Aoife Hiney

Aoife Hiney lectures at the Escola Superior de Educação/Instituto Politécnico do Porto and at the University of Aveiro.  She completed a PhD in Music and a Masters in Performance (Choral Conducting) at the University of Aveiro, and holds an Honours Degree in Music Education from Trinity College, Dublin. Her research interests focus on non-professional choral singing, shared research practices and music education. Aoife founded the choir Voz Nua in Aveiro in 2012, which was established as a cultural association in 2015. She is the founding conductor of the association’s four choirs and Associate Director of the ZêzereArts Festival.