Hasan Ozcan
Director, Brooklyn College Preparatory Center for the Performing Arts
Hasan Ozcan endeavors to combine the Preparatory Center’s 40 years of experience and expertise with contemporary initiatives that reflect the diverse range of Brooklyn College’s arts curricula. In his first year as director, Ozcan launched composition lessons that focus on exploring new technologies, created a filmmaking program, and designed concerts that highlight interdisciplinary collaboration, with the objective of exposing varying areas of the performing arts to all students.
Ozcan received his bachelor’s and master's degrees in music from the Conservatory of Music at Brooklyn College. He also earned a bachelor’s degree from Turkey’s Ege University’s School of Economics and Administrative Sciences, while building a background in youth-related nonprofit work. During his four years at Local Agenda 21 in Gemlik, Turkey, Ozcan utilized a series of local, national and international grants to create and lead numerous programs, meetings and exchanges, with the purposes of mobilizing local youth and intercultural exchange via arts and sports.
A lyric baritone, Ozcan continues to perform operatic roles as well as new music. His exploration into production and children's performance began with performing in a series of children's operas by Brooklyn-based composers and assisting in productions designed for children's outreach. He eventually went on to produce a sold-out show of Sondheim’s Company at Brooklyn College, prior to taking over the role of director at the Preparatory Center. Ozcan studied with Edwin Lubin and Monica Harte, and has performed the roles of Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, Silvio in Pagliacci, Valentin in Faust, Marullo in Rigoletto, Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, Il Conte in Le Nozze di Figaro, Dancaïro in Carmen, Peter in Hänsel und Gretel and Falke in Die Fledermaus, among others.
