By Barlow Der Mugrdechian The Music of Armenia: Volume Three: duduk (71’35”) and Volume Four: kanon/Traditional Zither Music (70’15”) Celestial Harmonies, P.O. Box 30122, Tuscon, Arizona 85751 The third and fourth volumes of the excellent series The Music of Armenia   have recently been released by Celestial Harmonies. Composer David Parsons has   continued his exploration into the sacred and folk traditions ...

By Jacqueline Arikian A group of different people.  A series of different stories.  A common ground:   multicultural poverty in Fresno.  On Friday, October fourth, a diverse group of   knowledgeable individuals came together in the Upstairs Cafeteria of CSUFresno and   spoke about the poverty of different cultures in Fresno. The evening commenced with a brief, yet powerful, introduction which consisted   of ...

Karen Karabian The message has to get out pleaded Seth Attamian, principal of the Armenian   Community School. Seth Attamian is on a mission. He has become a leader among parents. He has   become the voice of 110 Armenian children. Armenian children whose academic ability   compares with the finest students of Fresno and Clovis. But no one knows. No one has   ...

by Jacqueline Arikian The Armenian Community School of Fresno recently celebrated its 20th   Anniversary.  Starting it’s roots at Holy Trinity Church and growing in popular demand by   the Armenian community, the Armenian school has provided an excellent educational   institution for young Armenian children.  The school has 110 students enrolled, ranging    from the ages of  3-12. The students are taught the ...

Staff Report Art and painting have always played a big part in Armenian life. One can still see in  Armenia examples of ancient and medieval architecture and art.  As in the past,  so now   also a new generation of architects, painters, and artists are leaving their heritage of art. There is a saying in Armenia, “All children are ready-made artists,” ...

Staff Article Speaking to an audience of community members and students, Houri Berberian  presented her topic in the Alice Peters Auditorium.  Berberian received her Bachelor degree   in History at University of California, Berkeley and completed her Master degree at UCLA.    She is currently working towards her doctorate at UCLA.  Her lecture came out of her   doctorate thesis.  She has been ...

Crissi Jelladian A.S.O. is an organization on campus that allows Armenian students and others that   are interested in the Armenian heritage  to join together for a variety of activities.  The   Armenian Students’ Organization consists of Armenians from all over the world, anywhere   from Fresno to Armenia.  The variation in the students’ background makes the club in one   sense diverse, but ...

Jacklin Gharibian Armenians–they have such strange names and facial features, an aberrant language   (with peculiar-looking alphabets), and a distinctly odd culture.  I always felt this   strangeness within myself, and I reckoned that we were, somehow, different from others.    However, I later learned that Armenians are, instead, distinctly unique.  I also presumed   that I knew enough about these “strangers”–about the Genocide, ...

Special to Hye Sharzhoom by Bill Erysian Following the breakup of the Soviet Union, Armenia launched one of the most   ambitious land privatization programs of any of the former Soviet states.  By 1992, nearly   all of the 800 state and collective farms were broken up and more than 300,000 private   farms were created. Building on the potential that now lies ...