ABSTRACT
Finland is a nation well known for its music traditions. According to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, the concept "nationalism" is used to describe two phenomena: firstly, the attitude that the members of a nation have when they are concerned about national identity, and secondly, the actions that the members of a nation take when seeking to achieve self-determination. Nationalism may be especially prominent among groups that are not officially tied to a particular state, notable examples of which include the Kurds, Palestinians, Sami, and Roma peoples. According to Hayrynen, Sibelius was neither an overtly political nor a "national" composer in the traditional sense. In music teacher education, popular music pedagogy, including new media and technology, is quite a new phenomenon, and the notion of multiculturalism may require much more attention. Popular music fandom often plays an important ideological role in contemporary industrialized societies.
