Erzurum Köşesi: On-Air with Bach by İdil Biret
Tonight on TRT-2
The fourth episode of Erzurum Köşesi, a program featuring science and music at the Bilkent high school in Erzurum, will be broadcast tonight on TRT-2. The program has so far hosted, Beethoven's 3rd piano concerto by the BSO, Biret and Tabakov, Stravinsky's Firebird Suite 1919 by the Turkish Greek Youth Orchestra conducted by Ashkenazy and Prof. Ekmel Özbay's presentation "Invisibility Cloak".
This TV show does not just present the concert or lecture. Students from the Bilkent Erzurum High School get together with the artists or scientists for Q&A sessions. Works of music that are to be performed or topics of science presented are explored in length thus giving the TV audience more insight. The audience is also welcome to participate with questions and comments via the program's e-mail address erzurum@bilkent.edu.tr
Tonight's program will feature a BSO concert recorded live at the Erzurum Concert Hall. J.S. Bach's keyboard concerto in D minor will be performed by İdil Biret. BSO's new Music Director Klaus Weise will be conducting the orchestra.
Erzurum students will get together with Ms. Biret to explore the concerto. Highlights of the discussion will include issues such as the makings of a concerto, whether this one is originally composed by Bach or not, and music appreciation in general.
Joining the discussion from New York through the NY on Air offices of Bilkent University will be Dr. Walter Frisch, Gumm/Von Tilzer Professor of Music at the Department of Music, Columbia University. Dr. Frisch has been giving videoconference lectures on music appreciation to students in Erzurum. Erzurum Köşesi will present footage from these and other videoconferences throughout the season.
As an added bonus, the concert will end with Ms. Biret's surprise encore by Bach. The encore is a work by the master composer that is rarely performed on a piano. Audiences are more familiar with a later version of the work for solo violin.
Department of Business Information Management Present at Public Relations Forum
Director of the Housing and Development Administration, Erdoğan Bayraktar, Vice Rector Kürşat Aydoğan and BIM Students
As part of a public relations forum held by the Department of Business Information Management (BIM), fourth year students presented their PR projects to, among others, the Housing Development Administration's Director, Mr. Erdoğan Bayraktar. The students were assessed on a "Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats" (SWOT) analysis and the alternative solutions they submitted to the jury. Their presentations consisted of Situation Analysis, Communication Planning, Media Strategies, Internal PR, Social Responsibility Projects and Conflict Management.
During the forum, Mr. Bayraktar explained the mission and discussed some of the challenges that they have to cope with.
UNESCO and European Mathematics Community Exhibit at Bilkent
An exhibition, "Why Mathematics?" organized by UNESCO and the European Mathematics Community, which consisted of projects by many of today's well-known scientists, was on display for the first time ever in Ankara at the IDV Private Bilkent Primary School.
Featured were ten main subjects, including natural harmony, index and modulation, numbers and calculation. They were sectioned as twenty seven redirector objects and boards and eight interactive objects. This presented visitors with the opportunity to observe and experience how maths influence peoples lives, and the world.
Bilkent Students Win İzmir Jazz Festival Poster Contest
Burcu Melike Kabakuş and Macide Ege Alper, second year students from the Department of Graphic Design, have won first prize at the İzmir European Jazz Festival's 7th Jazz Poster Exhibition. The contest was organized by the İzmir Foundation for Culture, Arts and Education (İKSEV). Their collaborative poster design beat out 105 other entries. The results were announced on January 9.
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Bilkent Business School Becomes CFA Program Partner
Bilkent University's Faculty of Business Administration has become a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Program Partner. The CFA Institute is a global, not-for-profit association for investment professionals. It awards the prestigious Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA) designation, administers CFA curriculum and exam programs worldwide, publishes research, conducts professional development programs, and sets voluntary, ethics-based professional and performance-reporting standards for the investment industry.
This partnership aligns three programs of the business school with the CFA Program Candidate Body of Knowledge ® syllabus: Undergraduate, MS in Finance and MBA programs. This will allow candidates to prepare for the CFA Program and place them with an advantageous position when seeking to enter the finance industry.
The partnership agreement was signed on January 28 by Dean Erdal Erel and Dennis McLeavey, the Head of Education of the CFA Institute. The chairman of the Capital Markets Board, Dr Turan Erol, delivered an opening speech stating the crucial role and importance of these partnerships and designations in the finance industry. McLeavey stated that through the partnership they are able to bring the CFA Program to more students and hopefully increase the number of qualified investment professionals working in the region, while Vice Rector Kürşat Aydoğan emphasized the importance of external evaluation and accreditation of the departments. Dean Erel announced that five student scholarships will be awarded annually to cover program enrollment fees and a large portion of exam registration fees.
More information about the institute may be found at www.cfainstitute.org.
UNESCO and European Mathematics Community Exhibit at Bilkent
An exhibition, "Why Mathematics?" organized by UNESCO and the European Mathematics Community, which consisted of projects by many of today's well-known scientists, was on display for the first time ever in Ankara at the IDV Private Bilkent Primary School.
Featured were ten main subjects, including natural harmony, index and modulation, numbers and calculation. They were sectioned as twenty seven redirector objects and boards and eight interactive objects. This presented visitors with the opportunity to observe and experience how maths influence peoples lives, and the world.
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