The Place of Izmir Turkish Art Music Amateur Choirs in Human Life

The overwhelming majority of the institutions that meet the needs of the Turkish art music oriented audiences in ？zmir are the amateur music ensembles. As of 2018, the number of these ensembles having increased significantly in ？zmir's music life and in the lives of people is one hundred and fifty. The aim of this article is to understand the purpose of the existence of these Turkish Art Music amateur ensembles and their place / importance for people and music life in ？zmir. Fifty choirs were taken as reference for this study. These choirs were analysed according to concepts such as socialization, urbanization, modernization, loneliness via the data obtained by observation, interview and questionnaire methods during the pre-concert rehearsals and concerts. Due to the fact that amateur music ensembles define themselves as choirs, associations, societies and communities, choruses, associations, societies; these words were used synonymously in the text, although there is no difference in structure, quality and function. The study doesn’t specify any names and venues as it was conducted on condition that no choir chief and the name of the choir to be revealed