Turkish Religious Music State Conservatory

I'm Nurcan Parlak. I am a student at the Department of Turkish Religious Music at the Turkish Religious Music State Conservatory in Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University. After our school was just opened, our Conservatory started to accept undergraduate students between the 2013-2014 educational years. The aim of our department is to educate artists under the branch of art and to educate music teachers with pedagogical formation education. For students who want to improve themselves academically and progress in this way, it has opened a master's program. Our department is located at the Jinnah Campus in Çankaya. The courses we take in our department in general include Turkish Music Theory, Solfege and Dictation, Methodology, sound and studio courses, and Mevlevi ritual courses. At the same time, in the field of instrumental courses, the students can take audio lessons under the name of instrument education courses. I'm a Voice student. Taking advantage of this right, I take classical kemancha lessons in the Instrument Education class. Internship is compulsory in our department. We can do our internships under the supervision of academicians. In order to graduate from our department, we prepare a graduation thesis. Since our campus belongs only to our department, all classrooms are a working space for us. In addition, we have studios and classes where we can perform collective performances. After graduating from our department, as I mentioned before, we can become a music teacher working under the Ministry of Education by taking formation training. In addition to this, we can become artists in various institutions such as the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) and Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Students who wish to progress academically can become faculty members in many universities after completing various programs such as a master's degree offered by our school. The main reason for choosing our department is that our conservatory has opened the Turkish Religious Music Main Art Branch. Since Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University is mainly a new university, I chose it due to it having opened the first and only Turkish Religious Music Main Art Branch in Turkey. I use the audio and studio facilities most when studying in our department. In addition, there are also many classes where we can perform our collective performances and work with our own means. Professors also support us whenever we need it. After graduating from our department, I want to do a master's degree at my own university. I also want to teach music. My suggestions to the candidates coming here are to keep their motivation high and to take full advantage of all the opportunities our school will offer them. I wish success to the students who will choose the Turkish Religious Music Department in the Turkish Religious Music State Conservatory at Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University.