Ylioppilaskunnan Soittajat

This is the name of the orchestra I applied for, it means Musicians of the Students Union. I thought it was more or less similar to the AOV in Göttingen. But when I arrived at the audition in the Vanha Ylioppilastalo (old students house), I had to fill in an application sheet in Finnish, answering questions about myself, my motivation for this orchestra, my previous orchstra experience and even if I study my instrument and had taken any viola exams. At first I didn't even understand some questions, but someone helped me.
Many violinists and violoncello players were practicing in the room for warming up, but I was the only violist. Before I started playing, I was asked several questions in Finnish, e.g. why I had a Finnish name. However, the people were nice and they told me that I should come tomorrow to the first rehearsal :-)

I am really happy to have the possibility to play the viola here and I hope to get to know nice Finnish students in the orchestra!