Panel on advocacy for and communication about collective singing
Panel discussion on advocacy for and communication about collective singing: Have you read the strategic recommendations of the Singtank of the European Choral Association published in 2024? During a 3-year process they developed ideas on what collective singing could look like in 2030, with recommendations for governments, institutions, organisations and individuals working in the field. The recommendations are about making the sector sustainable, securing the future of singers and vocal leaders and embracing digital transformation, and about contributing to social and ecological sustainability.
Join our panelists to discover and discuss this document which you can download from www.EuropeanChoralAssociation.org -> Resources -> Strategies & Policies -> Singtank.
Moderator: Yiğit Deniz (TR)
Speakers: Dermot O’Callaghan (IE), Marco Fornasier (IT), Tine Fris (DK), Kaie Tanner (EE).
Yiğit Deniz was born in 1990 in Eskişehir, Türkiye.
While continuing his studies in Mechanical Engineering at METU, he participated in Yıldız İbrahimova’s “Performing Jazz” class and the METU Voice Choir. In 2014, he founded Jazzberry Tunes with his fellows from the Performing Jazz class and has been conducting the choir ever since.
In addition to his participations in choral conducting workshops by conductors like Dénes Szabó and Régis Harquel, he received vocal coaching training from the state opera singer Arda Doğan. He took the roles of musical director, conductor and actor in various projects of Lemur Sanat, Türkiye’s leading amateur musical theater organization.
Yiğit Deniz has served as a board member of the Choral Culture Association since 2020, and joined the European Choral Association’s board in 2024.
He works to promote choral culture and increase awareness of choral music in Türkiye.
