We are happy to invite all music lovers to enjoy a memorable evening of superb performances. Violin virtuoso Khachik Babayan will make his USA debut on January 31, 2011 in a concert accompanied by renowned pianist Serouj Kradjian.

Armenian violinist, Khachik Babayan was born in 1956, in a musical family in Tabriz, Iran. In 1972, he entered the Tehran Conservatory of Music. Persuant to winning the first place in the Iranian Violinists Competition, he was awarded a scholarship of musical studies in England and began his musical studies at The Royal Academy of Music in London in 1975. In 1979 He became an associate of The Royal Academy. Since the return to his homeland in 1980, Mr. Babayan has continued his career as soloist and concertmaster of Tehran Symphony Orchestra as well as The National Radio-Television Orchestra of Iran. In the recent years, Mr. Babayan has often appeared as a soloist with Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra and The National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia, under the baton of Maestro Loris Tjeknavorian. On numerous occasions, he has also collaborated with The Parisian Chamber Orchestra conducted by Meroujan Simonyan.

Armenian-Canadian Serouj Kradjian, who will accompany Khachik Babayan, has equally impressive credentials. He began his studies at the age of five, and by seven had won a National Competition for Young Musicians. At fourteen he earned a scholarship to study in Vienna, and later studied at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Music. He continued his studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hanover, Germany, receiving the coveted Solo Performance degree in 2001. In the 2008/09 season Mr. Kradjian became the pianist of the Amici Chamber Ensemble in Toronto. Mr. Kradjian has appeared with the Vancouver and Edmonton Symphonies , Madrid Symphony, Göttingen Symphony, Russian National Orchestra, the Armenian Philharmonic and the Thailand Philharmonic. The Juno award winning pianist has been described as "a keyboard acrobat" of "crystal virtuosity", having "fiery temperament and elegant sound" with "a technique to burn."

On Saturday November 21 2009, Mr. Babayan accompanied by Mr. Serouj Kradjian, performed to an all sold-out audience in his Canada tribute concert at the Glenn Cloud Studio in Toronto. The January 30th, 2011 concert in Glendale, CA, co-sponsored by Homenetment Ararat Chapter will mark Mr. Babayna's debut concert in USA.

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On December 4, our Scouting Division attended the Montrose Christmas Parade along with scouts from other Homenetmen chapters.

The Homenetmen Band and more than 60 scout members from Ararat, Azaramard and Shant Chapters marched at the parade.

This event is about coming out in numbers from every local organization and share the Holiday Spirit with others in the community. Despite the cold weather the Christmas spirit warmed everyone's heart, and for us, it started the happy anticipation of the Holiday season.