Melissa Bremmer is Head of the Research Group Arts Education together with Dr. Emiel Heijnen at the Amsterdam University of the Arts. Her research focuses on embodied music teaching and inclusion in music education. She lectures on innovative music pedagogies at the Bachelor of Education in Music of the Amsterdam Conservatory. She is an editorial board member of the International Journal of Music in Early Childhood (IJMEC) and member of the ISME Music in Special Education and Music Therapy Commission.