TmbaTa at the 2016 Smithsonian Folklife Festival

TmbaTa is a youth folk rock band born from the music program of the Tumo Center for Creative Technologies in Yerevan, Armenia, in 2013. Led by Arik Grigoryan of The Bambir, they perform original compositions based on traditional Armenian folk songs combined with rock and experimental music. The group is comprised of thirty teens who learn all stages of music creation including composition, performance, recording, mixing, and mastering.

Tumo Center for Creative Technologies is an innovative after-school program where thousands of students aged twelve to eighteen are in charge of their own learning. Tumo is a partner in the Smithsonian’s My Armenia project.

Videography: Angela Calonder, Andrea Curran, Joshua Davis, Helen Lehrer, Michelle Mehrtens, Lillian Schneyer, Ryan Shank
Editing: Ryan Shank


[Catalog No. CFV10826; Copyright 2016 Smithsonian Institution]