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Academic degrees

Post PhD in Management Science and Engineering (Production Engineering) by the University of São Paulo (USP)

PhD and MsC in Sociological, Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Education by the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar)

Specialist in Voice by São Paulo Medical School, Federal University of São Paulo (EPM-UNIFESP)

Bachelors degree in Music (Conducting) by the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP)

Rita Fucci-Amato is an author of many papers published in conference proceedings and in journals of Brazil, United States, Canada, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Chile, in the areas of music, education, philosophy, voice and management. She has published many papers about the relation between Music & Management, Conducting & Leadership, Maestros & Management, some of them in the annual conferences' proceedings of the Productions and Operations Management Society (POMS) and of the European Operations Management Association (EurOMA).

Nowadays, conductor Fucci Amato develops her postdoctorate research about "The work of maestro as manager and the organizational perspective of choral singing: interdisciplinary contributions for managers and conductors", at University of São Paulo (USP).

Books (only available in Portuguese):

The leader's voice: art and communication on the stages of management ('A voz do líder: arte e comunicação nos palcos da gestão')

Guide of Vocal Health: theory and practice of spoken voice for teachers and communicators (‘Manual de Saúde Vocal: teoria e prática da voz falada para professores e comunicadores’)

Musical Memory: Pictures from a Conservatory (‘Memória Musical: Retratos de um Conservatório’)

Iconographic Memory of São Carlos Musical Conservatory (1947-1991) (‘Memória Iconográfica do Conservatório Musical de São Carlos (1947-1991)’)

Rita Fucci-Amato, conductor