Afa Dworkin News Today

The number of Asian and Latino players has risen over the past decade, according to a new report. But Black musicians are still scarce, especially at large orchestras.

Chineke! Orchestra, Europe's first majority-Black and ethnically diverse orchestra makes its U.S. debut at New York City's Lincoln Center.

The Sphinx Organization, led by Afa Dworkin, is celebrating 25 years of pressing the field for more diversity in repertory and rosters.

For the past nine years, Afa Dworkin, 46, has led Sphinx's work to increase diversity in the classical music field, including a program to build the pipeline of Black and Latinx administrators in the field, a $1.5 million venture fund that's making investments in similar efforts to build diversity in classical music around the country and more recently, a plan for an undisclosed gift from philanthropist Mackenzie Scott.

The local husband and wife behind the Sphinx Organization has changed the lives of hundreds of thousands of young musicians in Detroit.

An ensemble of 18 string players who are Black and Latino set a reflective and spirited tone on Friday, with solos by the charismatic bass-baritone Davóne Tines.

12 pm ET: Mark Morris Dance Group presents Dido and Aeneas. A screening of the 1995 film directed by Barbara Willis Sweete who recreated the Dido and Aeneas set on a sound stage in Toronto and filmed it without the constraints of a proscenium stage and with Morris in his critically acclaimed role. The screening will be followed by a live Q&A with Morris and Sweete and launches a week of activities including talks with dancers and artistic collaborators. Dance with MMDG classes for all levels ...

Afa Dworkin Credit Kevin Kennedy SphinxConnect, which runs Jan 28-30, will draw hundreds of arts leaders and performers together to work on inclusion and diversity in the arts by focusing on a variety of topics. It is now in its 5th year. Dworkin encourages anyone in performance, arts education, or arts organization to register. A pay-what-you-can option is available this year. In its 24 years, the Sphinx Organization has launched the careers of successful solo artists, chamber ensembles, and o...

Mirna Valerio 1. Playing OutsideMirna Valerios Instagram pics make one thing clear: This woman loves the outdoors. The Montpelier-based athlete and writer is pictured jogging on a snowy trail, fatbiking in the woods and soaking up sunshine in a field. Valerio, the subject of an August 2020 cover story in Seven Days, has achieved national recognition as an ultramarathoner (someone who runs distances of more than 26.2 miles), creator of the blog Fat Gir...