Kuopio Senior High School of Music and Dance ( fi, Kuopion yhteiskoulun musiikkilukio) was a specialized
high school for music and dance which was founded in 1968. The dance curriculum was started in 1983. The high school was the first specialized senior high of
Finnish high schools, which specialized in music and dance. The school gained the name Kuopion yhteiskoulun musiikkilukio in 1995. In 2015, the high school merged with
Minna Canth
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Senior High School to form (Kuopion taidelukio Lumit).
Naturally students could get the standard
Finnish upper secondary school education in preparation for the matriculation examination, including mathematics, languages, sciences, history etc. The music curriculum gave insights into Music Theory and Music History, as well as instrumental/group/orchestra/choir work. Dancers had the choice of taking classical ballet classes as well as modern dance. The high school had approximately 230 students, and about half of them came from outside
Kuopio
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.
Associated schools
Close cooperation with nearby gave the students greater chances to study there. The classes completed in the conservatory or in the high school were valid in both institutions when applicable, and thus they could be counted among the necessary 75 classes for the completion of the upper secondary school. At least 12 of 75 classes had to be music or dance classes.
The school also cooperated with Kuopio Conservatoire,
Sibelius Academy's Kuopio unit and
Petrozavodsk's Art School number 1. Senior high was one part of unique education chain of music, which went all the way from kindergarten to Doctor's qualification.
Artist of the Year
Artist of the Year is a diploma that was awarded every year to one former student who had made a great public career. The student had to have attended the Kuopio Senior High School of Music and Dance and had to have taken the Matriculation Examination there in order to be eligible.
The Artists of the Year:
* 2001 Musician
Sari Kaasinen
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* bn, শাড়ি, śāṛi, translit-std=ISO
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* 2002 Dancer-choreographer
* 2003 Piano artist
Mikael Kemppainen
* 2004 Musician
Erja Lyytinen
Erja Lyytinen (born July 7, 1976 in Kuopio, Finland) is a Finnish vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter.
Youth, studies and influences
Erja Lyytinen began playing the guitar when she was 15 years old. Around the same time, she started writing h ...
* 2005 Director-choreographer
Minna Vainikainen
* 2006 Playwright
* 2007 Musician
Marko Hietala
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* 2008 Musician
* 2009 Dancer and dancer
Liisa Ruuskanen
* 2010 Musician
Paula Vesala
Other former students of the high school
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Jenni Vartiainen
References
External links
Kuopio Senior High School of Music and Dance
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Music schools in Finland
Secondary schools in Finland
Educational institutions established in 1968
Educational institutions disestablished in 2015
Senior High School of Music and Dance