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This week’s broadcast was recorded at the Mary Gibbs Jones Concert Hall at Baylor University in Waco, TX on November 11, 2009. We asked the performers to tell us about the music they performed. Here are their thoughts: Yurie Mitsuhashi, 17, violin Danse Hongroise by Sergei Rachmaninoff “This piece is very powerful and majestic. I […]

Alum Lauren Chipman, who recently returned for an episode of From the Top, will be performing in this Friday’s “Hope for Haiti Now” telethon. Lauren, a violist and member of indie rock band The Rentals, will be working with Christina Aguilera and John Legend during the two-hour performance show. “I’m really looking forward to playing […]

Fans of the show are often asking about Christopher O’Riley’s laptop he uses to read music. Here’s what our host says about replacing traditional page-turners with the convenience of new technology: The means by which I receive my performance scores for From the Top, both televised and radio broadcasts, is the marriage of a tablet […]

Earlier this month NBC’s Brian Williams interviewed From the Top at Carnegie Hall alum Nikki Yanofsky about her exploding career. Watch the segment now. And we just heard from Germany’s ZDF Television that they will be airing a segment on her too! Violinist Lindsay Deutsch, 24, is included in this month’s issue of Symphony as […]

We were honored to receive citations today from the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate in honor of From the Top’s tenth anniversary. From the Top alum Yuki Beppu, 12, of Lexington, Massachusetts played Bach and Paganini in the Grand Staircase filling the State House with beautiful music during the lunchtime hour. Yuki also received […]

On January 3, 2010 From the Top taped a special program dedicated to the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Boston, MA. Here is what the performers had to say about the music they played on the show, which airs this week. Boston Children’s Chorus Kasar […]

Hi everyone! I just returned from a special taping of the radio program, recorded in celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, and held at the incredibly beautiful Bethel AME Church in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston. There was some fear regarding whether we’d all make it to the show as it’s been snowing […]

Thanks to From the Top friend Kathryn B. for pointing out that today is/was Beethoven’s birthday and showing us this exciting performance.

The day after our taping at Stanford University’s Dinkelspiel Auditorium, From the Top had the opportunity to visit the Boys & Girls Club of East Palo Alto for a special family performance. 16-yr-old cellist Nathan Chan, 16-yr-old pianist Jade Huang and 13-yr-old violinist Stephen Waarts , all performers on the show, were joined by local […]

There are some great new items at the From the Top store. Check out our new mug (only $5), t-shirts and newest CD “From the Top at the Pops”. Order today to get your items before the holidays!

This week’s broadcast was taped November 13, 2009 at the AT&T Performing Arts Center in Dallas, TX. Learn more about what the performers had to say about the music they played on the show: Sahun Hong, 15, piano Hungarian Rhapsody No. 11 in A minor by Franz Liszt Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 11 shows a […]

In case you missed it, last night From the Top alum Gabriel Cabezas performed with Yo Yo Ma on the Tavis Smiley Show. Check out their performance here.

In early November, From the Top spent a whirlwind week in Texas with radio tapings and school visits in Waco and Dallas. From the Top alumni and brother and sister team Robbie, 18, violin, and Allie Switala, 16, violin from Grapevine, TX, launched our Texas road shows with a visit to Lakeview Middle School in […]

Community MusicWorks (CMW) Fellowship Program is an opportunity for young professional violinists, violists, and cellists to spend two years performing, teaching, and mentoring alongside the Providence String Quartet in urban neighborhoods of Providence, Rhode Island. CMW is seeking qualified VIOLISTS and CELLISTS to apply by DECEMBER 1 for September 2010 through June 2012 fellowships. What …

Congratulations to the winners of Do Something and VH1’s “Save Our Music” campaign! By organizing fundraisers, launching letter writing campaigns, and making presentations to their local school committees, students were given the chance to win up to $2500 for their school’s music program. Read about the winning projects and get inspired! Tell us what you […]

Irineo Cabreros has been described as hard to peg. Featured on From the Top’s Mobile, AL taping last winter, the phenomenal 18-year-old musician says it best when he describes himself as “a dreadlocked, birkenstocked, teenage flutist who loves to play soccer and beat-box.” Currently enrolled in the Harvard University and New England Conservatory (NEC) dual […]

Check out Denison Magazine’s post and video on From the Top’s November 7 taping at Swasey Chapel (on the air the week of January 4, 2010).

From the Top’s broadcast for this week was taped at New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall in Boston on October 4, 2009. We asked our performers to tell us about the music they performed on the show: Adria Ye, 11, piano (right) Restlessness, Op. 19, No. 5; The Spinning Song, Op. 67, No. 4 from Songs […]

This NPR story features studies that prove how musician’s brains are better at isolating sounds in noisy environments. Find out how music training can change your brain!