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ADRIANO GIESTEIRA
Doctor Cum Laude in Music from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Master in Musicology and Musical Education from the same University, graduated in Musical Education and Luteria from the Federal University of Paraná. Professor of the Degree in Music course at Unespar - Campus I - Escola de Musica e Belas do Paraná, works in the Supervised Curricular Internship subjects in Music, carries out research in the area of teacher training, teaching music for people with visual impairments, musicography braille and construction of musical instruments, mainly historical instruments from the lute family. To access the full curriculum, access the link below.
ACADEMIC EDUCATION
Undergraduate and Postgraduate
2009 - 2013
DOCTORATE IN MUSIC
Doctorate in Music.
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona - UAB, UAB, Spain.
Thesis title: Teaching music for people with visual disabilities: elaboration and evaluation of a guitar method, Year obtained: 2013.
Advisor: Pere Godall.
Co-advisor: Vilson Zattera.
Scholarship from: Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo, MAEC-AECID, Spain.
2008 - 2009
MASTERS IN MUSICLOGY AND MUSIC EDUCATION
Master's degree in Musicology and Musical Education.
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona - UAB, UAB, Spain.
Title: Music in the life of Louis Braille and the evolution of his writing system for children, Year of production: 2009.
Advisor: Pere Godall.
2004 - 2008
GRADUATE IN MUSIC EDUCATION
Degree in Music Education.
Federal University of Paraná, UFPR, Brazil.
Title: The Braille System and guitar teaching for the visually impaired: optimization of instrumental learning from the perspective of educational inclusion.
Advisor: Valéria Lüders.
2017 - 2019
GRADUATION IN LUTHERY
Degree in Luthery.
Federal University of Paraná, UFPR, Brazil.
PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE
in higher education
Since 2014, he has worked as a professor at the State University of Paraná - School of Music and Fine Arts of Paraná, mainly teaching the Supervised Curricular Internship subjects of the Bachelor's Degree in Music. In this institution he has already contributed as Course Coordinator, internship coordinator, scientific initiation coordinator, contributed to the implementation of the University's Human Rights Education Center, and was a member of the Inclusive Special Education nucleus. He worked in postgraduate programs in music (master's and specialization) teaching subjects and supervising research.
In addition, he has worked as a professor on the Bachelor of Music course at PUCPR, tutor on the distance learning Bachelor of Music course at UFSCar, professor of the Bachelor of Music and Masters in Music course at UFRN.
RESEARCH PROJECT
Description: The reconstruction of historical musical instruments is a topic little researched in academia. This fact is mainly due to the fact that the training of musical instrument builders is generally concentrated outside the academic sphere. This research's main objective is to reconstruct musical instruments from the lute family (Renaissance, Baroque, archi-lute and theorbo). To develop the research, data from secondary sources (historical information about the instrument) and primary sources (measurement of the instrument, analysis and comparison of drawings and plans) will be used. To guide the reconstruction procedures, the book Historical Lute Construction (2002) by Robert Lundberg will be used, among other articles that deal with the subject. The resulting instruments will follow the concept of historical reconstruction defined by Boquet (2017). This research is intended to contribute to reflection and study on the reconstruction of historical instruments. The research and construction procedures used could serve as a source of reference to expand this field of study that is still little explored.
According to data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics from 2010, there are, in Brazil, 45 million people who declare that they have some type of disability. Among these, 6.5 million people are visually impaired, 582 thousand of whom are blind and 6 million have low vision (BRASIL, 2011). The data presented by IBGE demonstrate a significant number of people with visual impairment in Brazil. Therefore, it is necessary to promote teacher training to provide equal care to this population. According to Decree 7611/11 Art.1st Item I, it is the State's duty to “guarantee an inclusive educational system at all levels, without discrimination and based on equal opportunities”. In this sense, it is essential that the educator is prepared to serve students with different types of functional diversity. Below, some notes are presented about the musical writing system in Braille and the process of teaching and learning music by this population. The Braille system and the Braille musical writing system, the so-called Braille musicography, were created by Louis Braille at the beginning of the 19th century. However, Braille Musicography was modified several times in order to improve and unify the musical code in Braille (GIESTEIRA, 2011). After several meetings and conferences, held between 1888 and 1994, the unification of Braille Musicography occurred in 1996 and resulted in the development of the New International Manual of Braille Musicography, originally published in English in 1997, translated into Spanish in 1998 and into Portuguese in 2004. Due to the recent systematization, there is a lack of teaching materials, updated literature, score transcribers, trained professionals and publications related to the topic (GIESTEIRA; GODALL, 2012). Theoretical foundation Several books and materials related to Braille score transcription will be used as a research source, such as the New International Manual of Braille Musicography (2004), An Introduction to Music for the Blind Student (2000), Introduction to Braille Music Transcription (2005), Music Braille Code (2007) and Simplified manual of Braille musicography: version for the blind (2001). Furthermore, to assist in the theoretical foundation, authors such as Berteveli, (2010), Giesteira, (2013), Giesteira; Godall (2012), Giesteira (2015) Herrra, (2010a, 2010b, 2010c), Bonilha, (2009, 2010), Goldstein (1994, 2000), Jimenez (2004), Smaglio (1998), among others. General objectives Create support for the music teacher’s role in the context of Inclusive education. Specific objectives Create teaching material for training teachers and transcribers in Braille musicography. Promote the training of community teachers and music students at Unespar to teach people with visual impairments. Promote reflection and research in special musical education.
AWARDS AND TITLES
2021
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA LUTERY COMPETITION
Astor Piazzolla Luteria Competition, OPTIMUS (Heritage Organization of Musical Instruments for Collective Use).
2019
EVALUATION OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Level of excellence in evaluating the construction of musical instruments in the Construction and Carving VI discipline, Federal University of Paraná.
2014
POST-DOCTORATE SCHOLARSHIP
Post-doctoral scholarship, CAPES. Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
2019
HOMAGE
Professor honored by the class of 2019 of the Degree in Music Course at Campus I - Unespar, Class of 2019 of the Degree in Music Course - Campus I.
2013
COMPETITION ON ADAPTED TEACHING MATERIALS (ONCE - SPAIN)
1st Place in the Adapted Teaching Materials category of the XXVII Concurso de Investigación Educativa sobre Experiencias Escolares and VI Concurso sobre Materiales Didácticos, ONCE (Organización Nacional de Ciegos Españoles).
2013
HONOR MENTION
Doctoral thesis approved with honorable mention "Cum Laude", Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona.
2010
PHD SCHOLARSHIP
Doctoral Scholarship, MAEC - AECID (Asociación Española de Cooperación Internacional).Doctoral Scholarship, MAEC - AECID (Asociación Española de Cooperación Internacional).
2005
COMPOSITION COMPETITION
2nd place in a classical composition competition with the piece for guitar Acalanto, CEAPEM (Center for musical pedagogical updating and research).
MAIN PUBLICATIONS
in academic journals
BRAZILIAN LUTHERIAN MAGAZINE
GISTEIRA, ADRIANO CHAVES . The reconstruction of a Renaissance lute considering historical elements. Revista Brasileira de Luteria (Curitiba), v. 2, p. 01-20, 2022.
OPUS MAGAZINE
GIESTEIRA, ADRIANO CHAVES . Renaissance Lute Sixtus Rauwol f. Brazilian Journal of Luthiery (Curitiba), v. 1, (Exhibition), 2021.
OPUS MAGAZINE
GIESTEIRA, ADRIANO CHAVES. Braille sheet music decoding processes. OPUS (PORTO ALEGRE), v. 25, p. 70-92, 2019.
ABEM MAGAZINE
GIESTEIRA, A. C.;GODALL, P. ; ZATTERA, V. . The teaching of Braille Music: considerations on the importance of musical writing in Braille and the transcription of teaching materials. Revista da abem, v. 23, p. 138-151, 2015.
INTEGRACIÓN - MAGAZINE ON VISUAL DISABILITY
GIESTEIRA, A. C.. Teaching music for people with visual disabilities: elaboration and evaluation of an adapted guitar method. Integración - Magazine on visual disability, v. 64, p. 1-14, 2014.
LEEME ELECTRONIC MAGAZINE (EUROPEAN ELECTRONIC LIST OF MUSIC IN EDUCATION
GIESTEIRA, A. C.;GODALL, P. . Technological resources applied to reading and musical transcription in Braille. LEEME Electronic Magazine (Lista Electrónica Europea de Musica en la Educación), v. 30, p. 43-59, 2012.
MUSIC AND EDUCATION MAGAZINE
GIESTEIRA, A. C.. Musical writing for psychics. Louis Braille and music. Revista Música y Educación, v. 24, p. 48-62, 2011.