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 The Sphinx Symphony is the unique all Black and Latino orchestra comprised of top professionals from around the country. This ensemble includes past and current members of the New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Met Opera Orchestra, Detroit, Atlanta, Baltimore, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, St. Louis and Puerto Rico Symphonies, as well as faculty members of leading music institutions, including Peabody and New England Conservatories, Harlem School of the Arts, Rutgers University and the University of Michigan. This ensemble fulfills a unique multi-purpose role: its members serve as mentors to our young musicians both on stage and through providing master classes and lectures, in addition to promoting works by Black and Latino composers during the Sphinx Finals Concert.
During the 2010 Sphinx Competition, Kelly Hall-Tompkins of the New Jersey Symphony served as Concertmaster of the orchestra, and Anthony Elliott was guest conductor. The orchestra has performed under the direction of prominent conductors, including Damon Gupton, Tito Munoz, Michael Morgan, Leslie B. Dunner, Kay George Roberts, Guillermo Figueroa and Paul Freeman. It has featured Sanford Allen (first Black musician to join the New York Philharmonic as a permanent member), Juan Ramirez (Atlanta Symphony), as well as Manuel Ramos (St. Louis Symphony) as Concertmasters. In 2002, the Sphinx Symphony gave the world premiere performance of the symphonic poem by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson with words by Nikki Giovanni, entitled "Symphony of the Sphinx." For the Tenth anniversary of the Sphinx Competition, the orchestra, including alumni from the first ten years of the competition, premiered "Delights and Dances" by Michael Abels. The work was commissioned by THE ASCAP FOUNDATION/IRVING CAESAR FUND, World Premiere on February 11, 2007. For more information on the Sphinx Symphony or for information on how to become a member of the Sphinx Symphony, please email .
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