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Sphinx Laureates at Carnegie Hall

Sphinx Chamber Orchestra

The Harlem Quartet

Sponsored by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation  

The inaugural Sphinx Chamber Orchestra tour presented in partnership with Opus 3 Artists, will offer a diverse program featuring well-known repertoire in addition to works by African-American and Latino composers, including works by Mozart, Piazzolla, Michael Abels, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, and others. The program will feature the acclaimed Sphinx Chamber Orchestra (SCO) in addition to select solo performances by the top Laureates of the national Sphinx Competition for young Black and Latino string players. This unique group earned rave reviews from The New York Times in December of 2004, during its highly acclaimed debut at Carnegie Hall. Allan Kozinn of the Times described their performances as “first-rate in every way” and the ensemble to have “produced a more beautiful, precise and carefully shaped sound than some fully professional orchestras that come through Carnegie Hall in the course of the year.”

Inspired by Sphinx’s overarching mission, SCO works to advance diversity in classical music while engaging young and new audiences through performances of varied repertoire. Members of SCO have completed and continue to pursue their studies at the nation’s top music schools, including the Juilliard, Curtis, Eastman, Peabody, Harvard, and the University of Michigan. Additionally, several members hold professional orchestral positions, including the Oregon, Grand Rapids and San Antonio Symphonies. Members of the roster have been named Laureates of other prestigious international competitions, including Queen Elizabeth and Yehudi Menuhin. One of the other highlights of the tour will be the Harlem Quartet, an ensemble comprised of all First Place Laureates of the competition. The Harlem Quartet will appear through an arrangement with Sciolino Artist Management. This ensemble performs residencies and concerts throughout the country in venues including the Library of Congress, Detroit Institute of Arts, The Da Camera Society, the Lied Center of Kansas and the Midland and Albany symphony orchestras.

For more information on the Sphinx Symphony or for information on how to become a member of the Sphinx Chamber Orchestra tour, please email .

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