New composition “Blue Journey” premiered on March 19, 2011
Mesut's new composition "Blue Journey (Mavi Yolculuk) for flute, cello, and guitar premiered by Lars Johannesson, flute, Amy Brodo, cello, and Mesut Özgen, guitar Read more
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Over the Sea: SC Chamber Players Concerts
The Santa Cruz Chamber Players Concert Series continues the 2010-2011 season with a concert featuring music inspired by the oceans. The program includes works by Toru Takemitsu, Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, Tsuneya Tanabe, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Carl Nielsen, Sarah Dubois, and Mesut Özgen. The program features the premiere performance of Özgen's Blue Journey. Read more
Santa Cruz Guitar Orchestra Winter Concert 2011
The Santa Cruz Guitar Orchestra, directed by Mesut Ozgen, will present its Winter Concert at the Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church in Soquel, California on Sunday, February 20, 2011 at 4 pm. Read more
Santa Cruz Guitar Orchestra Fall Concert 2010
The Santa Cruz Guitar Orchestra, directed by Mesut Ozgen, will present a special program of guitar works in its Fall Concert at the Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church in Soquel, California on Sunday, November 21, 2010 at 4 pm. Read more
Anatolian Fantasy with the Özgen Trio
Music from Istanbul and the Ottoman Court
Neva Özgen, kemençe; Mesut Özgen, guitar; Kathleen Purcell, flute
The UCSC Music Department's "Friday Night Live" series kicks off the 2010-2011 season with a concert featuring faculty guitarist Mesut Özgen leading the Özgen Trio, with Turkish kemençe master Neva Özgen and flutist Kathleen Purcell, presenting a repertoire from the classical and folk musics of Turkey on Friday, October 22, 2010, 7:30 pm at UCSC Music Center Recital Hall. Read more
“Designing Technical Training Programs” book release
Mesut's pedagogic research book "Designing Technical Training Programs for Classical Guitarists Based on Exercise Physiology Principles" is released by Turquoise Guitar Editions. The purpose of this research paper is to present technical training programs for classical guitarists based on exercise physiology principles, a subdiscipline of kinesiology that examines biophysical foundations of human movement. Two other subdisciplines of kinesiology are also discussed in the study as they relate to playing guitar: functional anatomy and biomechanics. more...
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