Courses
​​​​Introductory and Advanced Undergraduate Level Courses
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Composition I–VIII (Track)
​Theory I–IV (Track)
Computer Music Studio I–IV (Track)
Orchestration I–IV (Track)
Notation and Engraving Software
Prompt Engineering and AI for Musicians
Creative Coding: Max MSP, PD, Python, SuperCollider
Max MSP Jitter I & II
Chord, Melody, and Timbre
Musical Inventors Lab
Electronic Music: Practical and Theoretical Labs
Machine Music Lab
AI Ethics and Copyright
Studio Band: Experimental | Rock | Jazz | Fusion | and all
DIY
Philosophy of Music
Cognitive Foundations of Music
Applied Math for Musicians (collaborative instruction)
Music and Physics (collaborative instruction)
Mathematical Foundations of Music
Songwriting Band (LogicPro, Instruments, and vocals)
Algorithmic Composition I & II
Foundations of Programming in Music and Sound Design
Transcriptions in Style and Arrangement Techniques
Introduction to Instrumentation and Arranging
Introduction to Orchestral Scoring
Introduction to Film and Game Music in DAW and VST plugins
Advanced Topics in Film and Game Music Scoring
Counterpoint I & II
Improvisation in Style
Free Improvisation
Microtonal Systems
Introduction to Turkish Music and Makam System
Sound Design
Electric, Microcontrollers, and Arduino IDE in Music Making
Orchestration I & II
Electroacoustic Music I & II
Soundscapes and Bioacoustics
Introduction to Field Recording Techniques
Audio Engineering I & II–DAWs: Logic Pro, Pro Tools , Live and Plug-In
Python Programming for Musicians
Field Recording and Editing Techniques
Integrated Theory and Aural Skills
Classical Guitar Studies
Chamber Music
Orchestra
Improvisation Ensemble
Environmental Sound Studies
Topics in Music Cognition
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Graduate Courses & Seminars
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Advanced Composition​ Studies
Advanced Computer Music
Dissertation and Thesis
Composers Forum
Survey in Advanced Techniques of Harmony and Form
Mind and Creative Imagination in Music
Musical (Infra)Structure
New Materialism, Sound, and Motion
Innovation and Musical Practices
Advanced Notation Techniques
Ear, Resonance, and Microtonality
Time: Theory and Practice
Probabilistic Models in Music: Cage to Xenakis
Soundscape Analysis
History of Noise
Noise and Silence (Re)imagined: Theory and Practice
Listening: Philosophical and Empirical Approaches
Politics of Music, Sustainable Futures
Philosophy of Music: Post-50s, Deleuze, and Non-futures
Acoustic Ecologies of the Middle East: Historicities and Practice
Acoustic Ecologies of Southeast Asia: Historicities and Practice
Research Methodologies of Electroacoustic Music Composition
Mathematical Foundations of Vibration Mechanics
Sound and Posthumanistic Prospects
Current Musical Techniques
Advanced Topics in Electroacoustic Music
Advanced Field Recording and Analysis
Post-tonal Theory
Music, Text, and Literature
Anthropology of Sound (collaborative instruction)
Project Management and Organization Skills for Musicians
Research Methodologies
Active Learning
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Past Courses
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Lecturer, Faculty of Music and Performing Arts, Bilkent University
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Fall 2020
MSC 213 Advanced Orchestration I: Tracing Eco–Cosmopolitanism in 18th
Century Orchestral Timbre
MSC 113 Techniques of Notation and Instrumentation
Composition: Individual Music Studies I
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Spring 2020
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MSC 214 Advanced Orchestration II: Scoring for Stage, Film, and Games
MSC 114 Fundamentals of Orchestration: Mozart’s Orchestral Technique
in 1778–1781
Composition: Individual Music Studies II
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Fall 2019
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MSC 213 Advanced Orchestration I
MSC 113 Techniques of Notation and Instrumentation
Composition: Individual Music Studies I
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Lecturer, Department of Music, Cornell University
Fall 2015
Music 3103 Musicianship III
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Lecturer, Faculty of Music and Performing Arts, Bilkent University
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Spring 2014
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MSC 904 Ear Training II
MSC 912 Individual Music Studies: Composition for Non-Majors
Tonal Harmony, Bilkent Music Preparatory High School
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Fall 2013
MSC 903 Ear Training I
MSC 911 Individual Music Studies: Composition for Non-Majors
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Fall 2004 – Spring 2006
Individual Music Studies: Classical Guitar for Non-Majors
(advised by Prof. Kursad Terci undergraduate level, no code available due to curriculum revision, equivalent to MSC 911 and 912 Individual Music Studies)
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Assistant Conductor, Department of Music, Cornell University
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Spring 2016
Assistant Conductor for the Cornell Symphony Orchestra
with conductor Kisun Sung, and Graduate Teaching Assistant for Music 3621.
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Responsibilities included teaching and conducting orchestral sectionals; orchestral administration, financing, and organization; and management of publicity materials, program notes, and webcasting.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Music, Cornell University
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Spring 2019
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Music 3621, Orchestra with conductor Adrian Slywotzky
Responsibilities included a composition commission, rehearsing, tutoring in subjects of orchestral repertoire, program notes, and webcasting.
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Fall 2018
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Music 2101, Theory Materials and Techniques 1
with Professor Roger Moseley Subjects included Fuxian Counterpoint and Galant Schemata
(a program in Cornell University Active Learning Initiative)
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Spring 2017
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Music 2102, Theory Materials and Techniques 2
with Professor Roger Moseley Subjects included Neo-Riemannian Theory
(a program in Cornell University Active Learning Initiative)
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Fall 2016
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Music 1421, Introduction to Computer Music
with Professor Kevin Ernste
Subjects included practical and theoretical exploration of signal processing, Max MSP, Pure Data, Ableton Live, Reason, Arduino coding, recording, editing, and mixing.
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Fall 2015
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Music 3101, Tonal Theory III with Professor Roger Moseley
Responsibilities included designing and teaching weekly sections, tutoring, and grading. (a program in Cornell University Active Learning Initiative)
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Graduate Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Music and Performing Arts, Bilkent University
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Fall 2012 – Fall 2013
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Tonal Harmony, with Professor Gokce Altay
(primarily for Bilkent Music Preparatory High School music program, and additional undergraduate level support)
Responsibilities included teaching weekly sections, tutoring, and grading.