Laponia Improvisations is a Helsinki based alternative music school that provides improvising and composing classes; the goal beeing in making own music. The permanent teachers are Ville Vokkolainen (contemporary composer/guitarist), Sergio Castrillon (contemporary cellist/composer from Columbia) and Pauli Lyytinen. Under each term there are also internationally acclaimed visitors. Past visitors were Raoul Björkenheim, Mika Pohjola and Riko Saatsi.

There´s also a band called Laponia Improvisations Experiment which is a trio of mr.Vokkolainen, Castrillon and Lyytinen.