FOUNDER
About Me
I am from Paraguay in South America.
I’ve been an arts integration educator for 21 years, passionately striving for social change toward a more humane, reflective, and creative local and global community.
Contact
(717) 945 – 3680
mariavanesautz@educart.online
vaneup@gmail.com
LANGUAGE
- Spanish. Portuguese. English
EXPERTISE
- Extensive musical and psychology knowledge
- Educational & entrepreneurial creativity
- Mastery of didactic and evocative teaching approaches.
- Team leadership, and project management
- Complex communication and organization
- Executive decision-making experience
EDUCATION
- Master of Institutional Education Management and Didactics of Teaching. Universidad Nacional de Itapúa, Paraguay (2011)
- Degree in Clinical Psychology..Universidad Católica Nuestra Sra. de la Asunción, Campus “Itapúa”, Paraguay (2010)
- Specialist in Dynamics of Direction Choral Music for Children and Youth. Universidad Estatal de Paraná, Escuela de Música y Bellas Artes de Paraná, Brasil (2003)
- Professor of Musical Education Endorsement. Escuela Superior de Música de la Provincia de Misiones, Argentina (2002)
CONCENTRATIONS
- Primary instrument: voice, piano and percussion.
MEMBERSHIPS
- INTERKULTUR International choir competitions and festivals. International Advisory Board (2019 – present)
- Ibero-American Association of Education, Arts and Culture (AIEAC) President (2023- present)
- American Orff-Schulwerk Association Member (2023- present)
- Portland Orff-Schulwerk Association Member (2021- present)
- Argentina Orff-Schulwerk Association Member (2019 – present)
Pedagogical Certifications
- Orff-Schulwerk Certification Levels I, II and III through the American Orff Schulwerk Association, Portland, Oregon
- Orff-Schulwerk Summer Course – Soili Perkiö . Asociación Orff-Schulwerk Argentina y el Colegio Pestalozzi, Argentina (2019)
- Kodály Certification in process.
- Asociación Kodály Argentina, Levels I, II (2020)
- Fundación Ibañez Atkinson. Level I (2021)
- Kodály Summer course – Lydia Mills. Ateneo Paraguayo Instituto Superior de Artes, Paraguay (2018)
- Kodály Summer course – Lydia Mills. Ateneo Paraguayo Instituto Superior de Artes, Paraguay (2016)
Teaching Experience
Music Teacher: Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, Elementary and High School
2002 – 2010
Teaching music and visual arts
- Colegio Privado Inmaculada Concepción
- Colegio Privado Santa María
Music Teacher: Daycare Early Learning Center
2007- 2019
Fundación Divino Niño Jesús for disadvantaged and vulnerable areas children.
Executive, Artistic Director, & Conductor
2002-Present
Founding, and directing choirs; managing expanded staff of teaching artists
- Coro de Niños del Colegio Experimental de la Universidad Católica de Encarnación CEUCE (2002 – 2003)
- Coro de Niños del Colegio Privado Inmaculada Concepción (2002-2018)
- Coro de Niños del Colegio Privado Bilingue Girasoles (2008 – 2012)
- Coro de Niños «DISCANTUS» del Colegio Privado Juan XXIII (2012 – 2020)
- Coro Infanto Municipal de Encarnación (2018 – present)
- Coro Nacional de Niñas DaCapo (2016 – present)
- Coro de la Universidad Autónoma de Encarnación (2010 – 2013)
- Coro de la Universidad Nacional de Itapúa (2014 – present)
Professor, Pre-Collegiate Studies 2008- 2017
Music education methods and educational psychology
- Escuela Superior de Música de la Provincia de Misiones – Posadas, Argentina. (2008 – 2017)
- Instituto Superior Divina Esperanza (2008 – 2010)
Professor, Undergraduate Programs
2011- 2023
Educational and social psychology, evolutionary development, and research methodology.
- Universidad Católica Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, Campus Itapúa (Py)
- Carrera de Psicología
- Carrera de Odontología
- Universidad Autónoma de Encarnación- UNAE (Py)
- Carrera de Psicopedagogía
- Carrera de Trabajo Social
- Carrera de Diseño
Professor, Graduate School
2013-2014
Educational psychology and socio-community projects
- Universidad Autónoma de Encarnación- UNAE (Py)
- Post grado en Didáctica Universitaria
Pedagogical Certifications
-Last 5 years-
- Utz, Ma. Vanesa. Intercultural Discovery throgh Multisensory Music Learning Baltimore Orff Schulwerk Association (2024, November. Maryland – US)
- Utz, Ma. Vanesa. Intercultural Learning through Music and Movement- PMEA Professional Development (2024, October. Pennsylvania – US)
- Utz, Ma. Vanesa. Harmony with concrete objects” “Legacy and Adaptation: The Orff Keetman Approach in the Spanish Classroom” “Multisensory music learning” Orff Schulwerk Levels (2024, August Portland – US)
- Utz, Ma. Vanesa. “Sound balls” “Latinoamerican songs” Orff Schulwerk Levels of VanderCook College of Music, (2024, July. Chicago – US)
- Utz, Ma. Vanesa. Legacy and Adaptation: The Orff Keetman Approach in the Spanish Classroom” “Multisensory music learning” “Songs, Games and Dances from Latin America” Orff Schulwerk Levels West Chester University Wells School of Music (2024, June. Pennsylvania – US)
- Utz, Ma. Vanesa. Play to create, and create to learn – Kindergarten and Elementary School Teachers Workshop. Colegio Priv. Juan XXIII (2024, February. Encarnación – Paraguay.)
- Utz, Ma. Vanesa. Music Education trough play. FIEM Festival Internacional de Educacao Musical de Brasilia -Panderole Asociación Gordon Music Learning Theory.(2024 January. Brasilia- Brasil.)
- Utz, Ma. Vanesa. Playful estrategies to learn. Voces en la Selva Choir and Orchestra International Festival. (2023. November. Misiones – Argentina)
- Utz, Ma. Vanesa. Music and games of Latin America. Portland Orff Schulwerk Association (2023, July. Portland, Oregon; USA)
- Utz, Ma. Vanesa. Expression of the Body and Voice. Universidad Nacional de Itapúa, Filial María Auxiliadora (2023, July. María Auxiliadora – Paraguay.)
- Utz, Ma. Vanesa. Play and Movement. Colegio Priv. Juan XXIII (2023, March. Encarnación – Paraguay.)
- Utz, Ma. Vanesa. The Game as an Active Resource. Festival Asunción a voces, Grupo vocal cantarte, Dirección general de Cultura y Turismo de la Municipalidad de Asunción y Teatro Municipal Ignacio A. Pane. (2023, Feb. Asunción – Paraguay.)
- Utz, Ma. Vanesa. Playful Strategies for Children. Festival Internacional de Juegos Musicales FIJM. (2023, Jen. Sao Paulo – Brasil.)
- Utz, Ma. Vanesa. Active Pedagogies for Teaching. Corearte Festival Internacional, Gobierno de Caldas, Instituto de Cultura y Turismo de Manizales, Fundación Batuta Caldas. (2022, Nov. Manizales – Colombia.)
- Utz, Ma. Vanesa. Active Pedagogies for Vocal Music. Asociación Colombiana Orff Schulwerk, Programa Red de Escuela de música de Envigado, Secretaría de cultura y Alcaldía de Envigado (2022, Nov. Medellín – Colombia.)
- Utz, Ma. Vanesa. Active Pedagogies for Vocal Music. Asocación Colombiana Orff Schulwerk (2022, Nov. Bogotá – Colombia.)
- Utz, Ma. Vanesa. Children’s Music of Latin America II. Portland Orff Schulwerk Association (2022, Jul. Portland, Oregon; USA)
- Utz, Ma. Vanesa. Active Pedagogies for Children’s Musical Learning. Escuela Superior de Música de la Provincia de Misiones, Argentina (2022, Apr. Posadas – Argentina.)
- Utz, Ma. Vanesa. Active Pedagogies for Children’s Musical Learning. Universidad Evangélica del Paraguay CEMTA, Facultad de Música (2021, Oct. Asunción – Paraguay.)
- Utz, Ma. Vanesa. Strategies for Early Childhood Music. FLADEM Foro Latinoamericano de Educación Musical, Paraguay (2021, Oct. Ciudad del Este – Paraguay.)
- Utz, Ma. Vanesa. Music in Early Childhood. Festival Internacional Música, Movimiento, Educación y Mosaico. 2da Edición (2021, Oct. Sao Paulo – Brasil)
- Utz, Ma. Vanesa. Children’s Music of Latin America I.. Portland Orff Schulwerk Association (2021, Jul, Portland, Oregon; USA.)
- Utz, Ma. Vanesa. Virtual Course, Active Music Pedagogies ZoomArte – Teachers from Paraguay, Argentina, Brasil, Colombia, Ecuador, México, Chile, Estados Unidos, España y Portugal (2020, Jen to 2022, Jul)
- Utz, Ma. Vanesa. Play in Early Childhood Music. Festival Internacional Música, Movimiento, Educación y Mosaico. 1ra. Edición (2020, Oct. Sao Paulo – Brasil)
- Utz, Ma. Vanesa. Active pedagogies in children’s choral singing. Rondas Corales, La dirección y el canto coral infantil y juvenil. ADICORA Asocación de Directores de Coros de la República Argentina (2020, Sep. Argentina)
- Utz, Ma. Vanesa. Music Play in Childhood. Parque del Conocimiento de la Provincia de Misiones, Departamento de Educación y Extensión Artística (2019, Jul. Misiones – Argentina.)
- Utz, Ma. Vanesa y Pittau, Zulma. Cosmología Guaraní, Origin Stories of Indigenous South American Civilizations. Jornadas de investigación universitaria en el ámbito de ciencias sociales y artísticas. Universidad Estatal Paulista – UNESP (2018, Nov. Sao Paulo – Brasil.)
RESEARCH
- Community Spaces for Integration and Social Inclusion. Revista de Turismo Musical y Festivales. ISBN: 978-84-617-7495-1 España.
- The Relationship of Consumerism with Mental Health, University at Itapúa Department. SCIENCES PI JOURNAL. ISSN: 2313-349X – ISSN-L:2313-349X. Latin America and the Caribbean
- La SAETA Universitaria, Editorial Servilibros. ISBN: 798-99953-0-641-0. Paraguay.
HONORS
- Woman of the year in Education. Recognition from the Municipality and Mayoral Council of Encarnación. (2024. Paraguay)
- Ambassador of the State “De Legados” of the Department of Itapúa by the Tourism National Ministry and Itapúa Convention & Visitors Bureau (2018. Paraguay)
- Formal Recognition from the Government of Itapúa and the City of Encarnación for outstanding achievement of community and socio-cultural empowerment through multiple choral programs . (2016-2019)
- Guinness World Record Holder, Longest Handprinted Children´s painting, Encarnacion, Paraguay (1.198.80 mt.)
- III Psychology and Education International Congres (2014, Aug. Ciudad de Panamá- Panamá.) 1st Award and recognition for the best international research in terms of quality academic, and scientific justification .
- Gold medalist, Representing Paraguay. Orlando Di Lasso International Choir Festival (1997. Roma, Italia)
- Two silver medals, Representing Paraguay. World Choir Olympics (2009. Bremen, Alemania)