The Sphinx Performance Academy

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NAMM Foundation funding supports the continued efforts to provide music education and exposure to Black and Latino students through the Sphinx Performance Academy (SPA) providing a full-scholarship summer chamber music and solo performance program designed for string players, ages 11-17.

"Sphinx Performance Academy fosters excellence and diversity in classical music. We are so grateful to our partners, including The NAMM Foundation, for believing in the importance and urgency of our mission and the great potential of arts to transform our society." - Afa Dworkin, President and Artistic Director, Sphinx Organization

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With my instrument, I have learned to listen to the sounds of the ensemble to create a more beautiful voice.

- Student, Age 17

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"When we sing or create music, we use all the parts of the brain: left, right, front, and back. All these parts collaborate. That is very unique! Music is complex; that is, it uses so many aspects of a person's being." Hanne Deneire, composer.

Quoted in "Appreciating Music as a Foundational Aspect of Creativity" by Joanne Foster. Feb. 3, 2018

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