YerazArt Concert in Yerevan on September 13, 2007 at 7PM
On September 13, 2007, the YerazArt Young Musicians from Armenia will be performing a free concert at 7PM at the Aram Khachaturian House Museum. The address is 3 Zaroubyan Street in Yerevan, Armenia. For more info, please visit www.yerazart.org. Donations are welcome online, or at the concert. All proceeds will go toward our core programs as stated on the website.
After a very successful US spring tour that spanned 8 cities, and 13 total concerts, seven of the eight original members of the tour will be performing in a concert in their home country to kick off our 2007/2008. It's free, great music, in a beautiful venue. Our YerazArt country director lives and works in Yerevan and is putting the show together. We anticipate a packed house of 200, so get there early if you want to grab a seat.
As some readers may be aware, I accepted the Executive Director position for YerazArt in February 2006. To date, YerazArt is my biggest Pomegranate client. I've also had the opportunity to produce a CD entitled "Fortress City: Armenian Songs from Nagorno Karabagh" for the Tufenkian Foundation which was nominated ( didn't make the final nomination cut, however) for a Grammy in the first ballot in the "Best Choral Recording" category. I have done most of this work from my home base in Boston, MA, while keeping in touch with my Armenia counterparts by email, phone, or occasional visits.
I currently outsource all of my Pomegranate design work and photography to Deem Communications, which is located in Yerevan, Armenia. The current YerazArt website was created by a local Armenian, with the same person chosen as our webmaster as well. In general, the prices of doing business with local Armenians is more cost effective and of decent quality. In the case of DEEM, Arsineh has been collaborating with me since 2001 when she lived in Boston. Now, she has opened a booming business in Yerevan with another Diasporan Raffi Niziblian who are employing more local Armenians as their business grows.
Despite the occasional negative coverage/stories readers may see on similar Armenian-themed blogs on Hayastansi-Diasporan relations, (relations are not always perfect) there are plenty of examples of cooperation that are often overlooked.
After a very successful US spring tour that spanned 8 cities, and 13 total concerts, seven of the eight original members of the tour will be performing in a concert in their home country to kick off our 2007/2008. It's free, great music, in a beautiful venue. Our YerazArt country director lives and works in Yerevan and is putting the show together. We anticipate a packed house of 200, so get there early if you want to grab a seat.
As some readers may be aware, I accepted the Executive Director position for YerazArt in February 2006. To date, YerazArt is my biggest Pomegranate client. I've also had the opportunity to produce a CD entitled "Fortress City: Armenian Songs from Nagorno Karabagh" for the Tufenkian Foundation which was nominated ( didn't make the final nomination cut, however) for a Grammy in the first ballot in the "Best Choral Recording" category. I have done most of this work from my home base in Boston, MA, while keeping in touch with my Armenia counterparts by email, phone, or occasional visits.
I currently outsource all of my Pomegranate design work and photography to Deem Communications, which is located in Yerevan, Armenia. The current YerazArt website was created by a local Armenian, with the same person chosen as our webmaster as well. In general, the prices of doing business with local Armenians is more cost effective and of decent quality. In the case of DEEM, Arsineh has been collaborating with me since 2001 when she lived in Boston. Now, she has opened a booming business in Yerevan with another Diasporan Raffi Niziblian who are employing more local Armenians as their business grows.
Despite the occasional negative coverage/stories readers may see on similar Armenian-themed blogs on Hayastansi-Diasporan relations, (relations are not always perfect) there are plenty of examples of cooperation that are often overlooked.
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