Orientation Programme: Winds, Percussion and Harp
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
*10–17 Joint day for wind instruments, percussion, harp and strings.*
Venues: Helsinki Music Centre: Sonore and Nervanderinkatu 13: N-K55
Bring your own instruments!
Program of the day:
10–11:45 Sonore, Starting together, getting to know each other (facilitators Nora Akselin and Matleena Kohonen)
11:45–13 Informal lunch
13–14:30 Sonore: Strings department, Nervanderinkatu 13, N-K55: Winds, percussion and harp (Head of department Petri Alanko, planning officer Tiina Tuomikoski and student tutors Dženifera Dinbire-Zujeva, Marika Kostecka and Hilla Ruotsala)
14:30–15 Coffee break
15–17 Sonore, Orchestral playing, conducted by Petri Komulainen
(17:15 Outdoor activities on/around the shore of Töölönlahti Bay or free socializing?)
Wednesday 19.8.2026
10–11 Structural Awareness of Music information session, in English: Agora (Music Centre)
Target group: bachelor’s students
11–12 Structural Awareness of Music teachers available to answer questions, in English: Agora (Music Centre)
Target group: bachelor’s students
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
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 University’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, Black Box (Music Centre)*
- Practical information
- Cultural orientation
Target group: new international students and exchange students
Friday 21.8.2026
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
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 24.8.2026
09:30–12.15 Preparatory unit in structural awareness of music, R-430
Target group: separately invited bachelor’s students
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
12:00-13:00 Library tour for Masters’ students and Exchange students (in English), Töölö campus library (Agora, in front of the library’s entrance, Music Centre)*
13:00-14:00 Library tour for Bachelor students and Exchange students, Töölö campus library (Agora, in front of the library’s entrance, Music Centre)*
Tuesday 25.8.2026
09:30–12.15 Preparatory unit in structural awareness of music, R-430
Target group: separately invited bachelor’s students
Wednesday 26.8.2026
09:30–12.15 Preparatory unit in structural awareness of music, R-430
Target group: separately invited bachelor’s students
Thursday 27.8.2026
09:30–12.15 Preparatory unit in structural awareness of music, R-430
Target group: separately invited bachelor’s students
Friday 28.8.2026
09:30–11.00 Preparatory unit in structural awareness of music, R-430
Target group: separately invited bachelor’s students