Sphinx looks to change makeup of U.S. orchestras
Gifted young black and Latino musicians are identified through a
national instrumental competition that doles out more than $100,000 in
prizes and scholarships annually to music schools and opportunities to
perform with top American orchestras. The Detroit-based national
advocacy group, founded in 1996, also oversees an expanding range of
education programs, re-introducing classical music to school curricula
in New York, Miami, Atlanta and other cities.
The organization's touring ensemble, the Sphinx Chamber Orchestra, will make its Chicago debut Saturday night at the Harris Theater in Millennium Park, in collaboration with the theater and the Chicago Sinfonietta, another orchestra long dedicated to diversity. The 25-member chamber orchestra is made up of past winners of the national Sphinx Competition for emerging African-American and Latino musicians.
The organization's touring ensemble, the Sphinx Chamber Orchestra, will make its Chicago debut Saturday night at the Harris Theater in Millennium Park, in collaboration with the theater and the Chicago Sinfonietta, another orchestra long dedicated to diversity. The 25-member chamber orchestra is made up of past winners of the national Sphinx Competition for emerging African-American and Latino musicians.
Good. Start them at it while they're young, then support them on the way up. Does it ever work any other way? Hopefully this will break down cultural barriers going both ways.
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