Aaron Dworkin (b. 1970)
Founder and President, Sphinx Organization
is featured at AfriClassical.com
as an outstanding
Musician of African Descent
"Sphinx is an arts organization unlike any other."
Trevor Neilson
February 8, 2014
I don't often write about the arts, but an announcement this week is
cause for real excitement -- not only because of the entertainment it
will provide to the audiences lucky enough to see it, but because of the
way it will transform those who perform.
This week IMG Artists, a global leader in the performing arts and lifestyle events management, announced a new partnership with the Sphinx Organization,
a non-profit working to transform lives through the power of diversity
in the arts. The partnership will promote Sphinx's mission and values
via IMG Artists' global network of events and projects, including a
Sphinx Symphony Orchestra residency at this year's Napa Valley Festival del Sole.
The IMG-produced Festival, currently in its ninth year, will be held
July 11 through July 20, 2014 in California's Napa Valley, and will
feature three performances by the Sphinx Symphony and Sphinx Virtuosi.
Sphinx is an arts organization unlike any other. Founded by violinist Dr. Aaron Dworkin
(President Obama's First Appointee to the National Council on the
Arts), it is focused on transforming lives through the power of
diversity in the arts. Through its educational and artistic programming,
Sphinx reaches over 20,000 young people and over 2 million in live and broadcast audiences.
The critically-acclaimed Sphinx Symphony is the only all Black and
Latino orchestra in the world comprised of top classical musicians and
includes members of the New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Los
Angeles Philharmonic, Met Opera Orchestra and the Detroit, Philadelphia,
Houston, Atlanta, Baltimore, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, St. Louis and
Puerto Rico symphonies.
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