HeyJaredAra Topouzian
Cultural storytelling through music. Essays and reflections on memory, identity, and what it means to carry tradition across generations.
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Finding Your Creative Superpower: A Conversation with Tamara Finley (opens the original)
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It’s Not Hard to Be Kind (opens the original)
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Kindness isn’t the hard part of leadership.Remembering to practice it in the 10-second moments is.The quick email.The impatient response.Giving someone credit.Saying thank you.How you react when someone makes a mistake.How you treat someone who can’t do anything for you.Those moments may seem small, but they add up. They shape your reputation, your culture, and how people feel when they’re around you.In this episode of <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/?highlightedUpdateUrn=urn%3Ali%3Aactiv
For the People: A Week of Listening, Learning, and Belonging (opens the original)
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When I was selected to participate in the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage’s For the People program, I knew I would have the opportunity to learn from an extraordinary group of artists, educators, and cultural practitioners. What I didn’t anticipate was how profoundly the experience would shape the way I think about my own work and the responsibility we all share in preserving culture.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!
Why I Play Armenian Music for Non-Armenian Audiences (opens the original)
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One of the questions I am asked most often is, “Who do you perform for?”People are sometimes surprised when I tell them that many of my most meaningful performances have been for audiences with little or no connection to being Armenian. In fact, I believe performing Armenian music for non-Armenian audiences is one of the most important things we can do to preserve our culture.Too often, we fall into the mindset that Armenian music is only for Armenians. While it is certainly a treasured and impo
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