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2007 10th Annual Sphinx Competition Finals Concert DVD10th Annual Sphinx Competition Finals Concert DVD (2007)

4th Place Sr. Laureate, Jason Amos, viola, Bartok, Concerto for Viola, II. Adagio Religioso; III. Allegretto (Finale)

2nd Place Sr. Laureate, Karla Donehew Perez, violin, Still, Suite for Violin, Mother and Child
Wieniawski, Concerto for Violin in D Major, Allegro con Fuoco-Allegro Moderato

3rd Place Sr. Laureate, Whittney Thomas, viola, Bartok, Concerto for Viola, II. Adagio Religioso; III. Allegretto (Finale)

1st Place Sr. Laureate, Elena Uiroste, violin, Still, Suite for Violin, Mother and Child
Wieniawski, Concerto for Violin in D Major, Allegro con Fuoco-Allegro Moderato

Abels, "Delights & Dances", Largo - molto rubato (world premiere)
Sphinx Symphony Orchestra, includes alumni from the first 10 years of the competition. Soloists: Christina Castelli, violin; Elena Urioste, violin; Maia Cabeza, violin; Clayton Penrose-Whitmore, violin; Tahirah Whittington, cello; Gabriel Cabezas, cello; the Harlem Quartet (Ilmar Gavilan, violin; Melissa White, violin; Juan-Miguel Hernandez, viola; Desmond Neysmith, cello)

Kay George Roberts, Conductor
Sphinx Symphony Orchestra

Take the 'A' TrainTake the 'A' Train CD (White Pine Music)
Featuring the Harlem Quartet**


1st Place Laureates of the Sphinx Competition:
Ilmar Gavilan, violin
Melissa White, violin
Juan-Miguel Hernandez, viola
Desmond Neysmith, cello

Marsalis: String Quartet No. 1, 'At the Octoroon Balls'
1. - Come Long Fiddler
2. - Mating Calls and Delta Rhythms
3. - Creole Contradanzas
4. - Many Gone
5. - Hellbound Highball
6. - Blue Lights on the Bayou
7. - Rampart Street Row House Rag
8. Gavilan: Mi Menor Conga
9. Strayhorn: Take the 'A' Train
10. Turina: La Oracion del Torero

**This CD is available through the White Pine Music website

2006 9th Annual Sphinx Competition Finals Concert DVD9th Annual Sphinx Competition Finals Concert DVD (2006)

3rd Place Jr. Laureate, Maia Cabeza, violin, J. S. Bach, Concerto in E Major, Allegro

4th Place Jr. Laureate, Tony Rymer, cello, J. C. Bach, Concerto in C Minor, Allegro Molto Ma Maestoso

2nd Place Jr. Laureate, Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, viola, J. C. Bach, Concerto in C Minor, Allegro Molto Ma Maestoso

1st Place Jr. Laureate, Gabriel Cabezas, cello, J. C. Bach, Concerto in C Minor, Allegro Molto Ma Maestoso

5th Place Jr. Laureate, Clayton Penrose-Whitmore, violin, J. S. Bach, Concerto in E Major, Allegro

Guest Artist, Gareth Johnson, violin, E. Ysaye, Sonata for Violin, Solo No. 3

Guest Artist, Mosaic Singers and the Sphinx Chamber Orchestra, arr. Marcin Bela, "Messiah, a Soulful Celebration", Hallelujah

Chelsea Tipton II, Conductor
Sphinx Chamber Orchestra

Moyugba OrishaMoyugba Orisha CD (White Pine Music)
Featuring Gabriel Cabezas and Juan-Miguel Hernandez, winners of the
9th Annual Sphinx Competition (2006)**


1st Place Jr. Laureate, Gabriel Cabezas, cello
Alexandra Mascolo-David, piano

Alejandro Cardona: Moyugba Orisha
1. Elegguá Alá Lu Banché
2. bbańá
3. Asesún Yemayá
4. Alberto Ginastera: Triste
5. Astor Piazzolla: Milonga en Re
6. Aldemaro Romero: Suite for Cello and Piano: Golpe Con Fandango
7. Astor Piazzolla: Oblivion
8. Joaquin Gutiérrez: Canción en el Puerto
9. Francisco Mignone: Modinha
10. Heitor Villa-Lobos: O Canto do Cysne Negro (Song of the Black Swan)
Claudia Calderón: La Revuelta Circular
11. Preludio
12. Revuelta

Gold Achievement Winner, Juan-Miguel Hernandez, viola
Rúbia Santos, piano

Paul Chihara: Sonata para Viola e Piano
13. Allegro Amabile
14. Tempo di Menuetto
Edmundo Villani-Côrtes: Sonata para Viola e Piano
15. Moderato
16. Lento
17. Allegro


**This CD is available through the White Pine Music website

2005 8th Annual Sphinx Competition Finals Concert DVD8th Annual Sphinx Competition Finals Concert DVD (2005)

Sphinx Symphony performs Guarneri, Dansa Brasileira

1st Place Jr. Laureate, Rachel Goldberg, viola, Hoffmeister, Concerto in D Major, Allegro

1st Place Sr. Laureate, Christina Castelli, violin, William Grant Still, Suite for Violin & Orchestra, "Mother & Child"; White, Concerto for Violin in F-sharp Minor, Allegro Moderato

3rd Place Sr. Laureate, Christopher Jenkins, viola, Bartok, Concerto for Viola, Adagio religioso, Allegro Vivace

2nd Place Sr. Laureate, Mariana Green, violin, William Grant Still, Suite for Violin & Orchestra, "Mother & Child"; White, Concerto for Violin in F-sharp Minor, Allegro Moderato

Guest Artist, Patrice Jackson, cello, Schumann, Concerto for Cello in A Minor, II. Langsam

Paul Freeman, Conductor
Sphinx Symphony Orchestra

2004 7th Annual Sphinx Competition Finals Concert DVD7th Annual Sphinx Competition Finals Concert DVD (2004)

2nd Place Sr. Laureate, Joseph Conyers, bass, Bottesini, Concerto for Bass, Andante, Allegro

1st Place Sr. Laureate, Kaila Potts, viola, Bartok, Concerto for Viola, Adagio religioso, (Finale) Allegretto

3rd Place Sr. Laureate, Mariana Green, violin, William Grant Still, Suite for Violin and Orchestra, "Mother & Child"; Wienawski, Concerto for Violin in D Minor, Allegro con Fuoco-Allegro Moderato

1st Place Jr. Laureate, Trevor Ochieng', violin, Mozart, Concerto No. 3 in G Major, Allegro

Guest Artist, Sanford Allen, violin, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Blue/s Forms, I. Plain Blue/s, III. Jettin' Blue/s

Guillermo Figueroa, Conductor
Sphinx Symphony Orchestra

2003 Sphinx Symphony Concert DVDSphinx Symphony Concert DVD (2003)

In 2003, the Sphinx Symphony performed a concert featuring 2001 Jr. 1st place Laureate Melissa White, violin, as soloist

Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez, Batuque

William Grant Still, Symphony No. 1 (Afro-American)

Camille Saint-Saens, Havanaise
Melissa White, violin

George Walker, Lyric for Strings

Jose Pablo Moncayo, Huapango

Kay George Roberts, Conductor
Sphinx Symphony Orchestra

2002 5th Annual Sphinx Competition Finals Concert DVD5th Annual Sphinx Competition Finals Concert DVD (2002)

1st Place Sr. Laureate, Patrice Jackson, cello, Elgar, Concerto in E Minor, Finale: Allegro

3rd Place Sr. Laureate, Carl St. Jacques, viola, Shulman, Theme & Variations, Andante Moderato

2nd Place Sr. Laureate, Bryan Hernandez-Luch, violin, Wienawski, Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, Finale: Allegro con Fuoco

1st Place Jr. Laureate, Gareth Johnson, violin, Mozart, Concerto No. 3 in G Major, Allegro

Sphinx Symphony & Brazeal Dennard Choral Ensembles, Brenda Wimberly, Soprano, world premiere of Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson's Symphony of the Sphinx, I. The Gathering, II. The Query

Leslie B. Dunner, Conductor
Sphinx Symphony Orchestra

2001 4th Annual Sphinx Competition Finals Concert DVD4th Annual Sphinx Competition Finals Concert DVD (2001)

1st Place Sr. Laureate, Ilmar Gavilan, violin, Mendelssohn, Concerto in E Minor, Allegro Moto Appassionato

2nd Place Sr. Laureate, Jessie Montgomery, violin, Wieniawski, Polonaise in D Major, Op. 4

3rd Place Sr. Laureate, Richard Biaggini, violin, Mendelssohn, Concerto in E Minor, Allegro Moto Appassionado

1st Place Jr. Laureate, Melissa White, violin, Mozart, Concerto No. 4 in D Major, Allegro

Guest Artist, Brazeal Dennard Choral Ensembles, E. Hawkins (arr. Henry Panion), "Oh, Happy Day"

Anthony Elliott, Conductor
Sphinx Symphony Orchestra

Harmony of Strings documentary DVDHarmony of Strings DVD (2000), the Emmy Award-winning documentary on the Sphinx Competition. Features performances by the 2000 Sphinx Competition winners:

1st Place Sr. Laureate Desmond Neysmith, cello

2nd Place Sr. Laureate Lena Fankhauser, viola

3rd Place Sr. Laureate Kyle Lombard, violin

1st Place Sr. Laureate Jared Snyder, cello

Michael Morgan Conductor
Sphinx Symphony Orchestra

1999 2nd Annual Sphinx Competition Finals Concert DVD2nd Annual Sphinx Competition Finals Concert DVD (1999)

1st Place Sr. Laureate, Tahirah Whittington, cello, Saint-Saens, Cello Concerto in A Minor, III. Allegro non tanto

3rd Place Sr. Laureate, Carl St. Jacques, viola, Weber, Adagio and Rondo Ongarese

2nd Place Sr. Laureate, Ilmar Gavilan, violin, Sarasate, Zigeunerweisen

1st Place Jr. Laureate, Samuel Johnson, cello, Haydn, Cello Concerto in C Major, I. Moderato


Sebrina Alfonso, Conductor
Ann Arbor Symphony

1998 Inaugural Sphinx Competition Finals Concert DVDInaugural Sphinx Competition DVD (1998)

1st Place Laureate, Christina Castelli, violin, William Grant Still, Suite for Violin and Orchestra, 2nd mvt; Bruch Concerto in G Minor, 3rd Mvt

3rd Place Laureate, Melissa White, violin, William Grant Still, Suite for Violin and Orchestra, 2nd mvt; Bruch Concerto in G Minor, 3rd Mvt

1st Place Laureate, Tai Murray, violin, William Grant Still, Suite for Violin and Orchestra, 2nd mvt; Bruch Concerto in G Minor, 3rd Mvt

Guest Artists, Evelyn Collins & Steve Dixon, orators, Biographical orations of Joseph Boulogne Saint-Georges, Roque Cordero and William Grant Still

Michael Morgan, Conductor
Ann Arbor Symphony

Finals Concert 20012001 Finals Concert CD showcasing the talent and skill of the winners from the 2001 Sphinx Competition.
1st Place Sr. Laureate Ilmar Gavilan, violin
Mendelssohn, Concerto in E Minor, Allegro Moto Appassionado
Wienawski, Polonaise in D Major, Op. 4

2nd Place Sr. Laureate Jessie Montgomery, violin
Mendelssohn, Concerto in E Minor, Allegro Moto Appassionado
Wienawski, Polonaise in D Major, Op. 4

3rd Place Sr. Laureate Richard Biaggini, violin
Mendelssohn, Concerto in E Minor, Allegro Moto Appassionado
Wienawski, Polonaise in D Major, Op. 4

1st Place Jr. Laureate Melissa White, violin
Mozart, Concerto No. 4 in D Major, Allegro

Anthony Elliott, Conductor
Sphinx Symphony Orchestra

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