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MPower Past Recipients
2023
Luis Eduardo Bellorín - $5,500
Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
Enables Austin Unconducted to expand its 2023-24 season and produce its first community concerts, increasing the ensemble’s ability to reach diverse audiences and its sustainability.
Kamilah Brown - $1,080
Sphinx Performance Academy (SPA)
Kamilah will carefully evaluate and select an ideal graduate program, ensuring a fully informed decision for her education and future career path. The grant will provide valuable support in exploring various options and making a well-informed choice that aligns with her goals and aspirations.
Michael Cantú - $3,140
NAAS and/or SOPA, Sphinx Competition
Michael will revamp his artistic portfolio and cultivate a curated online presence as a cellist. This grant will facilitate his efforts in establishing a compelling digital identity and showcasing his talent in a captivating manner.
Portia Dunkley - $13,230
Sphinx LEAD
Portia will receive valuable support in her career as an emerging children's author. This grant will enable her to create and share a wider range of stories that embrace and showcase greater diversity in classical music.
Caitlin Edwards - $9,000
NAAS and/or SOPA, Sphinx Symphony Orchestra (SSO), Sphinx Virtuosi
Caitlin will produce materials for her Electronic Press Kit (EPK), acquire equipment, fund workshops, and studio sessions, and compose new works to enhance her touring show, Exhale. This grant will significantly broaden Caitlin's opportunities as a soloist and composer.
Tehvon Fowler-Chapman - $12,000
Sphinx LEAD
Tehvon will create new forms of digital engagement that can help connect people to the operas of William Grant Still.
Maïthéna Girault - $3,000
Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Virtuosi
Maïthéna will invest in significant career development tools, including her Green Card application, video recordings for competitions, a professional website, headshots, and more.
Caleb Graupera - $5,000
Sphinx Performance Academy (SPA)
Caleb will allocate funds towards trial lessons and travel expenses, adequately preparing him for college auditions.
Joy Guidry - $10,000
NAAS and/or SOPA
Joy will be able to elevate the development of their sophomore album to a new level.
Joseph Guimaraes - $9,050
NAAS and/or SOPA
Joseph will be able to bypass financial obstacles and concentrate fully on achieving impactful objectives to enhance the community's outreach and presence.
Amanda Perez - $4,000
Sphinx Performance Academy (SPA)
The MPower Artist Grant will assist Amanda in applying for a Master's degree in Viola Performance by covering application fees and travel expenses.
Catherine Ramirez - $10,000
NAAS and/or SOPA
Catherine will record a CD album of solo flute works by Latinx and Black composers from North, Latin, and South America.
Abigail Regua - $5,000
Sphinx Performance Academy (SPA)
Abigail will be able to work towards her goal of becoming a professional violinist, as she will be able to travel to her school to further her education at Idyllwild Arts in both music and academics.
Titus Underwood - $5,000
Medals of Excellence, Sphinx Symphony Orchestra (SSO)
Titus will be able to add the final touches to the pilot of a children's series that creatively introduces musical instruments through storytelling.
Elena Urioste - $5,000
Medals of Excellence, Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Virtuosi
The grant will empower the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective to obtain P1 visas for their non-US citizen members, facilitating their inaugural North American tour and covering essential travel expenses for their collaboration with renowned violinist Hilary Hahn at London's Wigmore Hall.
2022
Maia Aramburú - $7,450
EXIGENCE Vocal Ensemble
Make an off-shore debut as Susanna in Mozart’s La Nozze di Figaro at the Vienna Summer Music Festival.
Francisco Joubert Bernard - $5,000
Sphinx Symphony Orchestra, NAAS/SOPA
Fund the purchase of technology to create a series of instructional bassoon videos in Spanish.
Maureen Conlon-Gutierrez - $6,000
Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Symphony Orchestra, Sphinx Virtuosi, Sphinx Performance Academy, NAAS/SOPA
Fund marketing efforts for her chamber festival based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Austin Cruz - $5,000
NAAS/SOPA
Purchase of a rotary trumpet for orchestral performances and auditions.
Karla Donehew-Perez - $3,000
Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Virtuosi, Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
As a member of the Catalyst Quartet, allow the group to record Volume 3 of UNCOVERED- a project dedicated to recording string quartets by black composers.
David Jackson - $10,000
Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
The recording and commissioning of new works for trombone quartet written by BIPOC composers.
Alex Laing - $15,000
Sphinx Medal of Excellence, Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
Host a two-day speculative futures workshop, leading to the publication of a volume about the American Orchestra titled, Sound Systems.
Will Liverman - $15,000
Sphinx Medal of Excellence
In partnership with Cedille Records, fund the commissioning of works for his upcoming album featuring all-American female artists.
Jannina Norpoth - $3,000
Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Virtuosi, Sphinx Symphony Orchestra, NAAS/SOPA
As a violinist in the PUBLICQuartet, fund the group’s latest project - What is American?
Cyrano Jett Rosentrater - $2,200
Sphinx Performance Academy (SPA)
Compose and record a series of three art songs to the words of Langston Hughes.
Simone Seales - $3,800
Sphinx Performance Academy (SPA)
Aid in the purchasing new equipment and software to help develop both their improvisational and compositional skills.
Valeria Serrano - $4,550
Sphinx Performance Academy
Cover expenses for her post-graduate year, as well as travel costs and fees for college applications.
Kenneth Thompkins - $10,000
Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
Kenneth's MPower artist grant will aid in the recording of chamber music pieces for trombone, written by black composers.
Dr. Ciyadh Wells - $10,000
Sphinx LEAD
Assist with the creation of La Guitarra Negra; an album and set of transcriptions featuring works for classical guitar written by Black and Latinx Women composers.
2021
David Caines Burnett - $3,900
Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
Obtaining camera equipment to take professional portraits & photographs of BIPOC musicians
Aisha Syed Castro - $6,500
Sphinx Competition
“Heritage:” a compilation album with music from African, Spanish and Latinx composers.
Leslie DeShazor - $6,500
Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
Recording project intended to promote and establish independent solo artist career and showcase original compositions.
Mary Elizabeth Garza - $6,000
Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
Curating a collaboration of new music by prominent Latina composers to facilitate a public platform and to open a dialogue about Latina culture and identity.
Angelica Hairston & Elizabeth Steiner - $15,200
Sphinx LEAD
Amplifying the voices of Black composers by recording two new works for harp and producing a companion educational video series.
Dawn Johnson - $13,000
Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
“RISE”: An album featuring eclectic repertoire with empowering melodic messages of equality, hope, strength, and resilience for an intergenerational audience.
Gwen Laster - $7,000
Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
Promotion of “Blue Lotus,” a debut recording of string quartet music performed by New Muse4tet with compositions composed by Gwen Laster.
Yunior Lopez - $7,500
Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
Expand the Young Artists Orchestra of Las Vegas tuition-free youth orchestra programs through innovative concert presentations & events
Romona Merritt - $800
Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
Suzuki in the Schools Level Two Teacher training
Thomas Mesa - $18,000
Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Virtuosi, Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
In partnership with PARMA Recordings and pianist Michelle Cann, record a cello/piano “Call for Scores” album of new music by Black and Latinx composers
Mikel Anton Rollet - $2,800
Sphinx Competition
Participate in the 2021 Cecil Aronowitz International Viola Competition
Caleb Vaughn-Jones - $12,800
Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Virtuosi, Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
Record an album of original compositions for cello and piano for PARMA Recordings
2020
Avinashi Bhandari - $7,200
Sphinx Performance Academy
Private lessons for the year
Clifton Boyd - $24,500
To support Diversifying Music Academia: Building the Coalition, a symposium devoted to the issue of diversity in music theory, musicology, and ethnomusicology
Lara Downes - $12,500
Sphinx Medals of Excellence
MY PROMISE PROJECT empowers youth to envision bold futures and build strong communities through artistic exploration and creative expression
Juan-Miguel Hernandez - $8,000
Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Symphony
Equipment to provide professional recording and mixing services, including affordable options to support classical musicians in need of high-end recordings
Lady Jess - $12,000
Sphinx Virtuosi
Costs related to completing work on a violin and the purchase of a bow
Samuel Thompson - $4,000
Sphinx Symphony
Research for a scholarly edition of Florence B. Price's Violin Concerto No. 1
Cameren Anai Williams - $10,000
Sphinx Performance Academy
Materials, tools, and luthier training for CamAnaiStrings, as well as translating the children's book, KinderLute: A Young Musician's Guide to taking care of String Instruments into 6 languages
George Wolfe-McGuire - $3,600
Sphinx Competition
Summer lessons with Susan Moses
2019
Paul Aguilar - $10,000
Sphinx Competition
Travel to Madrid with Callisto Quartet to study with Gunter Pichler at the Escuela Superior de Musica Reina Sofia School.
Sophia Amalia Ayer - $4,600
Sphinx Competition
Costs related to college prescreening recordings and auditions.
Govanny Brown - $5,000
Sphinx Performance Academy
Weekly music lessons with violist Micheal Klotz.
Douglas Cardwell - $1,000
Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
My Seamless Cartwheel mallets and Timpani tilt inventions to go through the patent process; provisional patent applications have been filed.
Armando Castellano - $6,000
Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
To support Quinteto Latino’s Seminario, which trains musicians of color in chamber music performance and addresses diversity and equity in classical music.
Angelica Durrell - $8,000
Sphinx Performance Academy, Sphinx LEAD
Support INTEMPO’s afterschool guitar and choral music program model at a second Title 1 public school.
Vincent Garcia-Hettinger - $7,200
Sphinx Competition
Weekly music lessons and audition preparation classes with Kenneth Freudigman.
Bethlehem Hadgu - $3,300
Sphinx Performance Academy
Attend the Perlman Music Program Chamber Music Workshop, Encore String Academy, and the Bowdoin International Music Festival
Paul Laraia - $7,400
Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Symphony Orchestra, Sphinx Virtuosi, Catalyst Quartet
Purchase professional grade recording equipment.
Jessie Montgomery - $5,000
Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Symphony, Sphinx Virtuosi, Catalyst Quartet
Vinyl recording project for big dog little dog, a mind-melding duo project from composer/violinist Jessie Montgomery and bassist/songwriter Eleonore Oppenheim.
Gabriela Salvador-Riera - $4,800
Sphinx Performance Academy
Attend the 2019-20 MSD Honors Program, including lessons with Julianne Ruiz, chamber music coachings, and masterclasses with guest clinicians.
Damien L. Sneed - $8,500
Sphinx Medal of Excellence
Creation of the Damien Sneed Foundation’s Performing Arts Institute to educate and empower young people in various disciplines of the performing arts through empowerment, enrichment and career development.
Nicolette Sullivan-Cozza - $3,000
Sphinx Performance Academy
Weekly lessons with Kerri Ryan in preparation for college auditions.
Caen Thomason-Redus - $15,000
Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
Create Throughlines, a community-connected chamber music series in and around Detroit.
Sophia Ines Valenti - $3,200
Sphinx Competition
Attend the Young Chamber Musicians music program and to assist with extra lessons towards audition/competition preparation.
Lecolion Washington - $8,000
Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
Support a leadership training program at Community Music Center of Boston: workshops for aspiring musicians & arts entrepreneurs of color.
2018
Roberto Arundale - $5,000
Sphinx Competition
To record an album featuring the works of José Bragato, Gabriela Lena Frank, and Mario Lavista.
Clifton Boyd & Matthew Leslie Santana - $13,500
Sphinx Performance Academy & Sphinx Competition
To support Diversifying Music Academia: Strengthening the Pipeline, a symposium devoted to the issue of diversity in music theory, musicology, and ethnomusicology.
Isabel Escalante - $14,000
Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Symphony Orchestra, Sphinx Virtuosi
To support Together in Music, a chamber music collective dedicated to gathering funds, food, and medicine to relieve the shortages impacting Venezuela.
Abigail McNutt - $3,000
Sphinx Performance Academy
For weekly music lessons and audition-preparation classes with Dr. Tina Raimondi and other master teachers.
Romona Merritt - $2,200
Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
To receive Suzuki Viola Teacher Training for Volume 5 and 6 with Elizabeth Stuen- Walker.
Britton Riley - $10,000
Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
To support the third season of Chamber Music @ New Park, an intensive musician’s retreat and festival celebrating music, art, community, and nature in New York’s Finger Lakes Region.
Aristides Rivas - $6,000
Sphinx Competition
To support a music and theater production for high school students and adults that tells the stories of US immigrants.
Caleb Vaughn-Jones - $2,400
Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Symphony Orchestra, Sphinx Virtuosi
To purchase a cello case by Accord Case.
Francisco Vila - $20,000
Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Symphony Orchestra, Sphinx Virtuosi
To support FIME, a festival which is changing the cultural landscape at the heart of South America through community involvement and providing unique opportunities to its promising young artists.
Shania Watts - $3,800
Sphinx Competition
To attend the 2018 Montecito International Music Festival.
Patricia Weitzel - $3,000
Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Virtuosi
To participate in the Global Leaders Program.
Cameren Anai Williams - $9,910
Sphinx Performance Academy
Luthier training and supplies for the CamAnaiStrings Foundation, which provides stringed instruments to talented, young, aspiring musicians who need them.
Mira Williams - $2,330
Sphinx Competition
To attend the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition, and string quartet programs and concerts at the Banff Centre, Music in the Vineyards, Yellow Barn, and Martha’s Vineyard.
2017
Matthew David Adams - $1,000
Sphinx Competition
To attend the Aspen Music Festival (Aspen, Colorado)
Steven Baloue - $9,500
Sphinx Performance Academy, Sphinx Competition
To purchase a viola by Michael Becker
Jonathan Colbert - $38,650
Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Symphony, Sphinx Virtuosi
To purchase a double bass made by Trevor Davis
Annalist Cole - $1,870
Sphinx Performance Academy
To take private violin lessons with a master-level teacher at the Arts and Community Network
Megan Delatour - $1,200
Sphinx Performance Academy
To purchase a viola bow from Judd Violins
Anita Dumar - $1,100
Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Symphony
To assist with sending the Ivalas Quartet to participate in the Anchorage Chamber Music Festival (Anchorage, Alaska)
Angelica Durrell - $14,500
Sphinx Performance Academy
To increase INTAKE Music Organization’s impact, by presenting a large-scale Cultural Crossover Concert featuring Afro-Caribbean music and an Integrated Orchestra
David France - $4,930
Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
To support the Dare to Aspire Conference, which exists to inspire, support, and equip string teachers using music as a catalyst for social change by giving them access to world class teacher trainers and opportunities for collaborative problem solving
Celia Hatton - $2,300
Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Symphony Orchestra, Sphinx Virtuosi
To participate in the Sarasota Music Festival (Sarasota, Florida)
Chi-chi Nwanoku - $24,500
Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
To produce Chineke! Orchestra and Chineke! Junior Orchestra performs at Royal Festival Hall, London 16 July 2017
Aaron Olguin - $16,500
Sphinx Competition
To embark on a five-venue chamber music tour with the “Bassinova Quartet” in New York, Washington, B.C. Canada, and California
Maurice Todd - $30,000
Sphinx Symphony
To create the Cincinnati Double Bass Institute focusing on students in the Cincinnati Public Schools
Elena Urioste & Melissa White - $24,500
Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Virtuosi &Sphinx Symphony Orchestra, Sphinx Medals of Excellence
To fund the launch of Intermission Sessions & Retreat, a new program which celebrates the symbiosis between music and yoga and encourages a more mindful approach to practicing, performing, and musicmaking in general
Hannah White - $14,500
Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Virtuosi
To support costs associated with college preparation, including lessons, recordings, auditions, and competitions
2016
Alex Gonzalez - $10,000
Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Virtuosi
To assist in purchasing a violin through the Maestro Foundation
Alexis E. Johnson - $3,350
Sphinx Performance Academy
To attend the Philadelphia International Music Festival Soloists Ensemble Program
Ana Lucía Galarza - $18,000
Sphinx Performance Academy
To complete undergraduate studies at The City College of New York
Cameren Anai Williams - $9,000
Sphinx Performance Academy
To begin luthier studies in the art of string instrument/bow making, repairing, and performance, as well as enhance the CamAnai Strings Foundation by providing affordable instruments to talented students
Christian Stargell - $3,500
Sphinx Performance Academy
To purchase books and a laptop needed for study at Berklee College of Music in Boston
Gabrielle Hooper - $5,200
Sphinx Performance Academy
To attend MPulse Summer Performing Arts Institute at University of Michigan and purchase a cello bow by Josef Sandner
Jordan Bak - $2,650
Sphinx Competition
To participate in the inaugural 2016 ENCORE Chamber Music Festival and the Lac Léman Music Masterclasses in Switzerland
Joshua Patrick Leak - $9,900
Sphinx Performance Academy
To attend Berklee College of Music's five-week intensive pre-collegiate music performance program in Boston, MA
Karla Donehew-Perez - $6,500
Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Virtuosi, Sphinx Symphony Orchestra, Sphinx Performance Academy
To produce a music video for the Catalyst Quartet
Kelly Hall-Tompkins - $5,000
Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
To record original and newly commissioned Fiddler solo arrangements as the violin soloist for Fiddler on the Roof on Broadway
Kenneth Bean - $3,200
Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
To compete in the 2016 Felix Mendelssohn International Conducting Competition in Thessaloniki Greece
Patricia Silva - $30,000
Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Virtuosi, Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
To partially fund the purchase of the August Gemunder double bass sold by the Cincinatti Bass Cellar
Rainel Joubert - $11,100 Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Virtuosi, Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
To purchase a violin from Arie Werbrouck
Robyn Quinnett - $12,000 Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Virtuosi, Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
To support operations as Director of the annual Montserrat Music Festival, bringing music education and chamber music concerts to the island of Montserrat
Samantha Natalya Crawford - $2,500 Sphinx Performance Academy
To attend the 2016 Philadelphia International Music Festival at Bryn Mawr College
Santiago Cañón-Valencia - $5,100 Sphinx Competition
To participate in the Verbier Festival Academy in Switzerland
Tami Lee Hughes - $3,000 Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Virtuosi, Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
To commission composer and Grammy-nominated hip-hop producer Kerwin Young to create a new work inspired by iconic African-American female artists
Yunior Lopez - $10,000 Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Virtuosi
To expand the Las Vegas Young Artists Orchestra programs by providing high quality music training and performance opportunities free of charge
2015
Ana Lucía Galarza - $35,000
Sphinx Performance Academy
To study at The City College of New York, private coachings with Lois Errante, and lessons at at The Factory Underground Studios
Andrew Gonzalez - $3,300
Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Virtuosi
To compete in the 2015 Tokyo international viola competition and to participate in the Verbier Festival Academy in Switzerland
Angelica Durrell - $20,000
Sphinx Performance Academy
To increase the impact of the INTAKE Native Instrument Academy by presenting the vision behind an Integrated Orchestra
Annelle Gregory - $6,725
Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Virtuosi
To record the complete works of Rachmaninoff for violin and piano, the first-ever recording of this collection
Christine Lamprea - $20,000
Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Virtuosi, Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
To pursue studies with world-renowned cellist Matt Haimovitz
Dana Kelley - $2,850
Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Virtuosi, Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
To attend the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna summer masterclasses in Semmering, Austria
Douglas Cardwell - $45,000
Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
To purchase 5 American Dresden Mark XIV Timpani made by American Drum Company
Gabriela Frank - $41,000
Sphinx Medals of Excellence
To revise, re-engrave, and create piano reductions of major chamber and symphonic pieces in compositional work list; to make Spanish translations of texts and program notes
Gabrielle Hooper - $1,500
Sphinx Performance Academy
To attend the Interlochen Center for the Arts one-week Cello Institute
Jannina Norpoth - $27,000
Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Virtuosi, Sphinx Symphony Orchestra, Sphinx Performance Academy
To create, produce and perform a multimedia song cycle for rock band HOLLANDS, string quartet PUBLIQuartet and visual artist Amy Khoshbin - basing the stories on 1001 nights, and taking inspiration from Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade
Joseph Conyers - $30,000
Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
To allow Project 440 to provide college and career, social entrepreneurial, and leadership training for students of Philadelphia's All-City program
Juan-Salvador Carrasco - $3,050
Sphinx Competition
To attend the Heifetz International Music Institute with Tim Eddy, Steve Doane, Matt Haimovitz, Christoph Henckel, and Paul Katz
Karla Donehew-Perez - $30,000
Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Virtuosi, Sphinx Symphony Orchestra, Sphinx Performance Academy
To purchase a violin by renowned german luthier Stefan-Peter Greiner
Karlos Rodriguez - $28,000
Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Virtuosi, Sphinx Symphony Orchestra, Sphinx Performance Academy
To purchase a cello made by Michael Doran. Gold Medal winner for cello from the world renowned Violin Society of America (VSA) competition
Kelly Hall-Tompkins - $24,500
Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
To perform and present, through Music Kitchen-Food for the Soul, high-caliber chamber music concerts in homeless shelters in New York and Los Angeles
Meredith Riley - $1,400
Sphinx Competition
To attend Music by the Sea in Bamfield, British Columbia
Robyn Quinnett - $15,000
Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Virtuosi, Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
To found The Montserrat Music Festival, bringing music education and chamber music concerts to the island of Montserrat
Simone Seales - $6,000
Sphinx Performance Academy
To attend Project Trio's Project: The Camp in New York City, and Interharmony International Summer Music Festival in Italy
Tamara Gonzalez - $9,700
Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
To run a 5 day multi-school string workshop in Puerto Rico in fall 2015
2014
Ana Lucía Galarza - $37,000
Sphinx Performance Academy
To attend The City College of New York, private coachings, and lessons at The Factory Underground Studios
Angelica Durrell - $25,000
Sphinx Performance Academy
To expand reach and multiply the impact of the INTAKE Organization
Annelle Gregory - $4,000
Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Virtuosi
To attend the 2014 California International Music Festival in Germany
Alexander Cox - $3,000
Sphinx Competition
To attend the Sitka Cello Symposium with International Artist, Zuill Bailey and pedagogue, Dr. Melissa Kraut
Carl St. Jacques - $15,000
Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Virtuosi, Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
To purchase a viola made by Paul Knorr, one of the leading German makers of the early 20th century
Eric Thompson - $32,000
Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Virtuosi, Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
To purchase a bass by Christopher Threlkeld-Wiegand of Heartland String Bass Shop
Gregorio Lopes - $3,500
Sphinx Competition
To attend the Domaine Forget Summer Music Festival and to purchase a viola bow
Isabel Escalante - $17,000
Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Virtuosi, Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
To attend the Longy School of Music Master of Arts in Teaching Program
Jessie Montgomery - $30,000
Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Virtuosi, Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
To record a debut album, which will include several of her most recent compositions for string quartet and string orchestra
Lecolion Washington - $27,000
Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
To embark on an international concert tour including South Africa, Portugal, Austria, Sweden, and others
Lisa Muci - $7,000
Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
To attend the Harvard Graduate School of Education Project Zero
Melissa White - $21,000
Sphinx Competition, Sphinx Virtuosi, Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
To purchase a violin by award-winning instrument-maker, Ryan Soltis
Rosalyn Story - $40,000
Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
To present a semi-staged performance of Wading Home, an Opera of New Orleans, and based on her book Wading Home; a novel of New Orleans