Global Music Student Presentations
The Little Worlds We Hold: Shaping artistic identity through co-facilitating a community engagement project
Presenters: Vija Anna Moore, Kärt Tambet
This study, written by Vija Moore and Kärt Tambet, has been conducted to gain greater understanding of how we as musicians are affected by working in community-based contexts with music. In this study we deconstruct a project that consisted of two different parts. The first part took place at Sofianlehto Activity Centre, which is a care facility dedicated to providing day activities with a multisensory focus that are specially catered to Helsinki residents with multiple disabilities. There we facilitated weekly music sessions with a group of six participants, during which we tried out different approaches of using music as a tool for expression, communication and participation. The second part of the project was the creation of an artistic outcome of the concert “The Little Worlds We Hold” which was a reflection on the experiences and encounters we had at the Sofianlehto Activity Center. The concert was performed for the general public on the 12th of May 2025 as part of the Global Spring festival at the Helsinki Music Centre.
Playing and creating Graphic and text scores: a tool to encourage intercultural and interdisciplinary collaboration
Presenter: Livia Schweizer
Livia Schweizer is a doctoral researcher at the University of the Arts, within the Global Music Department. Her artistic research investigates how text-based and graphic scores can be used to foster creativity and collaboration within diverse and intercultural groups.
Focusing on open scores and alternative notational approaches, Livia explores how different types of scoring can support both individual and collective creative agency, particularly in community-based projects. A central question in her work is how scores can be designed to encourage creative participation in group settings and nurture collective creativity.
Her doctoral research includes collaborations with musicians and artists in Finland and Brazil. In this talk, Livia will share few thoughts on the role of artistic research in academia and open a conversation on how the work of an artistic researcher can bring new insights on the significance of art and music in society from multiple cultural and social perspectives.
The Little Worlds We Hold: Shaping artistic identity through co-facilitating a community engagement project
Presenters: Vija Anna Moore, Kärt Tambet
This study, written by Vija Moore and Kärt Tambet, has been conducted to gain greater understanding of how we as musicians are affected by working in community-based contexts with music. In this study we deconstruct a project that consisted of two different parts. The first part took place at Sofianlehto Activity Centre, which is a care facility dedicated to providing day activities with a multisensory focus that are specially catered to Helsinki residents with multiple disabilities. There we facilitated weekly music sessions with a group of six participants, during which we tried out different approaches of using music as a tool for expression, communication and participation. The second part of the project was the creation of an artistic outcome of the concert “The Little Worlds We Hold” which was a reflection on the experiences and encounters we had at the Sofianlehto Activity Center. The concert was performed for the general public on the 12th of May 2025 as part of the Global Spring festival at the Helsinki Music Centre.
Playing and creating Graphic and text scores: a tool to encourage intercultural and interdisciplinary collaboration
Presenter: Livia Schweizer
Livia Schweizer is a doctoral researcher at the University of the Arts, within the Global Music Department. Her artistic research investigates how text-based and graphic scores can be used to foster creativity and collaboration within diverse and intercultural groups.
Focusing on open scores and alternative notational approaches, Livia explores how different types of scoring can support both individual and collective creative agency, particularly in community-based projects. A central question in her work is how scores can be designed to encourage creative participation in group settings and nurture collective creativity.
Her doctoral research includes collaborations with musicians and artists in Finland and Brazil. In this talk, Livia will share few thoughts on the role of artistic research in academia and open a conversation on how the work of an artistic researcher can bring new insights on the significance of art and music in society from multiple cultural and social perspectives.