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Alexandra Kertz-Welzel
Alexandra Kertz-Welzel is Professor and Department Chair of Music Education at Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) in Munich, Germany. She obtained a Ph.D. in Musicology from Saarland University in Saarbrücken, Germany, as well as master’s degrees in music education, Germanics, philosophy, piano performance, and harpsichord performance. From 2005–2011, she was Lecturer of Music Education and Philosophy of Music Education at the University of Music in Saarbrücken, Germany, and, from 2002–2005, Visiting Scholar and Guest Lecturer of Music Education at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA (United States). With research interests in comparative music education, philosophy of music education, social justice, gender studies, and community music, she has published numerous articles in leading journals and appeared as guest speaker at international conferences in Germany, United Kingdom, Finland, Italy, Canada, and the United States. Her book, Every Child for Music: Musikpädagogik und Musikunterricht in den USA (2006), is the first comprehensive German study describing Music Education in the United States since the 1960s. Along with David G. Hebert, she is co-editor of the book, Patriotism and Nationalism in Music Education (2012).