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Armen Halburian - a drummer and percussionist for 40 years, has earned a reputation as an imaginative and tasteful musician.  He has attained prominence and recognition among musicians as one whose high energy level and personal style feeds back inspiration and creative spirit.   Totally at home in a free improvisatory setting where creative interplay yields spontaneous results, he is equally capable of drawing out new levels of interpretation from written compositions.

His high energy level and personal style draw the audience into the evolving drama and excitement of the music.  Over the years, Armen has performed and recorded with some of the world's most recognized musicians, such as Herbie Mann,  Dave Liebman, Chick Corea,  Marion McPartland,  and Cissy Houston.   As a percussionist Armen has had the good fortune to play alongside of notable drummers such as Steve Gadd,  Lenny White,  and Jack DeJohnette .

Many people know Armen for his percussion products.   The most notable being the solid bar chimes which he designed and manufactured for many years and is standard part of the drum kit for thousands of drummers.   He has had celebrity endorsements for his chimes as well as for his texture sticks and a multi-purpose drum key tool.

Armen's vitality is a symbol of life's inner drive - the music he creates is the physical manifestation of the universal spiritual force.  His goals are to fulfill his potential as a man and to uplift the hearts and souls of people. Armen believes in music as an expressive vehicle that touches, sensitizes and raises the human spirit.  To him music is a means of communicating a higher awareness of life and love.

09/29/2005