Evaluation of educator, student and parent opinions on violin education implemented in CAKA summer school

Cihat Aşkın ve Küçük Arkadaşları (CAKA) project, Turkish violin virtuoso Prof. Dr. It is a project founded by Cihat AŞKIN in 2001 under the umbrella of Bursa Uludağ University State Conservatory. CAKA project has made a name for itself in national and international arenas with its educational branches, masterclasses, various concert events and Summer and Winter School activities within its ongoing 23-year education activities. In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the opinions of educators, students and parents regarding the violin education implemented in CAKA Summer School. In line with the interviews, the preparations before participating in the summer school, the violin education process, the reasons for preferring the summer school, the utilization of the summer school, the similarities and differences of this summer school from other projects, and the social interactions that took place were discussed. The study is important in terms of learning the thoughts of the participants of the summer school conducted by CAKA, which has an important place in violin education in Turkey. The study is a qualitative research with a nested single-case pattern. Data in the study were obtained through document review and semi-structured interviews. Theme and descriptive analysis were used to analyze the data. Criterion sampling technique, one of the purposeful sampling methods, was used in the study. Within the scope of the research, 6 sub-problems were determined for the violin educators, violin students and parents of violin students at CAKA Summer School. The six sub-problems were presented in the form of tables as main themes, categories and sub-themes in the findings section and their comments were made. The opinions obtained from the participants are given in their original form in a descriptive manner in the findings section. According to the common results obtained from educators, students and parents in the research; it was seen that CAKA Summer School gave participants experience, had a social environment, provided students with the opportunity to give concerts and students could meet each other and become friends. In line with these results, recommendations were developed for educators, students and parents in the research.