Sunday, March 3, 2019

Sphinx Monthly News - March 2019

Sterling Elliott, 2019 Robert Frederick Smith Prize Winner.
Photo: Kevin Kennedy

Don't miss your chance to have 
one of the nation's most 
dynamic chamber orchestras 
visit your city! There are still 
available dates for the 2019/
20 Sphinx Virtuosi tour. 
Dates are available in October, 
2019 and February and March 
of 2020.


Do you you have an idea 
for a session at 
SphinxConnect 2020? 
Proposals due by April 
21!


Save the Dates for 
SphinxConnect: 
Feb 6-8, 2020

Request funding for 
professional 
opportunities, 
educational pursuits, 
and more. Be sure to 
submit your 
application(s) by April 
19, 2019!

Sphinx is thrilled to have 
received a record number 
of applicants for the 
Sphinx Performance 
Academy (SPA) 2019! We 
thank all of the applicants 
for their materials and 
look forward to welcoming 
a new class of SPA 
students this summer at 
the Curtis Institute of 
Music, Cleveland Institute 
of Music, and The Juilliard 
School.

Competition Laureates 
Hannah White and 
Sterling Elliott will 
perform a concert of 
solo and duo works, 
presented by Pro 
Musica Detroit on 
March 15th. They 
will also be visiting 
Sphinx Overture 
violin students at 
Maybury Elementary.

NAAS Corner

The next NAAS Audition 
Intensive for violin, 
viola, cello, and bass is 
May 20-23, 2019. NAAS 
Audition Intensives 
hosted by New World 
Symphony offer mock 
auditions, lessons, and 
performance psychology 
training for Black and 
Latinx orchestral 
musicians. 

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