Orientation Programme: Folk Music
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 14 September 2026.
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 17.8.2026
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 18.8.2026
11:00–12 Welcome new students to study in the Folk Music department. Helsinki Music Centre, room S7104.
12:00–13 Lunch at the Helsinki Music Centre’s student restaurant.
13:00 Getting to know the Helsinki Music Centre and the Folk Music facilities with a student tutor.
Wednesday 19.8.2026
10–12 Exchange students’ orientation session, Organo (Music Centre)*
Target group: exchange students
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 20.8.2026
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 University’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 21.8.2026
09:00-12:00 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.
13:00-15:30 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 24.8.2026
Repertoire workshop – course is mandatory for new bachelor and master degree students. Music Centre, classroom S7104.
9:30–12 teaching
12–13 lunch
13–15:30 teaching
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 25.8.2026
Repertoire workshop – course is mandatory for new bachelor and master degree students. Music Centre, classroom S7104.
9:30–12 teaching
12–13 lunch
13–15:30 teaching
Wednesday 26.8.2026
15:00 Library tour, Töölö campus library (Agora, in front of the library’s entrance, Music Centre)* (Introduction tour in English, tour in Finnish at 14.00) Meeting in front of the library.
16:00 Tour in the Folk Music department’s library and archive. Meeting in front of the library.
Thursday 27.8.2026
Day off
Friday 28.8.2026
09–14 Introduction to Folk Big Band in Class S7104 at the Helsinki Music Centre. The course is compulsory for bachelor’s and master’s students.
https://opinto-opas.uniarts.fi/en/course/S-FM5A_24/16693
31.8.-2.9. 2026 Folk music “Juurilla” camp in Kallio-Kuninkala. More information will be sent to your email about the camp in August.