Music-focused teaching

Tuusula offers specialised teaching in sports coaching and music.

All pupils at Riihikallio School receive a varied and effective music education. Particular emphasis is placed on music in grades 3–9.

At Riihikallio School, weighted music education is implemented in the form of classes in grades 3–6. Pupils in weighted music education have four weekly lessons in primary school. When they move on to secondary school, pupils studying under the emphasised music curriculum have three lessons per week in Year 7, which is one lesson more than the compulsory music lessons in Year 7. In grades 8 and 9, the music emphasis is implemented as a compulsory elective course in arts and crafts, with two lessons per week in both grades. This means that pupils in the weighted music programme will have a total of seven weekly lessons of music in grades 7–9 of lower secondary school. In addition to music lessons, pupils in the weighted music programme participate annually in the organisation of the music classes’ spring concert, for which rehearsal time is reserved during breaks, for example.

Music lessons, performances and concerts offer diverse musical experiences for students in weighted-curriculum programmes, guiding them towards long-term work, providing performance skills and memorable moments for both performers and audiences. Daily schoolwork is carried out in cooperation with parallel classes.

Application

Second-year pupils residing in the municipality of Tuusula can apply for music-focused education. Pupils are selected for music-focused education on the basis of a test. The test is held in March, and information about it is provided through the pupils’ own schools. In addition, third and sixth-grade pupils at Riihikallio School who are enrolled in the specialised music programme will take part in a music class tour at the beginning of the spring term to showcase the specialised music education offered at Riihikallio School.

Sixth-grade pupils in Tuusula can apply for weighted music education in upper secondary school by contacting the music teacher or head teacher at Riihikallio School and arranging a test date.

Aptitude test

The weighted music test for second-year pupils consists of solo singing, a voluntary instrumental performance, a melody and rhythm repetition task, a pitch discrimination task, a melody repetition task and an improvisation task.

In order to pass the tests and be admitted to the music-focused programme, students do not need to have any music studies other than those provided by the school.

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