NPR’s From the Top with Host Christopher O’Riley: San Jose, California / Show 319

About

From San Jose, California, this week’s From the Top is an all-Californian show featuring young musicians exclusively from The Golden State. A multi-competition-winning choir from Northern California performs a traditional spiritual; a 16-year-old pianist performs a powerfully evocative piece by a Turkish composer; and we meet a teenage guitarist from San Francisco who, with very little resources, began in music by teaching himself through YouTube videos and has since emerged to become a very original composer.

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Performers & Repertoire

• Tiffany Wee, 18, violin

  Banjo and Fiddle by William Kroll
• Andrew Moses, 16, clarinet

  III. Sultry Waltz and I. Bop from “Grooves” by Philip Parker
• Gianfranco Baltazar, 18, guitar, with Jacob Reed (cello), Sophia Valenti (viola), and Mai Matsumoto (violin)

  Mi Lima Antaño
• Leyla Kabuli, 16, piano

  “Black Earth” by Fazil Say
• Monte Vista Chamber Singers

  “Alleluia” by Jake Runestad (www.jakerunestad.com) and “Rockin’ Jerusalem” Traditional Spiritual, arranged by Stacey V. Gibbs
• Andrew Moses, 16, clarinet

  III. Allegro con fuoco from the Sonata for Clarinet and Piano by Francis Poulenc

Release Dates

• Monday, March 21, 2016
• Monday, October 10, 2016
• Monday, June 5, 2017

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The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation

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