 | 10th Annual Sphinx Competition Finals Concert DVD (2007)
4th Place Sr. Laureate, Jason Amos, viola, Bartok, Concerto for Viola, II. Adagio Religioso; III. Allegretto (Finale)
2nd Place Sr. Laureate, Karla Donehew Perez, violin, Still, Suite for Violin, Mother and Child Wieniawski, Concerto for Violin in D Major, Allegro con Fuoco-Allegro Moderato
3rd Place Sr. Laureate, Whittney Thomas, viola, Bartok, Concerto for Viola, II. Adagio Religioso; III. Allegretto (Finale)
1st Place Sr. Laureate, Elena Uiroste, violin, Still, Suite for Violin, Mother and Child Wieniawski, Concerto for Violin in D Major, Allegro con Fuoco-Allegro Moderato
Abels, "Delights & Dances", Largo - molto rubato (world premiere) Sphinx Symphony Orchestra, includes alumni from the first 10 years of the competition. Soloists: Christina Castelli, violin; Elena Urioste, violin; Maia Cabeza, violin; Clayton Penrose-Whitmore, violin; Tahirah Whittington, cello; Gabriel Cabezas, cello; the Harlem Quartet (Ilmar Gavilan, violin; Melissa White, violin; Juan-Miguel Hernandez, viola; Desmond Neysmith, cello)
Kay George Roberts, Conductor Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
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 | Take the 'A' Train CD (White Pine Music)
Featuring the Harlem Quartet**
1st Place Laureates of the Sphinx Competition:
Ilmar Gavilan, violin
Melissa White, violin
Juan-Miguel Hernandez, viola
Desmond Neysmith, cello
Marsalis: String Quartet No. 1, 'At the Octoroon Balls'
1. - Come Long Fiddler
2. - Mating Calls and Delta Rhythms
3. - Creole Contradanzas
4. - Many Gone
5. - Hellbound Highball
6. - Blue Lights on the Bayou
7. - Rampart Street Row House Rag
8. Gavilan: Mi Menor Conga
9. Strayhorn: Take the 'A' Train
10. Turina: La Oracion del Torero
**This CD is available through
the White Pine Music website
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 | 9th Annual Sphinx Competition Finals Concert DVD (2006)
3rd Place Jr. Laureate, Maia Cabeza, violin, J. S. Bach, Concerto in E Major, Allegro
4th Place Jr. Laureate, Tony Rymer, cello, J. C. Bach, Concerto in C Minor, Allegro Molto Ma Maestoso
2nd Place Jr. Laureate, Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, viola, J. C. Bach, Concerto in C Minor, Allegro Molto Ma Maestoso
1st Place Jr. Laureate, Gabriel Cabezas, cello, J. C. Bach, Concerto in C Minor, Allegro Molto Ma Maestoso
5th Place Jr. Laureate, Clayton Penrose-Whitmore, violin, J. S. Bach, Concerto in E Major, Allegro
Guest Artist, Gareth Johnson, violin, E. Ysaye, Sonata for Violin, Solo No. 3
Guest Artist, Mosaic Singers and the Sphinx Chamber Orchestra, arr. Marcin Bela, "Messiah, a Soulful Celebration", Hallelujah
Chelsea Tipton II, Conductor Sphinx Chamber Orchestra
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 | Moyugba Orisha CD (White Pine Music)
Featuring Gabriel Cabezas and Juan-Miguel Hernandez, winners of the 9th Annual Sphinx Competition (2006)**
1st Place Jr. Laureate, Gabriel Cabezas, cello
Alexandra Mascolo-David, piano
Alejandro Cardona: Moyugba Orisha
1. Elegguá Alá Lu Banché
2. bbańá
3. Asesún Yemayá
4. Alberto Ginastera: Triste
5. Astor Piazzolla: Milonga en Re
6. Aldemaro Romero: Suite for Cello and Piano: Golpe Con Fandango
7. Astor Piazzolla: Oblivion
8. Joaquin Gutiérrez: Canción en el Puerto
9. Francisco Mignone: Modinha
10. Heitor Villa-Lobos: O Canto do Cysne Negro (Song of the Black Swan)
Claudia Calderón: La Revuelta Circular
11. Preludio
12. Revuelta
Gold Achievement Winner, Juan-Miguel Hernandez, viola
Rúbia Santos, piano
Paul Chihara: Sonata para Viola e Piano
13. Allegro Amabile
14. Tempo di Menuetto
Edmundo Villani-Côrtes: Sonata para Viola e Piano
15. Moderato
16. Lento
17. Allegro
**This CD is available through
the White Pine Music website
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 | 8th Annual Sphinx Competition Finals Concert DVD (2005)
Sphinx Symphony performs Guarneri, Dansa Brasileira
1st Place Jr. Laureate, Rachel Goldberg, viola, Hoffmeister, Concerto in D Major, Allegro
1st Place Sr. Laureate, Christina Castelli, violin, William Grant Still, Suite for Violin & Orchestra, "Mother & Child"; White, Concerto for Violin in F-sharp Minor, Allegro Moderato
3rd Place Sr. Laureate, Christopher Jenkins, viola, Bartok, Concerto for Viola, Adagio religioso, Allegro Vivace
2nd Place Sr. Laureate, Mariana Green, violin, William Grant Still, Suite for Violin & Orchestra, "Mother & Child"; White, Concerto for Violin in F-sharp Minor, Allegro Moderato
Guest Artist, Patrice Jackson, cello, Schumann, Concerto for Cello in A Minor, II. Langsam
Paul Freeman, Conductor Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
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 | 7th Annual Sphinx Competition Finals Concert DVD (2004)
2nd Place Sr. Laureate, Joseph Conyers, bass, Bottesini, Concerto for Bass, Andante, Allegro
1st Place Sr. Laureate, Kaila Potts, viola, Bartok, Concerto for Viola, Adagio religioso, (Finale) Allegretto
3rd Place Sr. Laureate, Mariana Green, violin, William Grant Still, Suite for Violin and Orchestra, "Mother & Child"; Wienawski, Concerto for Violin in D Minor, Allegro con Fuoco-Allegro Moderato
1st Place Jr. Laureate, Trevor Ochieng', violin, Mozart, Concerto No. 3 in G Major, Allegro
Guest Artist, Sanford Allen, violin, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Blue/s Forms, I. Plain Blue/s, III. Jettin' Blue/s
Guillermo Figueroa, Conductor Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
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 | Sphinx Symphony Concert DVD (2003)
In 2003, the Sphinx Symphony performed a concert featuring 2001 Jr. 1st place Laureate Melissa White, violin, as soloist
Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez, Batuque
William Grant Still, Symphony No. 1 (Afro-American)
Camille Saint-Saens, Havanaise Melissa White, violin
George Walker, Lyric for Strings
Jose Pablo Moncayo, Huapango
Kay George Roberts, Conductor Sphinx
Symphony Orchestra
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 | 5th Annual Sphinx Competition Finals Concert DVD (2002)
1st Place Sr. Laureate, Patrice Jackson, cello, Elgar, Concerto in E Minor, Finale: Allegro
3rd Place Sr. Laureate, Carl St. Jacques, viola, Shulman, Theme & Variations, Andante Moderato
2nd Place Sr. Laureate, Bryan Hernandez-Luch, violin, Wienawski, Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, Finale: Allegro con Fuoco
1st Place Jr. Laureate, Gareth Johnson, violin, Mozart, Concerto No. 3 in G Major, Allegro
Sphinx Symphony & Brazeal Dennard Choral Ensembles, Brenda Wimberly, Soprano, world premiere of Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson's Symphony of the Sphinx, I. The Gathering, II. The Query
Leslie B. Dunner, Conductor Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
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 | 4th Annual Sphinx Competition Finals Concert DVD (2001)
1st Place Sr. Laureate, Ilmar Gavilan, violin, Mendelssohn, Concerto in E Minor, Allegro Moto Appassionato
2nd Place Sr. Laureate, Jessie Montgomery, violin, Wieniawski, Polonaise in D Major, Op. 4
3rd Place Sr. Laureate, Richard Biaggini, violin, Mendelssohn, Concerto in E Minor, Allegro Moto Appassionado
1st Place Jr. Laureate, Melissa White, violin, Mozart, Concerto No. 4 in D Major, Allegro
Guest Artist, Brazeal Dennard Choral Ensembles, E. Hawkins (arr. Henry Panion), "Oh, Happy Day"
Anthony Elliott, Conductor Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
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 | Harmony of Strings DVD (2000), the Emmy Award-winning documentary on the Sphinx Competition. Features performances by the 2000 Sphinx Competition winners:
1st Place Sr. Laureate Desmond Neysmith, cello
2nd Place Sr. Laureate Lena Fankhauser, viola
3rd Place Sr. Laureate Kyle Lombard, violin
1st Place Sr. Laureate Jared Snyder, cello
Michael Morgan Conductor Sphinx
Symphony Orchestra
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 | 2nd Annual Sphinx Competition Finals Concert DVD (1999)
1st Place Sr. Laureate, Tahirah Whittington, cello, Saint-Saens, Cello Concerto in A Minor, III. Allegro non tanto
3rd Place Sr. Laureate, Carl St. Jacques, viola, Weber, Adagio and Rondo Ongarese
2nd Place Sr. Laureate, Ilmar Gavilan, violin, Sarasate, Zigeunerweisen
1st Place Jr. Laureate, Samuel Johnson, cello, Haydn, Cello Concerto in C Major, I. Moderato
Sebrina Alfonso, Conductor Ann Arbor Symphony
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 | Inaugural Sphinx Competition DVD (1998)
1st Place Laureate, Christina Castelli, violin, William Grant Still, Suite for Violin and Orchestra, 2nd mvt; Bruch Concerto in G Minor, 3rd Mvt
3rd Place Laureate, Melissa White, violin, William Grant Still, Suite for Violin and Orchestra, 2nd mvt; Bruch Concerto in G Minor, 3rd Mvt
1st Place Laureate, Tai Murray, violin, William Grant Still, Suite for Violin and Orchestra, 2nd mvt; Bruch Concerto in G Minor, 3rd Mvt
Guest Artists, Evelyn Collins & Steve Dixon, orators, Biographical orations of Joseph Boulogne Saint-Georges, Roque Cordero and William Grant Still
Michael Morgan, Conductor Ann Arbor Symphony
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 | 2001 Finals Concert CD showcasing the
talent and skill of the winners from the
2001 Sphinx Competition.
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1st Place Sr. Laureate Ilmar Gavilan, violin
Mendelssohn, Concerto in E Minor, Allegro Moto Appassionado
Wienawski, Polonaise in D Major, Op. 4
2nd Place Sr. Laureate Jessie Montgomery, violin
Mendelssohn, Concerto in E Minor, Allegro Moto Appassionado
Wienawski, Polonaise in D Major, Op. 4
3rd Place Sr. Laureate Richard Biaggini, violin
Mendelssohn, Concerto in E Minor, Allegro Moto Appassionado
Wienawski, Polonaise in D Major, Op. 4
1st Place Jr. Laureate Melissa White, violin
Mozart, Concerto No. 4 in D Major, Allegro
Anthony Elliott, Conductor Sphinx
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