Thursday, May 8, 2014

Sphinx Announces Recipients of Inaugural MPower Artist Grants!

Ana Lucía Galarza - $37,000
Sphinx Performance Academy
To attend The City College of New York, private coachings, and lessons at The Factory Underground Studios

Angelica Durrell - $25,000
Sphinx Performance Academy
To expand reach and multiply the impact of the INTAKE Organization

Annelle Gregory - $4,000
Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Virtuosi
To attend the 2014 California International Music Festival in Germany

Alexander Cox - $3,000
Sphinx Competition
To attend the Sitka Cello Symposium with International Artist, Zuill Bailey and pedagogue, Dr. Melissa Kraut

Carl St. Jacques - $15,000
Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Virtuosi, Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
To purchase a viola made by Paul Knorr, one of the leading German makers of the early 20th century

Eric Thompson - $32,000
Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Virtuosi, Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
To purchase a bass by Christopher Threlkeld-Wiegand of Heartland String Bass Shop

Gregorio Lopes - $3,500
Sphinx Competition
To attend the Domaine Forget Summer Music Festival and to purchase a viola bow

Isabel Escalante - $17,000
Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Virtuosi, Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
To attend the Longy School of Music Master of Arts in Teaching Program

Jessie Montgomery - $30,000
Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Virtuosi, Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
To record a debut album, which will include several of her most recent compositions for string quartet and string orchestra

Lecolion Washington - $27,000
Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
To embark on an international concert tour including South Africa, Portugal, Austria, Sweden, and others

Lisa Muci - $7,000
Sphinx Symphony Orchestra

Melissa White - $21,000
Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Virtuosi, Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
To purchase a violin by award-winning instrument-maker, Ryan Soltis

Rosalyn Story - $40,000
Sphinx Symphony Orchestra

To present a semi-staged performance of Wading Home, an Opera of New Orleans, and based on her book Wading Home; a novel of New Orleans

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