Sanni Orasmaa
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Luontolaulu – Singing with Nature
In this collection, author Sanni Orasmaa draws from traditional folk music, improvisation, and decades of experience leading singing sessions across cultures and continents. Her work honors ancient ways of listening — to ourselves, to each other, and to the natural world.
Presented here as a free resource, the collection offers insights, exercises, and background thoughts on the practice. It’s not a step-by-step manual, but rather a companion to deepen your understanding and inspire your own journey into singing with and in nature.
Begin wherever feels right for you.
Hello & Welcome!
I’m Sanni Orasmaa—a singer who found her way back to the Finnish forest after years in the Austrian Alps and New York’s jazz scene. My 30-year journey has taken me from Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead at the Kennedy Center, through Munich’s Residenz Theater and Helsinki City Theatre, to my own forest farm.
I teach jazz voice at Munich University of Music and live in Southern Finland, between Helsinki and Turku. Here, my voice meets its own space and resonance.
Today, voice, plants, and people are my collaborators. Whether coaching actors, teaching jazz, or creating florals from the land, I respond to what emerges in the moment.
You’re welcome to join me for:
- Commissions – site-specific performances, floral works, and voice coaching developed in dialogue
- Educational resources – materials from years of shared practice
- Seasonal work – florals, workshops, and offerings that follow nature’s rhythm, not commercial schedules
The journey to farm—about 80 kilometers from both Helsinki and Turku—is part of the practice. As the landscape opens outside your window, you’re already arriving.
This land teaches. The flowers remind everything depends on the moment. Voice, too, roots in the present and opens when you allow it.
Currently working with: lavender approaching full bloom, midsummer wildflowers, and the art of letting go—releasing after the academic year and saying goodbye to students heading out into the world.
