Orchestra Academy
The Tampere Orchestra Academy is a collaboration between TAMK Music, the Tampere Conservatoire, and the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra. Through a strong connection to professional working life, students receive training in orchestral playing, audition preparation, and performance. Teaching mainly takes place at the Tampere Music Academy, located on TAMK’s main campus. The annual orchestra period included in the collaboration is organized together with the Tampere Philharmonic at Tampere Hall. The teachers, or coaches, are the principal players and musicians of the Tampere Philharmonic. The Orchestra Academy provides active instruction throughout the entire academic year.
Read more about the Orchestra Academy.
TAMK Symphony
TAMK Symphony is a symphony orchestra for TAMK Music students. Its repertoire covers a wide range of classical symphonic literature, contemporary music, oratorios, and opera. The orchestra also performs as a large entertainment orchestra and presents baroque programs, making use of TAMK’s extensive baroque string instrument collection.
The orchestra is conducted by Lecturer in Orchestral Conducting, Dimas Ruiz Santos. In addition, lecturers Markus Yli-Jokipii and Tuomas Turriago also conduct the ensemble. Guest conductors have included Leif Segerstam, Ville Matvejeff, Huba Hollokòi, Tomas Djupsjöbacka, and Jan Söderblom.
TAMK Sinfonia performs several times each year, both in its own concerts and in collaborative productions.
TAMK Puhaltajat
TAMK Puhaltajat is a wind ensemble which performs in different compositions from a quintet to a wind orchestra. The Finnish Defence Forces’ military bands are one of its cooperation partners.
TAMK Modern
TAMK Modern is a new music ensemble which performs in different compositions from a couple of musicians to a chamber orchestra. TAMK’s music theory pedagogy students who specialise in composition are in charge of its repertoire.
TAMK Opera
TAMK’s opera activities consist of chamber opera productions, the opera studio, as well as large-scale opera productions staged every couple of years. Recent productions have included Tuomas Turriago’s Prinsessa Papupata, Puccini’s Suor Angelica, Jukka Linkola’s Moomin Opera, Haydn’s Il mondo della luna, and Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress.
TAMK Musical Theatre
An expressive and energetic ensemble of singers and musicians formed by TAMK’s Music Theatre students. Each year, TAMK Musical Theatre stages its own musical productions as well as joint productions in collaboration with professional theatres. In addition, musical concerts and student-led showcase evenings provide plenty of stage opportunities for enthusiastic performers.
In recent years, large-scale productions have included Little Women, Songs for a New World, Spring Awakening, Hair, Godspell, Loving Madly, Three Jolly Robbers, and the world premiere of the musical Spiraali.
Chamber choir Näsi
The Chamber Choir Näsi, founded in 1999, is a mixed choir consisting of professional musicians and experienced amateurs. Näsi is renowned for its unified sound and performs with both ambition and great passion. The choir gives regular concerts in Tampere and the surrounding region. In addition to its own performances, the choir contributes to the teaching at TAMK Music by serving as the ensemble for advanced conducting examinations and by assisting in large-scale productions.
Discover more about the activities of Chamber Choir Näsi.
Tampere Cappella
Tampere Cappella, TAMK Music’s partner choir, is a chamber choir founded in 2015 and made up of professional musicians. The choir’s vocal ensemble serves as a training instrument for TAMK’s conducting students, while TAMK’s vocal students have the opportunity to gain professional choir experience during joint rehearsal periods with Tampere Cappella. The choir’s Artistic Director is Markus Yli-Jokipii, Lecturer in Choral Conducting at TAMK Music.