GUILLEM ESCORIHUELA (Silla, 1988) holds a PhD in Music Education Didactics from the University of Valencia (2017). He earned a Master’s degree in Research in Specific Didactics (2014) and a qualification as a Secondary Education Teacher (2011) from the same university. He also holds a Master’s degree in Musical Performance from the International University of Andalusia (2013) and a Higher Degree in Music from the “Joaquín Rodrigo” Conservatory of Valencia (2010). In addition, he is a political scientist (UV–UNIR, 2024), with training in political science and its relationship with education and culture.

He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical, Artistic and Music Education Didactics at the Faculty of Teacher Education of the University of Valencia. He is a member of the research group iMUSED (Investigating Music Education GIUV2020-483), whose lines of work address performative education, didactics in conservatories and music schools, and the study of audiences for musical performances and their impact within and through music education. He serves as a reviewer for national and international academic journals in education and social sciences. He is also part of the consolidated teaching innovation group Soundscape and the Eco-Didactic Garden as a Learning Context in Teacher Education (PaisoL’Hort – GCID23_2591227) and the emerging innovation group COMETA (Competences with Active Methodologies in Teacher Education: B-SMART with Design Thinking, PIEE_2736182). He collaborates with the ERUA Research Cluster “Arts@Matter,” led by the University of the Aegean.

He has published and presented research in the field of performative education and related areas. He has participated as a speaker and attendee at national and international conferences and seminars on music education at all levels. He has completed research and teaching stays at institutions such as the Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon, the University of Aveiro, the University of Palermo, and the University of Jyväskylä. He holds a recognized six-year research period (CNEAI, 2016–2021) and is accredited as a Senior Lecturer (Contratado Doctor) by ANECA.

He is on leave from his position as Professor of Chamber Music with the Valencian regional government. He has taught in the Master’s program in Music Education Didactics at Jaume I University (2018/2019) and in Education degree programs at Florida Universitària (2019/2022). At the Higher Conservatory of Music in Castellón (CSMC), he directed the Chamber Music and Orchestra Department (2015/2022).

In academic management, he coordinated the Teaching Unit of Music and Didactics of Musical Expression at the University of Valencia. At the CSMC, he was responsible for the practicum committee and teacher training and served as secretary of the Academic Committee of the Master’s degree in Artistic Music Performance and Applied Research. He has been a member of the committee for research evaluation at the Higher Institute of Artistic Education of the Valencian Community. He currently serves as Head of Service of the Aula de Música within the Vice-Rectorate for Culture and Society at the University of Valencia.

As a performer, he has been a member of formative orchestras such as OFUV and JOGV. Professionally, he has collaborated with the Valencia Orchestra, Castellón Symphony Orchestra, Bilbao Municipal Band, and the Chamber Orchestra of the Valencian Community, as well as various ensembles. Founder and member of several chamber music groups, he has performed in most venues dedicated to this repertoire in the Valencian region. As a performer, he has recorded albums focused on recovering Valencian musical heritage, as well as soundtracks and light music projects.

Rosa Isusi Fagoaga is a professor of musical expression teaching at the Faculty of Teacher Training at the University of Valencia, where she has been a lecturer and researcher since 2014 and vice-dean since 2021 to the present.

She holds a PhD from the University of Granada (2002) and a higher conservatory degree (1997). She has been teaching for more than 30 years and has taught at various educational levels.

She has 3 periods of research activity (six-year periods) recognized by the CNEAI (2006-2023) and more than a hundred publications. Her lines of research are, on the one hand, teaching, social, and sustainable innovation for the development of skills and, on the other, the optimization of music and heritage teaching, as well as its transfer. She has been part of research teams in several projects funded by the Generalitat Valenciana, the national research plan, and the European Erasmus+ program. She is currently co-principal investigator of a project under the knowledge generation plan of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, together with Adela García Aracil from the INGENIO Institute (CSIC-UPV), with whom she has formed UTRANSFER, a unit associated with the CSIC through INGENIO, within the University of Valencia. She is part of the iMUSED (Investigating Music Education) research group at the University of Valencia, led by Ana M. Botella Nicolás.

She has been the editor of the journal Creativity and Educational Innovation Review and the Monografies i Aproximacions collection of the University Institute of Creativity and Educational Innovations at the University of Valencia since 2017, both founded together with Francesc J. Hernàndez. She is co-creator of the University Network for Social Innovation together with Adela García Aracil and of the Didàctiques i Transformació Educativa collection published by Tirant Lo Blanch together with Margarida Castellano Sanz.

She is involved in several university educational innovation projects, one at the Faculty of Teacher Training, another focused on the use of soundscapes as an interdisciplinary educational tool (PAISOL'HORT), and another emerging project that he has been coordinating since 2023 on the development of skills through active methodologies (COMETA).

She is part of the group of experts for the process of developing the Valencian Regional Government's R&D&I Strategy for Security and Emergencies 2026-2029, organized in collaboration with the Network of Valencian Universities (RUVID).

She has been Vice Dean of Undergraduate Studies, Faculty, and Quality at the Faculty of Teacher Training (2021-2023), co-director of the Carme Miquel Interuniversity Chair of Educational Transformation (2022-2023) on behalf of the University of Valencia through an agreement with the Valencian Regional Government, and since 2024 she has been Vice Dean of Postgraduate Studies, Research, and Quality.

She has been a member of the Governing Board of the Spanish Society of Musicology (2016-2024). She has been an associate professor at the Complutense University of Madrid (2005) and San Vicente Mártir University of Valencia (2005-2007) and has collaborated with the International University of Valencia (2012-2014) and the University of Málaga (2001-2003). She was a civil servant music teacher in secondary education for twenty years (1994-2014) and, prior to that, a choir teacher in primary education and a piano teacher at a music school.

She has been an advisor to the Valencian Institute of Music (now the Valencian Institute of Culture) of the Valencian Regional Government, for which she has coordinated the online cataloguing of the musical heritage of the Royal College Seminary of Corpus Christi in Valencia (2006-2014). This is the largest historical music archive and library in the Valencian Community and the access to the catalog with more than 5,500 entries is available through the Valencian Library website.