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The Guards Band The Representative Orchestra of the President of the Republic, the Guards Band is the oldest continuously operating professional orchestra in Finland. The band was established in 1819. Nowadays the official representative band of t...

Concert Band The Concert Band is a symphonic wind orchestra consisting of wind musicians and percussionists. As an ensemble it is the largest orchestra in the Conscript Band. The Concert Band is an ensemble that does not require separate audio sys...

The Air Force Band The Air Force Band, or Air Force Big Band, primarily performs big band music. As necessary, the 21-piece orchestra is divided up to form dance, jazz and popular music ensembles. In the context of parades and other traditional ev...

The Navy Band The Navy Band is the Finnish Navy's official representative band based in Turku. The 32-piece Navy Band is navigated by the Senior Conductor Jarkko Aaltonen. In addition to the concert ensemble, diversity to the band’s performances a...

The Guards Band Saxophone Quartet The Guards Band Saxophone Quartet is well known for its performances as a stylish and versatile chamber music ensemble in concerts as well as representative and entertaining celebrations. The quartet performs diff...

The Dragoon Band The Dragoon Band is a 34-member symphonic wind orchestra. The band's domicile is in Lappeenranta, in connection with the Army Academy. The Dragoon Band performs mainly in Eastern Finland. In 1921, a dragoon brigade and a band were...

Concert Sound Engineers One of the most important parts of The Conscript Band's concerts is the technical production. Not everyone knows how the technology or the infrastructure goes together to create a full concert production, so real profession...

The Guards Wind Quintet The Guards wind quintet includes flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon and a French horn. The quintet has provided the right atmosphere at many prestigious events and received plenty of praise for performing a more subtle form of ...

The Guards Band Unit The Guards Band unit consist of 25 musicians. The band gives out concerts and performs within the Defence Forces' events and private festivals and gatherings. Facebook Share on Facebook Twitter Share on Twitter LinkedIn Share ...

Dragoon Band's Smaller Ensembles The Dragoon Band can transform into many different ensembles, utilising both brass and woodwind ensembles. The established small ensembles include a brass quintet and a brass septet. A small ensemble of the Dragoon...

Mediateam Mediateam Mediateam's mission is to make the Conscript Band visible and familiar to the whole nation. In practice, this involves marketing concerts and actively creating content in social media. Commercials, press releases and posters ar...

Brass Septet The Lapland Military Band’s Brass Septet The Lapland Military Band’s Brass Septet is a versatile and adaptable ensemble consisting of seven brass players and 1-2 percussionists. The septet is suitable for any occasion – whether in a c...

Chamber Orchestra The Chamber Orchestra is one of the Conscript Band’s most musically diverse ensembles. The church concerts consisting mainly of art music are balanced by shows where Sibelius and Tchaikovsky are replaced with tangos and waltzes. ...

Ensembles Concert Band The Concert Band is a symphonic wind orchestra consisting of wind musicians and percussionists. As an ensemble it is the largest orchestra in the Conscript Band. Parade Band The Conscript Band’s Parade Band consists of three...

In the course of their colourful history, military bands have performed in compositions as large as 250 musicians and taken numerous trips to perform abroad.

22.5.2024 | A centuries-old tradition continues on summer Fridays in downtown Helsinki.

22.5.2024 | A centuries-old tradition continues on summer Fridays in downtown Helsinki.

17.8.2023 | The Finnish Defence Forces' concert tour March to Seven Wonders starts on 22 August in Rauma. The tour takes place in August-September at seven locations around Finland.

The Finnish Navy Saxophone Quartet The Finnish Navy Saxophone Quartet is one of the Navy Band’s ensembles. The quartet represents the versatile sound of the saxophone with style and precision, bringing it to concert halls and representative events...

Senior Conductor Major (Mus.) Tero Haikala Tero Haikala graduated as a clarinet pedagogue from Tampere Conservatoire in 2002, a musician from Pirkanmaa University of Applied Sciences in 2005 and as a wind orchestra conductor from Sibelius-Academy ...