YerazArt Foundation assists young Armenian musicians September 10, 2011 - 12:15 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The YerazArt Foundation, a Boston-based non-profit organization dedicated to the support of young Armenian musicians, has announced the establishment of two educational programs in Armenia: a comprehensive instrument donation program and annual conservatory scholarships. According to Armenian Mirror-Spectator, taking a hiatus from its annual North American concert tour, the YerazArt Foundation focused this year on the planning and implementation of new initiatives aimed at strengthening Armenia’s musical foundations. The instrument donation program was designed in an effort to alleviate the financial burden of remote music schools and meet the needs of the student body. After an extensive research targeting the Shirak region, YerazArt decided to channel its assistance to Music School No. 4, named after composer Arshak Brutyan, and located in earthquake stricken Gumri. YerazArt is now in the process of helping another school, the reputable Kanakeravan Art School, with instrument donations as well. Located in a village neighboring Yerevan, the Kanakeravan School offers arts, music and dance classes and needs some additional instruments to complete its repertoire. The talent/need-based scholarship program was meant to assist promising students wishing to further their musical instruction in Armenia with the aim of pursuing a career in music. This year, YerazArt sponsored two YerazArt Young Armenian Musician Scholarships at the Yerevan Conservatory, covering the full tuition costs of two students for the 2011-2012 academic year. “The challenges facing Armenian musicians are many, throughout the various stages of their musical education. We tried to address some of these hurdles, namely the poor quality and scarcity of instruments available at music schools, and the lack of funding for higher education. We are truly excited about these two initiatives, and look forward to developing them further in the coming years,” said YerazArt representative Nicole Babikian Hajjar.   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Turkey extends military presence in Azerbaijan  The Turkish parliament has adopted a bill submitted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to extend the mandate of Turkish troops.Russia to begin assessing migrant workers' speaking skills Rosobrnadzor is planning to change the Russian language exam for migrant workers and include an assessment of speaking skillsArmenian, Saudi Foreign Minister meet in Riyadh The two commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi ArabiaPashinyan: Azerbaijan’s proximity shouldn’t worry border residents At the same time, he said that he “does not guarantee [the security of villagers] one hundred percent”. |
