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Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
Sphinx Symphony Orchestra
Tito Muñoz, conductor
Exigence Vocal Ensemble and Members of The Washington Chorus
Eugene Rogers, music director
J’Nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano
Tuesday, February 1, 8pm
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
Celebrating the 25th anniversary of its parent Sphinx Organization, the 55-member Sphinx Orchestra, an all-Black-and-Latinx ensemble of top professionals from around the country, is joined by Sphinx’s own Exigence Vocal Ensemble and by D.C.-based guests The Washington Chorus, along with a special guest appearance by Met Opera star J’Nai Bridges. The program includes Joel Thompson’s powerful Seven Last Words of the Unarmed (which a Washington Performing Arts audience last heard in the March 2020 I Am a Man concert) plus additional works by Coleridge-Taylor, Carlos Simon, and others.
Co-Presented with The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in cooperation with The Washington Chorus
