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CORNELL CONCERT TO COMMEMORATE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Ithaca Journal
March 31 2015
Crossing Borders LIVE and the Cornell Armenian Student Organization
will present a concert to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the
Armenian Genocide in 1915, when more than 1.5 million Armenians in the
Middle East died. The concert, part of a monthlong series of events,
takes place in Cornell University's Barnes Hall at 7:30 p.m. April
8 and is free to the public.
Featured artists will be songwriter-pianist Louise Nalbandian, of San
Francisco, and keyboardist-composer Michael Stark, of Ithaca. Also
participating will Anna Srapionyan and Gnel Gabrielyan, Mane Mehrabyan,
all of Yerevan, Armenia; Martiros Skakhzadyan, Denice Karamardian
and Owen Miller. The evening will include introductions to Armenian
traditional music, language and poetry, summaries of genocide and
denial, personal presentations and the contemporary musical styles
of the featured artists.
Through her involvement with Armenian folk singer Hasmik Harutyunyan,
Nalbandian has researched and performed the music of Komitas and other
Armenian repertoire in the U.S., as well as in Yerevan, Armenia, where
she recently completed a 2014 tour. Performing in various bands over
the years, she brings her background of classical music to the fore,
but has honed her interest in contemporary pop/rock/blues styles as
well, bringing these elements to her songwriting.
Composer/pianist/organist Michael Stark moved to Ithaca in 1995 from
New York City, where he has evolved into a revered and internationally
acclaimed musician. He has backed and recorded with celebrated artists
including Hank Roberts, Johnny Dowd, Mary Lorson, Kevin Kinsella,
Jennie Stearns and Bronwen Exeter, among many more. His own projects
include Wingnut, Tzar, Orbiting Art Ensemble and a regular house
musical host at the Argos Inn. For this setting, he explores his
Armenian heritage.
Preceding the concert is a lecture presentation titled "Denial of
Violence," by Fatma Muge Gocek, that will take place at 5 p.m. April
7 in 110 White Hall at Cornell.
A table exhibition of materials on the subject of the genocide and
Armenian culture will be presented at the Tompkins County Public
Library the week of April 20, and at Mann Library from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m. April 24, which is the official anniversary date of the genocide,
acknowledged in most countries except the United States and Israel.
http://www.ithacajournal.com/story/entertainment/2015/03/31/concert-armenian-genocide/70723522/
Ithaca Journal
March 31 2015
Crossing Borders LIVE and the Cornell Armenian Student Organization
will present a concert to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the
Armenian Genocide in 1915, when more than 1.5 million Armenians in the
Middle East died. The concert, part of a monthlong series of events,
takes place in Cornell University's Barnes Hall at 7:30 p.m. April
8 and is free to the public.
Featured artists will be songwriter-pianist Louise Nalbandian, of San
Francisco, and keyboardist-composer Michael Stark, of Ithaca. Also
participating will Anna Srapionyan and Gnel Gabrielyan, Mane Mehrabyan,
all of Yerevan, Armenia; Martiros Skakhzadyan, Denice Karamardian
and Owen Miller. The evening will include introductions to Armenian
traditional music, language and poetry, summaries of genocide and
denial, personal presentations and the contemporary musical styles
of the featured artists.
Through her involvement with Armenian folk singer Hasmik Harutyunyan,
Nalbandian has researched and performed the music of Komitas and other
Armenian repertoire in the U.S., as well as in Yerevan, Armenia, where
she recently completed a 2014 tour. Performing in various bands over
the years, she brings her background of classical music to the fore,
but has honed her interest in contemporary pop/rock/blues styles as
well, bringing these elements to her songwriting.
Composer/pianist/organist Michael Stark moved to Ithaca in 1995 from
New York City, where he has evolved into a revered and internationally
acclaimed musician. He has backed and recorded with celebrated artists
including Hank Roberts, Johnny Dowd, Mary Lorson, Kevin Kinsella,
Jennie Stearns and Bronwen Exeter, among many more. His own projects
include Wingnut, Tzar, Orbiting Art Ensemble and a regular house
musical host at the Argos Inn. For this setting, he explores his
Armenian heritage.
Preceding the concert is a lecture presentation titled "Denial of
Violence," by Fatma Muge Gocek, that will take place at 5 p.m. April
7 in 110 White Hall at Cornell.
A table exhibition of materials on the subject of the genocide and
Armenian culture will be presented at the Tompkins County Public
Library the week of April 20, and at Mann Library from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m. April 24, which is the official anniversary date of the genocide,
acknowledged in most countries except the United States and Israel.
http://www.ithacajournal.com/story/entertainment/2015/03/31/concert-armenian-genocide/70723522/