Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
The Sphinx Organization, launched in 1997 in Detroit, empowers string musicians from underrepresented communities nationwide and prepares them for professional careers in classical music. To expand its repertoire of offerings, the organization introduced the Sphinx Performance Academy (SPA) in 2004––which hosts a series of full scholarship summer camps for Black and Latinx students, ages 11-17.
CU Boulder’s College of Music partnered with SPA (pronounced "spa") to host their summer intensive this June. SPA Director of Education Ana Abrantes, CU Boulder violin professor and SPA affiliate Alex Gonzalez and 16-year-old viola student Savonte Vaughn discuss this year’s program.
Read more on CUBT: bit.ly/44g46cd
The Sphinx Organization, launched in 1997 in Detroit, empowers string musicians from underrepresented communities nationwide and prepares them for professional careers in classical music. To expand its repertoire of offerings, the organization introduced the Sphinx Performance Academy (SPA) in 2004––which hosts a series of full scholarship summer camps for Black and Latinx students, ages 11-17.
CU Boulder’s College of Music partnered with SPA (pronounced "spa") to host their summer intensive this June. SPA Director of Education Ana Abrantes, CU Boulder violin professor and SPA affiliate Alex Gonzalez and 16-year-old viola student Savonte Vaughn discuss this year’s program.
Read more on CUBT: bit.ly/44g46cd
