2003). A formação para a expressão musical na educação de infância e no 1.º ciclo do

ensino básico: contributo para um olhar crítico. Educare Apprendere, 1, pp. 23-37.

 Mota, G., Costa, J. & Leite, A. (2003). Educação musical em contexto: À procura de uma nova praxis. Revista Música, Psicologia e Educação, 4, pp. 67-83.

Publicações em actas de encontros científicos | Papers in conference proceedings

 Mota, G. (2014). The Rite of Spring in a women’s prison: The search for an enduring power for changing lives. In Proceddings of the 31st _{ISME World Conference on Music Education, Porto Alegre,} Brazil, July 2014.

 Mota, G. (Symposium organizer) (2014). "A view from a peripheral European country" Symposium "Music Education in Higher Education – in search of relevance". In Proceddings of the 31st _ISME World Conference on Music Education, Porto Alegre, Brazil, July 2014.

 Mota, G. (Symposium organizer) (2014). "The Portuguese Orquestra Geração – questioning discourses between concepts of social inclusion and musical excellence". Symposium "Music and social inclusion – in the shadow of Venezuela’s El Sistema". In Proceedings of the 31st _{ISME World} Conference on Music Education, Porto Alegre, Brazil, July 2014.

 Mota, G. (2014). "Where is music in Higher Education going? Challenges and threats in today's Portuguese (European) context". In Proceedings of the Opening Conference CERM. Centre of Education Research in Music, November 26-28, Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo.

 Henley, J., Anderson, K., Mota G. & Cohen, M. (2014). "Building bridges toward community: Musicmaking in criminal justice contexts". In Proceedings of the Opening Conference CERM. Centre of Education Research in Music, November 26-28, Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo.

 Mota, G., & Cruz, A. (2013). O projeto Orquestra Geração – um olhar sobre as narrativas dos seus fundadores. Livro de Atas do III Encontro Nacional de Investigação em Música, Cascais.

 Costa, J. A. & Mota, G. (2012). "Projecto Orquestra Geração a Duplicidade de um evento social/musical", Livro de Resumos do II Encontro Nacional de Investigação em Música (ENIM), Castelo Branco, Portugal, Novembro de 2012, pp. 26-27.

 Mota, G. (2012). A music workshop in a women’s prison: crossing memories, attributing meanings. In Proceedings of the 24th _{International Seminar on Research in Music Education of the ISME Research} Commission, pp.167-174, Thessaloniki, Greece, July 8-13.

 Mota, G. (2012). "From Biography to Narrative Inquiry – the sonata-form as a metaphor" Symposium "Narrative Inquiry in Music Education: The Pursuit of Resonant Work in Music Education Research". In Proceedings of the 30th _{ISME World Conference in Thessaloniki, July 2012.}

 Mota, G. (2012). A casa vai a casa: an inclusive concept of community service. In Proceedings of the SEMPRE 40th _{Anniversary Conference, 14–15 September 2012, Institute of Education, London (UK).}  Mota, G., Costa, J. A. & Cruz, A. (2013). Growing through playing: the orchestra as an inclusive

community music project. In Proceedings of RIME 2009 8th _{International Research in Music} Education Conference, Exeter, 9-13 Abril.

 Mota, G. & Caldas, M. (2012). Music and social inclusion – mapping the Project Orquestra Geração. In Proceedings of the ISME 30th World Conference on Music Education, Thessaloniki – Greece, July 2012, p. 190.

 Mota, G. (2010). "In search of the metaphor for the Bologna Process – may surrealism be the answer?", Symposium "Music Teaching and Learning at the Pedagogy and Policy Nexus". In Proceedings of the 29th _{ISME World Conference in Beijing, July 30 - August 6, 2010.}

P á g i n a 9 | 11  Abreu, L., Tormenta, N., Pacheco, N., Mota, G. & Barbosa, S. (2010). Thirty years of music and drama

education in Madeira Island: Internal threats and future challenges. In Proceedings of the XXIII International seminar on Research in Music Education (ISME), Changchun, China, July 2010.

 Veloso, A., Carvalho, S. & Mota, G. (2010). Creating meaning through music composition: A contribution for understanding of children’s musical thinking. In ISME Proceedings of the 23rd International Seminar on Research in Music Education, Changchun, China, 25 - 30th July 2010.  Mota, G. & Araújo, M. J. (2009). Music and Drama in the Madeira Island – a preliminary report. In

Proceedings of RIME 2009 6th _{International Research in Music Education Conference.}

 Mota, G. (2008). Symposium "Mapping the research in music education: the perspectives of four countries". In proceedings of the 28th _{International Society for Music Education World Conference,} 20-25 July 2008, Bologna, Italy.

 Mota, G. (2008). The involvement of young Portuguese people with Philharmonic Bands a cultural and social perspective. In Proceedings of the 28th _{World Conference of the International Society for} Music Education. Bologna: ISME 2008. CDROM, pp. 197-201. ISBN 978098045602848.

 Mota, G. (2008). To become a woman composer – listening to a growing selfhood. Narrative Soundings. In proceedings of the 2nd _{International Conference on Narrative Inquiry in Music} Education (NIME2), February 7-9, 2008 Tempe Arizona.

 Mota, G. & Seabra, F. (2007). Growing up in a Philharmonic Band – a study on the construction of musical identity. In Proceedings of RIME 2007 5th _{International Research in Music Education} Conference. Exeter: RIME. CDROM, pp. 200-202.

 Mota, G. (2007). The Music Educator’s professional training – challenges and consequences in the new European context. Conference Problems in Music Pedagogy, University of Daugavpils, Vol. 2, 5-17.

 Mota, G., Gonçalves, D., Oliveira, A. D., Sousa, A., Calheiros, F. & Ribeiro, H. (2007). Composing with Hyperscore in general music classes: an exploratory study. In A. Williamon & D. Coimbra (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Symposium on Performance Science, Utrecht: AEC.

 Mota, G. (2007). "Music in the Portuguese primary schools – is any change about to occur?" Symposium 'Improving Primary Music Teaching international perspectives on policies and practices'. In Proceedings of The Sixth International Research In Music Education Conference, Exeter, Abril 2007.

 Ferreira, R., Mota, G. & Seabra, F. (2006). Growing up in a philharmonic band – a cultural perspective. In Proceedings of the XXI International Seminar on Research in Music Education (ISME), Bali, Indonesia, July 2006.

Outras publicações | Other publications

 Mota, G. (2014). Meaning. In W. F. Thompson (ed.), Music in the social and behavioural sciences: An encyclopedia, Vol. II, pp. 678680. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications.

 Mota, G. (2014). Music lessons. In W. F. Thompson (ed.), Music in the social and behavioural sciences: An encyclopedia, Vol. II, pp. 650-653. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications.

 Mota, G. (2014). Musicking. In W. F. Thompson (ed.), Music in the social and behavioural sciences: An encyclopedia, Vol. II, pp. 795-797. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications.

 Mota, G. (2014). Social exclusion. In W. F. Thompson (ed.), Music in the social and behavioural sciences: An encyclopedia, Vol. II, pp. 1016-1019. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications.

P á g i n a 10 | 11  Entries in the Music in the Social and Behavioural Sciences: An Encyclopedia. Thousand Oaks,

California: SAGE Publications. 2014.

 Mota, G. & Leite, N. (1983). O Mundo dos Sons. Manual escolar para o 6º ano de Educação Musical. Porto: Edições ASA.

 Mota, G. & Leite, N. (1982). Os Sons do Mundo. Manual escolar para o 5º ano de educação Musical. Porto: Edições ASA.

Comunicações | Communications

 “Pesquisa e Formação em Educação Musical” - Conferência de abertura do XI Encontro anual da ABEM, Associação Brasileira de Educação Musical de 08 a 11/10/2002 Natal RN.

 “Educação Musical em Contexto: à procura de uma nova praxis” - Comunicação apresentada na V Escola de Outono do CIPEM em Setembro de 2002.

 Mota, G. (2007). The Music Educator’s professional training – challenges and consequences in the new European context. Conferência na Vth conference on Problems in Music Pedagogy, Universidade de Daugavpils, Letónia, Setembro de 2007.

 Mota, G. (2007). A Música no 1º ciclo do Ensino Básico – contributo para uma reflexão acerca do conceito de enriquecimento curricular". Encontro Nacional da APEM, Junho de 2007.

 Mota, G. (2010). Um perfil de formação de educadores em artes para o séc. XXI – Valorizar o trabalho colaborativo. Conferência de abertura do I Congresso Regional de Educação Artística, Funchal, 14 e 25 de Setembro de 2010.

 Mota, G. (2010). A investigação como parte integrante da Formação de Educadores Musicais: perspectivas e modelos. Conferencista convidada do Seminário Internacional de Investigação em Educação Musical. In Actas del Seminario Internacional de Investigación en Educación Musical, Facultad de Educación de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 24, 25 y 26 de Junio de 2010, ISBN 9788469377598.

 Mota, G. (2013). Formación del profesorado de educación musical en Portugal Contribuciones para una reflexión contextualizada. I Simposio Internacional sobre Educación Musical Políticas Educativas de Reforma y Educación musical en Tiempos de Crisis. Granada, 6-8 de fevereiro de 2013.

 Mota, G. (2014). Olhares cruzados: formação, investigação e dinamização artística. Ciclo de Conferências e Debates "A Democracia e o ensino da Música/O ensino da Música e a Democracia", APEM, Porto, 30 de Abril de 2014.

 Mota, G. (2014). “Where is music in Higher Education going? Challenges and threats in today’s Portuguese (European) context”. CERM Opening Conference Norwegian Academy of Music, 26 – 28 Novembro 2014.

 Mota, G. (2014). “The Rite of Spring in a women’s prison: The search for an enduring power for changing lives”. Comunicação apresentada na World Conference of the 31st _{International Society of} Music Education, Porto Alegre, Julho de 2014.

 Mota, G. (2014). “The Portuguese Orquestra Geração – questioning discourses between concepts of social inclusion and musical excellence”. In G. Mota Symposium Music and social inclusion – in the shadow of Venezuela’s El Sistema apresentado na 31st _{International Society of Music Education,} Porto Alegre, Julho de 2014.

P á g i n a 11 | 11  Mota, G. (2015). '"Less is more?" Challenging the concept in music teachers education', como

conferencista convidada no Creative Colloquium 2015, School of Music of the University of Queensland, Australia, 25-28 Novembro 2015.

 Mota, G. (2015). "Questioning the relationship between Music and social inclusion: a crucial issue", comunicação em vídeo conferência a convite da Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua em colaboração com a Ball State University, Benedictine University, Universidade Veracruzana, University of Cambridge, Gettysburg Colllege, Lake Forest College, Conservatório de Música de Chihuahua, Servicios Educativos del Estado de Chihuahua, IIIECH, Arizona State University, and Simon Fraser University, The Tenth Series of Webninars for Professional Development in the Arts, 18 de novembro 2015.

 Mota, Graça (2016). "Symposium 'Voices from inside the orchestra: exploring young people's experiences of Sistema-inspired programmes' para apresentação na 32nd _{World Conference of the} International Society of Music Education. Glasgow, Reino Unido, 24 a 29 de Julho de 2016.

 Mota, Graça (2016). “A Orquestra Geração: contributos para a compreensão da relação entre música e inclusão social” apresentação no VII Congresso de Educação Artística, Região Autónoma da Madeira. Funchal, Portugal, 7 a 9 de Setembro de 2016.

 Mota, Graça (2016). "Music Performance, Music Education, and Research: A coming of age story" para apresentação no Symposium 'Composing further lives as researchers in music education' (Liora Bresler, convenor), 32nd _{World Conference International Society for Music Education. Glasgow, Reino} Unido, 24 a 29 de Julho de 2016.

 Mota, Graça (2016). “Música y inclusión social: un tema crucial en el dominio de la Educación Musical” para apresentação no Seminario de Investigación en Educación Musical, Universidade de Palma de Mallorca. Palma de Mallorca, Espanha, 6 a 8 de Julho de 2016.

 Mota, Graça; Creech, Andrea; Hallam, Richard (2016). "Food for Tought: Opening session of the SIG Sistem" para apresentação no 32nd _{World Conference International Society for Music Education.} Glasgow, Reino Unido, 24 a 29 de Julho de 2016.