“Sphinx Plans Historic US Tour: Tour to feature Sphinx Chamber Orchestra and Harlem Quartet” was the exciting news to which we awoke Friday morning. We are convinced the U.S. Tour will indeed make history. As the tour progresses, top-flight Black and Latino musicians will introduce themselves to communities around the country.
The tour will be the first opportunity for many people to hear all-minority ensembles. Judging from the Sphinx galas at Carnegie Hall, audiences are likely to include far more Black and Latino patrons than typical classical concerts. While it is a foretaste of a more diverse future in classical music, the Tour is also a testament to 11 years of hard work involving thousands of participants, teachers, professional musicians and supporters, inspired by the vision of Founder/President Aaron Dworkin, who is proudly profiled at AfriClassical.com
Legions of music students, their teachers, and families will join regular concert-goers in experiencing classical music by both majority and minority composers, performed by two ensembles of Sphinx Competition Winners. Performing excellent music by fine composers of all racial and ethnic backgrounds is part of the Sphinx philosophy. The Chicago Sinfonietta, which Maestro Paul Freeman founded in 1987 and continues to direct, also has the mission “Musical Excellence Through Diversity”.
It is an example which could be the enduring significance of the 2008 Sphinx Tour of the U.S.
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