Program proposal forms have been delivered to campus mailboxes and are available in the Academic Senate Office. For more information, call EXT 8-1264. This Friday the Jazz and World Music Studies Program presents a guest recital by Latif Bolat. Bolat, a native of the Turkish Mediterranean town of Mersin, will perform Turkish Sufi music. The recital begins at 1 p.m. in Knuth Hall in the Creative Arts Building.
Admission is Free.
After receiving his degree in folklore and music at Gazi University in Ankara, Turkey, Bolat taught traditional music throughout Eastern Anatolia. Ankara Halk Tiyatrosu, which performed traditional musical plays. Now residing in California, Bolat is one of the most distinguished Turkish musicians in the United States. With a vast repertory that includes songs in classical, folk and Sufi music styles, he accompanies himself on the baglama, and various other traditional instruments from the Turkish folk music tradition. The exhibit, the first ever faculty show at SFSU, features work in various media by the distinguished artists who teach in the SFSU Art Department.