2024 - Ed.D. in Music & Music Education (Teachers College - Columbia University)
2011 - Master’s in Music Education (NYU)
2009 - Master di Primo Livello in Teaching Italian to Foreigners (Università per Stranieri di Siena)
2008 - Professional Diploma in Jazz Vocal Performance (St. Louis College of Music - Roma)
2007 - Laurea Specialistica (M.A.) in American Studies (Università La Sapienza - Roma)
2003 - Laurea Triennale (B.A.) in Anglo-American and Latin-American Studies (Università Ca’ Foscari - Venezia)
Laura Montanari ~ Ed.D.
Higher Ed Courses
Elementary Classroom Methods (Montclair State University) [FA22.FA23.FA24]
Intro to Music Tech (Montclair State University) [FA23.SP24.FA24.SP25]
Music & the American Experience (NJIT) [SP25]
Songwriting: Writing & Production (NJIT) [SP23.FA23.SP24]
Music & Movement for Classroom Teachers (Bank Street College of Education) [SU23.SP24.SU24]
Applied Studio Instructor (Teachers College - Columbia University) [2019 - present]
Student-teachers mentor (Montclair State University) [SP23.FA23.SP24.FA24.SP25] & (Teachers-College - Columbia University) [FA24]
Creative Movement & Dance for Children (Montclair State University) [SP24]
You can find links to my children’s songs, books, and research articles here.
Children’s songs are co-produced with Jorma Gasperi and performed by Jorma Gasperi, Gianluca Palmieri, Primiano Di Biase, and Michael Gayle. The books are illustrated by Marta Pilosio.
The book invites children to explore different body percussion sounds and join their friends in making music together. Children will find their own unique sounds and movements while making body music with their friends!
The song is available on all streaming platforms and can be used with the homonymous book. You can also find the instrumental track for kids to create their own body percussion sounds and movements.
Sounds of Nature
A new children's song that invites kids to listen to mother nature’s sounds and to interact with them musically and kinesthetically. The song is available in English and Italian. The homonymous children’s book is coming up soon!
An updated list of all my research articles
My solo project as a singer/songwriter
An all-women vocal ensemble I founded and directed from 2006-2017
Performing for Toni Morrison in Penne (Italy)-
November 2006