Thursday, October 14, 2010

Performance Today Transformations™: 'Sphinx Performance Academy: minority musicians become major performers'





[From Top: Jordan Baucicaut, cellist; Lauren Brown, violist; Alan Lawson, violinist]

Transformations™ is a new series on the American Public Media radio program Performance Today. The first episode is dedicated to the Sphinx Performance Academy. Aaron Dworkin, Founder and President of the Sphinx Organization, http://www.SphinxMusic.org, is heard commenting during the program, as is the virtuoso violinist Rachel Barton Pine, http://www.RachelBartonPine.com. Click on the Performance Today Transformations™ link or click directly on either of the Program audio links:

American Public Media
“The Sphinx Organization exists to encourage diversity in classical music. It aims to help Latino and African-American players, who are underrepresented in U.S. orchestras, develop as musicians through its courses, competitions and outreach work. We visited the Sphinx Performance Academy in Chicago, a summer camp for young string players, to hear the stories of these minority musicians.”

Program audio


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[The Sphinx Performance Academy is a division of the Sphinx Organization, which was founded in 1996 by violinist Aaron P. Dworkin (b. 1970), who is profiled at AfriClassical.com.]





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