NPR’s From the Top with Host Christopher O’Riley: Interlochen, Michigan / 303

About

This week’s From the Top features students studying at one of America’s most famous training programs for young musicians—the Interlochen Arts Academy—in rural Michigan. We meet the winners of the Academy’s concerto competition, and the mighty Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra, directed by Dr. Carolyn Watson, performs a world premiere inspired by the story of The Three Musketeers.

Performers & Repertoire

• Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra, directed by Dr. Carolyn Watson

  "Die Moldau"from Má vlast by Bedřich Smetana
• Kennedy Wallace, 17, flute

  The fourth movement, Allegro con moto, from Sonata for Flute and Piano, Op. 14 by Robert Muczynski, with Christopher O'Riley, piano.
• Sara Han, 17, clarinet

  Introduction, Theme and Variations by Gioacchino Rossini with Christopher O'Riley
• J.T. Hassell, 18, piano

  The third movement, Allegro vivace, from the Piano Concerto No. 3 in E major, Sz. 119 by Béla Bartók, with the Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra, directed by Dr. Carolyn Watson
• Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra, directed by Dr. Carolyn Watson

  The Three Musketeers, A Play for Instruments (world premiere performance), by Michael Thurber (From the Top and Interlochen Arts Academy alum)
• Charles Yang, violin

  Featured soloist in The Three Musketeers, A Play for Instruments (world premiere performance)
• Kris Bowers, piano

  Featured soloist in The Three Musketeers, A Play for Instruments (world premiere performance)
• Mark Dover, clarinet

  Featured soloist in The Three Musketeers, A Play for Instruments (world premiere performance)
• Michael Thurber, composer and bass

  Featured soloist in The Three Musketeers, A Play for Instruments (world premiere performance)
• Christopher Colby, 17, bass trombone

  "Die Moldau"from Má vlast by Bedřich Smetana ; The Three Musketeers, A Play for Instruments (world premiere performance), by Michael Thurber (From the Top and Interlochen Arts Academy alum)

Release Dates

• Monday, April 20, 2015
• Monday, October 12, 2015
• Monday, August 1, 2016

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The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation

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