Alan Semerdjian is an award-winning writer, musician, and lifelong educator from New York, NY. He released An Improvised Device (Lock N Load Press/Gathering of the Tribes) in 2005, In the Architecture of Bone (Genpop Books) in 2009, and The Serpent and the Crane (bandcamp) in 2020 with guitarist/composer Aram Bajakian. Additionally, Alan has recorded, released, and turned in support for several critically-acclaimed collections of music across a range of genres over the last three decades. He is on the advisory board for the International Armenian Literary Alliance, through which he founded and directs the Young Armenian Poets Awards.
