Between 2017-2019 Mursel Yavuz lived in Milan for specializing in Italian operas by working with Professor Daniele Agiman and Vittorio Parisi at Conservatorio di Musica Giuseppe Verdi.
He graduated in 2013 from Penn State University with a second master's degree in orchestral conducting. In 2014 he continued in Professional Performance Certificate program.
As a composer, Yavuz composed for many different small ensembles, piano and for the large symphonic orchestra such as; Journey, and Unwanted War symphonic poem, which was premiered by Campus Orchestra under the baton of M.Yavuz in 2013 in State College, PA.