ABOUT MY TEACHING
I have worked as a folk music pedagogue for over 20 years in music schools and the Sibelius Academy in Finland, as well as in other European countries and as an online teacher in Japan.
In my folk singing teaching I specialize in Eastern European (mainly Finno-Ugric and Bulgarian) folk vocal production, polyphony, and folk singing ornamentation.
I combine auditory learning, body rhythms, and improvisation. I also apply vocal methods such as Estill and Balance in Phonation to discover a healthy way to sing folk music.
From 2010 I've been conducting Kukuvitsa folk singing choir in Helsinki.
In my kantele teaching I teach all the kantele types from small kanteles to concert kantele. In particular, I teach Karelian kantele improvisation and song accompaniment on the kantele. I also teach Perhonjoki laakso style with big kantele.
I graduated from the Sibelius Academy as a teacher of kantele and folk singing (2011). I have a degree in pedagogy from the University of Helsinki (Teacher's Pedagogical Studies, 2010).