Aaron P. Dworkin Founder Sphinx Organization Year in Review 2020 - 2021 A LETTER FROM OUR PRESIDENT

Dear Sphinx La Familia, As I reflect on our year together, I am filled with a sense of admiration and gratitude toward our artists and the greater community. We are humbled to witness a moment in history when our vision is being realized through collaboration with more than 20 music schools, over 100 orchestras, and nearly 200 partner Transforming lives through the power organizations worldwide. of diversity in the arts Despite a year of challenges brought on by the dual pandemic of COVID-19 and racial injustice, record-high participation in programming reflect that our collective voice continues to gain momentum. We expanded our online learning opportunities for our youngest artists through our education programs while launching new groundbreaking initiatives such as the first-ever national Sphinx Orchestral Partnership Excerpt Competition, which provided a platform for nearly 100 orchestral musicians, generating an unprecedented number of 75 weeks of paid work. Our five professional touring ensembles took to the digital stage with new performance packages, and our global convening, SphinxConnect: UNITY, welcomed 2,200 participants. All the while, our digital imprint grew by 1000%, reaching a total of 66 million people. We have witnessed the ripple effect of centering our artists’ voices and empowering them to narrate our history. Generations of our alumni are actively building their own ventures and networks, which propel our shared dream of artistic excellence through inclusion. They continue to break down barriers and stereotypes while actively leading the way toward a more reflective and vibrant industry landscape. Together with our far-reaching community, we are proud to lead the movement that is changing the face of our field and society while building upon social impact for generations to come. We hope that you will join us in the charge to champion a more just and equitable future as we look ahead.

Afa S. Dworkin President & Artistic Director PIVOT 2020 Sphinx Match Project, Sphinx’s earliest response to the global health pandemic, Through SUPPORT, ADVOCACY, and RESILIENCE, Sphinx has awarded 7 artists with matching grants to been able to further our mission of transforming lives through support their online concert initiatives. the power of diversity in the arts during these unprecedented times. Communities of color have been affected in a disturbingly disproportionate manner and countless artists have been silenced due to loss of work. In response, Sphinx mobilized immediately to Sphinx Artist Fund provided financial use our creativity, adaptability, and passion to pivot quickly from in- support to our Sphinx community person to virtual programming in the areas of Education & Access, members most in need. Through the fund Artist Development, Performing Artists, and Arts Leadership. we’ve been able to support over 60 Sphinx alumni.

Sphinx quadrupled the reach of DEI focused artist development I am so incredibly grateful to receive support from The Sphinx Artist programming Fund – this help in the time of COVID-19 is so incredibly appreciated, and 462% increase also necessary for artists, especially artists of color. This summer was in direct digital “ supposed to be the first where my quartet was going to travel overseas engagement for a European tour, and all of that was (rightfully) canceled due to the 1,000% increase in pandemic. Of course, the money lost was a huge dig into our lives, as I digital engagement via know myself, and so many of my musical colleagues are feeling. This fund Sphinx online media is allowing me to continue to be able to create music and provide online To date 400+ partners education in a safe way by having a space for it in my own living quarters. auditions have been Thank you so much for providing this help; words cannot express how taken by NAAS/SOPA grateful I am to be able to continue creating music right now!” musicians Sphinx featured – Marza Wilks, cellist in 4 New York Times articles highlighting Sphinx’s DEI 66+ Million people 70+ $120,000 leadership & reached via media impact; 10+ total coverage Sphinx alumni received Awarded through the Sphinx feature articles in funding as part of Sphinx Artist Fund, Match Project, national and trade Artist Fund, Match Project, and MPower publications and MPower SPHINX IMPACT The Sphinx Organization has given “to me something that each and every artist of color needs as much as air: A Sphinx Story: encouragement.” Xavier Foley – Davóne Tines, 2020 Sphinx Medal of Excellence recipient Double bassist & composer

2020: Featured composer during Sphinx Virtual Gala I’m deeply honored and grateful to the Sphinx Organization for being the lighthouse for many young artists like me...By 2019: Featured performer at “ SphinxConnect winning the 24th Annual Sphinx Competition, I have been able to increase my impact and to continue with my artistic purpose 2019: Featured soloist and composer with Sphinx Virtuosi at Carnegie Hall of educating and sharing with the young generations the art of playing.” 2018: Recipient of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant – Samuel Vargas, violin, 1st Place Sr. Laureate of the 2021Sphinx Competition

2016: First Prize, Young Concert Artists International Auditions 2014: Featured soloist with Sphinx The help of Sphinx has directly Virtuosi “impacted the progress that I have 2014: Senior Division 1st Place been able to make in the last couple Laureate of the Sphinx Competition of years, getting closer and closer to 2011: Junior Division 2nd Place my career goals.” Laureate of the Sphinx Competition - Levi Jones, bass, NAAS Grantee 2010: Member of Sphinx Chamber Orchestra

The LEAD program positively “changed me in ways I could never have planned for or imagined. It provided tools and opportunities for me to realize the leader I am and the career I aim to achieve.” – Yvettte Loynaz, Sphinx LEAD Cohort 2 EDUCATION & ACCESS Making accessible to communities historically underrepresented in the field through education initiatives and community engagement.

Sphinx Overture provides free access to music education in elementary schools in Detroit and Flint, Michigan through The Sphinx Performance Academy is an opportunity for me to be fully immersed in beginning violin group classes and “classical music each summer. Each year I learn lessons. from both the faculty and other students, and look forward to seeing my Sphinx Family. In 2020 Overture consisted of over 200 students, 17 faculty members, and – Kendall Gonzales Cellist, age 14 took place in 10 different locations. In response to schools closing in March, Overture transitioned to a virtual format and though we were not able to host our annual summer camp, students continued with private lessons online. 84 370+ 10+ Sphinx Performance Full scholarships to School/community sites Academy students Sphinx education in Detroit and Flint served at top music programs area served by Sphinx schools across the Overture programs country

SPA is a full- scholarship intensive A Sphinx Story: summer performance program with Zephaniah Pharr a focus on cultural diversity, for string musicians ages 11-17. Zephaniah Pharr is a student at Gompers Elementary in Detroit, MI The 2020 Sphinx Performance and has participated in the Sphinx Academy welcomed 84 musicians for Overture program since 2018. This virtual sessions in partnership with the Curtis Institute of Music, The Juilliard past year, Zephaniah continued his School, and the Cleveland Institute of lessons via Zoom with Overture Music. During each session, students instructor Pia Bucco. participate in lessons, studio and guest artist masterclasses, collaborative digital projects, and a range of enrichment activities. ARTIST DEVELOPMENT National Alliance for Audition Support (NAAS) and Empowering emerging musicians by encouraging, developing, Sphinx Orchestral Partner Auditions (SOPA) and recognizing classical music talent in the Black and Latinx communities. The National Alliance for Audition Support (NAAS) and Sphinx Orchestral Partner Auditions (SOPA) programs actively work to advance the careers and placement of Black and Latinx orchestral musicians so that American orchestras reflect the cultural diversity that exists within 2021 Sphinx Competition Sphinx’s flagship program, the Sphinx our communities. NAAS provides artists with mentoring, audition preparation, financial support, Competition brings young Black and and audition previews (SOPA program). Latinx string players to Detroit, MI to compete for prizes ranging from $3,000 to $50,000 and to receive guidance & mentorship from established musicians.

Having the NAAS [program] available during the pandemic has been very encouraging and “ had a huge impact on my mental health during the pandemic (professionally speaking). It was powerful to have this cohort of 35+ like-motivated people to help me artists have won 45+ keep perspective on the process SAMUEL VARGAS and on the future. VIOLIN auditions and/or 1st Place Sr. Division Robert Frederick Smith Prize placement with orchestras – Francesca McNeeley, cello AMARYN OLMEDA across the country VIOLIN 1st Place Jr. Division Audience Choice Jr. Division CHRISTIAN GRAY Bauder Fellow BASS 2nd Place Sr. Division SOPA Program Updates Audience Choice Sr. Division 100+ JONATHAN OKSENIUK NAAS/SOPA partner This year, Sphinx launched the SOPA Excerpt Competition VIOLIN orchestras which provides Black and Latinx orchestral musicians the 2nd Place Jr. Division unique opportunity to audition for a panel representing LUIZ FERNANDO VENTURELLI several orchestras seeking to identify musicians for CELLO 3rd Place Sr. Division invitation to auditions, pre-advancement at auditions and/or placement on substitute player lists. As a result, DILLON P. SCOTT • Over 100 artists and 75+ orchestras participated in 3rd Place Jr. Division 250+ NAAS/SOPA artists SOPA Excerpt Competition • 15 SOPA artists received a total of $17,000+ in SOPA awards • At minimum 75+ weeks of contract work will be awarded to SOPA artists by SOPA orchestra partners $103,000 Awarded to Competition Finalists annually PERFORMING ARTISTS EXIGENCE Vocal Ensemble and the Sphinx professional ensembles and soloists bring dynamic Sphinx Virtuosi participated in a combined programming to diverse audiences. Empowering emerging 20+ virtual residencies which included musicians by encouraging, developing, and recognizing classical a concert package along with curated panel music talent in the Black and Latinx communities. discussions and educational activities.

Inspirational Virtual Performances Visit the Sphinx Organization’s YouTube channel to experience inspiring performances by Sphinx artists.

Seven Last Words of the Unarmed Lift Every Voice and Sing https://bit.ly/2Rp7q45 https://bit.ly/3xSosbZ Joel Thompson arr. by Joel Thompson Performed by Sphinx Symphony Orchestra Performed by EXIGENCE Vocal Ensemble and University of Michigan Men’s Glee Club

“Glory” from Selma Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 https://bit.ly/3ui4PYy https://bit.ly/3ta8NkA arr. by Eugene Rogers Heitor Villa-Lobos Performed by EXIGENCE Vocal Ensemble and Performed by Raquel Gonzalez, Christine Lamprea, the Sphinx Virtuosi Sterling Elliott, Gabriel Cabezas, Patrice Jackson, Gabriel Martins, Thomas Mesa, Ifetayo Ali-Landing, and Kendall Gonzales

Othello Suite Elegy: In memoriam - Stephen Lawrence • $250,000+ raised in support of Sphinx’s https://bit.ly/33cJGDi https://bit.ly/3ulSZMY programs at the intersection of the arts Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Phillip Herbert Collaborative performance with musicians from Performed by the Sphinx Virtuosi and social justice Sphinx and the Chineke! Foundation • 15,000 viewers worldwide

• 58 featured Sphinx Artists and Students

• 1 New Commission and Premiere https://bit.ly/3uhfxys SPHINX ORGANIZATION GRANTS 2020/2021 ARTS LEADERSHIP Supporting musicians, leaders, and entrepreneurs of color SPHINX TANK 4 GRANTS $32,500 through career development and professional empowerment. (for Arts & Cultural Entrepreneurs)

NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR 40 GRANTS $49,638 AUDITION SUPPORT

SPHINX MPOWER & ARTIST 72 GRANTS $120,000 RELIEF

SPHINX MEDALS OF 3 GRANTS $150,000 EXCELLENCE

SPHINX VENTURE FUND 4 GRANTS $300,000 SphinxConnect: Unity 2021 went virtual with over 20 sessions presented online. More than 90 speakers and keynote addresses were presented by luminaries and trailblazers in the industry, including Opening Plenary speakers Jenn White, Host of NPR’s ANNUAL GRANT TOTAL 123 GRANTS $652,138 2,141 1A, and Elizabeth Alexander, President of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. 2020 SphinxConnect registrants TOTAL GRANTS IN THE PAST 5 YEARS 540+ GRANTS $2,600,000 SphinxConnect is the annual conference serving as the epicenter for artists and leaders in diversity 2021 Sphinx Venture Fund Sphinx Venture Fund provides competitive grants for initiatives designed to solve a challenge or an More than 150 organizations, 2,000 students, 5,000 issue related to Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion in the audience members, and hundreds of millions of music performing arts listeners will be impacted by these Sphinx-funded ventures.

Scoring for Equity in Opera MPower Artist Grants are competitive The Black Opera Alliance (BOA) creates an accountability scholarships designed to empower Sphinx framework for the opera field as it moves towards truer equity, inclusion, and racial justice. alumni to achieve their career objectives in classical music A Sphinx Medal of Excellence is an award and The Institute for Composer Diversity Database $50,000 career grant bestowed upon three Expansion and Community Impact Initiative extraordinary Black and Latinx classical artists The Institute for Composer Diversity Database Expansion and Community Impact Initiative is a project that will work annually to create a more diverse and inclusive musical landscape.

Celebrate Diversity in String Music: A Graded Anthology 2021 Sphinx Medals of Excellence of Works for Solo and Ensemble by Black and Latinx Sphinx LEAD empowers arts leaders and Composers entrepreneurs of color through a year- The University of Tennessee School of Music seeks to round curriculum including mentorship, address the significant disparities of representation in networking, and leadership retreats at top the pedagogical repertoire of Western Classical Music by creating and distributing graded anthologies of string institutions nationwide. Through a virtual repertoire for solo and ensemble settings. pivot in 2020, LEADers had the opportunity to learn from 150+ guest speakers from Rising Sun Recordings leading arts institutions around the country. Curated by renowned pianist and producer Lara Downes Lina González-Granados Carlos Simon Titus Underwood in collaboration with a roster of leading American artists, Conductor Composer Oboe Rising Sun Recordings will release more than 200 years of never-before-recorded music by Black composers. FINANCIAL HEALTH & SUSTAINABILITY STAFF & BOARDS Sphinx Organization Staff 2020 Income 2020 Expenses President & Artistic Director...... Afa S. Dworkin Chief of Artist Engagement...... Andre Dowell $6,317,306 $4,039,135 Senior Director of Leadership...... Abigayl Venman Director of Education...... Ana Abrantes Director of Design & Administration...... Julie Renfro Director of Patron Relations...... Elizabeth Lanni Manager of Community & Patron Engagement...... Gabriela Alvarado Senior Director of Institutional Partnerships...... Stephanee Strasburg Director of Corporate Partnerships...... Lauren McNeary Program Manager...... Bill Neri Manager of Leadership Programs...... Britton Riley

Program Faculty & Staff Officers of the Advisory Board 2020-2021 OVERTURE Board of Directors Rachel Barton Pine, Chair Michael Abels Detroit Faculty: Sanford Allen Ashley Nelson Terry Woodard, Chair Tynnetta McIntosh, Vice Chair David Cerone Leslie DeShazor Mark Clague Maria Pia Bucco Deidre Lambert-Bounds, Treasurer Anthony Glover, Secretary Ronald A. Crutcher Romona Merritt Matthew Derr Yuri Popowycz Roberto Diaz Anthony Elliott Flint Faculty: Chairman Emeritus Guillermo Figueroa Amelia Taylor Sandra Gibson Catalina Barraza-Gerardino William H. Carson, M.D. Hal Grossman Chase Ward Kelly Hall-Tompkins Erin Zuchniewicz Juanita Jackson Kristina Zlatareva Board of Directors Polly Kahn Natalie Frakes Christopher Kendall 2020 SPHINX PERFORMANCE ACADEMY Rachel Barton Pine Margaret M. Lioi Danielle Belen Christian Matjias Curtis Institute of Music Faculty Cynthia H. Bowman Lolita Mayadas Karla Donehew Perez Alex Charlton Charlene J. Mitchell Sami Merdinian Lynette Dowler Jenice Mitchell Ford Melissa White Afa S. Dworkin Lester Monts Robyn Quinnett Kenneth Fischer Daniel Roumain TOTAL NET ASSETS: $13,782,710 Ilmar Gavilan Sandra Gibson Anne Parsons Paul Laraia Mary Beth Halprin Willis Patterson TOTAL NET ASSETS & LIABILITIES: $14,092,106 Eliesha Nelson Howard Hertz David Rudolph Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt Karen J. Morrison Sebastian Ruth Karlos Rodriguez Vivian Pickard Cassandra Seidenfeld Lyster Mary Ann Ramos Victoria Robey OBE George Taylor Shaun Wilson George Trudeau Juilliard Faculty Albert Webster Suliman Tekalli Damian Woetzel Sami Merdinian Strategic Advisor Dana Kelley Thomas Mesa Andrea Hoffman Honorary Committee Patricia Weitzel INVESTMENT & PARTNERSHIPS Aaron Olguin Branford Marsalis, Chair Michelle Cann, collaborative piano Glenn Dicterow Kelly Lin, collaborative piano David Finckel SUPPORTING SPHINX’S FUTURE Nikki Giovanni Cleveland Institute of Music Faculty Wu Han $7.05M secured in multi-year grants to Karla Donehew Perez Ida Kavafian fund Sphinx programming through 2028 Jannina Norpoth Kyle Lombard Nigel Kennedy Robyn Quinnett Jaime Laredo Paul Laraia Tania Leon Jennifer Arnold Yo-Yo E. Ma Karlos Rodriguez Mark O’Connor Mary Ann Ramos Christopher O’Riley Itzhak Perlman Staff: Toby Perlman Mariela Lemus, Program Manager Awadagin Pratt Linton Robinson, Community Advisor Bright Sheng Maeve Lemus, Community Advisor Leonard Slatkin Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg Arnold Steinhardt Michael Tilson Thomas Jeffrey Zeigler Aaron P. Dworkin Founder THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS, $10,000 - $14,999 Fiscal Year 2020 PARTNERS & COLLABORATORS January 1, 2020 – December 31, 2020

The Aronson Family Foundation Mehretu Rankin Family William D. & Dr. Sally C. Johnson Family Foundation Nadya M. Murray $1,000,000+ Benard L. Maas Foundation Victoria Robey OBE Tynnetta McIntosh Robert F. Smith $5,000 - $9,999

ENDOWMENT Lillian & Don Bauder Katherine Balch Mary Beth Halprin The Bauder Commissioning Fund Deidre & William Bounds Melanye K. Johnson The Cheswatyr Foundation, in honor of Cece Wasserman Oliver Dewey Marcks Foundation The Bauder Conducting Fellowship The Clinton Family Fund Marshall Mathers Foundation The Bauder Fellow Program Leo, Eleanore & Ronald Cooney Fund David Lowenfeld & Sally Mendelsohn Drs. Ronald A. & Betty Neal Crutcher, in memory of Professor Elizabeth Potteiger Kabir Nath Richard & Barbara Debs Faye Alexander Nelson Lynette Dowler Spectrasonics, Inc. $100,000 - $999,999 Ken & Penny Fischer Margaret V.B. Wurtele $2,500 - $4,999 Anonymous ICSOM Cynthia Bowman MAP Fund David J. Brown, MD Karen J. Morrison Clifford Chiu,in honor of Robert F. Smith John Morning Martha Darling & Gilbert S. Omenn Michael Staebler & Jennifer Poteat Afa S. & Aaron P. Dworkin Frank Proto Mike Fiore & Tom Lockhart, Brainstorm LLC Dr. Anne L. Taylor David & Debbie Foster Errol & Paula Taylor Anonymous Samsung Sandra L. Gibson & Associates, in memory of Thelma Gibson Mark Wallace Howard & Wendy Hertz $50,000 - $99,999 $1,500 - $2,499 Anonymous Joel Kaufmann C. Gloria Akers Toni-Marie Montgomery Rachel Barton Pine & Gregory Pine Vivian Pickard Chacona & Harold Baugh R. Lucia Riddle, in memory of Gertrude Bass Dixon Alex Charlton Astrid Schween Joseph Conyers The Serras Family $25,000 - $49,999 Feder Gordon Family Fund Karen Tinsley, in memory of Frederick Tinsley Gary Giardina Kathy Weaver Carol & Tom Goss Shaun & Chrystal Wilson Sarah Harding, in honor of Kenneth C. Fischer Edward Yim

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