Kevork Andonian’s, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Music, has let us know that he had his composition Rhapsody played at Carnegie Hall recently, at a concert sponsort by the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU), which has a mission to preserve and promote Armenian identity and heritage through educational, cultural and humanitarian programs. A string quartet version of this piece for string orchestra was played.

The AGBU New York Special Events Committee (NYSEC) presented “A Debut Concert” featuring 16 AGBU Scholarship Program Performing Arts grant recipients at Weill Recital Hall of New York’s famed Carnegie Hall on Saturday evening, September 20, 2008.

Proceeds of the ticket sales of the sold-out concert were used to fund future artists through the AGBU in the form of scholarships.