Jazz orientation period 2025
Orientation period programme and schedule for new exchange students in Jazz.
Orientation period programme and schedule for new exchange students in Jazz.
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
10–12 Jazz department head Jussi Kannaste’s welcoming words, S5104 (Music Centre, 5th floor)
13:00–13:45 Library tour in english, Töölö campus library (Agora, in front of the library’s entrance, Music Centre)
Wednesday 20.8.2025
Individual study planning meetings (á 30 min.), S5117 (Music Centre, 5th floor)
- 09:00 Knubis
- 09:30 Haapamäki
- 10:00 Rantala
- 10:30 Sievers
- 11:00 Mast
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
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
10–12 Student Tutor Meeting (Music Centre, 5th floor)
- Olavi Stanek, student tutor
- Music Centre tour
- Other program TBA
11–13 Study services’ drop-in hours, SibA info desk (Music Centre)
Assistance in questions regarding attendance, paper certificates, HSL forms etc.
12–12:45 Lunch at the student cafeteria (Music Centre)
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
Tuesday 26.8.2025
10:00 Jazz theory exam, S5117 (Music Centre, 5th floor)
13:00 Jazz Ear Training 1 exam, S5117 (Music Centre, 5th floor)
Wednesday 27.8.2025
9–17 Specific schedule for this day will be published later
Thursday 28.8.2025
Friday 29.8.2025
Orientation period programme and schedule for new exchange students in Jazz.
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
10–12 Jazz department head Jussi Kannaste’s welcoming words, S5104 (Music Centre, 5th floor)
13:00–13:45 Library tour in english, Töölö campus library (Agora, in front of the library’s entrance, Music Centre)
Wednesday 20.8.2025
Individual study planning meetings (á 30 min.), S5117 (Music Centre, 5th floor)
- 09:00 Knubis
- 09:30 Haapamäki
- 10:00 Rantala
- 10:30 Sievers
- 11:00 Mast
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
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
10–12 Student Tutor Meeting (Music Centre, 5th floor)
- Olavi Stanek, student tutor
- Music Centre tour
- Other program TBA
11–13 Study services’ drop-in hours, SibA info desk (Music Centre)
Assistance in questions regarding attendance, paper certificates, HSL forms etc.
12–12:45 Lunch at the student cafeteria (Music Centre)
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
Tuesday 26.8.2025
10:00 Jazz theory exam, S5117 (Music Centre, 5th floor)
13:00 Jazz Ear Training 1 exam, S5117 (Music Centre, 5th floor)
Wednesday 27.8.2025
9–17 Specific schedule for this day will be published later