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For the past few months, From the Top has been hard at work launching a Boston Pilot, as part of our Center for the Development of Arts Leaders (CDAL). This blog is part of a series written by Linda Gerstle, Director of Education and Community Partnerships, chronicling the pilot year of this program. Read the […]

From the Top’s broadcast for Show 237 was taped in the Venetian Theater at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts on Sunday, June 26, 2011. We asked our performers to tell us about the music they performed on the show: Sujari Britt, 10, cello, I. Allegro Non Troppo from Cello Concerto No. 1 […]

This past Sunday in Brooklyn, NY, cellist and From the Top alum Patrick McGuire ran a 5k race with 22 fellow Juilliard musicians to help support the organization Music That Heals (MTH). Founded in 1997, MTH brings musicians into hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, and treatment centers to perform for seriously ill children and adults all […]

On Sunday, October 2 we’re taping a radio show in Boston at New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall. Among the diverse group of performers is 15-year-old pianist Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner, a musician with some very cool, international experiences under his belt. You can catch his interview with host Christopher O’Riley when the show airs November 28), but […]

From the Top’s Center for the Development of Arts Leaders (CDAL) Boston is back after the summer break! We’re shifting into high gear as we launch the second half of this yearlong pilot with renewed energy, passion and MUSIC! Working in teams with four mentors, 20 arts leaders (high school and early college musicians) have […]

We are hiring two full-time employees to join our Boston team – please help us spread the word! Institutional Gifts Director: Responsible for managing all institutional giving activities, including cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of an established portfolio of foundation, government, and corporate funders. The Director will prepare grant and sponsorship proposals, budgets, …

This guest post is from Brian Kaufman and Michael Reichman, co-recipients of From the Top’s 2010 Margaret Stewart Lindsay Arts Leadership Award, as they get ready to launch their new organization:  So it’s been a while since our last update as Margaret Stewart Lindsay Arts Leadership Award recipients. We received original the grant for Musical […]

From the Top’s broadcast for Show 236 was taped in the Shalin Liu Performance Center on Saturday June 4, 2011. We asked our performers to tell us about the music they performed on the show: Sarina Zhang, 15, cello I. Zapateado By: Pablo de Sarasate When I play this piece, I can imagine being in […]

Hey classical musicians – do you like making people laugh? New York City’s classical music station, WQXR 105.9FM, encourages all humor-inclined classical musicians to enter their Classical Comedy Contest! Contestants (anyone who can mix comedy and classical music) must submit a five-minute video of their act by 11:59 PM on October 10. Finalists will perform […]

From the Top alum Emi Ferguson may have just had the performance of a lifetime! This past Sunday she joined musicians Yo-Yo Ma, Paul Simon, and James Taylor to perform at the 9/11 Memorial Service in New York, honoring those who died ten years ago. The flutist, who appeared on Show 121 in New York […]

From the Top’s broadcast for Show 235 was taped in the Kirkpatrick Auditorium at Oklahoma City University, on Sunday, May 15, 2011. We asked our performers to tell us about the music they performed on the show: Randall Goosby, 14, violin I. Allegro from Concerto No.3 in G major KV 216 By: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart […]

Attention working musicians and composers! The non-profit Future of Music Coalition (FMC), a national organization dedicated to “education, research, and advocacy for musicians,” just released an online survey for musicians and composers regarding how they make money from music. We are helping FMC spread the word as they want to reach a wide range of […]

Hello everyone! We’re back home in Boston after taping a show last week in Ocean City, New Jersey. The Music Pier, where the show was held, is located on a charming old-fashioned boardwalk teeming with amusement parks and overlooking a gorgeous stretch of beach. We rode the Ferris wheel, ate our fill of funnel cakes, […]

This past June two of our alums competed in the XIV International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, Russia! Violinist Nigel Armstrong, who appeared on Show 077 in 2003, was awarded fourth place in the violin category. 17-year-old cellist and Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Anna Litvinenko (Show 156 in 2007) was the youngest competitor in the […]

From the Top alums Simone Porter and Arianna Körting have just been named 2011 Davidson Fellows! Each year the Davidson Fellows Scholarship program awards $50,000, $25,000 and $10,000 scholarships to extraordinary young people, 18 and under, who have completed a significant piece of work in the fields of science, technology, mathematics, music or literature. “The Davidson […]

If you listen to Alabama Public Radio, you’re in for a treat! Effective Thursday, September 1, Alabama Public Radio (WUAL-91.5 FM, Tuscaloosa, AL) will add From the Top, Thursdays from 7-9 p.m., Central time. In addition to airing the weekly show at 7 p.m., APR will also air an archived program at 8 p.m. So […]

Summer updates from our alumni keep pouring in – this time we heard from 13-year-old pianist Michael Davidman, who appeared on Show 234 in Virginia Beach this past May. On August 7, Michael won first prize in the Mary Smart Concerto Competition at the Summit Music Festival! He performed Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in […]

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11, From the Top will rebroadcast Show 196, featuring violinist William Harvey, the week of September 5. A few days after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, William was performing with a Juilliard quartet at a military building in lower Manhattan where the families of missing person were awaiting […]

We are excited to announce that From the Top has been added to Classical South Florida’s weekly schedule! Starting this Sunday, August 21 our show will air Sundays at 12pm on Classical South Florida: WKCP 89.7 FM and 101.9 FM (Fort Lauderdale), and WPBI 90.7 FM (West Palm Beach). Click here to see the coverage […]

18-year-old Mezzo Soprano and Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Samantha Hankey visited her old school, Eames Way Elementary, to put a new spin on classical music for younger kids. Over 150 third through fifth grade students were in the audience! After a program with music from Mozart to Amazing Grace, Samantha talked about how music […]