Dr. Vinita Henson is the director of the Center for Music Education in Bangalore, and co-founder and director of the Music Education Program at The Bangalore Conservatory. She has been a music educator for more than thirty years, training children's choirs and ensembles, teaching private piano and group keyboard lessons in the US and India. She is a specialist in music-teacher training. Dr. Henson earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree at Vanguard University, and her Master of Arts and Doctorate of Musical Arts in Music Education at the University of Southern California. Dr. Henson is on the advisory board and an adjunct faculty member at Anpal Centre for Creative Arts Education.