This award-winning DVD features guitarist Mesut Özgen's multimedia concert performances of music by Anthony Newman, Pablo Ortiz, Benjamin Verdery, Anthony Gilbert, Robert Strizich, and Deepak Ram.

In March 2004, a multidisciplinary artistic team from the film and digital media, theatre, and music departments at the Arts Division of University of California, Santa Cruz, led by guitarist Mesut Özgen, had launched the premiere performances of a multimedia concert series “New Dimensions in Classical Guitar.”

A multicamera video production crew captured these premiere performances together with the beautiful acoustics of the UCSC Recital Hall. A delightful set of new guitar music is presented skillfully and artfully combined with visual accompaniments, comprising video, digital images, and lights. A one-hour selection from this DVD program was broadcast nationwide on UCTV and won a 2006 Telly Award for outstanding music/concert production.

These visually enhanced performances will thrill guitar fans and enlighten a new audience to the unbound dimensions of classical guitar.

Program:
1. Gigue for solo guitar by Anthony Newman (4:07);
2. La Guitarra for soprano, guitar, and percussion (on poetry by F.G. Lorca) by Robert Strizich (7:54) (world premiere);
3. Shenandoah for solo guitar by Robert Beaser (10:17);
4. Stars for recorder and guitar (after M.C. Escher) by Anthony Gilbert (16:14) (U.S. premiere);
5. Sortija for solo guitar by Pablo Victor Ortiz (7:00) (world premiere);
6. Surya for bansuri and guitar by Deepak Ram (17:58) (world premiere);
7. Be Kind All the Time for electric classical guitar, loop, delay, and prepared guitar by Benjamin Verdery (16:09) (world premiere).

Video: Gustavo Vazquez;
Digital images: Peter Elsea;
Scenic/lighting design: David Lee Cuthbert;
Mesut Özgen, guitar;
Lauren Rasmussen, soprano;
Annette Bauer, recorder;
Deepak Ram, bansuri.

Turquoise Guitar Editions: TGE 015 /
UPC: 837101296823 /
ISBN: 978-1-934361-15-3