January 27, 2024 at 7:30 pm ET
Sphinx Competition Finals Concert
Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center - Detroit, MI
The Sphinx Symphony Orchestra is the unique all Black and Latinx orchestra comprised of top professionals from around the country. The SSO comes together annually at the Sphinx Competition for young Black and Latinx string players, serving as mentors to finalists, providing masterclasses and lectures, and promoting works by Black and Latinx composers.
The SSO 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.
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Andre Dowell, Chief of Artist Engagement
2024 Guest Conductor
Joseph Young
The Sphinx Symphony Orchestra conducted by Tito Muñoz at The Kennedy Center in 2023.
Photo credit: Jati Lindsay
SSO Conductors
2023 - Kalena Bovell
2020 - Roderick Cox
2019 – Michael Morgan
2018 – Carlos Miguel Prieto
2017 – Thomas Wilkins
2016 – Andrew Grams
2015 – Andrew Grams
2013 – Anthony Elliott
2012 – Michael Morgan
2011 – Michael Morgan
2010 – Anthony Elliott
2009 – Damon Gupton
2008 – Tito Muñoz
2007 – Kay George Roberts
2006 – Chelsea Tipton II
2005 – Paul Freeman
2004 – Guillermo Figueroa
2003 – Kay George Roberts
2002 – Leslie B. Dunner
2001 – Anthony Elliott
2000 – Michael Morgan
1999 – Sebrina Alfonso
1998 – Michael Morgan
“Sphinx has been one of the best gifts of my musical life. It has not only given me hope for the future of music for younger generations, but it has inspired and re-affirmed my own life’s work, and continues to validate my choice to be a part of this great profession.”
— Rosalyn Story, violin
Sphinx Symphony member
