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The
Sphinx Organization is honored to receive a $50,000 Knight Arts
Challenge grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to
support its efforts to create access to classical music for more diverse
and inclusive audiences in Detroit. To achieve greater and more diverse
community exposure to the art form, Sphinx will launch a series of
community performances by classical musicians of color, culminating in
the live & broadcast concert performance of 19th
Annual
Sphinx Competition Finals Concert at the Max M. Fisher Music Center.
Through this project and with the support of the Knight Foundation
Sphinx will reach over 50,000 in diverse live and broadcast audiences.
The
Annual Sphinx Competition Finals Concert showcases the top Black and
Latino classical musicians in the country, providing a classical music
concert and experience that better reflects the diverse communities in
which we live. The Sphinx Competition Finals Concert will take place on
Sunday, February 7, 2016 and will be broadcast online and on television
through Detroit Public Television.
The
Sphinx Organization is among 57 winners that were awarded $2.5 million
through the 2015 Detroit Knight Arts Challenge. Funded by the John S.
and James L. Knight Foundation, the Detroit Knight Arts Challenge
initiative seeks to fund the most the most innovative cultural ideas to
engage and enrich Detroit communities. This year's Detroit Knight Arts
Challenge winners were selected from a pool of more than 1,000
submissions.
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