İTÜ MİAM - İTÜ Dr. Erol Üçer Müzik İleri Araştırmalar Merkezi

MIAM Entrance Interview Schedule is announced. You can find the link in bio.

Application Deadline for Graduate Programs in MIAM is June 28th.

https://www.sis.itu.edu.tr/duyuru_ekler/lisansustu/202510/lisanasustu-basvuru-en.php

https://miam.itu.edu.tr/docs/librariesprovider88/default-document-library/m%C4%B1am-2023-2024-entrance-exam-handbook.pdf?sfvrsn=ecd87c26_0

Join us on 13th of June for a concert by MIAM Writing for Percussion Class. Compositions by Jashiin, Mathew Solomon, Danai Palaka, Ege Erdoğan, Furkan Temel, Vahdet Boydak, Beste Öztürk, Çağın İnce, İlayda Gönen will be performed by Irmak Tokgöz, Kerem Alptekin, Alikaan Uysal, and Amy Salsgiver.

13 June 2024, 18:00, İlhan Usmanbaş Hall


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Join us on 13th of June for a concert by MIAM Writing for Percussion Class. New works will be performed by Irmak Tokgöz, Kerem Alptekin, Alikaan Uysal, and Amy Salsgiver.

13 June 2024, 18:00, İlhan Usmanbaş Hall

MIAM Student Colloquium - Spring 2024

On June 10th, join us at MIAM for the Spring 2004 Colloquium. Organized by the MIAM Student Council, the event will feature discussions on a wide variety of topics, spanning the entire spectrum of contemporary music research. Presented by MIAM students past and present, as well as invited guests from other schools, subjects covered will range from composition and improvisation to music education and music industry. Two of the talks will feature live performances, and snacks and refreshments will be provided.

For full schedule and presentation abstracts check the link in BIO.

On June 7th, the experimental and electronic music composer, sound artist, and performer Dr. Zeynep Özcan () will give a talk and perform on “Sonifying the Unexpected: Exploring Failure and Playfulness in Performance and Musical Creativity.” She will discuss her recent installation and performance works in which she explores sonification, failure, and playfulness as paths to artistic discovery and self-expression. She will also outline the technical implementations, artistic goals, and motivations behind these projects.

Zeynep Özcan explores biologically inspired musical creativity, interactive and immersive environments, and generative systems. Her works have been performed and presented throughout the world in concerts, exhibitions, and conferences, such as AES, ICMC, ISEA, NYCEMF, ZKM and WAC. She is an Assistant Professor and a director of Girls in Music and Technology (GiMaT), Summer Institute at the Department of Performing Arts Technology at the University of Michigan, School of Music, Theatre & Dance. She specializes in the implementation of software systems for music-making, audio programming, sonification, sensors and microcontrollers, novel interfaces for musical expression, and large-scale interactive installations. She is passionate about community building and creating multicultural and collaborative learning experiences for students through technology-driven creativity.

7 June 2024, 14:00, İlhan Usmanbaş Hall





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Please join us for a very special concert jointly organized by the Croatian Consulate in Istanbul and İTÜ MİAM.
The concert will feature a captivating performance by renowned accordionist Franko Božac, with guest artist, talented pianist Hakan Ali Toker. 

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A series of 7 workshops that were developed in the Music & Healing course in the Spring of 2024, co-taught by Robert O. Beahrs and Jane Harrison.

The event features works by Stanley Horatio Ang, Bardia Hafizi, Kerem Altaylar, Gazele Aydın, İdil Kocabozdoğan, Robbie O. Beahrs, Doruk Başoğlu:

Stanley Horatio Ang - Multi-sensory Workshop with Music and Movement
Bardia Hafizi - Rhythmic Breathing
Kerem Altaylar - Embodied Attention and Communication: Drawing the Rhythm
Gazele Aydın - Relaxing through sounds; ASMR triggers with headphones
İdil Kocabozdoğan - Exploring the Soundscape through Acousmatic Sensations
Robbie O. Beahrs - Banding: A Senso-Musical Exploration of Intercorporeality
Doruk Başoğlu - Industrial Mindfulness Practice: Bus Engine Meditation

03 June 2024, 14:30, Cevad Memduh Altar Hall

İTÜ MİAM giriş sınavı ve mülakatlar yüz yüze yapılacaktır. Bu süreçte size yardımcı olacak bir rehber hazırladık. Rehberi miam.itu.edu.tr adresinden ya da biodaki linkten indirebilirsiniz.

Önkayıtlarınızı www.sis.itu.edu.tr adresi üzerinden tamamlamayı unutmayınız

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İTÜ MIAM entrance exam and interviews will be conducted in person. We have prepared a guide to help you through this process. You can download the guide from miam.itu.edu.tr or link in bio.

Don’t forget to complete your pre-registration at www.sis.itu.edu.tr

Musicologist, music psychologist, and psychoacoustician Prof. Dr. Richard Parncutt will give a talk on “Psychoacoustic Foundations of Major-Minor Tonality,” which is also the title of his recently-published book from MIT Press. This talk is part of Dr. Parncutt’s Lecture Tour 2024 from Austria to Australia.

Richard Parncutt studied at the University of Melbourne and the University of New England (Armidale, NSW), graduating with a Bachelor of Science with honours in physics, a Bachelor of Music, and an interdisciplinary PhD in psychology, music and physics. His interdisciplinary research, which spans humanities and sciences, addresses the perception and cognition of musical structure, the origins of behavioral modernity (music, religion, art, language), and the human cost of global warming. From 1998 to 2023, he was Professor of Systematic Musicology, University of Graz, Austria, where he directed the Centre for Systematic Musicology (2009 to 2023). He was president of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM) (2015-2018) and chair of the 15th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC) combined with the 10th triennial conference of ESCOM (Graz, Montreal, La Plata, Sydney, 23-28 July 2018).

23 May 2024, 15:00, İlhan Usmanbaş Hall

Musica Sequenza’nın kurucusu Burak Özdemir’in yürütücülüğünü üstleneceği, topluluk üyelerinin de katılımıyla gerçekleştirilecek bu atölye, elektro-akustik müziği odağına alıyor. Atölye, barok enstrümanlar ile elektro-akustik müzik üretimine dair bilgi ve deneyimlerin üniversite öğrencileriyle paylaşılması amacıyla açık prova formatında tasarlandı. Atölyede öğrenciler aynı zamanda barok enstrümanların akort tekniklerini de gözlemleyebilecek, kendi projelerini topluluk üyeleriyle paylaşıp fikir danışabilecek ve sorularına yanıt arayacak. Zengin bir deneyim sizleri bekliyor.

Etkinlik kapasitesi 50 kişiyle sınırlıdır. Rezervasyon için;

https://muzik.iksv.org/tr/elliikinci-istanbul-muzik-festivali-2024/musica-sequenza-ile-elektro-barok-atolyesi-ve-acik-prova

24 Mayıs Cuma, 11:00, İlhan Usmanbaş Salonu

In its first edition of the live computer music event series, Compophonic Sessions, Baran Güneş, Beste Öztürk, Furkan Keçeli, İdil Kocabozdoğan, Mehmet Korkmaz, Sair Sinan Kestelli and Serkan Sevilgen will perform at MİAM Gallery in a multi-channel speaker setting.

23 May 2024, Thursday, MIAM Gallery

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Compophonic Sessions başlığıyla gerçekleştirilecek canlı bilgisayar müziği etkinlikleri serisinin ilkinde Baran Güneş, Beste Öztürk, Furkan Keçeli, İdil Kocabozdoğan, Mehmet Korkmaz, Sair Sinan Kestelli ve Serkan Sevilgen MİAM Galeri’deki çok kanallı hoparlör sistemine performanslarıyla ses verecekler

23 Mayıs 2024, Perşembe, MIAM Galeri

17 Mayıs Cuma günü, uzamsal müzik teknolojilerinin müzik sektörüne etkilerinden bahsedeceğiz. Apple Music ekibinin ve Nurkut Özdemir’in (Dolby Labs) katılımlarıyla gerçekleşecek olan etkinlik saat 11:00’de.

17 Mayıs Cuma, 11:00, Cevad Memduh Altar Salonu

17 Mayıs Cuma günü, uzamsal müzik teknolojilerinin müzik sektörüne etkilerinden bahsedeceğiz. Apple Music ekibinin ve Nurkut Özdemir’in (Dolby Labs) katılımlarıyla gerçekleşecek olan etkinlik saat 11:00’de.
17 Mayıs Cuma, 11:00, İlhan Usmanbaş Salonu

Please join us on May 17th for a concert of music by Jashiin, a Russian composer currently based in Istanbul and enrolled in MİAM’s master’s program in composition.

The centerpiece of the concert is Interior/Exterior Pieces (2019–21), a seven-movement work for solo piano which explores the concept of rhythms and textures as musical symbols. This will be followed by two chamber pieces: Symmetrical Sigils (2016/24), a work of semi-controlled improvisation which translates concepts from Chinese and Persian calligraphy into music, and Cansu (2022/24), a miniature exploration of musical symbolism. The last piece of the concert, Twin Flames (2024), is an electroacoustic work composed especially for this event.

Jashiin is a composer of notated and electronic music whose work encompasses a wide variety of styles and media, from through-composed modern counterpoint to free and semi-controlled improvisation. His recent work includes Meltem, a commission sponsored by Harvard University, and Bitterness Is Best Declined as a Companion, an album of electronic music realized using field recordings made in Istanbul and Balıkesir.

17 May 2024, 16:00, İlhan Usmanbaş Hall.

On May 9th, join us for a workshop and a performance by İpek Eğinli. She will be talking about electroacoustic improvisation on piano and modular synth; extended techniques, graphic score and noise. After the workshop she will play a solo concert in İlhan Usmanbaş Hall.

Ipek Eginli is a Turkish-American experimental sound artist and improviser who describes her music-making as “a process of a creation and a creation of a process.” Her ever-evolving creative process involves electroacoustic free improvisation on piano,voice, modular synthesizers, and no-input mixing boards. Eginli’s work is often described as adventurous, daring, playful, and vibrant. Watching her perform, one can witness a dynamic sonic exploration, effortlessly shifting between organic and mechanical sounds while evoking a range of emotions, from tender and soft to dark and explosive. She explores the convergence of acoustic and electronic sounds, blurring and, at times, overemphasizing the lines between the two to create surprising sonic illusions and interactions.

09 May 2024, 14:00, İlhan Usmanbaş Hall.

On May 10th, join us for a concert and workshop led by Brett Sroka and Jashiin. They will perform One Linden Tree, Then Another…, a new multi-movement work for synthesizer, field recordings, and live Max processing. This will be followed by an extensive tour of the custom-made Max setup used in the piece, and a Q&A regarding the use of Max (and electronic instruments in general) in live improvisation.

Brett Sroka is a composer and interdisciplinary artist traversing the spheres of contemporary music, art and technology. His work has been presented at The New Museum in New York City, Manifesta 12 Palermo, Italy, Roulette in Brooklyn, NY. In 2015-2021 he initiated the performance program at Levy Gorvy Gallery in New York City, curating aesthetic dialogues between the performing and visual arts for their regular series of exhibition events. In 2023 Sroka’s video installation, Endless Song, was exhibited at the Galway Arts Centre and the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Ireland.

Jashiin is a composer of notated and electronic music whose work encompasses a wide variety of styles and media, from through-composed modern counterpoint to free and semi-controlled improvisation. His recent work includes Meltem, a commission sponsored by Harvard University, and Bitterness Is Best Declined as a Companion, an album of electronic music realized using field recordings made in Istanbul and Balıkesir. He is currently based in Istanbul and enrolled in MİAM’s masters program in composition.

10 May 2024, 17:00
İlhan Usmanbaş Hall




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We invite you to join us at the MIAM Open Day on the 9th of May! The event will be held at İTÜ MIAM Library.
09 May 2024 Thursday 17:00

İTÜ MIAM Academic Staff:

Sound Engineering and Design:
Prof. Dr. Can Karadoğan
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Taylan Özdemir
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cevdet Erek
Assist. Prof. Dr. Gökhan Deneç
Assist. Prof. Dr. Ozan Sarıer
Res. Assist. Dr. Oğuz Öz
Prof. Dr. Sertaç Kakı

Sonic Arts:
Assist. Prof. Dr. Manolis Ekmektsoglou
Assist. Prof. Dr. Sair Sinan Kestelli
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cevdet Erek

Performance:
Prof. Dr. Cihat Aşkın
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yelda Özgen Öztürk
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jerfi Aji
Prof. Dr. Tolgahan Çoğulu
Amy Salsgiver
Prof. Cem Önertürk
Assoc. Prof. Kandemir Basmacıoğlu
Assoc. Prof. Neva Özgen

Music Business and Administration:
Melih Fereli
Yakup Dağhan Baydur
Hakan Kurşun

Composition:
Prof. Dr. Kamran İnce
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eray Altınbüken
Assist. Prof. Dr. Manolis Ekmektsoglou

Musicology:
Dr. Paul Whitehead
Dr. Jane Harrison

Ethnomusicology:
Dr. Robert Oliver Beahrs
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emine Şirin Özgün Tanır

Theory:
Prof. Dr. Ozan Baysal
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jerfi Aji
Dr. Paul Whitehead

On April 3rd, Reuben de Lautour will hold a workshop for composers. In this workshop, he will demonstrate some approaches to mixed composition using a suite of devices developed for the MYL5033 Mixed Composition course in 2023-2024 Fall term. He will also discuss some methods for controlling live processing using real-time feature analysis built on the FluCoMa library, incorporating spectral analysis and resynthesis, and structuring musical events in Live.





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Conversation with Tolga Zafer (MIAM Graduate, 2002) at 16:30 on Tuesday: “Music
Tech at a Close Range.”
Please join us at 16:30 on Tuesday at Ilhan Usmanbaş Hall of MIAM for a conversation
with Tolga Zafer (MIAM Graduate, 2002). Tolga Zafer is a composer and currently holds
the position of Senior Product Designer at Native Instruments, where he focuses on
developing Kontakt instruments and compositional assistive tools. Cevdet Erek from
MIAM will moderate the conversation.
Tolga Zafer Ozdemir studied piano, music theory and composition at Istanbul Technical
University and the University of Memphis/USA. His teachers include Faris Akarsu, Kamran
Ince, Ilhan Usmanbas, and Fernando Benadon.
He also worked as a teacher at the University of Memphis/USA, the Akdeniz University
and Bilgi University for many years.
His compositions, ranging from chamber music works to works for symphony orchestra,
using classical as well as traditional or electronic instruments, have been performed in
numerous countries on all five continents and have received several awards.
In his music, Tolga Zafer seeks to connect different cultures from around the world, past
and present. As a constant seeker and researcher who is constantly dealing with music-
theoretical questions and is also concerned with compositional techniques based on
algorithms, Tolga Zafer has constructed »Tritonet«, a musical calculator for educational
and performative purposes.

SONIFIED
21-22 Mart 2024
Sevgi Gönül Oditoryumu, Karbon, B3 Fuaye

SONIFIED, sonik uygulamaları disiplinlerarası bir perspektiften inceleyen iki günlük bir sempozyumdur. 21 ve 22 Mart 2024 tarihlerinde Arter’de ücretsiz olarak düzenlenecek etkinlik, İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Müzik İleri Araştırmalar Merkezi (İTÜ MİAM) öğrencileri, mezunları ve öğretim görevlileri tarafından gerçekleştirilecek sunumlar, paneller ve performanslardan oluşan kapsamlı bir program sunacak. Programda ayrıca, Arter’in performans salonu Karbon’a özel olarak tasarlanmış, çok boyutlu bir dinleme deneyimi sunan iki konser de yer alacak.

MİAM’ın 25. yıldönümünde gerçekleştirilecek sempozyum, sonik sanatlara, ses tasarımına, müzik kompozisyonuna ve ses çalışmalarına ilgi duyan herkes için bölümün geçmişi üzerinden geleceğine yönelik bir bakış sağlayacak.

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SONIFIED
21-22 March 2024
Sevgi Gönül Oditoryumu, Karbon, B3 Fuaye

SONIFIED is a two-day international symposium exploring sonic practices from an interdisciplinary perspective. The symposium will take place on March 21-22, 2024 at Arter Museum and will feature public performances, workshops, and lectures organized by Istanbul Technical University’s Centre for Advanced Studies in Music (MIAM). The program also includes two specially curated concerts of immersive music in Arter’s black box theatre Karbon.

SONIFIED coincides with the 25th anniversary of MIAM and offers all those interested in sonic arts, sound design, music composition, and sound studies an opportunity to reflect on the last quarter century while listening ahead to the next.

Details link in BIO

Danai Palaka’s Master’s Graduation Recital will take place on Sunday 24th of March, at 19:00 in Ilhan Usmabaş Hall. The program includes etudes for snare drum by Mitchell Peters and Anthony J. Cirone as well as Danai’s own compositions for snare drum, drum kit & electronics and for improvisation ensemble. The ensemble will consist of Metehan Köktürk, Jashiin, Beste Öztürk, Yavuz Tilek and Amy Salsgiver. Sound Engineer: Emre Tenker.

Link in bio to register.


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SONIFIED
21-22 March 2024
Sevgi Gönül Oditoryumu, Karbon, B3 Fuaye

SONIFIED is a two-day international symposium exploring sonic practices from an interdisciplinary perspective. The symposium will take place on March 21-22, 2024 at Arter Museum and will feature public performances, workshops, and lectures organized by Istanbul Technical University’s Centre for Advanced Studies in Music (MIAM). The program also includes two specially curated concerts of immersive music in Arter’s black box theatre Karbon.

SONIFIED coincides with the 25th anniversary of MIAM and offers all those interested in sonic arts, sound design, music composition, and sound studies an opportunity to reflect on the last quarter century while listening ahead to the next.

Program link in BIO

Join us for an evening of choral music with Rezonans at ITU MIAM on March 16th at 17:00. The program includes pieces from Bonato, Rheinberger, Sisask as well as contemporary Turkish composers such as Uçarsu, Akın and Orhon. Space is limited. Please sign up by the end of the day on March 14th to reserve your spot.

Link in bio to register.

2024 Macar-Türk Kültür Yılı kapsamında düzenlenen ve farklı kuşaklardan Macar piyanistlerin yer alacağı Franz Liszt Piyano Sezonu’nun açılış konserini verecek olan Jozsef Balog, konserinden önceki gün MİAM öğrencileri ile piyano masterclass’ı yapacak. Bu etkinliğin gerçekleşmesini sağlayan Artisan Organizasyon ve Mehmet Mestçi’ye teşekkürlerimizle!

Rezonans will host an open rehearsal for those interested in conducting, choral music, composition, or simply wanting to see the inner workings of a choir. In this rehearsal, participants will witness detailed work on the meaning and style of pieces by Rheinberger, Sisask, Bonato and others. At the end of the rehearsal, there will be a Q&A session with the conductor, Burak Onur Erdem, and members of the board.

Space is limited. Link in bio to register.

Emre Köseoğlu’nun Yüksek Lisans Mezuniyet Konseri, 31 Ocak 2024’te (Çarşamba 19:00) İTÜ Ayazağa Kampüsü Süleyman Demirel Kültür Merkezi’nde gerçekleşecektir. Programda Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Rachmaninoff’un eserleri yer alacaktır.

Emre Köseoglu’s Master’s Graduation Recital will take place on 26th of January 2024 (Friday 17:00) at Ilhan Usmanbas Hall. The program includes works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Rachmaninoff.

Join us at MIAM Colloquium Fall 2023 which will be held on 10-11 January (Wednesday,Thursday) at Cevad Memduh Altar Hall, ITU Maçka building. For colloquium program and details please check the link in our BIO.





08 January 2024