Providence Journal, RI
April 23 2005

Religion briefs

Marking Armenian Genocide

The Armenian Martyrs’ Memorial Committee of Rhode Island will observe
the 90th anniversary of the 1915 Armenian Genocide with a free
concert tonight at 7 in Rhode Island College’s Roberts Hall, 600 Mt.
Pleasant Ave., Providence.

The 60-piece Rhode Island Philharmonic Youth Orchestra will perform
works by Aram Khatchaturian and music director Alexey Shabalin. The
Armenian Chorale of Rhode Island, under the direction of Konstantin
Petrossian, will also perform.

The program will also include poetry, a dramatic vignette of an
Armenian mother and a visual history of Armenian villages illustrated
with traditional Armenian costumes and music by David Ayriyan on
kemancha.

Adam Strom, program associate for research and development and the
coordinator for the Armenian Genocide project at Facing History in
Brookline, Mass., will be the keynote speaker at a civil ceremony
tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. at the Armenian Martyrs’ Memorial Monument,
North Burial Ground, Providence.