music

Greetings from Turkey, Adana…
We have three very popular musicians...We hope you like them too…

TARKAN...(singer)
Tarkan Tevetoğlu popularly known as Tarkan, is a World Music award winning pop singer in Turkey. Tarkan has been known for the use of sexual and romantic themes in his work and has been nicknamed the "Prince Of Pop" by the media. He has released several platinum-selling albums during his career, with an estimated 15 million albums sold. One of a few European singers that has managed to span chart success over three continents without singing in English, the artist is also noted for his live stage performances.



İDİL BİRET...(pianist)


Born in Ankara, Idil Beret started to learn the piano at the age of three and later studied at the Paris Conservatoire under the guidance of Nadia Boulanger, graduating at the age of fifteen with three first prizes. A pupil of Alfred Cortot and of Wilhelm Kempff, she embarked on her career as a soloist at the age of sixteen, appearing with major orchestras in the principal musical centres of the world, in collaboration with conductors of the greatest distinction.

FAZIL SAY...(pianist)

Fazil Say was born in Ankara, Turkey, in 1970. He studied piano and composition. Say received a scholarship enabling him to study at the Robert Schumann Institute in Düsseldorf. From 1992 to 1995, he moved to Berlin in order to study at the Berlin Conservatory. Since the beginning of his career, he played together with worldwide leading orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic, the Israel Philharmonic, the Baltimore Symphony, the St Petersburg Philharmonic, the BBC Philharmonic and the Orchestre National de France. Say also took part in numerous well-known festivals like the Salzburg Festival, Montreux Jazz Festival and the Harrod's Piano Series in London. As a composer and pianist with an international reputation, he performed at a variety of events, recorded many CDs and also composed own creations.

musıc

Hello everbody,
Most of the students here really like listening to music. Actually not only the students
but also the teachers want to hear a song when they have free time.
We like listening to music while driving, talking to friends, eating something, travelling...

You can hear the melody once you come into the school garden in the mornings. I think this is
very good for us. Just think about that: you get off the school bus and music welcomes you!
this is fantastic for us. And at break times you hear the music again.

of course our students aren't allowed to listen to music during the lessons. Actually they don't need that. Because in the dining hall we can eat and listen at the same time.

Lunch time at Gündoğdu

We usually have soup at our lunch. At lunch we also have rice, meat and every kind of vegetable food. We sometimes have fruit. Spending a lunch time at Gündoğdu is very enjoyable. We always listen to music while we are having our lunch. For a drink we have "Ayran" which is a mixture of yoghurt, water and salt, or fruit juice.

what we eat for breakfast and lunch

Turkish people eat cheese, olive, tomato, cucumber, egg, tea, orange juice, sausage, honey, jam, butter and bread at breakfast.

We eat sour and spicy meals,for example we eat pasta,’’kısır’’, chicken and meat balls at lunch.

Stories about Family Dinners in Philadephia

The students of Dr. Forste-Grupp's class each wrote a short story about what can happen when a family sits down to eat dinner together.

All of the stories describe the food we typically eat for dinner. And all of the stories have a conversation between the characters.

One story is set during a winter storm. One story is about what happens when an older sister visits from college. A third story is about how a family gets packed and ready for vacation.

But all the stories are wonderful!

You can see them by clicking on this link:
http://worldlit-sfg.pbwiki.com/AllPages

Then you can click on any of the titles and read a short 2-page story! Enjoy!