Folk Music orientation period 2025
Orientation period programme for new Folk Music 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 6 October 2025.
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 students.
Orientation events recommended for exchange students, too, have been marked with an asterisk (*).
Monday 18.8.2025
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.
Tuesday 19.8.2025
11–12 Welcome new students to study in the Folk Music department. Helsinki Music Centre, room S7106*
12–13 Lunch at the Helsinki Music Centre’s student restaurant*
13 Getting to know the Helsinki Music Centre and the folk music facilities with a student tutor*
14 Introductory tour of the Helsinki Music Centre Library. Meeting in front of the library. (Introduction tour in English, tour in Finnish at 15.00)*
Wednesday 20.8.2025
10–12 Exchange students’ orientation session, Camerata (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 21.8.2025
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
14.30–16 Personal study planning (PSP) meetings. A more detailed schedule will be sent to the students by email at the beginning of August. A meeting with one student takes about 45 minutes.
16–18 Info session for new international students of the Sibelius Academy, Black Box (Music Centre)*
- Practical information
- Cultural orientation
Target group: new international students and exchange students
Friday 22.8.2025
09–12:30 Personal study planning (PSP) meetings. A more detailed schedule will be sent to the students by email at the beginning of August. A meeting with one student takes about 45 minutes.
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 25.8.2025
09–15 Introduction to Folk Big Band in Class S7104 at the Helsinki Music Centre. The course is compulsory for bachelor’s students and optional for master’s students.*
https://opinto-opas.uniarts.fi/en/course/S-FM5A_24/16693
10–10:45 Teachers pedagogical studies (60 cr) info session, Zoom (https://uniarts.zoom.us/j/65773728653)
The session is held in Finnish and English.
Target group: new master’s students interested in completing teacher’s pedagogical studies
Tuesday 26.8.2025
09–15 Introduction to Folk Big Band in Class S7104 at the Helsinki Music Centre. The course is compulsory for bachelor’s students and optional for master’s students.*
Wednesday 27.8.2025
09–15 Introduction to Folk Big Band in Class S7104 at the Helsinki Music Centre. The course is compulsory for bachelor’s students and optional for master’s students.*
Thursday 28.8.2025
09–15 Introduction to Folk Big Band in Class S7104 at the Helsinki Music Centre. The course is compulsory for bachelor’s students and optional for master’s students.*
Course registration ends. You will receive instructions on how to register for the courses in the PSP meetings.
Friday 29.8.2025
09–15 Introduction to Folk Big Band in Class S7104 at the Helsinki Music Centre. The course is compulsory for bachelor’s students and optional for master’s students.*
Monday 1.9.2025
10–16 Folk music camp in Seurasaari. More information will be sent to your email about the camp in August.*
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 6 October 2025.
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 students.
Orientation events recommended for exchange students, too, have been marked with an asterisk (*).
Monday 18.8.2025
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.
Tuesday 19.8.2025
11–12 Welcome new students to study in the Folk Music department. Helsinki Music Centre, room S7106*
12–13 Lunch at the Helsinki Music Centre’s student restaurant*
13 Getting to know the Helsinki Music Centre and the folk music facilities with a student tutor*
14 Introductory tour of the Helsinki Music Centre Library. Meeting in front of the library. (Introduction tour in English, tour in Finnish at 15.00)*
Wednesday 20.8.2025
10–12 Exchange students’ orientation session, Camerata (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 21.8.2025
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
14.30–16 Personal study planning (PSP) meetings. A more detailed schedule will be sent to the students by email at the beginning of August. A meeting with one student takes about 45 minutes.
16–18 Info session for new international students of the Sibelius Academy, Black Box (Music Centre)*
- Practical information
- Cultural orientation
Target group: new international students and exchange students
Friday 22.8.2025
09–12:30 Personal study planning (PSP) meetings. A more detailed schedule will be sent to the students by email at the beginning of August. A meeting with one student takes about 45 minutes.
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 25.8.2025
09–15 Introduction to Folk Big Band in Class S7104 at the Helsinki Music Centre. The course is compulsory for bachelor’s students and optional for master’s students.*
https://opinto-opas.uniarts.fi/en/course/S-FM5A_24/16693
10–10:45 Teachers pedagogical studies (60 cr) info session, Zoom (https://uniarts.zoom.us/j/65773728653)
The session is held in Finnish and English.
Target group: new master’s students interested in completing teacher’s pedagogical studies
Tuesday 26.8.2025
09–15 Introduction to Folk Big Band in Class S7104 at the Helsinki Music Centre. The course is compulsory for bachelor’s students and optional for master’s students.*
Wednesday 27.8.2025
09–15 Introduction to Folk Big Band in Class S7104 at the Helsinki Music Centre. The course is compulsory for bachelor’s students and optional for master’s students.*
Thursday 28.8.2025
09–15 Introduction to Folk Big Band in Class S7104 at the Helsinki Music Centre. The course is compulsory for bachelor’s students and optional for master’s students.*
Course registration ends. You will receive instructions on how to register for the courses in the PSP meetings.
Friday 29.8.2025
09–15 Introduction to Folk Big Band in Class S7104 at the Helsinki Music Centre. The course is compulsory for bachelor’s students and optional for master’s students.*
Monday 1.9.2025
10–16 Folk music camp in Seurasaari. More information will be sent to your email about the camp in August.*