ST. NERSES SHNORHALI LECTURE TO BE HELD AT CSU LOS ANGELES

Los Angeles, California, September 8, 2023 - It is with great pleasure that we announce a lecture on Saint Nerses Shnorhali on Saturday, November 4 4PM (Pacific) with our guest lecturer Dr. Kevork Bardakjian (University of Michigan - Professor Emeritus of Armenian Languages and Literatures) within the great halls of California State University Los Angeles (CSULA). The event will feature guest performances by the Cal State LA Guitar Ensemble, Dr. John Kennedy, Professor Satik Andriassian, and Mr. Sevag Derderian. This event will be free to all who participate.

The Armenian Sacred Music Project (ASMP), under the leadership of Mr. Sevag Derderian, is proud to expand the organization's academic reach with this new partnership with fellow professors and faculty of CSULA: Dr. John Kennedy; Professor Satik Andriassian. ASMP and CSULA have held a close relationship with join musical and historical projects around the CSULA Gohar & Ovanes Andriassian Classical Guitar Festival & Symposium, UNHCR Armenia "World Refugee Day", and music preservation and archiving efforts.

EVENT DETAILS:
Lecture: Saint Nerses (IV) Shnorhali
Speaker: Dr. Kevork Bardakjian; Dr. John Kennedy; Prof. Satik Andriassian; Mr. Sevag Derderian
Location: California State University Los Angeles - Music Building; Choral Room
Time: Refreshments 4PM; Lecture 4:30PM
Admission: Free Admission
Website: www.sacred-music.org

BIOGRAPHY - DR. KEVORK BARDAKJIAN:
Professor Kevork B. Bardakjian was born in Beirut, Lebanon. He received his first degrees in Armenian studies from the University of Yerevan and his D.Phil. from Oxford University, England. As a Senior Lecturer and Armenian Bibliographer he taught Armenian literature, language, culture and history at Harvard University and at the Harvard Extension from 1974 to 1987. In 1987, he became the first holder of the newly-established Marie Manoogian Chair of Armenian Language and Literature at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and founded, directed, and taught at, the University of Michigan Summer Armenian Institute in Yerevan, Armenia (1988-2009). From 1995 to 2007, he was Director of the Armenian Studies Program at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Professor Bardakjian has been active in the Society for Armenian Studies and a number of other professional societies, has served on the editorial boards of some Armenian studies journals, has published many books and articles and has lectured extensively in the US and abroad. Professor Bardakjian is a Fellow of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences and is currently President of the Society for Armenian Studies.
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The Armenian Sacred Music Project 501(c)(3) non-profit organization was established to promote the appreciation, teaching, and preservation of Armenian Sacred Music through workshops, masterclasses, trainings, physical and digital archives to sacred music enthusiasts, students, educational institutions, clergy, and to all those who wish to learn more about our project and sacred music.

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