Sphinx Laureates Return to Carnegie Hall October 7, 2009

[Featuring the Sphinx Chamber Orchestra, Harlem Quartet and solo performances by Laureates of the prestigious Sphinx Competition for young Black & Latino string players.]

The Sphinx Organization, celebrating 12 years of building diversity in classical music, returns to Carnegie Hall on Wednesday, October 7, 2009. Under the baton of Maestro Chelsea Tipton II, the concert will feature the Sphinx Chamber Orchestra, the Harlem Quartet, and other top Sphinx Competition alumni performing as soloists.

This annual celebration of diversity and classical music embraces the Sphinx Organization’s artistic mission offering standard repertoire and masterpieces by Black and Latino composers. Please join us on October 7th as we celebrate the extraordinary talents of these young musicians of color.  The mission of the Sphinx Organization is to increase the participation of Blacks and Latinos in music schools as professional musicians, as classical music audiences, and to administer youth development initiatives in underserved communities through music education. [Sphinx Founder/President Aaron P. Dworkin (b. 1970)  is profiled at AfriClassical.com]