A reflective conversation with Antti Juvonen about creativity: Past present and future

Abstract

I studied and became an accordion teacher in the Jyväskylä Conservatory, in Finland. When I qualified, I was the 9th accordion teacher in Finland. Then at the same time I studied at the University of Jyväskylä Musicology, Educational science, Philosophy and Art education. Then, the Jyväskylä University started educating music subject teachers, and I started my studies at that time. I was the first music teacher in Finland who qualified outside the Sibelius Academy. Today, music teachers are educated in the Sibelius Academy, at Jyväskylä University and Oulu University in Finland. After completing my studies, I became a senior lecturer of music education in the University of Joensuu, which in 2011 became a part of the University of Eastern Finland when it merged with Kuopio University. I conducted my doctoral dissertation in 2000 on the topic of music orientation. Then, in 2011 I became a professor in Education, focusing particularly on the pedagogy of Arts and Skills. All the while I have been playing bass in different bands. I have been involved in much studio work and recordings, played in theater band in various musicals and the like. I have been involved in thousands of restaurant gigs and public performances. Now from the beginning of 2019, I was nominated as professor in Creativity education in the University of Eastern Finland for 5 years.