Indbydelse til NOMU´s årsmöde i Pori,
Finland 13.03 – 15.03 2026
Nu er der igen tid til Nordisk Orkestermusik Unions årsmöde. I forbindelse med National Wind Music Days in Pori har vi valgt at holde mødet i Pori, Finland.
Som I kan se i programmet for event’en er den fyldt med mange spændende indslag. Der findes også info om bilettpas samt hotel og overnatning. De respektive medlemsorganisationer bestiller selv rejse, billetter samt overnatning.
NOMU’s representantskabsmøde er om lørdagen den 14. marts kl. 14.30 til 16.30
Tilmelding til representantskabsmøde sker til formand@nomu.info senest 30. Jan. 2026
See detailed program next page.
Wind Music Days 2026 – Pori
Event Information
Dates: 12 March 2026, 6:30 PM – 15 March 2026, 3:00 PM
Venue: Palmgren Conservatory
Rautatienpuistokatu 7, 28130 Pori, Finland
You are warmly welcome to the National Wind Music Days in Pori – the cradle of jazz and the
Wind Music Capital of 2026! Ahead lies an inspiring and immersive weekend that brings together amateurs, students, and professionals from all over Finland.
The programme includes numerous concerts, diverse lectures, training sessions, and workshops – not forgetting reunions with old friends, the creation of new contacts, fruitful networking, and Nordic cooperation. Welcome to be inspired, to learn, and to enjoy the wonderful world of wind music. See you in Pori on 13–15 March 2026!
Kind regards,
Markku Ollila
Chairperson
Satakunta Wind Music Association
Phone: +358 44 701 5414
Email: markku.ollila@edupori.fi
Wind Music Days Passes
Wind Music Days Pass (3 days)
Price until 31 January 2026: €105
Price from 1 February 2026: €120
The pass includes access to all training sessions and concerts, as well as lunch on Friday.
Friday Pass – €75
Valid on Friday only.
Includes all training sessions and concerts, as well as lunch.
The National Wind Music Days take place on Friday 13 March at the Palmgren Conservatory
(Rautatienpuistokatu 7) and on Saturday 14 March – Sunday 15 March at the Promenadi Centre
(Yrjönkatu 17).
Hotel Information and Accommodation Offers
Original Sokos Hotel Vaakuna Pori
Gallen-Kallelankatu 7, 28100 Pori
Accommodation for the period 12–15 March 2026
Standard rooms:
€90 / single room / night
€110 / double room / night
Extra bed €20 / room / night
Superior rooms:
€110 / single room / night
€130 / double room / night
Extra bed €20 / room / night
Prices include breakfast, access to the customer sauna, and use of the fitness facilities.
Reservations via www.sokoshotels.fi, by email at sales.pori@sokoshotels.fi, or by phone +358 29
004 2002 using booking code BUHALLIN2026.
Hotel & Restaurant Amado
Keskusaukio 2, 28130 Pori, Finland
https://amado.fi
Sales: +358 (0)2 631 0113
Reception: +358 (0)2 631 0100
€75 / night / single room
€100 / night / double room
€125 / night / triple room
The price includes accommodation and buffet breakfast.
Booking code: PUHALLINPAIVAT
Discounted rooms are available until 5 March 2026, subject to availability.
Scandic Pori
Itsenäisyydenkatu 41, FI-28100 Pori
Direct: +358 300 308424
Email: pori@scandichotels.com
Website: scandichotels.fi/pori
Discounted rooms can be booked directly via the following link using booking code EVNT. Rooms
are available according to the hotel’s availability, no later than 10 days before arrival. Scandic
Friends members are also encouraged to check available loyalty offers.
Programme
Thursday 12 March 2026 | 6:30–8:30 PM
Jazz-Flavoured Prelude to the Wind Music Days
Pori Sinfonietta
Erkki Lasonpalo, conductor
Jukka Eskola, trumpet
Programme:
Alfred Schnittke: Suite in the Old Style
Marzi Nyman: Trumpet Concerto
Arthur Honegger: Symphony No. 4 “Delights of Basel”
NOTE: This concert is not included in the Wind Music Days Pass. Ticket price will be announced
later.
Friday 13 March 2026 | 10:00–12:15
Discussion and Introductions on Recruitment Challenges in Wind Music
Good practices in student recruitment – Markku Ollila
The looper as a tool for instrument teachers – Riku Puumalainen
Special-needs students in instrumental teaching – Mari Vuolahti
Venue: Palmgren Conservatory, Palmgren Hall
Speakers
Riku Puumalainen
Riku Puumalainen is a brass instrument teacher and wind orchestra conductor in Rantasalmi.
He has long been interested in expanding the sound of his instrument using electronic effects.
He has explored the use of loop effects and applies them both as a basis for creating polyphonic pieces with monophonic brass instruments and as a pedagogical tool for a wide range of
purposes, with beginners and advanced students alike. At the Wind Music Days, Riku will
demonstrate different uses of loop effects and explain what teachers need in order to adopt
looping as a pedagogical tool.
Markku Ollila
Markku Ollila is a brass lecturer at the Palmgren Conservatory in Satakunta. He is mainly
responsible for individual instruction of low brass instruments and some wind orchestras. In
addition to his main duties, he conducts the Pori Volunteer Fire Brigade Band and sings in the
Pori Philharmonic Choir and the vocal ensemble Cantica Saeculorum. Outside music, Markku is
an aspiring firefighter and is actively involved in the emergency unit of the Pori Volunteer Fire
Brigade. He is also an enthusiastic association activist, with the National Wind Music Days in
Pori serving as a prime example. The main organiser of the event is the Satakunta Wind Music
Association, founded last spring, of which Ollila is a founding member and chairperson.
Lunch Break
Friday 13 March 2026 | 12:15–1:00 PM
Lunch is included in the Wind Music Days Pass.
Wind Music Activities – Attractiveness and Retention
Friday 13 March 2026 | 1:00–2:15 PM
Presentation of Vaskiakatemia – Tanja Nisonen, Vice Chair
Presentation of Woodwind Academy – Harri Mäki, Coordinator
Escape Room
Friday 13 March 2026 | 2:30–3:30 PM
Location: Orchestra Classroom 2278
Escape room games that have sparked enthusiasm in music history classes are now adapted for
wind orchestras. How is a game designed? What challenges arise when designing a game for a
large ensemble?
Presenter:
Hanna Nikamaa – music pedagogue and Master of Music, teaching horn, wind orchestras, and
musicianship in several Finnish music institutes.
Percussion and Its Use in the Wind Orchestra
Friday 13 March 2026 | 2:30–3:30 PM
Palmgren Hall
Part of the SPOL arranging course
The lecture addresses the functioning and organisation of the percussion section in a wind
orchestra, and what playing in a wind orchestra means from the perspective of a percussionist
and drum set player.
Presenter:
Janne Ikonen – pedagogue, musician, conductor, and composer. He has created approximately
400 compositions and arrangements.
Making Versatile and Inspiring Wind Orchestra Activities Visible on Social Media
Friday 13 March 2026 | 2:30–3:45 PM
How can inspiring and diverse wind music activities be communicated on social media in a way
that reaches new audiences? Group work and collaborative learning.
Workshop leaders: Maija Borén and Tuula Hyystinmäki, training planners at Opintokeskus
Kansalaisfoorumi.
Repertoire Concert – Grade 0–2
Friday 13 March 2026 | 4:00–5:00 PM
Satakunta Youth Orchestras
Conductors: Essi Rae, Jolanda Ojanen
Host: Markku Ollila
Ticket without pass: €10
M.A.M.O. (The Great Animation Music Match)
Friday 13 March 2026 | 6:00–7:30 PM
Palmgren Conservatory, Palmgren Hall
Aura Brass Band & Finnish Navy Band Brass Quintet (V5)
Ticket without pass: €20
Aura Brass Band of the Turku Conservatory aims to promote European brass band culture in
Finland and to encourage both young people and adults to engage with brass music. The
ensemble consists of enthusiastic amateurs as well as professional musicians and students. At
the Wind Music Days, Aura Brass Band performs brass band repertoire as a ceremonial opening
to the Navy Band Brass Quintet’s animation music match.
In the Great Animation Music Match, the Navy Band Brass Quintet performs the most
memorable music from animated films and TV series from Europe, America, and Asia. Music
from Super Mario, Disney classics, and Studio Ghibli comes to life through five brass players and percussion. Additional colour is provided by visiting musicians from the Turku Conservatory.
Come and enjoy the exciting atmosphere and cheer for your favourite!
Friday Jam Session
Friday 13 March 2026 | 9:00–11:00 PM
Hosted by the Pori Big Band, which will perform one set of its own repertoire before the jam
session.
Ticket without pass: €10
Blås så in i Norden! – Project Presentation with Children and Youth (in Swedish)
Saturday 14 March 2026 | 9:30–10:30 AM
Promenadi Centre, Promenadi Hall
Blåsarsymfonikerna has extensive experience in performing and working with young musicians of all ages. Their best-known event is the annual “Instrument Feast”, where 150 musicians aged 10 and up, playing the same instrument, gather for three days of workshops, masterclasses,
seminars, and concerts.
The main purpose of the project Blås så in i Norden! is to create new music for wind players and
to enable ensemble playing at different skill levels, from beginners to advanced musicians. The
project is carried out in Åland and Sweden, with a new Finnish collaboration partner, composer
Ilari Hylkilä.
The session is conducted as a rehearsal with young Finnish wind players, together with
Blåsarsymfonikerna, rehearsing and performing Hylkilä’s new work Nordic Sea Legends
(premiered February 2026) and The Triumph of Light (premiered May 2025 in over ten locations in
Sweden and Åland).
Workshop leader: Emil Eliasson, Chief Conductor and Artistic Director
Presentation: Lena Jakobsson, Executive Producer
The project is funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers.
Morning Matinee
Saturday 14 March 2026 | 11:00–12:00
Blåsarsymfonikerna
Opening Concert – Finnish Navy Band
Saturday 14 March 2026 | 1:00–2:00 PM
Ticket without pass: €25
Jarkko Aaltonen, conductor
Ville Hautakangas, piano
Programme:
Robert W. Smith: Songs of Sailor and Sea
Petri Nieminen: Concerto for Piano and Concert Band in Old Wedding Style
– Prayer
– Dance
– Feast
John Adams (arr. Saucedo): Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Finnish Defence Forces Bands
Saturday 14 March 2026 | 2:15–2:45 PM
Pasi-Heikki Mikkola, Senior Conductor
Repertoire Concert – Grade 4–5
Saturday 14 March 2026 | 3:00–4:00 PM
Symphonic Wind Orchestra Sisu
Conductor: Okko Kivikataja
Soloist: Joel Wendel, tuba
Ticket without pass: €10
Meetings of National Associations
Saturday 14 March 2026 | 4:30–6:30 PM
Further information to follow
Evening Concerts
Saturday 14 March 2026 | 7:00–8:30 PM
PTS Wind Orchestra & Jukka Perko
Ticket without pass: €25
Saturday 14 March 2026 | 9:00–11:00 PM
Kolibri Brass Quintet with soloist Elisa Korhonen
Ticket without pass: €20
Project Presentation
Sunday 15 March 2026 | 9:00–9:30 AM
Satakunta Wind Music Association project presentation
Markku Ollila, Chairperson
Repertoire Concert – Grade 3
Sunday 15 March 2026 | 10:00–11:00 AM
Satakunta Youth Orchestras
Conductors: Essi Rae and Markku Ollila
Ticket without pass: €10
NOMU Presentation
Sunday 15 March 2026 | 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Presenter: Sami Ruusuvuori
Chairperson of SPOL, Board Member of NOMU
Closing Concert
Sunday 15 March 2026 | 1:00–2:00 PM
Ticket without pass: €10
Satapuhallus
Conductor: Markku Ollila