A Stone Mountain high school student has won the Detroit-based Sphinx Organization's national competition for young Black and Latinx classical string players.
Brandon Leonard, the 17-year-old winner of the 25th annual Sphinx Competition, has been playing the cello for eight years. Recognized as an All-State Principal Cellist, Leonard has also worked with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
"Especially here is very different from the audience that we're used to, and it's mostly people of color here. So I think it's really inspiring," Leonard tells Detroit's WWJ-TV.
"What I love the most about my hometown of Stone Mountain is the beautiful nature scenery and local park that we have nearby," Leonard says in a "Get To Know Me" video that was made for the competition.
