NOTICE! A concert for school groups, also open to other audience. Tickets for school groups 8 € / student, 0 € / teacher with his/her group. Others: standard & pensioners 20 €, students, unemployed, children (3–17 yrs) 12,51 € from Ticketmaster. Duration about 60 min., no intermission.

How to enter: 

Enter your group to the school concert by sending an e-mail to oulusinfonia@ouka.fi no later than on Monday 13th November 2023.

Please include the following information to your e-mail:

• the name of the school
• the contact person: name, e-mail address and telephone number
• how many students and how many teachers does your group include
• does your group include persons with special needs, i. e. wheel chair
• are you paying on arrival or do you prefer an invoice
• billing address (internal invoice to the schools belonging to the City of Oulu organization, external invoice to others).

UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra and Oulu Symphony Orchestra continue their co-operation and join their ranks into one large orchestra with more than fifty members. This concert lets the audience enjoy some of the most beautiful work by American composer Burt Bacharach (1928-2023) under the direction of conductor Teemu Takanen. Takanen has orchestrated a concert full of Bacharach’s most popular hits for a large light music ensemble. The jazz and soul singers Nina Mya and Tuomo Prättälä perform as featured vocalists.

The concert features some of Bacharach’s most beloved compositions, including The Look Of Love, Walk On By, Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head and I Say A Little Prayer. All in all, Bacharach composed more than 70 songs that appeared on the Top 40 list in the United States, and his work has also been heard in films, television series and musicals. During his career, he received six Grammy awards and three Oscars.

Teemu Takanen conductor, arrangements

Nina Mya, vocals

Tuomo Prättälä, vocals

UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra

Oulu Symphony Orchestra