Beatriz Ilari, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Music, Teaching & Learning
USC Thornton School of Music
Email: ilari@usc.edu
Beatriz Ilari, PhD, is an associate professor and chair of music teaching and learning at the University of Southern California. She has conducted extensive research with infants, children and adolescents to examine the intersections between musical participation, child and youth development, cognition, culture, and wellness. A Brazilian native, Beatriz identifies with the Latin American communities of Southern California. Her research focuses largely on the musical experiences of Latino and Latin American children and their families, in the home, at schools and in communities. Beatriz is a research fellow at USC’s Brain & Creativity Institute and collaborates regularly with colleagues from various fields in Brazil, Portugal, Spain, UK, USA, and Hong Kong. Her research has appeared in the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Journal of Research in Music Education, Music & Science, Proceedings of the New York Academy of Sciences, and Psychology of Music. She is also a co-editor of the “Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Studies in Singing – Volume 1 (Development), “Music in Early Childhood: Multi-disciplinary Perspectives and Inter-disciplinary Exchanges (Springer),” and “Children’s Home Musical Experiences Across the World” (Indiana University Press). A violinist by training, Beatriz is a former early childhood and elementary music educator.
