🧿 Connections in Community
This past weekend I had the pleasure of sitting down with Faruk Çalışkan, a fellow member of Bereket (The University of Texas Middle Eastern Ensemble) to learn “Erzurum Çarşı Pazar.” Many belly dancers might know this song as “Sari Gelin.”
Something I’m really grateful for in my artistic practice is the opportunity to meet and explore creatively with others! Connecting over music with others in my community has been magical and healing. I’m so honored Faruk joined us to share his knowledge of "Erzurum Çarşı Pazar” with us.
Faruk led a great workshop! He taught us about maqam and the stringed instrument he was playing called the bağlama, as well as shared insight into the different versions of the song and its translations. I am so excited that we got to spend this time with him before he travels back to Turkey!
Watch us sing and play along to “Erzurum Çarşı Pazar:”
🧿 If you missed this Guest Artist Workshop, you can still get access to the replay of this masterclass when you join The Cohesion Collective!
✨ We’re also bringing in some other incredible Guest Artists to teach more LIVE workshops! Performer and costumer Kimberly Larkspur will be teaching us the secrets of bedlah construction (how to sew a beautiful and comfortable bra and belt set). Dancer and model Cheyney Teagan will be teaching us practical tips and tricks for photoshoots!
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Warmly,
April Rose and The Cohesion Collective Team 🌹
About Faruk Çalışkan:
Çalışkan currently continues his studies as a doctoral student at the Department of Musicology and Music Theory at Istanbul Technical University. He has been working as a research assistant in the Department of Musicology since 2018 and has been a visiting researcher at the University of Texas Ethnomusicology Department in 2022 with a TUBITAK doctoral research scholarship. Relevant research areas based on his studies from the undergraduate period to the present; In the context of performance studies, baglama performance and cultural identity practices, popular music studies in Turkey and Âşık music studies are included. He also continues to work in the field of performance as a professional baglama performer and trainer in the Istanbul music market. If you’d like to know more, follow Faruk on IG: @farukclsknn
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