CURRICULUM VITAE

RECORDINGS AS LEADER•All Or Nothing At All (Sunnyside) Donelian (p),Marc Mommaas (s) (2005)•Quartet Language (Playscape) Donelian (p),Thomas Chapin (s), Calvin Hill (b), Jeff Williams(d) (2002)•Full Moon Music (Sunnyside) Donelian (p) (2005)•Mystic Heights (Sunnyside) Donelian (p) (2002)•Wave (Sunnyside) Donelian (p) (2000)•The Wayfarer (Sunnyside) See Secrets (1990)•Secrets (Sunnyside) Donelian (p), Dick Oatts (s),Barry Danielian (t) Anthony Cox (b) Bill Stewart(d), Arto Tuncboyaciyan (perc) (1988)•Trio ’87 (Odin) Donelian (p), Carl-Morten Iversen(b), Audun Kleive (d) (1987)•A Reverie (Sunnyside) Donelian (solo p) (1986)•Stargazer (Atlas) Donelian (p), Eddie Gomez (b),Billy Hart (d) (1981)

PERFORMANCES AS LEADER• Carnegie Recital Hall, NYC (1984)†• Cathedral of St. John Divine, NYC (1986)• St. Peter's Church, NYC (1987)†• Blue Note, Bradley's, Fat Tuesday's, GreeneStreet, Sweet Basil, Zinno, InHouse, Cleopatra’sNeedle, Cornelia Street Café, Trumpets,Shanghai Jazz Restaurant, other NY area clubs• Caramoor Jazzfest, NY (1996)• Hennessy Jazz Festival, NYC• Jacksonville Jazz Festival, FL (1987)• New School University, NYC (2001, 03, 06)• Manhattan School of Music, NYC• Berklee College of Music, MA (1993, 98, 2001)• William Paterson University, NJ (1985, 96)• Lawrence University, WI (1997)• Tufts University, MA (1998)• Adelphi University, NY (1994, 99)• Virginia Commonwealth University, VA (2005)• Marlboro College, VT (1994)• Mankato State University, MN (1997)• Stockton State University, NJ (1986-96)• Interplay Jazz Camp, NH (1997-present)• Vermont Jazz Center, VT (1993, 95, 2000)• Yerevan Jazz Festival, Armenia (1998)• Ottawa Jazz Festival, Canada (1997)• Pori Jazz Festival, Finland (1983, 87)• Jyväskylä Jazz Festival, Finland (2004)• Veneto Jazz Festival, Italy (2005)• Jazz in August 96, Portugal• Oshanitzsky Jazz Festival, Romania (2002)• Cluj Philharmonic Hall, Romania (1986)• US Embassies in Romania, Georgia (2002)• Kannon Jazz and Modern Dance Festival,Russia (2002)• Bilsak Jazz Festival, Turkey (1986)• Voice of America Radio (worldwide)• Concerts, clubs, radio & TV in 21 countries

ARTISTIC ASSOCIATIONSPerformances in Armenia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland,Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, Norway, Poland,Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and USA inconcerts, clubs, master classes, and on recordings, radio & TV withmajor artists including:

•Sonny Rollins •Lionel Hampton•Chet Baker •Joe Williams•Sonny Stitt •Cal Tjader•Lee Konitz •Mongo Santamaria•Hank Mobley •Jimmy Heath•Jim Hall •Willi Bobo•Dewey Redman •Jackie Paris•Attila Zoller •Joe Chambers•Frank Wess •Anne-Marie Moss•Gene Bertoncini •Paul Motian•Billy Harper •Claudio Roditi•George Mraz •Bernard Purdy•David Liebman •Randy Brecker•Cecil McBee •Portinho•Paquito D’Rivera •Tom Harrell•Eddie Gomez •Billy Hart•Joe Lovano •Valerie Ponamarov•Buster Williams •Ray Barretto•Thomas Chapin •Wallace Roney•Michael Moore •Night Ark

PERFORMANCES AS SIDEMAN• SONNY ROLLINS (1977-8)Village Gate, NYCShowboat, DCJazz Workshop, Boston• MONGO SANTAMARIA (1975-6)4 LPs incl. Grammy nomineeSofrito (Fania§) with 3 DonelianworksCinco de Mayo Festival, SFMadison Square Garden, NYCVillage Gate, NYCConcerts by the Sea, LAKeystone Corner, SF• PAQUITO D’RIVERA (1984)Montreal Jazz FestivalPBS-TV (Network)• BILLY HARPER (1979-83)4 LPs (MPS, Baystate, Poljazz)Kool Jazz Festival, NYCYamaha Jazz Festival, JapanJazz Jamboree, PolandCaiscais Jazz Festival, PortugalSweet Basil, NYCKeystone Corner, SF• RORY STUART (1984-90)2 CDs (Cadence, Sunnyside§)Kool Jazz Festival-Saratoga, NYBurlington Jazz Festival, VT• NEW SCHOOL FACULTY (1998)IAJE Convention, NYC

• CHET BAKER (1976,82-3)Stryker’s, NYCGulliver’s, NJOne Step Down, DCClub 7, Norway• JOE WILLIAMS (1996)Voice of America Radio• THOMAS CHAPIN (1992)Toulon Jazz Festival, FranceKnitting Factory, NYCVillage Gate, NYC• ANNE-MARIE MOSS (1979-present)Kool Jazz Festival, NYCToronto Harborfront FestivalOttawa Jazz Festival• IVO PAPASOV (2005)The Painted Bride, PA• NIGHT ARK (1989-1999)3 CDs (Novus§, Universal)Yerevan Jazz Festival, ArmeniaIstanbul Jazz Festival, TurkeyJerusalem Festival, IsraelNPR (Network)Fat Tuesday’s, NYC• ROY AYERS (1976)2 LPs (Polygram)• DATEVIK HOVANESIAN (1990-99)1 CD (Sony) prod./ G. AvakianYerevan Jazz Festival, Armenia

CURRICULUM VITAECOMPOSITIONS• § Composer of over 90 original works• 59 recorded works on: All Or Nothing At All (Sunnyside), QuartetLanguage (Playscape), Full Moon Music (Sunnyside), Mystic Heights(Sunnyside), The Wayfarer (Sunnyside), Secrets (Sunnyside), Trio ’87(Odin), A Reverie (Sunnyside), Stargazer (Atlas), all by DONELIAN• 3 recorded works on Sofrito 1976 GRAMMY AWARD NOMINEE(Fania) by MONGO SANTAMARIA; 1 work on Moments (RCA/Novus)by NIGHT ARK; 1 work on Hurricane (Sunnyside) by RORY STUART;and 1 work on Positively Armenian (AGBU) by Various Artists.• 3 published works: Stargazer in The New Real Book Vol. 2 (SherMusic); Harem Girl in Saxophone Quintet and Metropolitan Madnessin Woodwind Quintet (both Advance Music, arranged by EdNeumeister).

GRANTS/AWARDS• 6 NEA† JAZZ PERFORMANCE FELLOWSHIP GRANTS forperformances at Carnegie Recital Hall (1984) and St. Peter’s Church(1987), & The Rhythm Section Plus One Master Class Series at NewSchool University, NYC (1990, 92, 94, 96)• 1 FULBRIGHT‡ SCHOLAR AWARD as Visiting Professor of Jazz,Yerevan State Conservatory, Armenia (2002)• 3 FULBRIGHT‡ SENIOR SPECIALIST AWARDS to present Jazz masterclasses in Armenia (2003), Finland (2004) and Switzerland (2005)• 2 CEC ARTSLINK‡ AWARDS for collaborative concerts and clinics inArmenia (1999, 2004)• 1 AFFMA MUSIC GRANT for concerts and clinics in Armenia (2000)• 1 NJSCA FELLOWSHIP GRANT for music composition (2000)• 5 MTC COMPOSER GRANTS for performances of original works(1979, 83, 87, 99, 2000)• 1 NSU FACULTY DEVELOPMENT GRANT for jazz quintet performanceat Visiones, NYC (1995) with Arnie Lawrence, John Blake, DeanJohnson and Horacee Arnold• 1 NSU CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION for ten years continuousemployment (1998)• 1 NYU FIRST RUN ’88 AWARD (Tisch School of Arts) for Best OriginalFilm Score (Passion City, Ken Brady, Director)

HONORABLE MENTION• New York Times feature (February 10, 2002) "Armenian MusicInspires A Jazz Pianist," Thomas Staudter• Bergen Record shared feature (May 5, 1996) “What the NEA DidFor Them,” Laurence Chollet• Newark Star Ledger leader (February 5, 1995) “Donelian OpeningWPC Event With Slight Paean to the Classics,” George Kanzler• Downbeat Profile (August, 1989), Larry Birnbaum• Hot House cover feature (January, 1988) “Romantic Pianist ArmenDonelian,” Gene Kalbacher• Cadence Interview (October, 1985), Bob Rusch• Gannett Westchester Newspapers feature (May 21, 1985)“Keyboard Class,” Steve Bornfeld• New York Post feature (January 22, 1983) “Pianist Donelian Seeksan Identity,” Richard M. Sudhalter• Danbury News-Times feature (January, 1984) “Donelian:‘Stargazer’ At the Summit,” Manny Faria•Growing Up With Jazz (Oxford University Press, 2005), W. RoyalStokes• Jazz World Index, (June, 1982), Jamie Katz• Buddhist Acts Of Compassion (Conari Press, 2000), PamelaBloom• The Bear Comes Home (Norton, 1997), Raffi Zabor• American Keyboard Artists (Chicago Biographical Center, 1992)• Marquis Who's Who in Entertainment (Marquis Who's Who, 1992)• In The Moment (Oxford University Press, 1986), Francis Davis• Numerous reviews and articles, 1975-present

TEACHING• ADJUNCT PROFESSOR: New School Jazz Program (1986-present),William Paterson University (NJ) (1993-present), The ManhattanSchool of Music (1989-2000). Jazz Ear Training, Improvisation,Piano, Vocal Accompaniment, Rhythmic Analysis, Counterpoint• MASTER CLASS LEADER: The Rhythm Section Plus One Series(NYC, 1990, 92, 94, 96 NEA† PROJECTS), Vermont Jazz Center(1993-95), Hot Clube de Jazz (Portugal, 1996), Red Bank RegionalHigh School (1998 NJSCA Residency), Yerevan Komitas State

Conservatory (Armenia, 1998-2004‡), ParisConservatory (France, 2002), Tblisi Saradjishvili StateConservatory (Georgia, 2002), Iasi George EnescuUniversity of the Arts (Romania, 2002), St. PetersburgRimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory (Russia, 2002),Jyväskylä Conservatory (Finland, 2004), ZürichHochschule for Music (Switzerland, 2005)• ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE: Artist/Teacher Institute(NJSCA, 1989-1996), Interplay Jazz Camp, (NH, MA,1997-present), Manhattan School of Music Vocal JazzWorkshop (NYC, 1989-93), New School Vocal JazzWorkshop (NYC, 1997), Montclair State UniversitySummer Jazz Workshop (NJ, 1998-2004), VenetoSummer Jazz Workshop (Italy, 2005)• VISITING ARTIST/CLINICIAN: International Association ofJazz Educators (IAJE) Convention (1991, 2004);Berklee College of Music (MA, 1993, 98), MankatoState University (MN, 1997), Manahawkin Regional HighSchool (NJ, 1993, 97, 2004)• INSTRUCTOR: The Westchester Conservatory of Music(NY, 1972-75, 83-85). Classical Piano, Theory, JazzImprovisation• PRIVATE INSTRUCTOR: Jazz & Classical piano,Harmony, Composition, Counterpoint and related areas(1964-present)

BOOKS/ARTICLES• Training the Ear Volume 1 (Advance Music, 1992;Japanese edition by ATN, Inc., 2001), book with 2 CDs• Training the Ear Volume 2 (Advance Music, 2003),book with 4 CDs• “Developing Harmonic Study Modules,” Downbeat(Maher Publications, September, 2005)• “Woodshed Pro Session: Hearing Jazz Chords,”Downbeat (Maher Publications, June, August, October& December, 1997 and January, 1998)• “Find Your Voice,” Keyboard (Miller FreemanPublications, August, 1997)• “Hearing Chords,” Rutgers Annual Review of JazzStudies #8 (Scarecrow Press, 1997)• Articles & reviews (1981-present)

EDUCATION• BACHELOR OF ARTS IN MUSIC: Columbia University(1972). Studies in music composition, theory,counterpoint, history, performance & vocalaccompaniment with Vladimir Ussachevsky, CharlesWuorinen, Harvey Sollberger, Joel Sachs, Walter Hilse,Daniel Paget, Patricia Carpenter, Joel Newman &distinguished faculty• ARTISTS’ CERTIFICATE: The WestchesterConservatory of Music (1968). Studies/recitals inclassical piano, chamber music, concerto withsymphony orchestra, conducting, theory & jazzimprovisation for 12 years with Michael Pollon, DorisDavidson, Irwin Stahl & distinguished faculty• PRIVATE STUDIES: Ludmila Ulehla (harmonic analysis),Harold Seletsky (Schoenberg harmony & counterpoint),Carl Bamberger (conducting) and Richard Beirach (jazzpiano performance)

AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS• Steinway Affiliated Artist• Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI)• International Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE)• International Association of Schools of Jazz (IASJ)• Harry Fox Agency (HFA)• American Federation of Musicians Local 802 (AFM)• American Federation of Teachers Local 1796 (AFT)

D.O.B.• December 1, 1950, New York City

WEBSITE• http://www.armenjazz.com