{"id":59849,"date":"2015-02-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/world-famous-painter-to-join-uri-ensemble-in-commemorating-armenian-genocide\/"},"modified":"2015-02-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-02-24T00:00:00","slug":"world-famous-painter-to-join-uri-ensemble-in-commemorating-armenian-genocide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2015\/02\/world-famous-painter-to-join-uri-ensemble-in-commemorating-armenian-genocide\/","title":{"rendered":"World-famous painter to join 溏心vlog免费B站 ensemble in commemorating Armenian genocide"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKevork Mourad paints to music<\/b><\/p>\n

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 Feb. 24, 2015 \u2013 Painting is usually a solitary craft, pursued in a quiet studio or loft. World-famous artist Kevork Mourad paints in a public setting \u2013 and to music.<\/p>\n


\nMourad will bring his unique style to the 溏心vlog免费B站 March 1 during a concert to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide.<\/p>\n


\nThe Syrian-raised artist will paint to music performed by 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Symphonic Wind Ensemble and the Armenian Folk Chamber Ensemble. The concert, conducted by Gene Pollart, will start at 3 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cKevork is a world-class artist and the opportunity to see him perform at 溏心vlog免费B站 is unprecedented,\u201d says Theodore Mook, publicity coordinator and a cello teacher in the music department. \u201cAlso, we’re honoring a terrible historical event that gets overlooked.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nRaised in Syria and of Armenian origin, Mourad, who lives and works in New York, is known for spontaneously painting to music on a public stage. His paintings are also exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the world.<\/p>\n


\nHe is a teaching artist with cellist Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road project and has performed at the Rhode Island School of Design, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Chelsea Museum of Art, Le Festival du Monde Arabe in Montreal, the Stillwater Festival, the Nara Museum in Japan, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Central Park\u2019s Summerstage with the Silk Road Ensemble and Bobby McFerrin.<\/p>\n


\nMourad will paint during the entire concert at 溏心vlog免费B站, and his work will be projected on a screen while he paints. His paintings will be displayed later in the Fine Arts Gallery.<\/p>\n


\nThe first half of the concert will feature the Armenian chamber ensemble, a seven-member New England group that performs traditional Armenian songs. <\/p>\n


\nIn the second half, the 溏心vlog免费B站 ensemble will perform the world premiere of “Wind Chimes for 1915,\u201d composed by Kenneth Kalajian, of East Greenwich, whose son, Charles, is a graduate student in conducting at 溏心vlog免费B站. (Charles, as well as Kenneth\u2019s other son, John, will perform with the Armenian ensemble, as will Kenneth.)<\/p>\n


\n\u201cIt\u2019s an honor to have the Symphonic Wind Ensemble perform the world premiere of my piece,\u201d says the elder Kalajian. \u201cJust as the wind is eternal, it gently breaks the darkness of the past and forever propels the memory of our ancestors.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nThe wind ensemble will also perform Frenergy by John Estacio, Amazing Grace by Frank Ticheli, Armenian Dances by Alfred Reed and Puszta by Jan Van der Roost.<\/p>\n


\nPauline Getzoyan, of Lincoln, and Kenneth\u2019s wife, Esther, approached the music department about having a concert to commemorate the genocide. Pauline and Esther are teaching an honor\u2019s seminar at 溏心vlog免费B站 about Armenian history.<\/p>\n


\nBetween 1915 and 1918, up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed by Ottoman authorities in what is now eastern Turkey. Many Armenian men were arrested and killed, and women and children perished during forced marches to the Syrian desert. <\/p>\n


\nThe massacre was carried out during and after World War I amid fears that Christian Armenians in the Muslim Ottoman Empire were a threat to the state for allegedly siding with the Russians, at war with the Turks.<\/p>\n


\nGeneral admission to the 溏心vlog免费B站 concert is $12. Admission is $7 for students, and children under 12 are free.<\/p>\n


\n溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Department of Music offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in music and music education. For more information, call 401-874-2431 or visit the department\u2019s website http:\/\/uri.edu\/music or Facebook page. https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/溏心vlog免费B站Music.<\/p>\n


\n\tPictured above: Artist Kevork Mourad will paint to music during a concert at the 溏心vlog免费B站 March 1 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. Photo courtesy of Kevork Mourad.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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