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Audience Outreach

Tapiola Sinfonietta's small ensembles perform in public spaces in Espoo, such as health centers, schools, and hospitals. The orchestra also offers interactive concerts for its sponsored children and schoolchildren, among others.

Tapiola Sinfonietta is one of the first Finnish orchestras to establish audience outreach as part of the orchestra's activities and the musicians' job description. All musicians in the orchestra are involved in audience outreach, and their music reaches all age groups in Espoo, from newborns to the elderly.

In the 2025–2026 season, a new round of godchild activities was launched in the form of concerts for babies. These concerts, aimed at expectant parents, featured live music under the direction of music educators Heidi Tamperi and Elisa Seppänen.

Small ensembles from the orchestra will perform extensively in Espoo's primary and secondary schools as part of the KULPS concert series and in early childhood education through the Kulttuurikurkkaus program. Hospital and care musicians will visit nursing homes, hospitals, and special groups.

In autumn 2025 Muskariparkki was launched, a form of audience engagement linked to the After Work concerts, where children can be brought free of charge to a music play school organized by the Espoo Music Institute during the concert. The content of the play school is partly related to the evening's concert program.

Through audience outreach, Tapiola Sinfonietta's music is played for everyone!

Synnyn: hiilipiirros odottavista vanhemmista.

Godchildren

Tapiola Sinfonietta offers a unique musical journey for the youngest members of the family – even before they are born. The BIRTH concerts in spring 2026 invited expectant families to take part in an engaging godchild programme that continues from infancy through to toddlerhood. In May 2027, the godchild programme continues with baby concerts.

Hassan Maikal, Artist-in-Residence for Audience Engagement

In autumn 2026, Tapiola Sinfonietta will embark on a unique artistic collaboration with the artist Hassan Maikal. The aim of the collaboration is to establish a new kind of long-term artist-in-residence programme focused on audience engagement, in which the artist meets young people where they are: at youth centres, within their own communities, on social media and, ultimately, in concert halls.
Hassan ja orkesterin neljä muusikkoa ulkotilassa.
Klarinetin ja oboen soittajat soittavat nauraen.

Culture Buddy

Would you like to go and see a concert, but find the idea of going on your own a bit dreary or awkward? Don’t worry! If you live in Western Uusimaa and are over 65 and looking for a culture companion, you can request one to accompany you to a Tapiola Sinfonietta concert through HyTe’s VESA services.

Muskariparkki

Muskariparkki delights its youngest listeners with music. Held at the Espoo Cultural Center, Muskariparkki is free of charge and offers children aged 3–7 their own musical moment while adults relax at the Tapiola Sinfonietta's After Work concert.
Muskariparkin soittimet
Kuvassa lapset jänis- ja oravapuvussa sekä aikuinen vihreässä asussa tanssivat ja taustalla orkesteri soittaa.

KULPS Concerts

The Tapiola Sinfonietta’s KULPS concerts are free of charge for schools in Espoo. The orchestra’s concerts are part of the ‘Mielin määrin’ programme, which allows schools to attend one or more concerts free of charge during the school year.

Hospital musicians

The Tapiola Sinfonietta’s hospital musicians perform regularly in hospitals and care homes in Espoo, bringing music to those who are unable to attend a concert hall themselves. The music performed in patients’ rooms and communal areas supports the wellbeing of patients, their relatives and care staff, and has a positive impact on the atmosphere in care facilities. In addition, the orchestra develops digital content for older people, so that music can be part of everyday life even outside concert halls.
Pienkokoonpano jammailee soittimillaan, kuvassa vihreä sävy.