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Sphinx Virtuosi CO plays Florence Price, Jessie Montgomery and more on From the Top, Sun 11/10 @ 5pm

11/3 Violinist Cooper Olsen plays Figaro from The Barber of Seville by Rossini; mezzo soprano Rebecca Marchan sings Arrunango by Antonio Estévez; trumpeter Ricardo Lazaro performs Concert Etude by Alexander Goedicke; clarinetist Ian Dodd plays Three Romances by Robert Schumann and violinist Alette Williams plays Violin Concerto No. 2 by Henryk Wieniawski.

multi-racial musicians in colorful dress holding string instruments, posed on a staircase
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The critically acclaimed chamber orchestra, the Sphinx Virtuosi

11/10 This episode features excerpts from a live performance by the critically-acclaimed Sphinx Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, and stories told by the musicians, leaders, and educators whose lives have been changed by Sphinx. It also explores the pivotal role Sphinx has played in expanding diversity in the arts. We’ll hear Ev’ry Voice by Xavier Foley, Four Noveletten by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, String Quartet No. 2 by Florence Price, Banner by Jessie Montgomery and Mourinho by Ricardo Herz.

11/17 Cellist Noah Chen plays Lasst mich allein by Antonín Dvořák; The Bone Rangers (Owen Riordan, Deaglan Sullivan, Padric Sullivan, tn; Calleigh Riordan, bs tn) play Excerpts from City of Arts and Sciences by David Faleris; pianist Xuanyan Jessie Gong plays Moments Musicaux by Sergei Rachmaninoff; violinist Jeremy Foster plays Violin Sonata No. 1 by J.S. Bach; composer Taki Salameh presents her Piano Trio performed by Samuel DeCaprio, c; Gergana Haralampieva, v; Thomas Weaver, p. Peter Dugan, hosts.

11/24 Thanksgiving Themed program TBA

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