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As a music educator I have always been interested in creating new initiatives and musical practices that highlight diverse voices, experiences, needs and wishes of my students.

I have over 20 years of experience in working as a music teacher/educator in multiple contexts from basic education to extra curriculum music schools in Finland. Since 1999 I have worked as a leading music teacher (responsible for music education) at Espoo Adult Centre, the second biggest Adult Education Centre in Finland. Two times I have been awarded as the adult educator of the year (2004, 2014). 

 

Having graduated from the Sibelius Academy (Master of Music) I have also worked as an associate lecturer at the Uniarts Helsinki as 1) a pedagogical adviser for music education student teachers, since 2002, 2) a lecturer in music pedagogical studies since 2002 and 3) associate lecturer for Learn-Finnish-by-Singing in collaboration with L2 Finnish as a second lecturers at Uniarts (Sibelius Academy, Theatre Academy and Fine Arts) academy since 2022.

 

Choirs have always played a particular role for me as a musician, music educator, and finally as a researcher, too. I have conducted and grounded a variety of choirs from children to senior and from those-who-think-they-can`t-sing to professional choirs in formal and informal contexts. At the moment, I am focusing on multicultural choirs in which musical and linguistic activities are intertwined with embodied and multisensory approaches.

I'm music educator, choir conductor and doctoral researcher   at Mutri doctoral school of Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki. 

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