Category: Armenian Church

Armenian Songs for Children Bedros Afeyan talks with Isabel Bayrakdarian

Groong Links:

• linktr.ee/Groong

Topics:

• Journey Back to Armenian Music
• Musical Harmony Between Armenian Music and Classical Canon
• Researching, Teaching and Choosing Songs
• Isabel’s Favorites and Influences

Guest:

• Isabel Bayrakdarian @IBsoprano

Host:

• Dr. Bedros Afeyan

Song Excerpts list & timestamps: (Note: All excerpts used with permission)

• 00:00 Komitas - Sleep My Child - Lullaby
• 01:35 Komitas - Six Children’s Songs
• 27:03 Ganachian - The Swallow / Tsitsernak
• 29:06 Komitas - Little Wooden

Armenian Songs for Children Bedros Afeyan talks with Isabel Bayrakdarian

Groong Links:

• linktr.ee/Groong

Topics:

• Journey Back to Armenian Music
• Musical Harmony Between Armenian Music and Classical Canon
• Researching, Teaching and Choosing Songs
• Isabel’s Favorites and Influences

Guest:

• Isabel Bayrakdarian @IBsoprano

Host:

• Dr. Bedros Afeyan

Song Excerpts list & timestamps: (Note: All excerpts used with permission)

• 00:00 Komitas - Sleep My Child - Lullaby
• 01:35 Komitas - Six Children’s Songs
• 27:03 Ganachian - The Swallow / Tsitsernak
• 29:06 Komitas - Little Wooden

Turkish-Armenian Normalization Negotiations A Conversation with Harut Sassounian

• Harut Sassounian has been the publisher of The California Courier newspaper since 1983. He is also the President of the Armenia Artsakh Fund, a non-profit organization which has delivered to Armenia and Artsakh $947 million of humanitarian assistance since 1989. He is currently engaged in forming the Diaspora Armenian Parliament through local elections.

Topics:

• History of Turkish-Armenian Attempts at Negotiations
• Who are The Players?
• Why Now? What’s on the Agenda?
• What are the Pitfalls and Opportunities?

Turkish-Armenian Normalization Negotiations A Conversation with Harut Sassounian

• Harut Sassounian has been the publisher of The California Courier newspaper since 1983. He is also the President of the Armenia Artsakh Fund, a non-profit organization which has delivered to Armenia and Artsakh $947 million of humanitarian assistance since 1989. He is currently engaged in forming the Diaspora Armenian Parliament through local elections.

Topics:

• History of Turkish-Armenian Attempts at Negotiations
• Who are The Players?
• Why Now? What’s on the Agenda?
• What are the Pitfalls and Opportunities?

Guest(s):

• Lori Khatchadourian
• Christina Maranci

Preserving Armenian Heritage

Topics:

• What is Armenian Art and Architecture?
• Where does Artsakh’s Heritage fit in the larger Armenian picture?
• What Armenian Heritage fell under Azerbaijani Control in 2020?
• What is Caucasus Heritage Watch and What does it do?
• What can International Organizations do for Artsakh?
• How do International Instruments fail in Preserving Armenian Heritage?

Host:

• Simon Maghakyan is an independent researcher of cultural destruction and lecturer in International Relations at the University of Colorado Denver.

Guests

Guest(s):

• Lori Khatchadourian
• Christina Maranci

Preserving Armenian Heritage

Topics:

• What is Armenian Art and Architecture?
• Where does Artsakh’s Heritage fit in the larger Armenian picture?
• What Armenian Heritage fell under Azerbaijani Control in 2020?
• What is Caucasus Heritage Watch and What does it do?
• What can International Organizations do for Artsakh?
• How do International Instruments fail in Preserving Armenian Heritage?

Host:

• Simon Maghakyan is an independent researcher of cultural destruction and lecturer in International Relations at the University of Colorado Denver.

Guests

ARF-Dashnaktsutyun: Roadmap and Challenges

Guest

• Giro Manoyan has been a member of the ARF-D Bureau since 2015. Originally from Beirut, Lebanon, he moved to Montreal, Canada in 1976. He has served as the Executive Secretary of the Armenian National Committee of Canada, as well as the Editor in Chief of the Horizon Armenian Weekly. In 1999 he moved to Yerevan and has served as the Executive Director of the Bureau of the ARF-D, in charge of the Armenian Cause, Hai Tahd Central Committee.

Topics

• The ARF in the Politics of Armenia
• On the War in 2020
• On the Upcoming Elections in 2021
• On the

ARF-Dashnaktsutyun: Roadmap and Challenges

Guest

• Giro Manoyan has been a member of the ARF-D Bureau since 2015. Originally from Beirut, Lebanon, he moved to Montreal, Canada in 1976. He has served as the Executive Secretary of the Armenian National Committee of Canada, as well as the Editor in Chief of the Horizon Armenian Weekly. In 1999 he moved to Yerevan and has served as the Executive Director of the Bureau of the ARF-D, in charge of the Armenian Cause, Hai Tahd Central Committee.

Topics

• The ARF in the Politics of Armenia
• On the War in 2020
• On the Upcoming Elections in 2021
• On the

ANN/Groong Week in Review - April 25, 2021

Topics:

• Nikol Pashinyan’s Roadmap & Snap Parliamentary Polls
• The Visit to Syunik
• Biden Recognizes the Armenian Genocide, Now What?
• Update from Stepanakert
• Are we Going to Mars?

Guests:

• Tevan Poghosyan
• Emil Sanamyan

Guest(s):

• Tevan Poghosyan
• Emil Sanamyan

Hosts:

• Asbed Bedrossian
• Hovik Manucharyan

Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20210425.html Episode 59 | Recorded: April 25, 2021