Category: Behind the Scenes

Last June, From the Top Tour Producer David Balsom was preparing to visit Cedar Rapids, Iowa to plan out a yearlong residency program with Orchestra Iowa when he received a frantic email from the symphony’s executive director. “The email said flood waters are coming, we’re evacuating, don’t come.” “I thought it was most likely the […]

Announcer Joanne Robinson and Producers Tom Voegeli and Tim Banker take a road trip from Cedar Rapids, Iowa to Omaha, Nebraska, while taping From the Top broadcasts this past May. Check it out.

This Saturday, From the Top’s taping at the El Paso Summer Music Festival will celebrate our partnership with the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, which has supported $1 million in scholarships to young musicians with financial need. The broadcast taping will feature five new Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award recipients, and will include updates from […]

By Joanne Robinson Greetings from Omaha, two days following our taping in Cedar Rapids, Iowa! The taping was great, and the drive to Omaha wasn’t half bad either (except for the hour-long detour to try to find a Starbucks in the most rural part of Iowa). There were definitely some memorable moments from our Cedar […]

This month’s issue of Strings Magazine highlights emerging soloists. The magazine profiles 26-year-old violinist William Harvey who appeared on one of From the Top‘s first episodes. William will return to Boston May 3 to record a new broadcast of our show. His appearance will launch our  10th anniversary celebration, in which we will look back […]

As promised, here are some more behind the scenes videos taken during our March 29 radio taping at New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall in Boston. The house was completely packed, including many students from the Boston area and even one group all the way from Pittsfield, MA.  The broadcast airs nationally the week of April […]

We shot the following videos with our handy Flip cam backstage at our recent radio taping in Buffalo, NY at Kleinhans Music Hall.  16-year-old violinist William Hagen and 18-year-old violist Matthew Vera show us both the serious and silly sides of From the Top performers. The broadcast will air nationally the week of April 13th. […]