NPR’s From the Top with Host Christopher O’Riley: Washington, DC / 296

About

In celebration of a ten-year partnership and more than $2 million in scholarships awarded to young musicians, From the Top and the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation bring you a special recording from our nation’s capital. Meet current and past recipients of the Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award, including a female percussionist who is breaking stereotypes with her all-female percussion group (see a video about them here), and enjoy a special performance by Washington Performing Arts’ Children of the Gospel Choir.

Performers & Repertoire

• Kiarra Saito-Beckman, 15, Violin

  "Carmen Fantasie" by Franz Waxman
• Taiga Ultan, 17, Flute

  Fantaisie for Flute and Piano by Philippe Gaubert
• Oscar Paz-Suaznabar, 8, Piano

  Prestissimo, from the Sonata No. 52 in G major, Hob. XVI:39 by Franz Joseph Haydn
• Marcelina Suchocka, Percussion

  Antonio Carlos Jobim arr. Gary Burton: ‘‘No More Blues’’
• Excelsis Percussion Quartet

  Prelude I and Chorus I from "Threads" by Paul Lansky
• Washington Performing Arts Children of the Gospel Choir,

  "Praise Ye The Lord", Scott Cumberbatch
• Clifton Williams, piano accompanist

  Suggestion Diabolique by Sergei Prokofiev

Beyond the Concert Hall

The performers on this show visited River Bend Middle School, performing a special assembly together with a local guitar quartet and pianist, and conducting master classes for 8th grade music students. Special thanks to the staff at River Bend Middle School and Loudon County Public Schools for their support.

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Release Dates

• Monday, May 11, 2015
• Monday, November 17, 2014
• Monday, February 29, 2016

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The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation

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