Rebecca Berkley is an Associate Professor in Music Education at the University of Reading. Her areas of interest are classroom musicianship, choral education, musical leadership and musical cognition. She is the co-director of the Postgraduate Taught Programmes at the Institute of Education. She teaches music education on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, including Initial Teacher Education, and is a doctoral supervisor. Her current research projects focus on teaching classroom musicianship to general primary teachers, promoting inclusive teacher education for all colleagues. Rebecca is Artistic Director of Universal Voices, a free community choir for children at the University of Reading which she leads with a volunteer team of students.