Madison.com: UW-Madison alum and diverse group bring classical music back to Union Theater; Concert will be streamed online at 7:30 PM Central Time

Sphinx Virtuosi, shown here at the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater in Washington, D.C., will perform Thursday at Shannon Hall on the UW-Madison campus.

KEVIN KENNEDY

Wisconsin State Journal

September 29, 2021

Gayle Worland

After a year of separation due to COVID-19, the diverse and nationally renowned chamber orchestra Sphinx Virtuosi is back and rehearsing in what might seem like an unlikely spot: a Downtown ballroom in the Madison Concourse Hotel.

The group is preparing for a 7:30 p.m. performance Thursday in Shannon Hall at

Memorial Union. It’s the first stop on Sphinx Virtuosi’s national fall tour, and also the first classical music concert with an in-person audience held in the UW-Madison theater since the pandemic halted operations in March 2020. The concert also will be streamed online.

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Emilia Mettenbrink, a violinist with the ensemble and a UW-Madison alum, is a violinist with Sphinx Virtuosi.  (Emilia Mettenbrink)

For musicians, “It always feels a bit like boot camp” when a group gets back together to rehearse after months apart, said Emilia Mettenbrink, a violinist with the ensemble and a UW-Madison alum.

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