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DOCUMENTARY OF ARMENIAN MUSIC IN DETROIT PREMIERES MARCH 16
The Oakland Press, MI
March 12 2015
"Guardians of Music," a new documentary about Armenian music in Detroit
will premiere at 9:30 p.m. March 16 on Detroit Public Television. The
film was produced and narrated by Ara Topouzian of Farmington Hills, an
Armenian-American musician. Topouzian is a Kresge Fellow and president
of the Troy Chamber of Commerce. He is proficient in playing the kanun
(Middle Eastern harp) and has performed at many venues across the
nation and world. Topouzian received a $12,000 challenge grant from
the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to create the one-hour film
which features metro Detroit area locations where Armenian music was
once prominent, as well as interviews with some of the musicians and
nightclub patrons of that era.
-- Staff writer Kathy Blake
http://www.theoaklandpress.com/lifestyle/20150312/documentary-of-armenian-music-in-detroit-premieres-march-16
The Oakland Press, MI
March 12 2015
"Guardians of Music," a new documentary about Armenian music in Detroit
will premiere at 9:30 p.m. March 16 on Detroit Public Television. The
film was produced and narrated by Ara Topouzian of Farmington Hills, an
Armenian-American musician. Topouzian is a Kresge Fellow and president
of the Troy Chamber of Commerce. He is proficient in playing the kanun
(Middle Eastern harp) and has performed at many venues across the
nation and world. Topouzian received a $12,000 challenge grant from
the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to create the one-hour film
which features metro Detroit area locations where Armenian music was
once prominent, as well as interviews with some of the musicians and
nightclub patrons of that era.
-- Staff writer Kathy Blake
http://www.theoaklandpress.com/lifestyle/20150312/documentary-of-armenian-music-in-detroit-premieres-march-16