MEIEA Summit 2025

Armen Shaomian, DMA, is an associate professor in Entertainment Management at the University of South Carolina. He has an extensive background in performing arts, education, and arts management consulting. An active concert pianist, he was one of the youngest students accepted at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, Sweden, by the age of seven. He has performed concerts at venues in Europe and the United States, including the Royal Concert Hall and the Globe Arena in Stockholm, the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland, Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, MI, Orchestra Hall in Detroit, MI, and the Gusman Concert Hall in Miami, FL. His dissertation on Swedish National-Romantic Music is published by VDM Vergal, and his piano recordings of composer Hugo Alfvén are featured on Vax Records' Vaxholm - Ett Dubbelnöje and are available on streaming platforms. Dr. Shaomian currently serves as the Faculty Director of Preston Residential College for Leadership at the University of South Carolina and is the Immediate Past President of MEIEA.