Traditional Armenian Concert Presentation in San Francisco

San Francisco Hamazkayin International Cultural & Educational Society Presents in Concert CHOOKASIAN ARMENIAN CONCERT ENSEMBLE 2010 International Armenian Grammy Award Winner Armenia’s National Gold Medal Award Winner EVENT: Chookasian Ensemble’s Traditional Armenian songs and dances of Eastern & historic Western Armenia, performed by our conservatory graduate musicians from Armenia and the USA; that will be played on acoustic folk instruments found in Armenia for centuries. DATE & TIME: Saturday, October 12, 2013 - 7:30 P.M. LOCATION: Khachaturian Armenian Center, Saroyan Concert Hall 825 Brotherhood Way - San Francisco, CA. 94132 TICKETS: Adults: $30.00; Students: $20.00 & $15.00 - Buy your tickets early! RESERVATIONS & CONTACTS: E-mail: hamazkayin@gmail.com Ms. Sarkissian: (415) 664-6392; Ms. Ishag: (650) 574-4127 Mr. John Chookasian: (559) 213-1909; chook3@qnis.net The General Public is Cordially Invited to Attend this Unique Musical Event! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Some Chookasian Armenian Concert Ensemble’s Awards and Events: In the past sixteen years, our “Chookasian Armenian Concert Ensemble” has performed for many people that are of multicultural heritage, who have attended and supported our many successful concerts, festivals, fundraising events and Armenian events across the USA and Armenia. We performed our sixth highly successful Armenian concert event for the Freight & Salvage Concert Hall in Berkeley, CA on February 23, 2013. The “Chookasian Armenian Concert Ensemble’s” was the 1st Place Winner of the “2010 International Armenian Grammy Awards” Celebration; that was held at the world-famous 7,000 seat Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, CA. Our live concert CD was selected from thousands of CD submissions from around the world. Former Mayor Willie Lewis Brown, Jr. presented the Chookasian Armenian Concert Ensemble with a “Certificate of Honor’ from the City & County of San Francisco. We are also Armenia’s ‘National Gold Medal Award’ Winners; The award was presented to us from the President of Armenia, Mr. Robert Kocharian, after our one-month concert and festival tour of Armenia. Please type in our Chookasian Ensemble’s name on U-Tube and see our very successful PBS, Channel 18 TV, Armenian concert program held in CSU, Fresno. Over 2 million people in the Central Valley, CA, viewed our PBS TV Channel 18 TV broadcast of our Armenian music and culture several times! You Tube: Chookasian Armenian Ensemble. The Fresno Arts Council and the Mayor Alan Autry, in Fresno City Hall, presented John Chookasian, with the ‘Artist of the Year’ Award, during the annual ‘Horizon Awards,’ Celebration. Fresno City Council President, Mr. Henry Perea, presented the ‘Chookasian Armenian Concert Ensemble,’ with the “Key to Fresno City Award,” in Fresno City Hall. See website for additional awards and performance venues information: www.chookasian.com Our live concert Armenian CD’s can be purchased online at: CDBaby.com & Amazon.com