PanARMENIAN.Net
Armenian students at Holy Cross to host memorial and charitable
concert, titled `For You, Armenia’
29.03.2009 00:11 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The newly founded Armenian Students’ Association
(ASA) at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester (USA) will host a
memorial and charitable concert, titled `Pour Toi, Arménie (For
You, Armenia),’ on Sunday, April 19 in Seelos Theater. In observance
of the international Armenian Martyrs’ Day held annually on April 24,
the concert will offer a novel way of remembering the victims of the
1915 Armenian Genocide, namely through Armenian musical
tradition. Headlining the event is John Berberian, one of the finest
oud (lute) virtuosos in North America, the official website of College
of Holly Cross reports.
All ticket sale proceeds will be donated to Fund for Armenian Relief
(FAR) in an effort to help the region of Gumri, Armenia which remains
impoverished in the wake of a devastating earthquake in 1988. CDs will
also be available at the concert, and a portion of the proceeds from
the sales will be donated to FAR.
The concert will also feature performances by notable musicians Mal
Barsamian, Harry Bedrosian, and Bruce Gigarjian, all members of the
Berberian Ensemble. In addition, Fr. Untzag Nalbandian & Ani
Nalbandian ’09, president of the Armenian Students’ Association, and
other Holy Cross student musicians, will be performing.
`Each year that I have been at Holy Cross, I have sought to bring
awareness and recognition of the 1915 Armenian Genocide to this
campus,’ explains Ani Nalbandian, founder of the ASA and concert
organizer. `Although we are approaching its centennial, the Genocide
continues to not only constitute a very significant part of the
Armenian identity today, but also of humanity as a whole. It is my
intention to unite the local Armenians and our college community in an
unprecedented show of solidarity for this all-too-often neglected and
`forgotten genocide.’