Opus 183 - "Kendrick Had A Dream"

The Sphinx Organization has been a leader in diversity and equity in the arts for 25 years. The organization's President and Artistic Director, Afa Dworkin, alongside the organization's founder, Aaron Dworkin, join Garrett to discuss the past, present and future of Sphinx.

Show Notes

INTRO

• Kendrick Lamar - "We Cry Together" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUGyZM9rcnY)
• "It's Not Over Until the Soprano Dies" (https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/99/10/03/nnp/clement-undoing.html?_r=1&oref=slogin)

MOVEMENT 1

• "Gen Z and Millennials' Surprise Obsession" (https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230113-gen-z-and-young-millennials-surprising-obsession)
• Jakub Józef Orliński & Aleksander Dębicz - "Stay Home" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur34iWfakhI)
• "Strategic Charitable Giving" (https://www.city-journal.org/strategic-charitable-giving)
• Traditional - "Mrs. Galo" (perf. Chicago Children's Choir: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOxXvNXjD40)

MOVEMENT 2

• Catherine Dalton - "Boxes" (https://soundcloud.com/hickorystreet/boxes-by-catherine-dalton)
• Constantine Caravassilis - Guitar Concerto (mov. III: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY9iZ9DKkl8)

MOVEMENT 3

• Sphinx Organization: https://www.sphinxmusic.org/25th-anniversary
• Simon Shaheed - Oud Concerto (perf. Sphinx Symphony Orchestra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijMSHbys9P0)
• Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson - Sinfonietta No. 1 (perf. Sphinx Virtuosi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlG-diPHVOU)

MOVEMENT 4

• Kendrick Lamar - "Backseat Freestyle" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZW7et3tPuQ)
• "Whitewashing 101: How To Rewrite Black History" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3uvcydrxYk)

SPONSORS 

• Schubert Club: https://schubert.org/
• Salastina: https://www.salastina.org/
• Gateways Radio: https://www.gatewaysmusicfestival.org/gatewaysradio

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Creators & Guests

Host

Loki Karuna

"I spent years pursuing excellence: what classical music is all about. Now it's dedicated to freedom; that's far more important." -Nina Simone #NamMyohoRengeKyo

Host

Scott Blankenship

What is TRILLOQUY?

CLASSICAL MUSIC has been misappropriated as a musical genre and a culture rooted in the aesthetics of Western Europe.
TRILLOQUY is the weekly podcast built to DECOLONIZE the traditional definitions and conversations surrounding CLASSICAL MUSIC.