Alum
Utar Artun
Position
Assistant Professor
Affiliated Departments
Telephone
617-747-6531
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Career Highlights
- Band leader, Utar Artun Trio, Neotolia, Classical Oasis, Unlimited Perception
- Band member, David Fiuczynski's Planet MicroJam, Dave Hines Group, Mehmet Ali Sanlikol's Big Band, Larry Watson and Workforce
- Recordings include Time Is Now, Unlimited Perception 2014 as composer and pianist; National Composition Contest 2014 (SCAMV) as composer; Rose Lace, Neotolia 2014 as producer, arranger, and band leader; Ripple Effect (Jazz Revelation Records 2012) as composer and band leader; and Birds of Feather (Jazz Revelation Records 2010) as composer and band leader
Awards
- Winner of the 18th HALICI Midi Composition Contest (2011)
- Highest award at the SCAMV First National Symphonic Composition Contest (2013)
- Scholar of the Ankara Jazz Society (2013)
- Bronze medal, Global Music Awards (2014)
- Boston Microtonal Society Award (2015)
Education
- B.M., Hacettepe University State Conservatory, Ankara, Turkey
- A.D., Berklee College of Music
- M.M., New England Conservatory
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