Summer course 2026
The Helsinki Early Music Society organizes an annual early music summer course. Early music enthusiasts from Finland and other countries gather together to enjoy early music. The course is aimed at everyone interested in performing early music. We welcome participants with different backgrounds, including young students of music institutes, people playing just for fun, professional students, teachers of music institutes or professional musicians playing modern instruments.
The participants will receive both private lessons on their own instrument and tuition in ensembles. Individual lessons are offered in one instrument only. If you want to play other instruments, you may do so in ensembles. The ensembles receiving tuition will be created before the course by using the information given in the registration forms. In addition, there are bigger groups where everyone can take part: The Medieval group, the Renaissance orchestra, the Baroque orchestra and the choir.
The next summer course will be 20.-26.7.2026 at Muurlan Opisto.
Tuition will be offered in the following subjects:
- Baroque violin / Anna Pohjola
- Singing / Veikko Kiiver
- Harpsichord / Elina Mustonen
- Lute, theorbo / Niklas Mellberg
- Recorder / Pekka Silén, Janek Öller
- Renaissance reeds (shawm, dulcian, krummhorn) / Bernhard Stilz
If you don’t have your own instrument, it is possible to borrow one. Please contact the organizers, we will give you the contact information of your teacher. In case you are interested in playing an early music instrument not shown in the list above, you are welcome to the course, but we recommend to contact the organizers.
Course fee
The course fee is 645 eur including tuition and meals (breakfast, lunch, afternoon coffee and dinner). If you stay elsewhere, you can leave out the breakfast. Then the fee is 588 eur.
The accommodation fee depends on the accommodation option.
- three person room in the main building 174 eur
- 3-4 person room in Muurlan tupa (shower in another building) 132 eur
- double room in the main building 234 eur (only a few rooms)
The bed linen are not included. You can bring your own or rent at 10 eur/week.
Evening snack is available at extra fee, 48 eur.
If you wish higher quality accommodation, you can take up a hotel from Salo, a small city about ten kilometers from Muurla. Muurlan opisto has negotiated a special room price from Sokos Hotel Rikala in Salo.
- single room 124€/night
- double room 140€/night
Please do the reservation directly from the hotel using the reservation code BMUURLA2026.
Registration
The registration will begin on the 1st of April 2026 and will end on the 31st of May 2026.
Sorry, the singing class is full! You can sign into the waiting list.
Invoicing
The course fee will be invoiced by Muurlan Opisto before the course.
Cancellation policy
If the cancellation happens before 31.5. 2026, no expenses are charged. If cancellation happens three weeks before the course starts, 50 % of the course fee is charged. Later, the whole course fee will be charged. With a medical certificate, the whole fee minus 50,00 € for office expenses is returned.
More information
In case you want to have more information on the musical details or arrangements of the course, please contact the course organizers by e-mail (kesakurssi@cmah.org) or by phone (+358 50 598 7661 / Armi Temmes).
If you have questions about accommodation and meals, please contact Muurlan Opisto toimisto@muurlanopisto.fi
+358 44 758 1500.