Armand Aromin

In chronological order, Armand Aromin is a queer Filipino American musician, percussive dancer, singer, and violin maker now enmortgaged in Riverside, RI with his partner, Benedict Gagliardi. More importantly, if you can say “Arm & Hammer” you’re pronouncing his name correctly!

First taking up Irish fiddle and tin whistle in his early teens, then swiftly followed by uilleann pipes, and 5-string banjo, and, ukulele and, and… Armand had no other intention to learn anything else until two things happened: pre-diagnosed ADHD (hindsight is 20/20), and the aforementioned Benedict Gagliardi. From him, he was introduced to the multi-hyphenated world of community singing, and on account of a stiff neck he hasn’t looked back since. They can be found hosting pub sings in Providence; running workshops on social singing, harmony, lilting, and working to empower anyone who wants to sing.

Armand is one-third of The Vox Hunters, a quarter of Eight Feet Tall, and at least a third of The Ivy Leaf. He proudly owns Aromin Violins, a tiny basement workshop in his first, and only, house.