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Okay, it's not very often that I'm going to recommend watching Fox News. But this afternoon on the show Real American Stories, an old friend of mine is going to be appearing. His name is Aaron Dworkin and he's the founder of the Sphinx Foundation, which provides opportunities in classical music to minority students. This is really an incredible group that does such great work.
Aaron is a brilliant violinist himself and the work he does has touched tens of thousands of young lives. Through Sphinx programs, young musicians have received instruments they would otherwise not have been able to have, training in their craft and the opportunity to perform with major symphonies all over the country.
The Sphinx foundation has received enormous support from the musical community. Some of the world's finest musicians, like Yo Yo Ma and the incomparable Itzhak Perlman, have lent their time to the group and helped mentor young prodigies who have gone on to perform at some of the great venues in the world, including Carnegie Hall.
In 2005, Aaron won a richly deserved MacArthur Fellowship for his work. He's an inspiring guy and one of the most unique people I've ever known. We worked together for an environmental group in the late 80s and became friends, part of a circle of people that I really miss because we don't see each other much these days.
But you can see him interviewed on Fox today between 3 and 4 and again between 7 and 8.
Comments
I heard some of the Sphinx Foundation's stuff on NPR on Boxing Day and absolutely loved it.
Posted by: Dan Boyle | December 31, 2009 11:13 AM
I'm bewildered as to why Fox News would have any words of praise for someone who worked to benefit minorities. Did they perhaps misunderstand and think the Sphinx Foundation was geared towards the trust-fund brats of Wall Street tycoons?
Posted by: Martin | December 31, 2009 3:56 PM
This is about as non-political as news can get. I don't see why even Fox would have any reason to be flexible with their facts.
Posted by: Suricou Raven | January 1, 2010 3:31 AM
I think it's safe to assume that if they hadn't found a way to be they wouldn't be running it.
Posted by: Azkyroth | January 1, 2010 4:39 AM
Now, Fox isn't all biased politics!
There's some cheap fluff in there too.
For example, one of their current articles on the website is titled "Best Bikini Moments of 2009."
Posted by: Suricou Raven | January 1, 2010 8:25 AM