WENDY VALERIO

I am Professor of Music Education, Director of Student Teaching, and Director of the Children's Music Development Center at the University of South Carolina School of Music in Columbia, SC where I teach graduate and undergraduate music methods courses, conduct early childhood music development research, and facilitate music development and learning for all ages through improvisation. I am co-author of Music Play 2 (GIA, 2020) and Music Play (GIA, 1998) and recently contributed to Engaging Musical Practices: A Sourcebook for Elementary General Music (Rowman & Littlefield, 2019) and co-edited Early Childhood Arts Education in the United States: A Special Issue of Arts Education Policy Review (2017). I am also co-author of “Construct Validity of the Parent-completed Children's Music-Related Behavior Questionnaire,” Journal of Research in Music Education (2012) and Children’s Music Behavior Inventory (Valerio, W. & Reynolds, A., 2015). Currently I am completing the Music for People Leadership Program, Level 3.