Wednesday, November 19, 2014

New York Times: 'Sphinx Prize Honors Three Musicians,' Danielle Belen, Janai Brugger & Demarre McGill

Danielle Belen

Janai Brugger

Demarre McGill


Allan Kozinn

November 19, 2014

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The winners of this year’s award are Danielle Belen, a violinist who has performed as a soloist with the Cleveland Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony and other ensembles, and who recently joined the faculty of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor; Janai Brugger, a soprano who was a recent winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, and is scheduled to sing Pamina in Mozart’s “Magic Flute” at Covent Garden in February and March; and Demarre McGill, the principal flutist of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra since Sept. 2013.

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