Carlos Abril

Founding Member

Save The Music mourns the recent passing of Dr. Carlos R. Abril. Dr. Abril was a very active member of the Save The Music Advisory Board since its inception in 2019. Our team members had the pleasure of working with him to advocate and implement music education programs in South Florida public schools. It is evident how much Dr. Abril cared about his students and those students who became music educators. He was a true champion for equity within music education and will be dearly missed. Our thoughts are with the family, friends, students and lives touched by Dr. Abril. A tribute and more information about the Dr. Carlos R. Abril Memorial Music Education Fund from the University of Miami can be found here.

Carlos Abril was a professor of music and director of undergraduate music education at the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami. Prior to this appointment he was an associate professor of music and the coordinator of music education at Northwestern University. Abril’s research focuses on sociocultural issues in music education, music education policy, and music perception. He has published numerous articles and chapters in research journals, professional magazines, and books. He co-edited the books, Teaching General Music: Approaches, Issues, & Viewpoints (Oxford U Press) and Musical Experience in Our Lives: Things We Learn and Meanings We Make (Rowman & Littlefield). Abril served on editorial boards in the North America, South America, and Europe. He has been honored as the Miami-Dade Public Schools Region V Teacher of the Year and with the Cervantes Outstanding Educator Award.

Our Music Education Advisory Board consists of leaders from universities and colleges around the country who provide expertise on music education, program evaluation, teacher training, and research in music education and childhood development.