Bursa Metropolitan Municipality DMD Polyphonic Youth Choir
Bursa, Turkey
Levent Sezgin - conductor
Caglar Burgazlioglu - piano accompaniment
Competition Section
| Title | Composer | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|
| Engel | Rammstein, Arr. Oliver Gies (b. 1973) / von Jan Bürger (b. 1979) | Rammstein |
| Camdan Sakız Akıyor | Folk Song, Arr. Ismail Sezen (b. 1971) | Anonymous |
| Somewhere Over the Rainbow | Harold Arlen (1905-1986), Arr. Vivian Tabbush (b. 1962) | Edgar Yipsel Harburg (1986-1981) |
|
Ajde kje te prasham, bre, Donke (Let Me Ask You, oh Donka) |
Folk Song, Arr. Tomislav Zografski (1934-2000) | Anonymous |
| Java Jive | Ben Oakland (1907-1979), Arr. Kirby Shaw (b. 1942) |
Milton Drake (1912-2006) |
The Bursa Metropolitan Municipality DMD Polyphonic Youth Choir was founded in 2011 and it is comprised of students from Uludag University Department of Music Education, Uludag University State Conservatory and Zeki Müren Fine Arts High School. In 2012, the choir participated in their first major public performance celebrating Republic's Day in their homeland of Turkey. Since then they have participated in seventeen national competitions and international choir festivals in Macedonia, Bulgaria and Cyprus.
At the Turkey Polyphonic Choirs Festival the choir received multiple awards for each of the following categories: musical solo, intonation, homogeneity and resonance. The choir was also honored with the Jury’s Special Award.
The choir is under conductorship of Levent Sezgin and his assistant Minanur Balcan. Levent Sezgin graduated from Uludag University Faculty of Education: Music Education in 1996. He obtained his master's degree from Halic University in Istanbul, Turkey. His work focuses primarily on school choirs. Levent was entrusted with preparing the curriculum of Fine Arts High Schools Western Music Choir Education for the Ministry of National Education. He has written a course book on “Western Music Choir Education in 9th and 10th grades.” He has also published a book titled “Corum Folk Songs and Dance Music.” He is a “B” certificated jury member in the Ministry of National Education Folk Music department. Levent has been the receipent of many awards and recognitions for his musical achievements.
Levent Sezgin has served as the conductor of DMD Choir since 2006. He founded DMD Youth Choir in 2011. Currently he works as DMD board member and choir instructor at Zeki Muren Fine Art School.
Bursa has established itself as an important center dating as far back as pre-Roman times, attracting emperors and rulers for its rich, fertile soil and healing thermal waters. The arrival of the Ottomans in 1326 ensured the city's prosperity as a cultural and economic center that now represents one of the richest legacies of early Ottoman art and architecture. As the first capital of the Ottoman Empire, Bursa became the beneficiary of the finest mosques, theological schools, humanitarian centers and social services. Today Bursa is a thriving cosmopolitan center with roots in industry and agriculture, renowned for its fine silk and cotton textiles and the center of Turkey's automobile industry. The nearby ski resorts at Mount Uludag provide city dwellers with an easy weekend getaway.
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