So, this past July I taught for NVAK's inaugural program in Armenia! Ben Moody (of Evanescence), Tamar Kaprelian (of Eurovision's Geneaology), and myself spent two weeks at the state-of-the-art TUMO facility teaching pop performance, production, and songwriting.
I don't speak Armenian or know much about Armenian news media, so apologies in advance for the vague descriptions of these sources.
Armenia's Official Music Channel 21 Profiles the NVAK program
Coverage of NVAK in Armenian Online Print Media (English Translation)
Coverage of NVAK in Armenian Online Print Media (Original Armenian)
The talent in Armenia was pretty unbelievable, and I'm so excited to share the finished products once I get them. In the meanwhile, I will say this - the city of Yerevan is one of the safest, coolest places I've ever been, and the food is out of this world. And the taxis don't have seatbelt buckles, so, uh, hold tight.
Myself and Ben, presumably making a HILARIOUS joke about XLR cables.