Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Sphinx Chamber Orchestra Tour Continues in Michigan, Illinois & Missouri to Oct. 24


[Violinist Elena Urioste, Conductor Chelsea Tipton and Sphinx Chamber Orchestra]

The Sphinx Organization, http://SphinxMusic.org, provides an overview of the 2010 Sphinx Chamber Orchestra tour, which continues to October 24, 2010:

“The Sphinx Chamber Orchestra tour offers 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.'

“The tour also features the Harlem Quartet, an ensemble whose mission is to engage young and new audiences and to advance diversity in classical music. Comprised of all First Place Laureates of the Sphinx Competition, the quartet is managed by Sciolino Artist Management.”

10/15/2010 Ann Arbor, MI University of Michigan 8:00 PM

10/16/2010 Kalamazoo, MI Western Michigan University 7:00 PM

10/17/2010 Berrien Springs, MI Andrews University 7:00 PM

10/18/2010 Chicago, IL Harris Theatre for Music and Dance 7:30 PM

10/21/2010 Mount Pleasant, MI Central Michigan University 8:00 PM

10/22/2010 Clinton Township, MI Macomb Center for the Performing Arts 7:30 PM

10/24/2010 Kansas City, MO Kansas City Conservatory of Music 2:00 PM

[The Sphinx Chamber Orchestra is an ensemble of the Sphinx Organization, which was founded in 1996 by violinist Aaron P. Dworkin (b. 1970). He is profiled at AfriClassical.com. The website also features a biography of the composer and conductor Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (1932-2004), and a complete list of his works by Prof. Dominique-René de Lerma of Lawrence University Conservatory in Appleton, Wisconsin]





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