Composition and Music Theory orientation period 2024
Orientation period programme for new Composition and Music Theory students.
Please take note that in addition to the events of these two weeks, the “Uniarts Helsinki as a learning environment” study unit includes the completion of the online course on Moodle as well as the second orientation day for all new Uniarts students, held on 7.10.2024.
The orientation period and the Moodle online course are mandatory for new bachelor’s students and recommended for new master’s students. The Moodle online course section “Copyright and the Agreement on the right to use works related to studies” is mandatory for all new degree students.
Orientation events recommended for exchange students, too, have been marked with an asterisk (*).
Monday 19.8.2024
9:30–16 First orientation day for all new Uniarts students, R-building concert hall*
- Presentation about the university’s values
- Orientation period as a whole and its learning outcomes
- Presentations about Uniarts Helsinki and its academies
- Uniarts Helsinki’s Code of Conduct
- The Student Union introduces itself
- Student tutors introduce themselves and talk about what tutoring is
- Programme organised by the tutors/Student Union
After 16:00, students can join an optional picnic organised by the Student Union.
15–17 Study services’ drop-in hours, SibA info desk (Music Centre)
Assistance in questions regarding attendance, paper certificates, HSL forms etc.
Tuesday 20.8.2024
11–12 Composition and Music Theory Department’s welcome to new students meeting at the R-building classroom R-510.
12–14 Lunch with the student tutor and touring the campus area.
13–15 Study services’ drop-in hours, SibA info desk (Music Centre)
Assistance in questions regarding attendance, paper certificates, HSL forms etc.
Wednesday 21.8.2024
Individual study planning meetings with study coordinator and tutor teacher. The timetable will be sent at the beginning of August by email.
10–12 Exchange students’ orientation session, Organo (Music Centre)*
Target group: exchange students
11–13 Study services’ drop-in hours, SibA info desk (Music Centre)
Assistance in questions regarding attendance, paper certificates, HSL forms etc.
13–17 Orientation afternoon 1 for all new Sibelius-Academy students, Black Box (Music Centre)*
Getting to know the Sibelius Academy and the new students, community building, first rehearsal of the freshers’ choir, information about facilities, music
Thursday 22.8.2024
9–10:30 Written exam in aural skills, H1112 Auditorium (Music Centre)*
Target group: bachelor’s students applying for credit transfer of prior studies or prior learning in aural skills, exchange students who wish to participate in aural skills courses
11:30–13:30 Freshers’ choir: second rehearsal and performance, R-building chamber music hall & concert hall*
Rehearsal in the chamber music hall and a performance in the concert hall at the academy’s staff day
14–15:30 Written exam in applied analysis skills, H1112 Auditorium (Music Centre)*
Target group: bachelor’s students applying for credit transfer of prior studies or prior learning in applied analysis skills, exchange students who wish to participate in theory courses
16–18 Info session for new international students of the Sibelius Academy, Camerata (Music Centre)*
- Practical information
- Cultural orientation
- Chance to ask questions & meet student tutors and ambassadors
Target group: new international students and exchange students
Friday 23.8.2024
9–12 Oral exams in aural skills, S7113 & S7114 (Music Centre)*
Target group: bachelor’s students applying for credit transfer of prior studies or prior learning in aural skills, exchange students who wish to participate in aural skills courses
11–13 Study services’ drop-in hours, SibA info desk (Music Centre)
Assistance in questions regarding attendance, paper certificates, HSL forms etc.
13–15:30 Orientation afternoon 2 for all new Sibelius Academy students, Black Box (Music Centre)*
Wellbeing lecture, getting to know the new students, community building, music
Monday 26.8.2024
10–10:30 Teachers pedagogical studies (60 cr) info session, Zoom (https://uniarts.zoom.us/j/69829494891)
The session is held in Finnish and English.
Target group: new master’s students interested in completing teacher’s pedagogical studies
12–15 Composition and music theory bachelor students: Basics of harmony & voice-leading a, classroom R-430.
Tuesday 27.8.2024
Individual study planning meetings with study coordinator and tutor teacher. The timetable will be sent at the beginning of August by email.
14–17 Composition and music theory bachelor students: Basics of harmony & voice-leading a, classroom R-430.
Wednesday 28.8.2024
Individual study planning meetings with study coordinator and tutor teacher. The timetable will be sent at the beginning of August by email.
15–18 Composition and music theory bachelor students: Orchestral instruments, classroom S7115 (Music Center)
Thursday 29.8.2024
10–11 Library tour, Music center (Agora, in front of the library’s entrance)
12–15 Composition and music theory bachelor students: Basics of harmony & voice-leading a, classroom R-430.
Friday 30.8.2024
12–15 Composition and music theory bachelor students: Orchestral instruments, classroom S7115 (Music Center)
Please take note that in addition to the events of these two weeks, the “Uniarts Helsinki as a learning environment” study unit includes the completion of the online course on Moodle as well as the second orientation day for all new Uniarts students, held on 7.10.2024.
The orientation period and the Moodle online course are mandatory for new bachelor’s students and recommended for new master’s students. The Moodle online course section “Copyright and the Agreement on the right to use works related to studies” is mandatory for all new degree students.
Orientation events recommended for exchange students, too, have been marked with an asterisk (*).
Monday 19.8.2024
9:30–16 First orientation day for all new Uniarts students, R-building concert hall*
- Presentation about the university’s values
- Orientation period as a whole and its learning outcomes
- Presentations about Uniarts Helsinki and its academies
- Uniarts Helsinki’s Code of Conduct
- The Student Union introduces itself
- Student tutors introduce themselves and talk about what tutoring is
- Programme organised by the tutors/Student Union
After 16:00, students can join an optional picnic organised by the Student Union.
15–17 Study services’ drop-in hours, SibA info desk (Music Centre)
Assistance in questions regarding attendance, paper certificates, HSL forms etc.
Tuesday 20.8.2024
11–12 Composition and Music Theory Department’s welcome to new students meeting at the R-building classroom R-510.
12–14 Lunch with the student tutor and touring the campus area.
13–15 Study services’ drop-in hours, SibA info desk (Music Centre)
Assistance in questions regarding attendance, paper certificates, HSL forms etc.
Wednesday 21.8.2024
Individual study planning meetings with study coordinator and tutor teacher. The timetable will be sent at the beginning of August by email.
10–12 Exchange students’ orientation session, Organo (Music Centre)*
Target group: exchange students
11–13 Study services’ drop-in hours, SibA info desk (Music Centre)
Assistance in questions regarding attendance, paper certificates, HSL forms etc.
13–17 Orientation afternoon 1 for all new Sibelius-Academy students, Black Box (Music Centre)*
Getting to know the Sibelius Academy and the new students, community building, first rehearsal of the freshers’ choir, information about facilities, music
Thursday 22.8.2024
9–10:30 Written exam in aural skills, H1112 Auditorium (Music Centre)*
Target group: bachelor’s students applying for credit transfer of prior studies or prior learning in aural skills, exchange students who wish to participate in aural skills courses
11:30–13:30 Freshers’ choir: second rehearsal and performance, R-building chamber music hall & concert hall*
Rehearsal in the chamber music hall and a performance in the concert hall at the academy’s staff day
14–15:30 Written exam in applied analysis skills, H1112 Auditorium (Music Centre)*
Target group: bachelor’s students applying for credit transfer of prior studies or prior learning in applied analysis skills, exchange students who wish to participate in theory courses
16–18 Info session for new international students of the Sibelius Academy, Camerata (Music Centre)*
- Practical information
- Cultural orientation
- Chance to ask questions & meet student tutors and ambassadors
Target group: new international students and exchange students
Friday 23.8.2024
9–12 Oral exams in aural skills, S7113 & S7114 (Music Centre)*
Target group: bachelor’s students applying for credit transfer of prior studies or prior learning in aural skills, exchange students who wish to participate in aural skills courses
11–13 Study services’ drop-in hours, SibA info desk (Music Centre)
Assistance in questions regarding attendance, paper certificates, HSL forms etc.
13–15:30 Orientation afternoon 2 for all new Sibelius Academy students, Black Box (Music Centre)*
Wellbeing lecture, getting to know the new students, community building, music
Monday 26.8.2024
10–10:30 Teachers pedagogical studies (60 cr) info session, Zoom (https://uniarts.zoom.us/j/69829494891)
The session is held in Finnish and English.
Target group: new master’s students interested in completing teacher’s pedagogical studies
12–15 Composition and music theory bachelor students: Basics of harmony & voice-leading a, classroom R-430.
Tuesday 27.8.2024
Individual study planning meetings with study coordinator and tutor teacher. The timetable will be sent at the beginning of August by email.
14–17 Composition and music theory bachelor students: Basics of harmony & voice-leading a, classroom R-430.
Wednesday 28.8.2024
Individual study planning meetings with study coordinator and tutor teacher. The timetable will be sent at the beginning of August by email.
15–18 Composition and music theory bachelor students: Orchestral instruments, classroom S7115 (Music Center)
Thursday 29.8.2024
10–11 Library tour, Music center (Agora, in front of the library’s entrance)
12–15 Composition and music theory bachelor students: Basics of harmony & voice-leading a, classroom R-430.
Friday 30.8.2024
12–15 Composition and music theory bachelor students: Orchestral instruments, classroom S7115 (Music Center)