Unreality Fans Out – Helsinki 14.9.2019

Unreality is a Helsinki-based mixed choir, founded in January 2014. This choral society is the first Finnish choir to sing music exclusively from movies, TV series, video games and animations. Unique choral arrangements and the blazing orange dragon are its trademarks – time after time they take the listener to beloved sceneries beyond reality and back again. Every year Unreality performs at massive conventions and the long list of conquests includes events such as Tracon, Ropecon, Helsinki Game Music Festival, Worldcon 75 and a joint concert with Helsinki Symphonic Winds. Additionally, the choir holds concerts twice a year and its small group, Nanoreality, is also actively doing gigs in events of all sizes. The choir’s artistic director is Jari Koivistoinen.

Sopranos

Hanne Aho
Ninja Kotkalaakso
Viivi Kuosa
Kai Salo

Altos

Ruska Berghäll
Riikka Kuusinen
Vanessa Sjögren
Elina Vainikainen

Tenors

Antti Havukainen 
Aleksi Leinikki
Aurora Tulilaulu

Basses

Niklas Lehtinen
Risto Linna
Jaakko Mattila
Sampo Syrjänen

Jari Koivistoinen is a Helsinki-based conductor and musician, with choral experience ranging from small professional ensembles to large-scale groups. A student of conducting at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, he completed his diploma concert in choral conducting in the spring of 2019.

In addition to Unreality, Jari is the choir master at The Helsinki Philharmonic Choir, and acts as assistant conductor for Tapiola Chamber Choir and Kampin Laulu. He is also a trainer in the Helsinki Cathedral boys’ choir Cantores Minores, and has also worked with a great number of choirs in the Helsinki region (f.ex. Helsinki Music Center Chorus, Murtosointu, Manifestum male voice chorus). In addition to conducting, he also works as a freelance church musician in a number of Helsinki parishes, and is also otherwise active in the field of music, acting as pianist, chamber musician, singer, composer & arranger.

Jari is a major fan of all things cultural, be it movies, games, visual arts or standup comedy. His journey with Unreality began in the spring of 2017.

Timo Vehviläinen is a 28-year-old student of neuroscience at Aalto University, who — as a result of his life-long love towards music and choirs — has worked as vice-conductor in, among Unreality and others, The Polytech Choir.

While being hungry for experience with practicing, conducting and arranging for a choir, Timo was introduced to Unreality by his hometown friend Aurora Tulilaulu (a founding member of Unreality) in 2014.

Since then, Timo has worked a few times in Unreality as a substitute conductor and/or singer during vacation.

Terhi Lehtola is a scientist in technology and a music student at the University of the Arts Helsinki. She started conducting Unreality in fall 2014, when the group also started its transformation from a bunch of singing people into an organized choir.

Terhi considers herself a physics, coding and music geek. She stepped aside from the conductor’s podium at the start of her maternity leave in 2016.

“The choir is remarkable not only because of its unique repertoire and its members’ tangible enthusiasm for the music, but also for its singers’ talent and capability of arranging their own favorite music for the choir.”

Yume no Sekai he*
Tanoshii Muumin Ikka
Music: Sumio Shiratori
Lyrics: Emiko Shiratori
Orig. arr. Masaji Watanabe
Arr. Timo Vehviläinen

Gravity*
Wolf’s Rain
Music: Yoko Kanno
Lyrics: Troy
Arr. Timo Vehviläinen

Soloist: Aurora Tulilaulu

Main Theme ~The Fullmetal Alchemist~**
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Music: Akira Senju
Arr. Terhi Lehtola

Yume no Tsubasa**
Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle
Music/Lyrics: Yuki Kajiura
Arr. Aurora Tulilaulu

In Dreams
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Music: Howard Shore
Lyrics: Fran Walsh
Arr. Peik Aspbäck, Samppa Leino

Sanpo
My Neighbor Totoro
Music: Joe Hisaishi
Lyrics: Rieko Nakagawa
Arr. Ilari Sinkkonen

For Fruits Basket
Fruits Basket
Music/Lyrics: Ritsuko Okazaki
Arr. Sampo Syrjänen

Kiseki no Umi
Record of Lodoss War
Music/Lyrics: Yoko Kanno, Yuuho Iwasato
Arr. Ruska Berghäll

~ INTERMISSION ~

DuckTales Theme
DuckTales
Music/Lyrics: Mark Mueller
Arr. Niklas Lehtinen, Sampo Syrjänen

Rainbow Connection
The Muppet Movie
Music/Lyrics: Paul Williams, Kenneth Ascher
Arr. Tomi Jylhä-Ollila

Miserere Nostri, Domine
Junketsu no Maria
Music: myu
Lyrics: Youhei Matsui
Arr. Matias Kylliäinen

Soloist: Kata Mertanen

A Hero Comes Home
Beowulf (2007)
Music/Lyrics: Glen Ballard, Alan Silvestri
Arr. Ruska Berghäll

Small group: Nanoreality

Solas
Dragon Age: Inquisition – Trespasser
Music: Trevor Morris
Arr. Ruska Berghäll

Soloists: Viivi Kuosa, Ruska Berghäll, Antti Havukainen, Sampo Syrjänen

You’ve Got a Friend in Me
Toy Story
Music/Lyrics: Randy Newman
Arr. Sampo Syrjänen

ICO -You Were There-
ICO
Music: Michiru Oshima
Lyrics: Lynne Hobday
Orig. arr. Video Games Live
Arr. Sampo Syrjänen

Soloists: Ninja Kotkalaakso, Antti Havukainen