Finnish Educators Interviewed

I am extremely grateful to the following educators/professors who shared their valuable time and expertise with me during our Zoom interviews from December 2020-February 2021. Your insights have helped me gain a better understanding of Finnish Music Education!

Basic Education:

• Reijo Aittakumpu, Choral Director, Sibelius Upper Secondary School

  • Youtube Channel - just launched in February 2021.

  • Video Compilation From Various Performances

  • School Blog

• Dr. Taina Huttunen, 5th Grade Classroom Teacher / Music Teacher, Oulunkylä Primary School

• Helena Sinisalo, Conductor of Symphonic Bands and trumpet teacher, East Helsinki Music Institute and Sibelius Academy of Music

• Matti Suomela, Head of the Music Department, Vaskivuori High School

• Jonna Vahmanen, Choral Director, Vaskivuori High School

  • Song of the Fearless on Youtube, virtual performance premiered on March 28, 2020

  • Finnish Teens' Virtual Choir Goes Viral – And Invites Singers Around the Globe to Join (Jonna Vahmanen)

  • How to record a virtual choir, by Jonna Vahmanen

  • Bringing the Social Distance, Finnish Musicians Realign Online (Jonna Vahmanen)

  • Joularadion Hoosianna 2020 - Christmas song, performed and recorded in the fall of 2020. Jonna's Chamber choir was hired by Jouluradio to complete this project.

Sibelius Academy of Music at the University of the Arts, Helsinki

• Dr. Marja Heimonen, Research Seminars for Masters levels, Sibelius Academy of Music at the University of the Arts

• Dr. Lotta Ilomaki, Lecturer, Composition & Music Theory, Sibelius Academy of Music at the University of the Arts

• Dr. Inkeri Jaakkola, Aural Training for conductors/composers, Sibelius Academy of Music at the University of the Arts

• Dr. Marja-Leena Juntunen, Music Education, Interdisciplinary Arts Pedagogy, Research, Methods, Master's Seminar, Sibelius Academy of Music at the University of the Arts

• Dr. Toni Mäkinen, Free Accompaniment Course, Sibelius Academy of Music at the University of the Arts

• Helena Sinisalo, Trumpet teacher, Sibelius Academy of Music

• Dr. Max Tabell, Pop/Jazz piano, Music Perception, Improvisation, composition, Sibelius Academy of Music at the University of the Arts