Application deadline December 2nd 2013 at 16:00, for the program for 2014-2015
Konserttikeskus (Concert Centre Finland) offers school concerts in all Finland funded mainly by Finnish Ministry of Education and Finnish Music Foundation (MES). More information including musicians�fees below.
To apply you need to fill in an application form at http://www.konserttikeskus.fi/fi/esiintyjat/esiintyjahaku_2013
As an attachment you need to send a 5 minutes compilation of a concert which can also be a link to a video found in internet. It should give an idea of the content, artistic quality and the communication skills of the performers in front of a target audience. More information in Finnish at http://www.konserttikeskus.fi/fi/esiintyjat/esiintyjahaku_2013
Konserttikeskus (Concert Centre Finland in English, Konsertcentralen in Swedish) is a non-profit association established in 1963. Its aim is to arrange tours of high-quality concert programmes in a wide variety all over Finland, mainly in public schools and kindergartens. Konserttikeskus also creates own concert productions and develops new forms and concepts for musicians to meet children and young people.
In addition to concerts music related workshops are an important part of the activities.
Konserttikeskus is funded by the Finnish Ministry of Education and the Finnish Music Foundation (MES) as well as some minor sources. Konserttikeskus had an annual expenditure of 1 100 000 EUR in 2012.
The number of organized concerts and other events varies annually between 1200 and 1700, with over 200 000 children taking part in the activities of the association.
At the beginning of each year the programme committee of Konserttikeskus consisting of six members chooses new music groups for the following season. A producer develops each new programme together with the musicians before the tours begin. The number of programmes for each season is around 40 and they show a large variety in style and genre.
Konserttikeskus started a new way for arranging tours “Concert to every school” as a pilot project in 2008 following the Norwegian and Danish school concert models. All pupils of nearly 60 municipalities can annually enjoy a school concert at the moment, the total number being over 90 000. The state’s Finland Art Award was conferred to the project in November 2009.
Concert Centre Finland has co-operation with other countries being an associate member of Jeunesses Musicales International (www.jmi.net) and a member of the Nordic Network for School Concerts (www.nordkon.net).
Musicians� payments in different groups 2013-2014
word list for this:
esiintyj� – performer
konsertti – concert
henkil� � person
ty�p�iv�, kolme konserttia � work day, three concerts
1 esiintyj�: 148 �/konsertti (148,00 �/henkil�); 483,96 �/ty�p�iv�, kolme konserttia
2 esiintyj��: 236 �/konsertti (118,00 �/henkil�); 771,72 �/ty�p�iv�, kolme konsertti (385,86 �/henkil�)
3 esiintyj��: 292,50 �/konsertti (97,50 �/henkil�); 956,48 �/ty�p�iv� (318,83 �/henkil�)
4 esiintyj��: 374 �/konsertti (93,50 �/henkil�); 1.222,98 �/ty�p�iv� (305,75 �/henkil�)
5 esiintyj��: 445 �/konsertti (89,00 �/henkil�); 1.455,15 �/ty�p�iv� (291,03 �/henkil�)
6 esiintyj��: 510 �/konsertti (85,00 �/henkil�); 1.667,70 �/ty�p�iv� (277,95 �/henkil�)
