Paola Munda is a 41-year-old music therapy student from Sicily, Italy currently studying at Berklee College of Music in Boston. She has a background in education, having worked as a primary school, kindergarten, and special needs teacher in Italy. She is pursuing her dream of a career in music after years of singing experience, including as a lead singer in a major Italian theater. At Berklee, she is studying music therapy while exploring her songwriting abilities and hopes to bridge her interests in education and performance.

1. PAOLA MUNDA
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41, Edgerly rd. • Boston (MA), 02115 pmunda@berklee.edu • -510-
5381
PROFILE
I am a second semester student at Berklee. I strongly believe in the power of dreams
and in lifelong learning, that’s why, even if I am a teacher of public school in Italy, I
am currently taking a sabbatical from teaching to advance my studies at Berklee. I
have recently declared my major in Music Therapy, while also exploring my
songwriting abilities.
I was born and raised in Sicily, in a family full of artists. My grandmother was an
organist, my grandfather a tenor and a painter, my father a drummer and singer and
my older sister an opera singer.
I learned to paint and sing even before I was able to write. At 10 I started my
musical life, becoming part of the children’s choir in one of the main theaters in
Italy. After 8 year spent singing Puccini and Bizet, Mozart and Britten, I was forced
to stop. Now, finally, after two bachelor degrees in psychopedagogy and education,
two specializations in teaching methods for children with special needs and a
master in Infantil Glottodidactics, I decided to follow my dreams and come to
Berklee.
Thirsty for learning always something new, here, I will study what I was born to do
and will find a path to bridge my interests between the theatre, the stage and the
classroom.
EXPERIENCE
 Guest in Conducting 2 class (teacher: Francisco Noya) “Let’s talk about La Bohéme
by Giacomo Puccini” Berklee College of Music - Boston, MA - Spring 2015
 Stage Manager and Class Assistant for ENVC-470 Musical Theater Ensemble.
Berklee College of Music - Boston, MA - Spring 2015
 Founder Member of a Berklee club “More Than Numbers” (MTN) Spring 2015
 Primary school, Kindergarten and special aid teacher Italian Public School - Italy
June 2006/Present
 Lead and Choir Singer “Teatro Massimo” - Palermo - Fall 1993/Winter 1999
EDUCATION
 Berklee College of Music Boston, MA 09/2014—Present
 University of Palermo – Faculty of Psychology and educational sciences
2006/2009 Post-graduate school of special aid teacher (for
kindergarten)
Bachelor’s degree in Sciences of primary education in
kindergarten.
2002/2006 Post-graduate school of special aid teacher (for primary
school)

2. Bachelor’s degree in Sciences of primary education in primary
school
 Interuniversity Consortium ECONA – University “La Sapienza” – Rome
2008/2009  Specialization Course in Infantil Glottodidactics (Level A)