Sphinx Organization, Inc.
Over the weekend, Sphinx awarded more than $100,000 in prizes to the nation's top young musicians at the 22nd annual Sphinx Competition for young Black and Latinx string players.
Senior Division 1st Place $50,000 Robert Frederick Smith prize
Winner: Sterling Elliott, cello
Junior Division 1st Place $10,000 prize
Winner: Nygel Witherspoon, cello
Sterling Elliott
(Kevin Kennedy)
Sterling Elliott, cello
Senior Division Winner
19-year-old cellist Sterling Elliott, a student at The Juilliard School, was awarded 1st place in the Senior Division on Saturday, February 2.
He receives $50,000, performance opportunities with Sphinx Soloist Program Partners and instrument support from SHAR Music.
Sterling was also the recipient of the $5,000 Audience Choice Award, sponsored by Mercedes-Benz Financial Services.
Laura Andrade, Caleb Georges, Adé Williams, Sterling Elliott.
(Kevin Kennedy)
Violinist Adé Williams placed 2nd and receives $20,000.
Violist Caleb Georges placed 3rd and receives $10,000. Cellist Laura Andrade placed 4th and receives $5,000.
Nygel Witherspoon
(Kevin Kennedy)
Nygel Witherspoon, cello
Junior Division Winner
17-year-old cellist Nygel Witherspoon, a student at Minnesota Connections Academy, won 1st place in the Junior Division of the Sphinx Competition on Friday, February 1.
Maxwell Remmer, Sophia Ayer, Nygel Witherspoon.
(Kevin Kennedy)
Nygel receives $10,000, performance opportunities with Sphinx Soloist Program Partners and instrument support from SHAR Music.
Violinist Sophia Ayer placed 2nd and receives $5,000.
Cellist Maxwell Remmer placed 3rd and receives $3,000.
Watch the Finals Competition
broadcast on WTVS Detroit Public TV
Thursday, February 21 at 9pm,
or watch it online now here.
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