Tag archives: Sphinx Organization

DEI Still Gets its Due: Sphinx Rises Again in Town
By Steven Libowitz   |   March 10, 2026

Maybe the headline is a bit misleading, as some things have changed at the Sphinx Organization, the classical music umbrella founded in Detroit in 1997.  Sphinx’s program initiatives include education, artistic development, and arts leadership, in addition to its more visible performing artists priorities, which includes the Sphinx Virtuosi, the nonprofit’s premier touring ensemble.  It’s […]

The Symphonic Sphinx Virtuosi
By Steven Libowitz   |   March 19, 2024

The Sphinx Organization was founded in Detroit back in 1997, and much like Motown Records more than three decades earlier, it has championed composers and musicians of color – in this case in the realm of classical music. Sphinx’s vision for more than three decades has been to make classical music more representative of our […]