About

Step inside the Access/VSA International Young Musicians Program, which highlights outstanding musicians with disabilities from around the world.Content Advisor/From the Top alum Julia LaGrand hosts this special episode recorded live at the Coolidge Auditorium of the Library of Congress in Washington, DC.

Guests

• Guest Host: Julia LaGrand
  Julia is is a violinist and disability activist and serves as Content Advisor/Associate Producer for From the Top's Musicians with Disabilities Initiative

Performers & Repertoire

• Saxophone Carter Doolittle from Inman, South Carolina

  La Muerte del Angel by Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992), arr. V. Kovalev and Z. Huang
• Soprano Jadyn Thompson from Grand Prairie, Texas

  5 Songs of Laurence Hope: III. Kashmiri Song by Harry T. Burleigh (1866-1949)
• Pianist Justin Kauflin

  Improvisations by Justin Kauflin (b. 1986)
• Cellist Dennis Fleitz from Lakeland, Florida

  Variazioni di Bravura by Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840), trans. Luigi Silva (1909–1961)
• Soprano Clara Adams from Hodges, South Carolina

  "A Little Bit in Love" from Wonderful Town by Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990), lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
• Composer/vocalist Valentina Koehler from Miami Beach, Florida

  A Little Bit by Valentina Koehler

Release Date

• Monday, December 7, 2026

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