Sphinx Virtuosi
Sphinx Virtuosi
Britton-René Collins, percussion
Saturday, October 19, 2024 / 2:00 p.m.
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
The vibrant, self-conducted string orchestra Sphinx Virtuosi returns. Comprised of 18 accomplished Black and Latinx artists, Sphinx Virtuosi seeks to evolve and transform the face of classical music through artistic excellence, pioneering programming, and impassioned community engagement. Heralded for its kaleidoscopically varied repertoire, the group brings another bold thematic program, featuring emerging percussion soloist Britton-René Collins. Sphinx Virtuosi is the flagship performing entity of the Sphinx Organization, dedicated to transforming lives through the power of diversity in the arts and centered in the artistry of composers and artistic visionaries of color.
This performance is a co-presentation with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in cooperation with the Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts.
Program Details
Levi Taylor – Daydreaming (A Fantasy on Scott Joplin)
Scott Joplin, arr. Jannina Norpoth, Jessie Montgomery – Overture from Treemonisha
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Four Novelletten, op. 52
Teresa Carreño – Tempo di Marcia from Serenade for Strings
Juantio Becenti – Hané for String Quartet
Derrick Skye – American Mirror, Part One
Curtis Stewart – Drill
Our Partners
This engagement of Sphinx Virtuosi is made possible in part through the ArtsCONNECT program of Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, and Jenny Bilfield and Joel Phillip Friedman.
Washington Performing Arts’s classical music performances this season are made possible in part through the generous support of Betsy and Robert Feinberg and the Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts.
Special thanks to the following lead supporters of Washington Performing Arts’s mission-driven work: Jacqueline Badger Mars and Mars, Incorporated; D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities; the National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs Program and the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts; and The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation.
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