Finnish Music Campus

Finnish Music Campus is a music educational collaboration consisting of three different organisations: JAMK Degree Program in Music, Jyväskylä University Department of Music, Jyväskylä College Music and Dance Department. The three music education facilities are located in close proximity thus physically forming the Music Campus. The three organisation collaborate in music education and research as well as producing musical concerts and performances.
"Experiences from toddlers to grandpas, musical playschool to PhD."

Objectives

• To develop music education in Jyväskylä
• To improve music students’ employment opportunities
• To build co-operation between music education and business life
• To be an internationally recognised music educational collaboration.

Result

A new model to develop and deepen music education in Jyväskylä by means of combining and overlapping education among different organisations. Board of Finnish Music Campus exists consisting of personnel from every organisation thus enabling collaborative decision making. Unified visual appearance and a web page musiikkikampus.fi (in Finnish). There are also courses open for all students of the Music Campus.

Deliveries

Development of courses, development of study paths, marketing of the Music Campus, organization of events, development of communication. A theme week full of various musical performances called "MusiSoiva Kampus". Organised in April 2010 and 2011.

Target group

Music students and staff of three educational institutions, i.e. JAMK, the University of Jyväskylä and Jyväskylä Educational Consortium.

Period of implementation

01.09.2002 – 28.02.2006 (Finnish Music Campus -project)
01.01.2008 – 31.12.2010 (Developing of Music Campus project)

Budget and financing

2002-2006 EUR 486,400. European Social Fund, the implementer and the City of Jyväskylä
2008-2010 EUR 188,000. Ministry of Education and Culture, JAMK, JYU, JAO.

Partners

Finnish Music Campus was coordinated by JAMK University of Applied Sciences. Active partners: University of Jyväskylä and Jyväskylä Educational Consortium

Further information:

Petri Jussila, project manager
+358 40 542 0685, firstname.lastname@jamk.fi

Keywords

Regional, culture, music, education, development