"World Guitar Night" concert, San Jose State University, as part of the South Bay Guitar Society Guitar Solo & Ensemble Festival, San Jose, California, March 28, 2008

"Rhapsody for Guitar Orchestra," Z.o.o Guitar Duo with UCSC Classical Guitar Ensemble, directed and conducted by Mesut Özgen, featuring ensemble works by Jack Vees, Christopher Pratorius, Richard Charlton, J. S. Bach, Mauro Giuliani, Peter Curtis, Gioachino Rossini, Phillip Houghton, and Gerald Garcia, University of California Santa Cruz Music Center Recital Hall, Santa Cruz, California, March 12, 2008

"Contemporary Latin American Classical Music," featuring Double Concerto by Astor Piazzolla with the Santa Cruz Chamber Orchestra, Holy Cross Church, Santa Cruz, California, May 26, 2007

"Guitar-Keyboard Duo Concert" with Anthony Newman, as part of the Palazzo House Concert Series, Santa Cruz, California, April 25, 2007

"World of Guitar: 500 Years of the Plucked Strings" in Santa Cruz Baroque Festival, University of California Santa Cruz Music Center Recital Hall, Santa Cruz, California, February 10, 2007

"Verdery Tribute Concert" in the Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall, Yale School of Music, New Haven, Connecticut, March 25, 2006

"A Tertio-Millenial Tribute" with Lux Musica ensemble in Santa Cruz Baroque Festival, UCSC Music Center Recital Hall, Santa Cruz, California, February 4, 2006

"Double Bill: Nylon, Steel, & Opera" Mesut Özgen and William Coulter presenting solo and duo guitar works by Özgen, Coulter, and O'Carolan, also featuring The Rehearsal, a new chamber opera by David Evan Jones at University of California Santa Cruz Music Center Recital Hall, January 30, 2005

"New Dimensions in Classical Guitar" Mesut Özgen and friends in a multimedia performance at the Mello Center for the Performing Arts, as part of the 2004 season Artists in Residence Performance Series of Pajaro Valley Performing Arts Association in Watsonville, California (For links to the featured articles go to Reviews), March 13, 2004

"New Dimensions in Classical Guitar" Mesut Özgen and friends in a multimedia performance at University of California Santa Cruz Music Center Recital Hall, as part of the 2003-04 UCSC Arts & Lectures season, March 5 and 6, 2004

"Chamber Music Fall Concert," recorder and guitar music, Music Center Recital Hall, University of California, Santa Cruz, December 3, 2003

"Spanish Folk and Baroque: Fandangos," solo and guitar-harpsichord duo performances, Santa Cruz Baroque Festival, Holy Cross Church, Santa Cruz, California, May 11, 2002

"Italian Folk and Baroque: An evening in Old Italy" La Tarantella Fresca, ensemble performance (basso continuo), Santa Cruz Baroque Festival, Music Center Recital Hall, University of California, Santa Cruz, April 20, 2002

"Folkie Classical Guitar" Mesut Özgen and friends perform solo and ensemble classical guitar music from American, Spanish, Argentinian, Turkish, and Greek folk traditions. Guest artists: Linda Burman-Hall, harpsichord, Kathleen Purcell, flute, Ariela Morgenstern, mezzo-soprano, Shelley Phillips, oboe, Barry Phillips, cello, Nancy Lingemann, castanets, John and Nancy Lingemann, tango dance,Music Center Recital Hall, University of California, Santa Cruz, February 20, 2002

"Echoes from the Old Country" with Shelley and Barry Phillips, Santa Cruz Chamber Players, CA, February 2, 2002

"Echoes from the Old Country" with Shelley and Barry Phillips, Santa Cruz Chamber Players, CA, February 3, 2002

"2001: A Guitar Odyssey" solo and duo guitar music with Benjamin Verdery and Mesut Özgen, featuring the UCSC Guitar Orchestra, world premiere of Pick and Roll for guitar orchestra, saxophone, two violins, and basketball player by Benjamin Verdery. Read more about the concert program on "Sentinel." Review of the concert on "City on a Hill Press." Watch the video clips. Music Center Recital Hall, University of California, Santa Cruz, May 2, 2001

"Bravo Beethoven!" in Santa Cruz Baroque Festival (Carulli/Beethoven Variations op.169 for 19th century guitar and fortepiano with Linda Burman-Hall), Holy Cross Church, Santa Cruz, April 21, 2001, KUSP 88.9 FM broadcasted on Sunday, May 6, during "Foglift" with host Roger Emanuels

"Festival of Contemporary Music: April in Santa Cruz" (world premiere of Three Baroque Miniatures for guitar and harpsichord by Paul Nauert, with harpsichordist Linda Burman-Hall), Recital Hall, University of California, Santa Cruz, April 18, 2001

"Seher-Traditional Music from Turkey and India," Ihsan Özgen (kemence), Deepak Ram (bansuri), Mesut Özgen (classical guitar), Debopriyo Sarkar (tabla), Julia Morgan Center for the Arts, Berkeley, California, November 18, 2000, KUSP 88.9 FM broadcasted on Friday, March 6, 2001, during "A Classic Example" with host Dale Owen

"Cantemir with Ihsan Özgen (Classical Crossroads)," (kemence, baroque flute, baroque violin, viola da gamba, harpsichord, lute, historical guitar, percussion), Recital Hall, University of California, Santa Cruz, as part of the 2000-01 UCSC Arts & Lectures season, November 12, 2000

"Guitar 2000," Recital Hall, University of California, Santa Cruz, February, 2000

UCSC Wind Ensemble and UCSC Guitar Orchestra, "Something Old and Something New," Recital Hall, University of California, Santa Cruz, December, 1999

Viola-guitar performance with Polly Burkholder, Sesnon House, Cabrillo College, Aptos, California, June, 1999

"Baroque Ensembles in Orfeo," Organ Hall, Arizona State University, Tempe, April, 1998

ASU Faculty Ensemble and Guitar Ensemble Concerts, 1994-1997

"A Schubertiad: Celebrating his 200th Birthday," Organ Hall, Arizona State University, Tempe, February, 1997

"Baroque Ensembles in Dido and Aeneas," Organ Hall, Arizona State University, Tempe, May, 1995

Yale Guitar Ensemble, Sprague Hall, New Haven, Connecticut, 1991-1994

Voice-guitar Concert with Jerald Siena, New Haven, Connecticut, November 11, 1993

Concerto op. 99 no. 1 by Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Gran Teatro, Cordoba, Spain, July, 1989

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