Research

2021 “Maracatu de Baque Virado: Children’s communities of music practice.” Chapter for the Oxford Handbook of Early Music Learning and Development (Margaret Barrett and Graham Welch, Eds.). Oxford University Press.

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2022 "Claiming Feminist Performance Spaces within Brazilian Música Popular: The Poetic Promenade Dita Curva." Paper submitted to the Journal of Popular Music Education.

2021-2023 More than a Space for Music-Making:” Creating Feminist Pathways for Music Education. Chapter for the Oxford Handbook of Feminism and Music Education (Marissa Silverman and Nasim Niknafs, Eds.). Oxford University Press.

Cantarelli Vita, J. (2021). “Because songs reflect people:” Archival recordings of children’s music as pathway to respectful resonance. (Doctoral Dissertation). http://hdl.handle.net/1773/48303/

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Dahm, C., Flesher, J., Cantarelli Vita, J., & Campbell, P. S. (2022). Families as Small-Community Quarantine Pods of Sociomusical Engagement. International Journal of Community Music, 15(2), 211-229. https://doi.org/10.1386/ijcm_00060_1 

Cantarelli Vita, J. & Whelden, S. (Producers). (2021-present). Massa: Brazilian Music and Culture [Audio podcast]. https://essefoimassa.com/

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Cantarelli Vita, J. & Campbell, P. S. (2021). World music pedagogy: Gateway to global citizenship and children’s creative impulses. Malaysian Journal of Music, 10(1), 45-53. https://doi.org/10.37134/mjm.vol10.2.4.2021

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Igari, K., Cantarelli Vita, J., Flesher, J., Armstrong, C., Gestsson, S., & Campbell, P. S. (2020). “Let’s stand together, rep my tribe forever:” Teaching toward equity through collective songwriting at the Yakama Nation Tribal School. Journal of Folklore and Education, 7. Available at: https://www.locallearningnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/TeachingforEquity2020-Final-small.pdf

Cantarelli Vita, J. (2020). “Songs to Lift Us Up:” Artistic citizenship through a multicultural playformance. The Orff Echo (Fall Issue).

Cantarelli Vita, J., & Santana, C. (2020, January 21). Brazilian black music: Latin America beyond the stigmas. Decolonizing the Music Room. https://decolonizingthemusicroom.com/songs-%26-stories/f/brazilian-black-music-latin-america-beyond-the-stigmas

Cantarelli Vita, J. (2018). Research review. Perspectives: Journal of the Early Childhood Music & Movement Association, 13(1).

Cantarelli Vita, J. (2018). Promoting cultural understanding through Orff Schulwerk: Embracing music in and as culture. The Orff Echo, (Winter Issue), 42-46.

Cantarelli Vita, J. (2016). Listening to their voices: An ethnographic study of children’s values and meaning ascribed to learning world music in elementary school general music (Master's Thesis). Retrieved from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. (10110170)

Cantarelli Vita, J. (2015). Music learning in traditional Brazilian music: Maracatu and nonformal education. In de Banffy-Hall (Ed.), Community music in theory und praxis: Conference proceedings (pp. 14-15). Retrieved from http://munichcommunitymusicconference.blogspot.com/p/programm-programe.html

Cantarelli, J., & Cruz Barros, D. (2013). A transmissão musical na tradição popular pernambucana: o Maracatu. In C. A. P. Júnior, L. R. S. Queiroz, & R. R. de Lima (Eds.), Anais do XXI Congresso Nacional da Associação Brasileira de Educação Musical (pp. 392-403). João Pessoa, Brazil: Editora da UFPB. Retrieved from http://www.abemeducacaomusical.com.br/sistemas/anais/congressos/ABEM_2013_p.pdf

Cantarelli de Andrade Lima Araújo, J., & Cruz Barros, D. (2012). A transmissão musical na tradição popular pernambucana: o Maracatu. In M. T. S. Correia (Ed.), XX Conic. Recife, Brazil: Federal University Publishing Co. Retrieved from https://www.ufpe.br/conic/images/stories/anais/2012/conic/pibic/80/12082513PO.pdf