This Friday…

Artists Mesut Özgen and William Coulter, both UCSC guitar instructors, will be joined by guest artists to present music from various traditions, including Latin American, Turkish, and Celtic, as well as compositions by Özgen himself.

Mesut Özgen and William Coulter

with

Greer Ellison, flute

Deby Grosjean, fiddle

Patrice Maginnis, voice

Brian Staufenbiel, voice

Turkish guitarist/composer Mesut Özgen has performed as featured soloist in many festivals and taught master classes throughout the United States, Spain, and Turkey. He has currently been teaching guitar at UCSC. Özgen's recordings include a solo CD "Troubadour" featuring classical works inspired by folk traditions and 2006 Telly award-winner multimedia DVD "New Dimensions in Classical Guitar," featuring new works by Deepak Ram, Benjamin Verdery, Robert Strizich, Pablo Ortiz, Robert Beaser, Anthony Newman, and A. Gilbert. www.mesutozgen.com

William Coulter has been performing and recording classical and traditional music for over 20 years. His most recent recording, The Road Home, is a critically acclaimed solo project on the Gourd Music label. In 2005 he was awarded a Grammy for his contribution to "The Pink Guitar," a collection of solo guitar arrangements of the music of Henry Mancini. Upcoming projects include "Jefferson's Fiddle - Music from the Time of Thomas Jefferson," a second CD with Benjamin Verdery called "Happy Here" and a new book of transcriptions and guitar instruction featuring his most requested arrangements. 

$11 general, $10 seniors, $8 students

(UCSC faculty, staff, and Alumni Association members w/ valid ID may purchase up to 2 tickets at the student rate)

UCSC Ticket Office: (831) 459-2159 or santacruztickets.com

This performance is made possible in part by gifts to the Arts Division at UCSC.

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