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Sphinx Organization

Date Awarded: 10/01/10
Amount: $125,000
Grant Period: 10/01/10 to 10/31/11
Focus Area: Engaged Communities
Community: Detroit

Grantee Contact

Aaron P. Dworkin

Detroit, MI
www.sphinxmusic.org

Featured Media

Rehearsal Sphinx Laureates at Carnegie Hall 2010

To help build appreciation of and participation in classical music in black and Latino communities through two music training programs for 1,200 Detroit-area youths and an annual music competition

Project Team

Aaron P. Dworkin

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News & Updates

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Knight Blog

- 10/24/2012
- Blog Entry
Bringing new energy to the artists driving the future of Detroit
- 10/23/2012
- Blog Entry
Detroit: Building on the city's creative momentum

Grantee Updates

- 5/21/2013
- Grantee Updates
Jessie Montgomery named Sphinx Virtuosi's Inaugural Composer-in-Residence
- 5/14/2013
- Grantee Updates
Students at our Maybury Elementary School Overture program in action and some of...
- 5/10/2013
- Grantee Updates
Today's issue of The Guardian features this interview with Sphinx Founder and Pr...
- 5/8/2013
- Grantee Updates
So excited for our upcoming Overture recitals! Maybury Elementary - Tuesday, Ma...
- 4/28/2013
- Grantee Updates
We are so thrilled that Sphinx's Founder and President has been named an Honorar...