Professor Mustafa Kemal YILDIZ
Afyon Kocatepe University
Director of the State Conservatory
Tel: +90 (272) 218 26 29
E-mail: myildiz@aku.edu.tr
Afyonkarahisar, 01.03.2021
Dear Student,
We wish the new academic year to be beneficial for you and your family, and we wish you a successful and fruitful educational life.
You will be studying at an institution that is closely followed for its physical facilities, qualified academic staff, high-quality education, and the scientific and artistic activities it organizes, located in the lands where the Republic was founded and where the world’s first music competition was held.
Our Conservatory provides undergraduate and graduate education in the fields of education, performance, composition, and research. It has an experienced academic staff that is loyal to the Republic and national and moral values; respectful of these values; connected to its traditions; aware of its past; capable of synthesizing its core values and the historical achievements of the great Turkish nation with the requirements of the present day; and advancing on the contemporary path opened by Atatürk.
We believe that you will be happy with an academic staff that will guide and support your studies; that through the many activities we organize and participate in, you will develop yourself further in your field; and that after graduation, you will provide valuable contributions to national and international music culture.
Dear Student,
From the very first moment you step into our school, we would like you to know that we see you as our “colleagues.” In addition to its educational activities, our Conservatory makes significant contributions to the music culture of Afyonkarahisar, the region, and the country through the scientific and artistic events it organizes. Naturally, the primary purpose of all these activities is to ensure that you, our valued students, are trained in a more qualified manner and to contribute to your early preparation for professional life. The artistic works you will carry out during your education will be influential in postgraduate entrance examinations after graduation, in professional preferences, in increasing your employment opportunities, and most importantly, in becoming a self-confident individual who is remembered for their achievements. Based on these considerations, we aim for our educational process to be “student-centered” every academic year, and we will strive to provide all necessary support in line with this objective.
Below are the names of some scientific and artistic activities. You may take part in these activities either as a soloist or as a performer within an ensemble. In addition, within the framework of social responsibility, you may take part in committees as a “volunteer student” and gain experience and build professional networks.
After preliminary meetings with your relevant department and major field coordinator, it will be sufficient to complete the event application form and submit it to our Vice Director responsible for events.
Activities You May Participate In;
International Marsyas Culture, Art and Music Festival
International Hisarlı Ahmet Symposium
World Voice Day Events
Major Field Concerts
Social Responsibility Concerts (Disabled, Elderly, etc.)
April 23 Children’s Choir Festival
Conservatory Promotion Concerts (Fine Arts High Schools and Schools in Afyon Province)
Special Days and Commemorations (10 November, 19 May, etc.)
Music Educators Workshop
Amateur Instrumentalists Festival
Commemoration of Hz. Mevlana and Reunion (Vuslat) Ceremonies
Music Application and Research Center Activities
AKU State Conservatory İbrahim Alimoğlu Music Museum Promotions
With our wishes of love and goodwill…