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performed by 

Ismail Lumanovski, clarinet and Apollo Chamber Players (Anabel Ramirez, Matt Detrick, Whitney Bullock, Matthew Dudzik) featuring Timothy Pitts, bass and Matthew McClung, percussion

Special thanks to Ryan Edwards and Coincident Sound! 

Thracian Airs of Besime Sultan (2015) is my free improvisation on the folk music of the Thracian region. This six-movement, through-composed piece explores folkloric dances and styles from a large geographical area, including Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Turkey.

The work was written for Apollo Chamber Players and Roma clarinetist Ismail Lumanovski, and it is dedicated to my late grandmother, Besime Civelek. My grandmother was the only member of my family who was from Thrace, and in our last phone conversation, she expressed how much she loves my music. During the summer of 2014, she and I listened to my entire catalog of works. As the sultan of the family, we affectionally called her 'Besime Sultan'. 

Thracian Airs of Besime Sultan exists in two versions: string quartet and chamber ensemble (clarinet, percussion and string quintet).

Besime Sultan'ın Trakya Havaları (Thracian Airs Of Besime Sultan)

Read by IIIZ+ and company on September 22nd, 2016

Darrel Materum - Alto Saxophone
Miki Maruta - Koto
Jocelyn Clark - Gayageum
Yi-Chieh Jay Lai - Zheng
Jong Hun Jo - Janggu
Nils Aardahl - Bass

Puppies in the Snow

Erberk Eryılmaz - Uçan Türkü (Flying Folk Song) for Viola, Zheng, Piano and Percussion

Laura Krentzman, viola
Yi-Chieh Jay Lai, zheng
Erberk Eryılmaz, piano
Sophia Zorek, percussion

Uçan Türkü (Flying Folk Song) for Viola, Zheng, Piano and Percussion

Conducted by Jebat Kee and performed by members of the Shepherd School of Music orchestra. Recorded on 10/23/16.

Beltway 8

Songs Are Against War for Voice and Piano, 2014

Ayşe Göknur Şanal, voice
Erberk Eryılmaz, piano

Sound Engineers: Kristian Tchetchko and Riccardo Schulz

Recorded at the Vlahakis Recording Studio at the Carnegie Mellon University, School of Music on May 11, 2015

Songs Are Against War for Voice and Piano (EXCERPT)

East Coast Byulsingut and jazz, balance and harmony based on improvisation 

Complexed and strong improvisation rhythm, unique and originative melody. It is a common point between jazz and East Coast music. In the <Byulsinak> stage, which focuses on these things in common, it reproduces the harmonious melody and rhythm in a modern way and brings out the depth and variety of music. 
In addition to Jo Jong-hun, who keeps the essence of East Coast ancestral music, Australia's drummer Simon Barker fully understands and manages his own style. 
Jazz drums, jazz pianos, and Korean traditional musical instruments such as Saenghwang, Piri, Taepyeongso and Yanggeum will show balance and harmonious based on improvisation. 

Encounter two genres of improvisation - The harmony of jazz and the East coast 

Korean gut music has a strong improvisation, These characteristics are unquestionably revealed in the East Coast Byulsingut. In particular, the instrumentation of the East Coast Byulsingut music is composed only of percussion instruments, unlike the gut music of other regions, and plays a leading role in all consciousness music. As the conscious music consisted only of percussion instruments was continuously carried around the specific family for a long time, the musical structure of rhythm was strengthened. In addition, the long rhythm cycle possessed by each rhythm of the East Coast Byulsingut has the characteristic that the structure and texture of the rhythm can be changed in various ways according to the musical competence of the performer because the rhythm variation is easy. 
Based on the original characteristics of this East Sea Byulsingut, I would like to create works with other genres within the range of not compromising the prototype. In this performance, we try to expand the possibilities of Korean jazz by combining jazz improvisation and harmony with the rhythm melody of the East Coast Byulsingut through collaboration with jazz musicians. 
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released November 9, 2017

바다 Bada

In Norse mythology, Ymir is the primordial giant whose body makes the universe.  From his flesh comes the earth, from his blood comes the ocean, from his hair the trees, from his brains the clouds, from his skull the heavens, and from his bones come the mountains.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0PBTbUnsu4

바다 Bada

Jong Hun Jo

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