THE 1ST MEETING OF THE NEWLY ELECTED CUA BOARD TOOK PLACE

The following members attended the meeting:

Aram Satian (Chairman of the Board).

Anna Asatryan

Lilit Artemyan

Stepan Babatorosyan

Avetis Berberyan

Anna Garsoyan

Yervand Yerznkyan

Lilit Yernjakyan

Narine Zarifyan

Arpine Kalinina

Ashot Ghazaryan

Edmond Makaryan

 

The meeting was recorded by Tigran Hambaryan.

By unanimous vote of the newly elected Board, Avetis Berberyan was elected Vice-Chairman of CUA

CUA Chairman Aram Satian presented the following proposals:

• To expand the format of the E. Mirzoyan Young Composers Competition and make it international and hold it in the Dilijan Creative House.
• In June 2023, to organise a chamber music festival in the cities of Boston, Providence and New York.
• In October 2023, to organize a jazz festival (Global Jazz Fest), 2 days of which will be held in the Dilijan Creative House (Participants from about 60 countries will come to Armenia).
• Composers participating in festivals organized by CUA must receive a fee for their works (only in case of premieres). For a symphony ensemble – 100,000 drams, for a chamber ensemble – 50,000 drams.
• Works of composers participating in festivals organized by CUA must pass a qualifying stage. The most successful will be selected.
• In case of writing a new work and presenting the score during a vacation in the creative house in Dilijan, CUA members will have the opportunity to relax either at reduced prices or for free.

Avetis Berberyan proposed:

• To raise the status of the Board as a governing body, create a working group that will review, edit the CUA Charter and submit it to the Board.
• To hold Board meetings more often, every 1,5 or 1 month, taking into account the need to hold urgent meetings.
• Board members who fail to attend a Board meeting 3-5 times will be excluded from the Board.

Anna Astaryan proposed:

• To hold a Scientific Conference after S. Kushnaryan.
• To allocate one room of the Dilijan Creative House boarding house to the National Academy of Sciences for 10,000 drams per day.

Stepan Babatosyan proposed:

• To hold an anniversary conference after G. Yeghiazaryan

Arpine Kalinina proposed:

• To publish the works of the winners of the E. Mirzoyan Young Composers Competition.

Ashot Ghazaryan proposed:

To find international composition competitions on online platforms and post them on the CUA website with a version translated into Armenian, Tigran Hambaryan to receive this position with an additional salary increase.