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Chase Onodera appeared most recently as a member of the San Francisco Conservatory Guitar Quartet on Show 301, recorded in February 2015, and as a soloist on Show 279, recorded in November 2013. Program bio from Show 301: San Francisco Conservatory of Music Guitar Quartet is coached by Scott Cmiel at the San Francisco Conservatory…

Do you ever wonder about the teachers behind the young musicians who appear on From the Top? Every performer is supported by mentors who guide, encourage, and inspire them along the way. One such …

Share a message with Tim. We are making a book for Tim through “From a Birdie”, contribute here. Support the Tim Banker Scholarship for Young Musicians From the Top has secured a …

Save the date for From the Top’s 2022 Virtual Gala: An Evening of Joy Join us for joyful performances and brilliant artistry from our inspiring young musicians and host Peter Dugan. …

This week’s show comes from our hometown of Boston, Massachusetts where we meet an accomplished local pianist who made her Carnegie Hall debut at the age of 7, a young musician who’s the second ever double bassist to win the prestigious Stulberg International Strings Competition performs Bottesini, and we get to know a teenage violinist…

From the Top presents a live recording of their hit NPR radio show From the Top with Host Christopher O’Riley with special guests Time for Three! This exciting show will feature some of the best …

From our hometown of Boston, Massachusetts, this show features internationally renowned special guests Time for Three alongside extraordinary young musicians from Boston and beyond! We enjoy a movement of Beethoven’s Piano Trio in E-flat major performed by 3 musicians under the age of 13, a teenage cellist opens up about how performing Schumann has helped…

With your support, we foster and promote the next generation of classically trained musicians. Make a tax-deductible donation today! If you have any questions about supporting From the Top, …

From Boston Massachusetts, this week’s episode features a 12-year-old cellist performing a show piece by David Popper, a moving setting of a Newfoundland folks song performed by the Young Women’s Chamber Choir of Boston’s famous Handel and Haydn Society, and we’ll meet a Boston teenager so zealous about studying classical music, he managed to cram…

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music Guitar Quartet appeared on Show 301, recorded in San Francisco, CA, on February 14, 2015. Program bio from Show 301: San Francisco Conservatory of Music Guitar Quartet is coached by Scott Cmiel at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Its members include: 15-year-old Ashwin Krishna, from Los Altos, California, who…

The world-renowned cellist Matt Haimovitz returns to From the Top as the special guest artist of this week’s program from the San Francisco Conservatory. With the young performers on the program, Maestro Haimovitz performs a very unusual piece—a children’s musical storybook called “Angel Heart” with music by Luna Pearl Woolf — featuring the internationally best-selling…

Angela performed on Show 275, recorded in August 2013, at age 16. Angela Wee (violin), 16, is from Woodbury, New York where she attends Syosset High School. She studies piano with Masao Kawasaki at the Juilliard Pre-College division, where she also participates in the symphony. This is her fourth summer at the Aspen Music Festival…

From Stanford University, this week’s From the Top features an all-California crew of performers including an extraordinary 12-year-old guitarist from the Bay Area performing the music of Villa-Lobos, the San Francisco Girls Chorus singing a beautiful arrangement of a song from Joni Mitchell’s first album, and a funny story about a young pianist who found…

From the Top Show 271 was taped at the Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts in New Albany, Ohio in March 2013. Learn what the performers have to say about their musical performances. …

Six years after appearing on From the Top, 22-year-old alum Eliodoro Vallecillo is paying it forward in his hometown of Salinas, California. Through his own after-school music program and …

While taping in Athens, Georgia, From the Top performers visited with 25 students from Clarke Middle School to share what they love about music. The experience greatly affected one performer, who …

…many times, people in nursing homes might not have opportunities to listen and experience the passion of music…I [was able] to share the wonders of music with others and bring happiness in …

On this week’s episode of From the Top, host Christopher O’Riley interviews Broadway and television star Audra McDonald, touching on her musical beginnings, training at Juilliard, and …

“(This event) made me realize what kids can accomplish when given the necessary support from role models in their community. I feel honored to have had the opportunity to enrich the lives …