Can Music Foster Change? (ft. Mary Kouyoumdjian)

Mary Kouyoumdjian is a composer and documentarian with projects ranging from concert works to multimedia collaborations and film scores. As a first generation Armenian-American and having come from a family directly affected by the Lebanese Civil War and Armenian Genocide, her compositional work often integrates recorded testimonies with resilient individuals and field recordings of place to invite empathy by humanizing complex experiences around social and political conflict. She has received commissions from such organizations as the Kronos Quartet, New York Philharmonic, Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Alarm Will Sound, Beth Morrison Projects, and Bang on a Can. Kouyoumdjian is a cofounder of the annual new music conference New Music Gathering, is on faculty at the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University and The New School, is proud to have her music published on Schott’s PSNY, and is based in Brooklyn, NY. 🌐 www.marykouyoumdjian.com 💿 Bombs of Beirut: https://youtu.be/pNegch1_dyU?si=hwHmZzPgqPIQq_ST 💿 Paper Pianos: https://youtu.be/Llxtb_0HNt0?si=OMY0aR1bT-bDhKvh 💿 Adoration: https://youtu.be/70YnbYCyu0I?si=M1MXJeRcTRLbJB82 📺 Saad’s main channel: https://www.youtube.com/@saadhaddadmusic 👨🏻‍🏫 BOOK a virtual lesson with me here: https://www.saadnhaddad.com/lessons.html 📰 NEWSLETTER that shares the latest news about my music and shows: https://saadnhaddad.us9.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=d52b653fc543f4ca604265d53&id=70d2af18c6 📘 SHOP for composition-related resources: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/saadhaddad/extras 🕒 Timestamps 05:26 "Bombs of Beirut," for string quartet and electronics 17:30 "Paper Pianos," for chamber orchestra and electronics 30:55 "Adoration," an opera for voices, string quartet and electronics