Monday, October 25, 2010

Chamber Music Today: 'Sphinx Chamber Orchestra, Urioste and White, and the Harlem String Quartet'

[Harlem Quartet]

October 25, 2010
“The inaugural program of the new Alliance between Friends of Chamber Music and the UMKC [University of Missouri-Kansas City] Conservatory of Music and Dance occurred yesterday afternoon - a concert by Sphinx Chamber Orchestra and the Harlem Quartet.”

“The White Recital Hall at UMKC was nearly filled to capacity on this mild, sunny Sunday afternoon—more than 500 people attended. Such a crowd is evidence of the effectiveness that alliance between classical musical presenters and university-based conservatories can achieve, aided by appropriate pre-concert notice in the media. Masterclasses and educational sessions conducted by SCO in collaboration with the UMKC Conservatory Academy’s ‘Musical Bridges’ outreach program before and after the concert included programs at Eisenhower Middle School, Ruskin High School, Paseo Academy, and the Youth Symphony of Kansas City, with members of SCO coaching the students. In all, many hundreds of young music students participated.” [The Sphinx Organization was founded in 1996 by violinist Aaron P. Dworkin (b. 1970), who is profiled at AfriClassical.com.]

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