From 1891 – studied at the St. George Seminary in Echmiadzin under Kara-Murza and Komitas, also collecting and harmonizing folk songs

1904 – graduated from the St. Petersburg Conservatory (prof.-s: N. Rimsky-Korsakov, A. Lyadov, and A. Glazunov)

1895 – organized a choir in Shushi

1905-1907, he taught music at the Nersisyan School in Tbilisi

Directed the local Armenian church choir, harmonized spiritual songs, and performed arrangements of folk pieces

From 1908 – toured various regions with Armenian populations (Trapezion, Karin, Tbilisi again, Tehran, Constantinople, and others; from 1923, the USA) and collected folk melodies (also using notes by Komitas)

Vocal cycle “Songs of a New Life”

Operetta “Aregnazan”

Song drama “Asli and Karam”

Arrangements of village songs for choir (“Sareri ovin mernim,” “Sarery ovel a,” “Alagyaz,” etc.)

Solo works with piano accompaniment (lyrics by of H. Tumanyan, “Don’t Ask Me,” “Akh al-Vardi” by Av. Isahakyan, etc.)