BIOGRAPHY

Education

- University of Hartford, The Hartt School of Music, CT-USA 2000 - 2006

DMA in COMPOSITION

-Amsterdam Conservatory, Amsterdam-The Netherlands 2004 - 2005

Composition with Theo Loevendie

- Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory, Ankara-TURKEY 1997 – 2000

MM in Composition

- Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory, Ankara-TURKEY 1993 – 1997

BM in Composition

- Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory, Ankara-TURKEY 1993 – 1995

Studied Ethnomusicology and Anthropology beside composition

-Since her childhood studied Turkish folk music, cura, and, mandolin with her father

Selim Onder

Awards

- The Ministry of Culture of Turkey, Composition Competition, 1^st category

3^rd prize, Ankara- TURKEY 2004

- The Ministry of Culture of Turkey, Composition Competition, 2^nd category

3^rd prize, Ankara- TURKEY 2004 - The Ministry of Culture of Turkey, Composition Competition, 2^nd category

4^th prize, Ankara- TURKEY 2004
- The American Composers Orchestra, NYC-USA, Honorable Mention 2002

- The British Council “The Young Musician of the Year”, Ankara-TURKEY,

2^nd prize 2000

- The British Council “The Young Musician of the Year”, Ankara-TURKEY, 2000

4^th prize
- Nejat F. Eczacibasi “2^nd Composition Competition”, Izmir-TURKEY, 3^rd prize 1998

Master Courses

-Avantgarde Tirol, Seefled in Tirol, Austria 2005

- Acanthes, Metz, France 2005

- IMD-International Musik Institute of Darmstadt 2004

- Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester-England 2001

Primary Teachers

-Theo Loevendie, The Amsterdam Conservatory, The Netherlands

-Dr. Robert Carl, The Hartt School of Music, Hartford, Ct, USA

-Dr. James Sellars, The Hartt School of Music, Hartford, Ct, USA

-Dr. Ertuðrul Bayraktar, Ankara State Conservatory, Ankara, Turkey

-Mehmet Okonþar, private lessons, Ankara, Turkey

-Selim Önder, Izmir, Turkey