School Honoring Lebanese-Armenian well-known musicians.

1968 Jan 24 AGBU Hovagimian-Manougian School Honoring Lebanese-Armenian well-known musicians. On January 24, 1968, at the AGBU Hovagmian-Manougian Sec school initiative, a gathering in honour of the great Lebanese Armenian Musicians occurred in the Caloust Gulbenkian auditorium. The twenty honoured musicians, teachers and all the school's students were present. A careful application prepared by the students was implemented. Prof. Ashot Badmakrian spoke about "Armenian Music in Armenia". Mr. Onnik Surmelian spoke on the topic "Music and School". Father Krikor Heboyan presented the topic "Armenian Music in the Diaspora". Hov-Manougian string orchestra played "Nazeli" and "Hoy Nazan". On the subject of "Modern Pedagogy in Music", Mrs. Sona Aharonian... The students asked interesting questions about music, which the guest artists answered. The school accordion trio, consisting of Mgertich Karageozezne, Zareh Vartivarian and Shahe Aharonean, performed the "Dance of Swords" by Aram Khachaturian. The students gave each of the present artists a beautiful bouquet..." The official part of the meeting was followed by hospitality; the Lebanese-Armenian musicians had a memorable after-event in the Hovagimian-Manougian school.-------- *