Aoife Hiney lectures at the Escola Superior de Educação (Instituto Politécnico do Porto) and the University of Aveiro, Portugal. She jointly coordinates the Laboratory for the Teaching and Learning of Musics at the University of Aveiro and is an integrated researcher of the Instituto de Etnomusicologia, Centro de Estudos em Música e Dança. She is an associate director of the ZêzereArts Festival. Aoife completed a PhD in Music at the Universidade de Aveiro (UA), Portugal in 2017, with the thesis entitled 'Pedagogy through Performance: a Kodály-based musical literacy programme for communitarian choirs'. She holds a Masters in Music Performance (Choral Conducting) from UA (2012) and an Honours Degree in Music Education from Trinity College, Dublin (2007). In 2012, she founded the chamber choir Voz Nua in Aveiro. Voz Nua have participated in international competitions, released two albums and have performed over 20 world premieres. She founded the non-profit cultural association Voz Nua in 2015, and currently conducts the Association's three choirs - Voz Nua, Voz Pop and Lua Nua. Aoife has worked with a range of non-professional choirs, including a choir specifically for retired people (2014 - 2019) and an ensemble with adults with special educational needs and acquired brain injuries (2013 - 2017) in addition to singing with the professional vocal ensemble Záve. She was a committee member of the National Kodály Society of Ireland (2007 - 2010) and has participated in a number of Kodály courses. Her teaching experience ranges from primary to post-graduate level. Her research interests intersect the fields of music education, music performance and ethnomusicology, with a particular interest in non-professional choral singing practices, the development of musical skills for adult learners through the Kodály Concept and shared research practices. As a researcher, she held the position of contracted researcher for the SOMA (Sounds and Memories of Aveiro) project. Her most recent work includes articles focusing on shared research practices with adult learners, rock bands in Aveiro from the 1960s to 1990, and the artistic and learning processes involved in the construction of a collective musical interpretation. In collaboration with colleagues at the University Lusófona (Porto) and Canterbury Christ Church University (UK), she is currently working on an international research project exploring participation in choirs. Recent conference presentations include ISME's 36th World Conference 2024, and the ACDA's International Symposium on Research in Choral Singing, 2024.