7-27-2019c Canvas Print Collage

ABOUT WALTER PAUL BEBIRIAN from what I can remember as it comes to me - I was born in Forest Hills, New York near the end of 1949. At age 7 I began private violin lessons - during the same year my father took me to visit my uncle Jack Arabian working at the ABC Television Station at 66th Street in Manhattan - On my 8th birthday my parents gave me a Kodak Brownie Camera - and I took my first photograph - of my Uncle Jack Arabian making shish kebab on his ba-b-que: In grammar school P.S. 144 Forest Hills in the NYC Public School System I played the violin in the school orchestra - broke my hand playing sports - began playing the Sousaphone and practiced at my home on a trumpet and also played the Bass Drum for Orchestra performance - In Junior High School I became a member of the Queens Junior High School All Borough Orchestra performing at Queens College Colden Auditorium and the All City Junior Hight School Orchestra - performing in Carnegie Hall my music experience during high school years: yes I remember that time of life - we had orchestra rehearsal every lunch hour - I was playing the violin - Friday nights I was performing with my rock band (bass guitar) at different locations - Saturday morning was a rehearsal with the All City High School Orchestra (violin) - then on to an hour private lesson Saturday afternoon -(violin) - rock band rehearsal during the late afternoon (bass guitar) - performance with the rock band Saturday night (bass guitar) - Sunday afternoon performance with the Queens Symphony Orchestra(violin) and Sunday night rock band performance (bass guitar) - Wednesday rehearsal with the Queens Symphony (violin)- and Monday night rehearsal with an Armenian Group (violin) preparing for an Armenian play performance to raise money to build the St.