With an interest in both operatic and ensemble music repertoire, Shoushik Barsoumian has been performing in both Europe and the United States since 2010, appearing as Oscar in OperaLombardia’s production of G. Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera in Italy, Adina in G. Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore (Malta Teatru Manoel), Gilda in G. Verdi’s Rigoletto (Bucharest National Opera), Musetta in G. Puccini’s La Bohème (St. Margarethen Opernfestspiele), Dama in G. Verdi’s Macbeth (Teatro Comunale di Modena), and appearing in venues throughout Los Angeles, CA as Anoush in the Lark Musical Society production of A. Tigranian’s Anoush opera, Nancy in B. Britten’s Albert Herring, Woman in F. Poulenc’s La Voix Humaine, Yum-Yum in Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Mikado, Lusnak and Suheylé in T. Tchouhadjian’s Leblebiji and Zemiré respectively.
Ms. Barsoumian’s involvement in ensemble music has been extensive, having performed the soprano solo in I. Stravinsky’s Svadebka, many of T. Mansurian’s solo vocal works, including the cycles Four Hayrens, Madrigals, and Canti Paralleli (premiered both in the US and Armenia), and the “World Premiere” of the song cycle Fire of Sacrifice written for her by American composer Ian Krouse. In April 2015, Ms. Barsoumian took part in the Lark Musical Society production of a first-ever Armenian Requiem composed by I. Krouse in commemoration of the centennial of the Armenian Genocide.
To our treasured community of students, their families, and our wider base of music lovers and supporters: We hope this letter finds you all safe, healthy, and weathering the current uncertainty as best as possible. While we at Lark hoped that our normal activities would soon resume where we’d left them off in the spring, with California’s extended lockdown through August, it seems, unfortunately, that this will not be the case. We are assiduously following the recommendations of our Governor and Mayor, and attempting to adapt our operations to meet city and state guidelines and keep our community safe. As such, we have made certain determinations about each of our several departments, and wanted to keep you abreast of those developments so that you can plan accordingly. Thank you for staying flexible with us as we navigate towards a better tomorrow and for your continued support.
The Dilijan Chamber Music Concert Series Season XV has concluded.
Our sixth and final concert of the 2019/20 season which could not go forward, will be bumped to the 2020/21 season, which will have 7 (instead of our typical 6) concerts.
Plans for when Dilijan will resume are currently on hold, dependent on further updates from our venue (Zipper Hall at Colburn School of Music). As soon as operations there resume and we can safely produce our concerts, we will schedule and announce the 2020/21 season.
We look forward to having more information in September by which to re-evaluate and reassess our plans.
Please note that we at Lark are working from the same changing informational landscape as everyone else. We are firmly committed to continuing the work of our mission and to serving our students and community as soon as we can safely do so with State and Government sanctioning. As such, we will keep abreast of all new developments in the reopening of California and reassess our plans as we go along. If you do not receive a new update from us before September, we will provide you with the most up-to-date information on our activities at that time.
A WORD OF GRATITUDE
We have also heard from so many of you in the community, inquiring after us and wondering how you can help. We know that you stand behind us, that you are rooting for us, and that you will continue to be with us when we can finally be together again.
Furthermore, Lark is sincerely grateful to the parents who have been so understanding and patient as we have jointly navigated an unprecedented moment. We are particularly moved by those parents who have, unasked, continued to pay tuition knowing how much their support is essential to our functioning. We thank you for being unwavering in your dedication to your children’s education through our hands.
We’d like to take this opportunity to extend our heartfelt thanks to the incredible flexibility and understanding of our teachers who have worked to adapt to the new reality and keep up with their students’ progress via online classes. It is due to their tireless efforts that we can provide even a modicum of stability in this uncertain time.
