Sibelius Academy's Junior Academy

About this programme

The Junior Academy is a platform for future professionals of music. You can apply to study classical, jazz, folk or Global Music. Why study here? The Junior Academy is a national programme, which prepares talented and motivated young music students for studies in a higher education institution. It functions as a part of the University of the Arts Helsinki’s Sibelius Academy, in which teaching, artistic activity, and research form an interactive university-level learning environment. The goal of the Junior Academy is to introduce musically gifted children and teenagers to a high-level music community at a young age. About the studies Junior Academy students have either a main instrument or a major subject. Main instruments in classical music: woodwind and brass instruments (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, saxophone, French horn, trumpet, trombone, baritone horn, tuba) percussion harp piano kantele guitar accordion organ voice string instruments (violin, viola, cello, double bass) period instruments of early music (wind instrument, string instrument, harpsichord or lute) Main subjects: Global Music Folk Music Jazz Music Composition Music Theory Besides studies in either a main subject or a main instrument, you will also study structural awareness of music and ensemble playing. You will also have the chance to receive tuition in the other fields represented at the Sibelius Academy. You will give at least one public performance per academic year (for example, in a matinee organised by the Junior Academy), and the performance will be assessed by the Academy. You will complete studies based on a personal study plan that you will compile with the Junior Academy teacher and/or the head of the department. The study plan will take into consideration not only the objectives of music education, but also the learning objectives of elementary and secondary education. The primary purpose of the Junior Academy is to prepare students for future music studies on a higher education level at the Sibelius Academy or some other higher education institution. Read more on the Uniarts Helsinki web pages