Angela Sinicco-Benda
Vice President Switzerland
Angela Sinicco-Benda graduated in 1989 from the University of Graz (Austria) with a degree in music pedagogy and didactics (and a higher diploma in viola), and continued her musical training in Switzerland and France. In 1990 and 2008, she obtained the Willems® (Lyon) diploma in music pedagogy and didactics. In 1992, she acquired the Brevet Vaudois pour l’Enseignement de la Musique dans les écoles secondaires.
From 1991 to 2013, she worked as a music teacher at the Etablissement secondaire de l’Élysée (Lausanne), while also working as a pedagogical assistant for the Direction Générale de l’Enseignement Obligatoire (Vaud). In this capacity, she was appointed Vaud’s representative on the CIIP for music during the drafting of the new Plan d’étude romand (PER), and became president of the Commission romande pour les moyens d’enseignement.
Since 2003, she has also been a teacher trainer at the Haute École Pédagogique (HEP Lausanne). From 2005 to 2013, she helped set up and coordinate the cantonal Musique-École structure for young talent at the Conservatoire de Lausanne/HEMU. Since 2007, she has taught music at the Gymnase Cantonal de La Cité (Lausanne) and helped set up the Maturité Spécialisée Musique program.
From 1976 to the present day, she has practiced her art as a violist in various ensembles and orchestras. Since her arrival in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, her many activities have been in the service of musical education and the promotion of access to music for all.