Paju, Puro
Academic degree
Master of Global Music, Uniarts Helsinki
Title
lehtori, taideopettaja
Unit
Global music, Global music
Fields of art
Music, Performing arts
Language skills
English, Swedish, Finnish, Spanish, Castilian
Email
puro.paju@uniarts.fi
Description of activity
Puro Paju (they/them) is a bassist, multi-instrumentalist and composer/arranger, specialising in Latin American and African rhythm cultures. Puro is the responsible teacher for pedagogy and global rhythmics studies at Global music department. In addition they teach transcultural ensemble and bass and are involved in intensive courses such as ICE (improvisation, communication & expression), Global choir leadership, youth projects and community engagement projects. Puro also collaborates with Music Education department e.g. in the course Intercultural music education.