Lifelong enjoyment of music

The Lappeenranta Music Institute

The Lappeenranta Music Institute is situated in the center of the City Of Lappeenranta. We offer music studies at the following levels: elementary, basic, and music institute.

The Music Institute works in close cooperation with Lappenranta’s educational system featuring special music classes from the Third to Ninth grades. Other local partners are Sonja Tammela dance school, Lappeenranta school of visual arts for young children, Lappeenranta city theater, and the Lappeenranta city orchestra.

The Music Institute’s faculty has in excess of 50 teachers. The student body is presently 800 students – 300 of them attend preschool groups. Our curriculum is based on national guidelines issued by the Finnish National Board of Education.

We offer instrumental studies in 24 instruments. In addition to instrumental studies, our curriculum includes music theory studies for all on the basic and music institute levels. Chamber music groups, student orchestras, choirs, bands and other music projects are also an essential part of the studies.