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Janete Costa Ruiz

Choral Conductor • Singer • Educator

About

Janete Ruiz is a versatile choral conductor, singer and educator whose work focuses on choral practices for children and youth, with particular interest in contemporary composition for children’s choirs and in the integration of movement and storytelling into choral work.

Her activity spans artistic creation, education and research, working mainly in educational, institutional and social contexts. She is regularly invited to collaborate with choirs, conductors, universities and cultural institutions in Portugal and abroad, contributing to the development of choral methodologies and artistic practices.

01. Career Path
& Curriculum

Academic background

• PhD in Artistic Education

• Degrees in Singing, Musicology, Choral Conducting and Pedagogy

Academic and teaching activities

• Teacher at Guimarães Conservatory

• Guest lecturer at the University of Minho

• Conductor of the Department Choir and the Chamber Choir (University of Minho)

Research

• Author of research articles on imagery and metaphors in singers’ development

• Research focus on the choir as a performing and educational entity

Musical activity

• Founder and Artistic Director of the Youth Choir Jovens Cantores de Guimarães

• Ensemble Clepsydra Singer

02. Projects
& portfolio

Choral Conductor

• Jovens Cantores de Guimarães — Youth Choir (Founder and Artistic Director)

• Minho University, Music Department Choir – Chamber choir

Clinician / Education

• Confederación de Coros del Pais Basco, Choral Pedagogy Course (2019)
• APEM Associação Portuguesa de Educaçao Musical – Curso de Pedagogia Coral (2019)
• L’Auditori de Cataluña, Cantania project (coordinator for Portugal) (Since 2017)
• Post GraduationAlliance, Minho University, Rehearsal Techniques – Choral Concert Design (october and november de 2025)

Researcher

• National meeting of ADECORO, Conference Lecture (Vigo, Spain, 2020)

• Musichildren, Conference Paper (Aveiro, Portugal, 2017)

• Choir in Focus, Conference lecture (Lund University, 2012)