“Don’t shrink. Just expand.” 💙 Patricio Molina’s final advice to Sphinx LEAD applicants: bring your full self, your culture, your experiences, and your identity into the application. 📅 Applications due Oct. 22, 2026 💬 Comment LEAD for details! #SphinxLEAD #ArtsLeadership #LeadershipDevelopment #SphinxOrganization

One more day to apply 🎻 Featured: Miles Goosby during the semifinal round of this past January’s 29th Annual Sphinx Competition. 📅 Applications for the 30th Annual Competition close Oct. 20 at 11:59 PM ET 💬 Comment COMPETE for details! 🎶 Miles Goosby performing Nobre, Poema III with Luis Ortiz, piano #SphinxCompetition #ClassicalMusic #SphinxOrganization

Grateful for time together at Juilliard 🐧 💙 Sphinx LEAD Cohort 8 gathered for reflection, learning, connection, and the kind of peer support leaders carry back into their work. 📅 Cohort 9 applications are due tomorrow, Oct. 20 💬 Comment LEAD for details! 📸 Robert Moncrieff #SphinxLEAD #Juilliard #ArtsLeadership #LeadershipDevelopment #SphinxOrganization

Last night at Carnegie Hall ✨ Sphinx Virtuosi kicked off our 30th anniversary year in New York, with 1,352 complimentary tickets helping welcome even more people into the hall. Next stop: Ann Arbor 📅 Oct. 18 | 4 PM 💬 Comment TOUR for tickets! 📸 Brian Hatton #SphinxVirtuosi #Sphinx30 #CarnegieHall #SphinxOrganization

30 years of Sphinx begins tonight 🎻 Our first anniversary celebration takes us to Carnegie Hall, honoring three decades of artistry, opportunity, community, and impact. 💬 Comment NEXT30 and we’ll send you a link to be part of what comes next! #Sphinx30

Adé Williams makes her York Symphony debut 🎻 The Sphinx Competition Laureate performs Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D Major on Oct. 24 at 7:30 PM. 💬 Comment ADE and we’ll send you the ticket link! #AdeWilliams #SphinxCompetition

Being consulted isn’t the same as being promoted. Patricio Molina shares the kind of leader he wants to become through Sphinx LEAD: one who builds a culture where people are heard, supported, and given room to advance. 📅 Apply by Oct. 20 💬 Comment LEAD for details! #SphinxLEAD #ArtsLeadership #Leadership

Why keep coming back to SphinxConnect? 💙 For Richard Desinord, it’s the people, new perspectives, and the chance to connect with performers outside his usual academic environment. 🎟️ Standard: $125 💙 Supporter: $200 ✨ Fellowships due Oct. 20 💬 Comment CONNECT for details! #SphinxConnect

Philadelphia + Takoma Park are next 🎻 Sphinx Virtuosi continues the fall tour with J’Nai Bridges: 📍 Philadelphia | Oct. 23 | 7:30 PM 📍 Takoma Park | Oct. 24 | 7 PM 💬 Comment TOUR and we’ll send you both ticket links! 🎶 Sphinx Virtuosi performing Clarice Assad's Selections from Impressions, IV. Precision, Perpetual Motion #SphinxVirtuosi

A look back at this past January’s Sphinx Competition 🎻 Featured: violinist Maxwell Fairman during the semifinal round of the 29th Annual Competition. 📅 Applications for the 30th Annual Competition are due Oct. 20 at 11:59 PM ET 💬 Comment COMPETE for details! 🎶 Maxwell Fairman performing Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson's Blue/s forms, III: Jettin' Blue/s #SphinxCompetition #SphinxOrganization #Violin #ClassicalMusic

Ann Arbor + Akron are next 🎻 Sphinx Virtuosi continues the fall tour with J’Nai Bridges: 📍 Ann Arbor | Oct. 18 | 4 PM 📍 Akron | Oct. 20 | 7:30 PM 🎟️ Ann Arbor also has a special $29 ticket offer. 💬 Comment TOUR for both ticket links + the Ann Arbor offer! 🎶 SERGEI PROKOFIEV Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat Major, Op. 83 “Stalingrad” (Arranged for string orchestra by Rubén Rengel), III. Precipitato VC Zipper Hall at Colburn #SphinxVirtuosi @UMSpresents

☝🏾 One week until Carnegie Hall! On Oct. 16, Sphinx Virtuosi brings American Dialogues to New York with J’Nai Bridges, Amaryn Olmeda, the world premiere of Rubén Rengel’s Encuentro + more. 🕢 7:30 PM ET 💬 Comment CARNEGIE for tickets! #SphinxVirtuosi

Alette Williams returns to the New York stage 🎻 The 2026 Sphinx Competition Junior Division First Prize winner performs at the National Arts Club on Oct. 14 at 7 PM. 💬 Comment ALETTE and we’ll send you the ticket link! #AletteWilliams #SphinxCompetition

Sphinx Virtuosi comes to Notre Dame on Oct. 14 🎻 Joined by Grammy-winning mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges, the ensemble performs American Dialogues 250 at Leighton Concert Hall. 🕢 7:30 PM 💬 Comment TICKETS for the ticket link! 🎶 SERGEI PROKOFIEV Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat Major, Op. 83 “Stalingrad” (Arranged for string orchestra by Rubén Rengel), II. Andante caloroso VC Zipper Hall at Colburn #SphinxVirtuosi #NotreDame

Leadership isn’t always about giving advice. Sometimes it’s about listening. 💙 Patricio Molina shares how his Sphinx LEAD cohort created space for honesty, vulnerability, and support, and how they still show up for one another today. 📅 Apply by Oct. 20 💬 Comment LEAD for details. #SphinxLEAD #ArtsLeadership #LeadershipDevelopment #SphinxOrganization

An idea can go much further when the right people gather around it 💙 Daniel of Àkójọpọ̀ shares how community, collaboration, and cultural exchange continue to shape his work. 🎟️ SphinxConnect registration: $125 ✨ Fellowship applications due Oct. 20 💬 Comment CONNECT for the link! #SphinxConnectt #SphinxOrganization #ArtsLeadership

The semifinal round starts long before January 🎻 Featured: Paul Aguilar performing in this past January’s 29th Annual Sphinx Competition. Applications for the 30th Annual Sphinx Competition are due Oct. 20 at 11:59 PM ET. 💬 Comment COMPETE for details! 🎶 Paul Aguilar performing J. S. Bach, Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009, I. Prelude #SphinxCompetition #SphinxOrganization #ClassicalMusic

SOPA applications are due TODAY 🎺 Trumpeter Eric Pereira has participated twice and points to realistic audition practice, professional feedback, and orchestra connections as some of the biggest benefits. His advice: prepare, record yourself, and apply. 💬 Comment SOPA for details! #SOPA #OrchestralAuditions #Trumpet #SphinxOrganization

“What does it take to make the promise of belonging real?” Sphinx founder Aaron P. Dworkin wrote the libretto for Damien Geter’s Declaration, performed by J’Nai Bridges with Sphinx Virtuosi at Carnegie Hall in two weeks. 📅 October 16, 2026 | 7:30 PM ET 💬 Comment CARNEGIE for tickets! #SphinxVirtuosi #CarnegieHall #AaronDworkin #DamienGeter #AmericanDialogues #SphinxOrganization

Harper Randolph used to see auditions as almost impossible. SOPA helped change that ✨ After multiple seasons, the violist has built a stronger preparation process and mindset, with feedback from professionals across the field. 📅 Apply by Oct. 2 💬 Comment SOPA for details! #SOPA #OrchestralAuditions #Viola #SphinxOrganization