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Researcher · Music Educator · Singer · Improviser
Eeva Siljamäki is a University Lecturer in Music Didactics at the University of Helsinki, as well as a singer, improviser, and pedagogue. She also teaches and lectures internationally, including at the University of Agder in Norway.
Her work brings together music education, improvisation, and socially engaged artistic practice, with particular expertise in vocal improvisation and collaborative music-making.
Her research explores how musical and artistic practices can foster creative agency, inclusion, equity, safety, and well-being. She is particularly interested in the relational and pedagogical conditions that enable meaningful participation, creative expression, and collaboration.
Alongside her research, she develops artistic and pedagogical approaches grounded in listening, embodiment, improvisation, and collective creativity.
Siljamäki holds a Doctor of Music degree in Music Education (with distinction) from the Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki. She also holds a Master of Culture and Arts degree in Cultural and Media Entrepreneurship from Turku University of Applied Sciences and a Master of Music degree in Music Education from the Sibelius Academy.
Dr Siljamäki currently leads a Kone Foundation-funded research and development project examining how artistic and pedagogical practices can strengthen equity, safety, and well-being in school communities.
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Contact: eevasilja (at) gmail.com
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