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Sphinx Organization
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String players from Black and Latino communities who are under 18 submit a recorded audition, and semi-finalists travel to Detroit for live rounds in January. First place wins $10,000, second $5,000, and third $3,000, and finalists perform with the professional Sphinx Symphony Orchestra.
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