João Batista Sartor is a doctorate student in Music - Interpretive Practices at UNIRIO since August 2012, oriented by Dr. Sergio Barrenechea. In 2014 he has participated at II Congress of ABRAPEM with an article and a commented recital, the First Symposium UFRJ-UFBA of Interpretive Practice with a recital and III SIMPOM (UNIRIO) with an article. In 2013, hed has participated in the atistic commission of the XVIIII Colloquium UNIRIO with a communication of an article and a commented recital. He is co-author of the book published in 2013, "Music Education and Philosophy" by PPGMUS UNIRIO in which he is responsible by the chapter "the Art Research in Brazil and the Conception of Historical Dialectic in Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit.". He also has conducted the UNIRIO's Symphonic Band and Symphonic Orchestra in 2013. He is adjunct professor of flute at UFSM, appointed in 2005. He teachesFlute, Chamber Music, Music Appreciation and he works with the UFSM Wind Orchestra in which he has been the musical director and conductor. Its alumni occupy prominent positions in professional and artistic circles in the country as flutists and music educators, many of them today with masters and doctorate degrees. He has participated in the organizing committee of the International Winter Festival at UFSM that brings international and national outstanding teachers every year to Santa Maria. In 2009 he coordinated the II Meeting of RS (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil's state) Flutists at UFSM; he has participated as a teacher in all of these meetings until the fifth at 2014. He had been flutist at OSPA (Porto Alegre Symphony Orchestra) from 1990 to 2005 and Orchestra Unisinos-RS. From December 2001 to June 2002 he had studied flute with Professor Patricia Nagle and chamber music at Ecole Normale de Musique Alfred Cortot in Paris. From January to March 1999 he had been in Italy having flute lessons with professor Marzio Conti Professor at Lucca's Conservatory. In July 1998 he has graduated in Master in Music-Flute by The University of Iowa, USA, oreinted by Dr. Tadeu Coelho, after starting a Masters at University of New Mexico in 1996. João Batista have began his musical studies at Fundarte RS-Montenegro in 1974, and flute in 1979, supervised by Professor Osvaldo Lopes. In 1990 completed his Bachelor's Flutedegree at UFRGS as a student of Dr. Hans Hess. He had been a student of musical analysis of Flavio Oliveira and studied Brazilian music and instrumental harmony with Paul Dorfman. In 1995 he was awarded a scholarship abroad by Vitae. In 1997 he participated in the summer school of La Académie International d'Été in Nice, France and he has participated in several master classes and courses with renowned flutists, musicians, educators and musicologists. He also have taught inumerous master classes and courses of flute and music. As a professor, he has taught flute at Fundarte, Ospa School of Music Unisinos, EST-Sinodal, UFRGS, and Villa-Lobos Institute at UNRIO. He has intense performances at RS through his participation at OSPA and Unisinos and others orchestras as a guest flutist at SESI-Fundarte-RS and RS-Theatro São Pedro and participating in numerous chamber music recitals at RS and other states and countries such as Uruguay, Argentina, USA, France and Italy. He also perform popular music. As a soloist, he has performed at OSPA, UNISINOS, SESI-Fundarte Chamber Orchestra, within the latter he have taken part in the recording of a CD as a soloist in 1999.