Monday, August 4, 2008

Tickets On Sale August 21 For Sphinx Laureates at Carnegie Hall


[Maestro Chelsea Tipton II Conducting At A Sphinx Concert]


The Sphinx Organization, celebrating 11 years of building diversity in classical music, returns to Carnegie Hall on Tuesday, October 21, 2008. Under the baton of Maestro Chelsea Tipton II, the concert will feature the Sphinx Chamber Orchestra, the Harlem Quartet, and other top Sphinx Competition alumni performing as soloists. This annual celebration of diversity and classical music embraces the Sphinx Organization’s artistic mission offering standard repertoire and masterpieces by Black and Latino composers. Please join us on October 21 as we celebrate the extraordinary talents of these young musicians of color. Tuesday, October 21, 2008 6:00 p.m. Carnegie Hall Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage. Featuring the Sphinx Chamber Orchestra, Harlem Quartet and solo performances by Laureates of the prestigious Sphinx Competition for young Black & Latino string players. Tickets only $20. 212-247-7800 or http://www.carnegiehall.org/ Discounted tickets available for groups of 10 or more call 212-903-9705.

The mission of the Sphinx Organization is to increase the participation of Blacks and Latinos in music schools as professional musicians, as classical music audiences, and to administer youth development initiatives in underserved communities through music education. Sphinx envisions a world in which classical music reflects cultural diversity and plays a role in the everyday lives of youth. [The Sphinx Organization website is
http://www.SphinxMusic.org Its Founder/President is Aaron P. Dworkin (b. 1970), who is profiled as an outstanding Musician of African Descent at AfriClassical.com]





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