Posted on Monday, February 2, 2004
Latif Bolat will appear with his Turkish musical ensemble at ¾¨Ó㴫ý Thursday, Feb. 19, at 6 p.m. in the student lounge of the McKelvey Campus Center.
The two-hour concert, "Healing Sounds of Ancient Turkey: Turkish Mystic Sufi Music, Poetry, and Images," features traditional Turkish folk music and devotional Sufi songs. The lyrics of the Sufi music, called Ilahis or Nefeses, are taken largely from the great 13th century music poets Rumi and Yanus Emre. Throughout the program, devotional poetry will be recited and images of Turkish people and scenery will be projected on screen.
"This event is the second in a series of bi-annual visits featuring representatives of the various religious traditions of today's world, and the people who study them," said Dr. Bryan Rennie, associate professor of religion and philosophy and the Vira I. Heinz Endowed Professor Chair. "The series, Religion and Religions' is funded by the Vira I. Heinz Professor Endowment."
While at ¾¨Ó㴫ý Bolat and his ensemble will be part of several music theory classes, and take part in the Music Department Seminar with various faculty members.
Bolat is a native of the Turkish Mediterranean town of Mersin, and received his undergraduate degrees from Gazi University in Ankara, Turkey, and MBA from the San Francisco State University. His concert and conference itinerary has taken him all across America, Canada, Bulgaria, New Zeland, Indonesia, England, and Turkey.
The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Rennie at (724) 946-7151 or e-mail brennie@westminster.edu. More information is also available at .
