Tag Archive ' Armenian folk music'

Many months ago, Dr. Michael Moore, Head of Department of Music Education at BJU and Dr. Paul Radford, Head of Department of Communication Studies at BJU, shared a vision with Haro and me.   As these two men were talking, I grew very quiet. I listened intently. My heart and mind trying to process the words…

“Hold onto my arm,” he instructs me.I look up at him and grip his arm tight.My husband and children are behind me and I can’t look back.Instead, I trust this man and take my first step. I am balancing on a suspension bridge 200 feet above a river; it is swaying as I take tentative…

So now it is officially official. John Berberian will be performing with us at our next concert, in Greenville, SC at Centre Stage. I still can’t believe this is actually true.  John Berberian, world renowned oud player… here…  performing together again. The first time I performed with John was in Boston.  When I first spoke…

Driving up to the Lake Eden Arts Festival and looking out the car window, I see tent after tent after tent… I don’t think I have ever seen so many tents in my life! All close together, little villages, friends, strangers living side by side for a few days… here to celebrate music and the…

I love it. I love that magical moment on stage when I look out into the audience and I am singing one of my Armenian folk songs, something like Groong or Gakavig or Blbooli Hit and I see people, clapping with me, or humming or wiping away tears or something… they are feeling something… and…