Dear Musical Friends, The Society for Turkish Classical Music (STCM) is pleased to announce a new session of classes with Dr. Timuçin Çevikoğlu. We will continue with the online format… Read More STCM Winter 2023 Classes
Dear Friends, We have recently completed another series of online classes with Dr. Timuçin Çevikoğlu. The format of these study sessions has provided a remarkable vehicle for us to taste… Read More Spring 2022 Classes Gratitude
Dear Friends,I am reaching out to follow up on our announcement about the new series of classes with Timucin Cevikoglu that will be starting this Saturday March 5. You have… Read More Upcoming Classes Starting Soon
The Society for Turkish Classical Music is pleased to announce a new session of classes with Dr. Timuçin Çevikoğlu.
We will continue with the online format successfully developed in our first year of remote classes. This incorporates strong elements of the traditional meşk instruction, with individualized feedback from the teacher, and permits us to come together from our various international locations.… Read More STCM Spring 2022 Course Offerings
Dear Friends of the Society for Turkish Classical Music, We are now coming to the end of our current series of classes with Timuçin Hoca. The refinements Hoca has made… Read More Reflections from the recent class series
The musical work accompanying the Sema Ceremony, as performed by the chorus and orchestra (collectively called “mutrib”), is the Mevlevi Ayin. The works in this form are composed with a… Read More The Ayin Compositions in Mevlevi Music
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Let me introduce you to one of my most profound teachers in my lifetime—the ney. A sacred instrument of the Sufis, the ney is a flute made from a reed… Read More Fire is the voice of the ney – not wind…the fire of love has fallen into the ney
Dear friends of beautiful music, I write on a January night from the deep winter’s cold of upstate New York, sitting close to my wood stove and warmed by the… Read More Welcome Friends – Update on Non Profit Status
The music we perform is the Sufi music of Asia minor and surrounding regions in its vicinity. In this region, over the centuries there have been many different Sufi orders… Read More The Music of the Sufis
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