The Global Music Centre is one of Finland’s musical institutions. Its key task is to collect, record and distribute information about musical cultures from around the world. The Centre aims to increase understanding among listeners, researchers and music-makers of the individual and collective values in music, and of the importance of music as a means of communicating and strengthening identity. Thus the Centre aims to promote understanding between people across cultural boundaries, through music. Equality and respect for others are basic values in the work of the Centre.
The activities of the Global Music Centre are funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture.
The Global Music Centre operates in collaboration with KSL Civic Association for Adult Learning, the Finnish Society for Ethnomusicology, the Finnish Society of Composers and Lyricists and the Finnish Labour Museum Werstas.
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The Autumn term course selection of the Open University of the Uniarts Helsinki has been published on our website. You may also apply to some autumn term courses already. Registration for the courses will begin on the 4th and end either on the 16th (courses integrated with Uniarts degree studies) or 24th August, 2022 (courses organised by Open Uni).
Viime vuosina suomalaisella mediakentällä on käyty vilkasta keskustelua musiikkielämästä ja tasa-arvosta. Taideyliopiston Historiafoorumi, Tutkimusyhdistys Suoni ry sekä Sibelius-Akatemian tohtorikoulut DocMus ja Mutri järjestävät yhteisvoimin kolmatta kertaa musiikkia ja sukupuolta käsittelevät tutkimuspäivät Musiikkitalossa, Helsingissä 23.–24.1.2023.
Esitelmäehdotuksia voi lähettää 1.10.2022 saakka.
Helsinki, Friday, September 9th 2022
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
This seminar aims to bring together researchers and musicians whose work involves crossing national, cultural, social and/or musical borders. Please register by August 19th.
The Global Music Centre is hosting a discussion event aimed at listening to musicians. The aim to find out about their needs and thoughts concerning the state of the music field in Finland, about diversity, challenges and how to make Finland a better place for musicians. We’ll hear from musicians with native languages other than Finnish and discuss how immigrant musicians in particular see opportunities in the Finnish music scene.
The event begins with a presentation by manager Minna Huuskonen entitled “How to build an international career” and continues with a panel discussion on the theme of ”How can we make Finland a better place for musicians”.
Every year Making Tracks selects eight Fellows via our open call for artists. Applicants are asked to write about their musical background and interests, as well as provide some other basic information, including samples of their solo and collaborative work. We are open to different genres, but specifically interested in music with direct or implicit connections to cultural traditions and heritage, as well as environmentally-engaged artists working with soundscape field recordings or sound art.
The deadline for applications is the 19th June.
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