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Resume:
Ömer Yusuf Topçu
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EDUCATION
2012. Present PhD in General Musicology Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts, Istanbul State Conservatory, Istanbul, Turkey (dissertation stage) Auditory Treasure of Anatolia. A Century-long Road. A Comparative Analysis; Polyphonic choral works in Turkey in the perspective of nationalism in Europe and Turkey, and their roots Anatolian folk songs.
(Advisor of me predicts that my PhD will be done in November 2017)
2012 MA in Arts Management Istanbul Kültür University, Istanbul, Turkey An Analysis; Carl Orff's Cantata Carmina Burana.
2002/3 Advanced English CELCIS, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA
1992 BA in Music Education Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2017 EU Erasmus Visiting Scholar, University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria
2010.Present Lecturer of Choral and Voice, Western Music History and Theory, Anatolian Folk Music Studies, Istanbul Kültür University 2013.2014 Choral Conductor, TRT, Turkish Radio and TV Istanbul Youth Choir 2004.2015 Choral Conductor, International Choral Projects Coordinator, Istanbul Kültür Educational Institutions
1998.2003 Choral Conductor, HoD, VKV Koç School, Istanbul SELECTED PRESENTATION
Topçu, Ömer Yusuf, Anatolian Folk Songs and Laments with Asymmetric Rhythms, with Istanbul Kültür University Chorus, Northwestern University, Chicago, April 2017 Topçu, Ömer Yusuf, To Sing for The Best Enemy of Us, Yale International Choral Symposium, Yale University, New Haven, USA, June 2012 Turkish Choral Music presentation to for graduate students and faculty from Yale University Institute of Sacred Music with Istanbul Kültür University Chorus, Istanbul Kültür University Concert Hall, Istanbul, 2012
Instrumental Heritage of Turkey, Harvard University School of Music, Department of Ethnomusicology, Cambridge, MA, USA, April 2010
Topçu, Ömer Yusuf, Motivation and Music, Autumn Teacher Symposium, VKV Koç School, Istanbul, September 2000
Topçu, Ömer Yusuf, Space and Music, Autumn Teacher Symposium, MEF Schools, Istanbul, October 1999
COLLABORATION
Joint Concert between Yale University Spizzwinks and Istanbul Kültür University Chorus,
@Istanbul Kültür University Concert Hall, 2016
Choir Exchange between Istanbul Kültür University Chorus and Perugia University Chorus, Italy, St. Maria Basilica, Assisi and Salla Di Notari, @Perugia, Italy, 2013 Sound and Space Project, BBC, UK, Shooting in Tanker, with Istanbul Kültür University Chorus, @Istanbul, 2013
Joint Concert between Missouri Drury University Choir and Istanbul Kültür University Chorus, @Istanbul Kültür University Concert Hall, Istanbul, 2013 South African Music and Turkish Choral Music Workshop with Istanbul Kültür University Chorus and Mollie Stone & Patty Cuyler, Chicago, USA, @Istanbul Kültür University Concert Hall, Istanbul, 2013
Choir Exchange between Perugia University Choir, Italy, and Istanbul Kültür University Chorus, @Istanbul Kültür University Concert Hall, 2012 Choir Exchange between Harvard University Radcliffe Choral Society, Cambridge, MA, USA and Istanbul Kültür University Choir & Istanbul Kültür Schools Youth Chorus, @Koç University Concert Hall, Istanbul, and @St. Antoine Church, Istanbul, 2012 Joint Concert between Duke University Chapel Choir, Durham, NC, USA and Istanbul Kültür University Chorus, @Istanbul Kültür University Concert Hall, 2011 Choir Exchange between Chios Music School, Greece, Istanbul Kültür Schools Youth Chorus, @Kültür2000 School, Istanbul, 2011
Musical Drama: Sultan Hurrem and Traditional Turkish Dances, @Dwight School, New York, NY, USA, 2010
Carmina Burana, C. Orff and Nazım Oratorio, F. Say, Istanbul Kültür Schools Youth Choir, 300-Student, Istanbul State Opera and Ballet Orchestra, @St. Irene Church, Istanbul and Istanbul Kültür University Akıngüç Hall, 2010
“Opera: Abduction from the Seraglio” by W. A. Mozart, Musical Drama Adaptation with Kültür2000 High School Students, @George Washington High School, Chicago, 2009 Choir Exchange between Spiritual Ensemble, Udine, Italy, and Istanbul Kültür Schools Youth Chorus, @Istanbul Kültür University, Istanbul, 2008 Choir Exchange between Hvitfeidska Gymnasiet, Goteborg, Sweden and Istanbul Kültür Schools Chorus, @Kültür2000 School, Istanbul, 2005 INTERNATIONAL VE NATIONAL FESTIVAL
V. Boğaziçi University Internatıonal Choir Festival, with Istanbul Kültür University Chorus and TRT Istanbul Youth Choir, @Istanbul, 2014
II. SANSEV Istanbul Choir Festival, with Istanbul Kültür University Chorus, (Interpreting of Contemporary Work Award), @Istanbul, 2014
II. SANSEV Istanbul Choir Festival, with TRT Turkish Radio and TV Istanbul Youth Chorus, (Intonation Award), @Istanbul, 2014
Century 21 Conducting Project, Humanity and Choral Festival, Eric Ericson International Choral Center, @Stockholm, Sweden, August 2013
V. Antalya Internatıonal Choir Festival, with Istanbul Kültür University Chorus, (Intercultural Communication Award), @Antalya, Turkey, 2013
XIV. Global Education and Creativity Festival, Choir Competition, with Kültür2000 School Chorus, @Sanremo, Italy, (1
st
prize), 2012
X. Global Education and Creativity Festival, The Mirror of Love: Musical Drama, with students of Kültür2000 School, @Sanremo, Italy, (Jury Award), 2008 IX. Global Education and Creativity Festival, Country Presentation, with Kültür2000 School,
@Sanremo, Italy, (1
st
prize), 2007
Lloret de Mar International Choir Festival, with Kültür2000 Chorus, @Barcelona, 2007 VII. Sopron International Choir Festival, with Kültür2000 Chorus, @Sopron, Hungary, 2004 KVCC College International Music Festival, @Kalamazoo, MI, USA, 2003 IX. Orlando Di Lasso International Choir Festival, with Koç School Chorus, @Ancona, Italy, 2002
III. Sopron International Choir Festival, VKV Koç School Chorus, @Sopron, Hungary, 2001 VI. Alba Regia Int. Choral Fest, VKV Koç School Chorus, @Szkesfehervar, Hungary, 2000 CONCERT FOR WORLD PEACE
World Peace Concerts with Kültür2000 School Children’s Chorus, St. Marie Madeleine Cathédral, Paris Children’s Hôpital, Vincennes Château, Bastille Metro, Champ Elysée Metro, Charles De Gaulle Metro, @Paris, June 2010
World Peace Concerts with Kültür2000 School Children’s Chorus, St. Marie Madeleine,
@Paris, June 2008
World Peace Concerts with Kültür2000 School Children’s Chorus, Santa Clara Church and Drag-Rehab, Rehabilitation Center, @Stockholm, June 2006 World Peace Concerts with, Kültür2000 School Children’s Chorus, Rock Church, Temppeliaukion Kirkko, @Helsinki, June 2006
World Peace Concerts with Kültür2000 School Children’s Chorus, St. Anna Church, @Vienna, June 2005
SELECTED ACTIVITIES
Anatolian Folk Songs Workshop, Chicago World Music Chorus, Lincoln Park, @Chicago, IL, 2017
Vocal Master Class, Manhattan School of Music, @New York, NY, 2016 Choral Studies, Institute of Advanced Music, Istanbul Technical University, @Istanbul, 2012 Choral Techniques, Boğaziçi University, @Istanbul, 2011 Orff-Schulwerk Summer Studies, Cracow Music Academy, @Poland, 2005 Orff-Schulwerk Studies with faculty of Mozarteum University, @Istanbul Orff Center, 2004- 2012
Choral Training Approaches, Western Michigan University, @Kalamazoo, MI, USA, 2002 EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Singing and Rhythm Workshop with/to children with cancer @Paris Children’s Hôpital, 2010 Singing and Rhythm Workshop with/to drug addict in Drag-Rehab, Rehabilitation Center,
@Stockholm, Sweden, 2006
AWARD
Interpreting of Contemporary Work Award; 2
nd
SANSEV Istanbul Choir Festival, with
Istanbul Kültür University Chorus, @Istanbul, 2014 Intonation Award; 2
nd
SANSEV Istanbul Choir Festival, with TRT Turkish Radio and TV Istanbul Youth Chorus, @Istanbul, 2014
Intercultural Communication Award; 5
th
Antalya Internatıonal Choir Festival, with Istanbul Kültür University Chorus, @Antalya, Turkey, 2013
Excellent Teaching Award; International Space Settlement Design Competition, NASA NSS,
@DC, USA, 2012
First Prize; 14
th.
Global Education and Creativity Festival, Choir Competition, with Kültür2000 School Chorus, @Sanremo, Italy, 2012
Musical Drama Jury Award ; 9
th
Global Education and Creativity Festival, The Mirror of Love: Musical Drama, with students of Kültür2000 School, @Sanremo, Italy, 2008 First
Prize; 9
th
Global Education and Creativity Festival, Country Presentation, with Kültür2000 School Chorus, @Sanremo, Italy, 2007.
First Mension Award; 9
th
Orlando Di Lasso International Choir Festival, with VKV Koç School Chorus, @Ancona, Italy, 2002
Jury Special Award ; 6
th
Alba Regia International Choral Festival, with VKV Koç School Chorus, @Szkesfehervar, Hungary, 2000
ARTICLE
Music and Ritual of Syriac Christians in Anatolia, 2017 Toward the Phenomenology of Music, Carl Dahlhous, translation, 2014 A Composer’s reflections on Musical Time, Gérard Grisey, translation, 2014 New Temporalities in Music, Jonathan D. Kramer, translation, 2014 The Rite of Spring, Le Sacré du Printemps, Igor Stravinsky, 2014 Ethnomusicology Studies of Bela Bartok and Ahmet Adnan Saygun, 2014 Music of Elliott Carter, Richard Franko Goldman, translation 2013 The Song of The Earth, Das Lied von der Erde, Gustav Mahler, 2013 Music in India, 2013
Hindemith in Nazi Germany, Prokofiev and Shostakovich in Soviet Russia, 2013 19th Century Western Music, 2012
Sufi Music in Turkey, 2011
Instruments in Asia Minor, 2011
PUBLICATION
Topçu, Ömer Yusuf, Orff-Schulwerk as Music Anthropology, Trans. Andréa Sangiorgio Orff Info, 2009, 16, Austria Education Foundation, Istanbul, pp. 34-36 Topçu, Ömer Yusuf, Improvisation and Movement, Orff Info, 2008, 15, Austria Education Foundation, Istanbul, pp. 23-24
Topçu, Ömer Yusuf, Summer Studies in Cracow Music Academy, Orff Info, 2005, 12, Austria Education Foundation, Istanbul, pp. 33-36
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