The Santa Cruz Guitar Orchestra, directed by Mesut Ozgen, will present the final concert of the 2011-12 season with an exciting program of music from Baroque and traditional South American to ragtime and swing jazz styles played by a symphony of guitars! Read more
Aksak Duo, formed by the Turkish virtuoso violinist Cihat Askin and guitarist/composer Mesut Özgen, begins their concert tour in Turkey at the Kars Music Festival on March 24, 2012. The duo performs a special program of violin-guitar music, including works by Pablo Ortiz, Chris Pratorius, Robert Strizich, Ken Walicki, Mesut Özgen, and others. Aksak means "limping" in Turkish and refers to an odd rhythmic pattern in 9/8 or 9/4 meter. Read more
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, March 4, 2012 at 4 pm.
The Santa Cruz Guitar Orchestra, directed by Mesut Ozgen, is featured in the first concert of the 2012 SC Baroque Festival at the UCSC Music Center Recital Hall on Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 7:30 pm. Among the repertoire is Özgen's arrangement of Contrapunctus No. 1 from the Art of the Fugue by J.S. Bach. Read more
The Santa Cruz Guitar Orchestra, directed by Mesut Ozgen, presents the first concert of the 2012 Guitar Ensemble Series at the Davis Art Center in Davis, California on Friday, February 3, 2012 at 8 pm. Read more
The Santa Cruz Guitar Orchestra, directed by Mesut Ozgen, will present the final concert of the 2010-11 season at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz, California on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at 7:30 pm more...