The Department warmly congratulates Dr. Onur Yıldırım, who successfully defended his DMA dissertation in Music Composition titled "Phonetics-based Techniques in My Compositional Methodology and Two Compositions: ŠÀ {karāz} for large ensemble and eschaton according to bēl-rē'u-šu for percussion trio" on May 24, 2021. Dr. Yıldırım's dissertation was advised by Professor Bradford Garton, and his committee also included Professors George Lewis, Zosha Di Castri, Benjamin K. Holtzman, and Mahir Cetiz.
Congratulations, Onur!