Join us for a special interest session on Philippine Culture and music to bring authentic experiences to your classroom.
Date: April 5th, 2025. 10 AM – 4 PM (time for lunch included) @ University of Michigan Ann Arbor School of Music
Cost is $50 for non-OAKE-members. $30 for OAKE members, just use code “OAKEMEMBER”. Join OAKE for the discount!
Undergraduate students are FREE, just enter code “STUDENT” at checkout.
Miriam B. Factora, Ph.D., was born and raised in Sarrat, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. Educated within a colonial system, she has developed a strong interest in fieldwork research to discover pedagogical materials that better reflect student cultures. This led her on a groundbreaking and innovative journey to indigenize and localize the music education program in the Philippines, leading to the publication of numerous folksong collections.
Dr. Factora is a fervent advocate for cultural relevance in education. As an esteemed music educator, international speaker, and clinician, she has shared this passion through keynote speeches, workshops, paper presentations, and training sessions for university students and teachers in different parts of the world.
Miriam is an energetic and accomplished educator who truly inspires students of any age group with her passion for music. She has a wide range of teaching experiences in early childhood, elementary, middle school, high school, university, and postgraduate levels in public and private institutions.
As for her educational background, Miriam finished Bachelor of Music in Music Education at the University of Santo Tomas, Philippines, magna cum laude; specialized conducting at the California State University, East Bay; Orff Certification at Mills College, Oakland, California; Master of Music with Kodály Emphasis at Holy Names University, Oakland, California; studied Dalcroze Eurhythmics at the Juilliard School of Music, New York; Doctor of Philosophy in the field of Music at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; and was an International Kodály Society scholar at the Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest, Hungary.
Currently, Miriam is serving as one of the Board of Directors of the International Kodály Society and is a co-chair of the International Kodály Society Lászlo Vikar Folk Music Research Forum. She has been a consultant for the Kodály Society of the Philippines for so many years. She retired from the California Public School System due to her decision to make a major move to Washington State to focus on research and writing.
