Nazareth Hosts Turkish Singer Merve Nur Sari September 23, 2011

Merve Nur Sari, a former Study of the U.S. Institute (SUSI) student at Nazareth College, will be singing classical Turkish songs as well as American jazz numbers in a special concert at Nazareth College’s Linehan Chapel on Friday, September, 23 at 7 p.m. Nazareth College is located at 4245 East Ave, Rochester, NY, 14618. The concert is free and open to the public and co-sponsored by Center for International Education and the Turkish Society of Rochester. For more information, please contact phans2@naz.edu.

Sari, from Istanbul, Turkey, will be singing while accompanied by piano, Kanun and Darbuka (traditional Turkish instruments). The musicians are from the Turkish Society of Rochester. Following the concert, there will be a reception with refreshments and Turkish desserts.

Sari studied at Nazareth College in the summer of 2008. Afterwards, she graduated from Halic University in Istanbul, Turkey. Continuing her education, Sari received a master’s in social media in business administration from Yeditepe University in Turkey. Currently, she has been working as a project development assistant at Yeditepe University. Sari has been performing with TRT National Turkish Radio and TV since 2005.