Elissavet Perakaki (PhD, post-PhD) serves as a music education teaching and research staff member (University of Athens, Department of Musical Studies). She has taught music in public primary and secondary schools and conservatories since 1998. Her research interests include music in infancy, innovative teaching methods, creativity, music teachers’ training, and lifelong learning. She organizes music educational programs for infants-caregivers, children, and adults.  She participates in various European and local projects regarding music education. She is the author (Fagotto: 2008, 2009) and co-author (Fagotto: 2018 & 2023 and Ellinoekdotiki, 2021) of five books in Greek. She is the president of the Greek Society for Music Education (GSME) and is currently the chair of ISME’s Music in the Schools & Teacher Education Commission (MISTEC) for 2024-2026.

Selected Publications in English:

• Perakaki, E. (in print). Being part of the music classroom: The role of composition and music technology in integrating a student with autism. In European Perspectives on Music Education, Liberty – Equity – Creativity: Innovating and Inventing Music in the Classroom Vol. 12
•  Mygdanis, Y., & Perakaki, E. (2023). Integrating ubiquitous music ecologies into STEAM scenarios in music teaching-learning processes. Asia-Pacific Journal for Arts Education, 22(5), 1-30.
• Perakaki, E., Andreou, H., Kotsira, L., Tsitas, G., & Zepatou, Ch. (2023). Flipped Classroom: implementation, teaching approaches, and challenges in music education. In Th. Raptis & E. Perakaki (Eds), Music Education in a Changing World: Identities, Values, Experiences. 9th Conference of the Greek Society for Music Education (pp. 483-496). GSME. https://www.eeme.gr/conferences/9o-synedrio/praktika-synedriou/3273-9-conference-proceedings.html

• Perakaki, E. (2022). Refinding my soul as a music teacher": the flipped classroom in face-to-face lesson after quarantine. In I. Harvy & K. Rees (eds). Proceeding of the 35th ISME Conference (pp. 183-188).
• Perakaki, E. (2018). “Music harms you”: A refugee student narrates his music learning journey. In B. Merrick & M. L. Bowe (eds). Proceedings of the 33rd International Seminar of the ISME Commission on MISTEC, (pp. 55-65).
• Perakaki, E. (2016). Digital teaching scenarios as a supplementary educational tool for music teachers. In Sm. Chrysostomou & S. A. Ruthmann (eds): Proceedings of the 32nd International Seminar of the ISME Commission on Music in Schools and Teacher Education (MISTEC), pp.70-78, ISBN: 978-0-6481219-2-3 (ebook).
• Perakaki, El. (2014). Let’s introduce a composer to pupils. In: Sm. Chrysostomou (ed.) Innovative Applications in School Music Education, Day-Conference on Greek Music Education, 11 July 2012, Komotini Athens: GAPMET (pp. 166-173). • Perakaki, El. (2013). Can a music course on Greek Traditional Music change pupils’ dispositions? A classroom teacher research project. Hellenic Journal of Music, Education and Culture, 4(1), http://www.hejmec.eu.