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Detroit/Ann Arbor: The
15h
Annual Sphinx Competition for young black and Latino
String Players will bring 19 of the country’s top young black
and Latino string players to southeast Michigan.
Over the past 15 years, Sphinx artists have made more than 250
solo appearances with orchestras around the country, engaged
100,000 young people in schools and community centers
nationwide, and reached 5 million in broadcast audiences.
The
Sphinx
Competition, to be held February 8-12, 2012, will
feature performances in Ann Arbor and Detroit and professional
development opportunities for all participants. This year the
inaugural Arthur Johnson Memorial Lecture celebrates the legacy
of the civil rights leader and will also honor a leader in the
community.
Selected from a national pool of applicants, the 19 semi-finalists
will compete for more than $25,000 in prizes, performance
opportunities with major orchestras across the country and full-
tuition scholarships to leading music institutions.
This year's
semi-finalists range in age from 12 to 25, and hail
from 12 states.
Junior Division Laureates will compete for first place at the
Honors Concert on Friday, February 10th at 12:00PM
at Ann Arbor’s Hill Auditorium in partnership with the
University Musical Society.
The Senior Division culminates in the Finals Concert Sunday,
February 12th at 2:00PM at Orchestra Hall in
Detroit. For the first time in Sphinx’s history, the live
audience will be able to text their Audience Choice nominations
at the concert. The winner will receive live recognition and a
cash award in addition to other prizes.
Both the Honors and Finals Concerts will feature the Sphinx
Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michael Morgan.
Brought to this year’s events
through the support of Lillian and Don Bauder and the Bauder
Conductor Fellowship, Morgan is a prominent conductor and
music director of the Oakland East Bay Symphony.
Guest artists the
Catalyst
Quartet, a Sphinx Ensemble, will be featured
during the Competition. The Catalyst Quartet comprises top
Laureates and Alumni from the Sphinx Competition. The
Catalyst
Quartet inspires new and young audiences with dynamic
performances of cutting-edge repertoire by a wide range of
composers.
Each year, young black and Latino string players from around the
country audition for the competition, which has awarded more
than $1 million in prizes and scholarships since 1998.
General admission tickets are $12 and $5 tickets are available for
groups of ten or more by contacting Margaret Cassetto,
313-877-9100 ext.714 or email:
Margaret@SphinxMusic.org
To purchase tickets visit
www.SphinxMusic.org or call the Max M. Fisher Music
Center box office at 313-576-5111.
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