Şőlen Dikener

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Publication Date

3-4-2008

Year of Release

2008

Note(s)

Şőlen Dikener, conductor

Sesil Dikener, piano

Cabell County Children's Chorus

Kelsea Laverty, Mollie Ashworth, Morgan France, Geneva Kent, Noah D. LeGrand, Geneva Kent, Terachel Neace, Katie Norman, Hannah Clay, Simone Svingos, Cory Sims, Mychelle Johnson, Chris Kennedy, Emily White, Tamara Wilson, Jessica Tomblin, Autumn Johnson, Kelsi Call, Issiah King, Julie Kinder, Taylor Fitzpatrick, Sebrena Williamson, Andrew Childers, Marissa Given, Kara Gray, Bobby Mitchell, Alana McComas, Abby Stone, Katie Watson, Leigh Ann Abbott, Lacey Nighswander, Macie McCallister, Maizie Plumley, Madison Hamrick, Serenity Christian, Kelsey Offutt, Jacob Burrows, Teleah Dean, Kishauna Harper

Abby Holmes – concertmaster, Korey Jividen - concertmaster, Susan Cook

Melody Cook, George Beter, Hannah Burbery, Rebecca Lepanto, Sam Bauserman, violin 1

Janet Bromley, Sercan Anaer, Joel Hatfield, Lauren Keller, Megan Hunt, Emiko Hori, violin 2

DilekEngin, Jame McCumbee, Lauren McDaniel, viola

Caitlin Zirkle, Jamie Dzierzak, Joshua Wassum, Hilary Weible, Melinda Littlejohn, cello

Rebecca Murphy, Ethan Howard, Rachel Ison, Paul Whear, bass

Callie Huff, Lauren Manor, Jason Cook, flute

Laura Johnson, Lee Ann Lykens, oboe

Lee Ann Lykens, English horn

Robert Heath, Rebecca Adkins, clarinet

Hannah Bird, bass clarinet

Ed Bingham, Lauren Kerrip, bassoon

Nick Amis, Mindy Kelle, Billy Holderby, Brittany Balcom, horn

Sara Vorac, Zacs Merritt, saxophone

Mary Heath, Natasha Beverly, John Daniels, Angela Crum, trumpet

Jeff Blair, Alex Conn, Tyler Mullins, trombone

Scott Lowry, tuba

Andrew Pinnick, Robert Kelley, Chris Scarberry, Lucas Selan, percussion

Daniel Morgan, piano

About the Young People's Competition Winner

Sesil Dikener was born in Ankara, Turkey in 1994 into a musical family. Her parents were music faculty at a college in Ankara. The following year, they moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan, where Sesil started her musical education at the age of 3½. Sesil participated in the Suzuki music program playing the cello, and later, at age 6, she started to play piano with her mother.

In 2002, Sesil moved to Huntington and graduated from Cammack Elementary School. In 6th grade, she received a writing award. In 7th grade, she went to the state Social Studies Fair Finals with her anthropological project. In the same year, Sesil was selected to be a member of the Honor Society at her school. Sesil has a big interest in acting in plays. She has participated in plays to include Oliver (in Michigan), Les Miserables, and Gypsy.

During the summer of 2007, Sesil worked as a translator at the international music camp Academy Datça in Turkey. She also took cello lessons and played in orchestras. She has traveled frequently to Turkey and has been to Spain and Canada.

Her future plans include graduating from Huntington High School and an out-of-state college where she plans to study interior design. She hopes to run her own business on the coast. Her dreams are to live on the seashore, travel the world, and run a successful business.

Sesil currently is an 8th grader at Huntington Middle School; studies piano with Dr. Leslie Petteys; and, cello with her father at Marshall University. She plays cello in the Marshall University Orchestra and takes dance classes from Elite Performance Academy.

MU Symphony Orchestra would like to thank Dr. Ed Bingham for his, support and the Woman's Club of Huntington for their contributions to, produce the Young People's Concert in its forty-seventh season.

Layers for String Orchestra* (2008), Mark Haas

* Commissioned MU composition student work

Note

Smith Recital Hall

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities | Fine Arts | Music | Music Performance

Marshall University Music Department presents the MU Symphony Orchestra, Şőlen Dikener, conductor, “Young People’s Concert”, featuring, Sesil Dikener, piano, and the, Cabell County Children Chorus

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