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This week’s From the Top’s broadcast (Show 248) was taped at Weber State University’s Austad Auditorium in Ogden, Utah on Thursday, March 8, 2012. We asked our performers to tell us about the music they performed on the show: Nick Tisherman, oboe, 17 I. Allegro from Sonata in F major, KV 370 By: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart I like to […]

For many around the world Easter is an important date on the religious calendar. And for music lovers it’s an opportunity to experience some of the most beautiful music ever written. Perhaps above all, the St. John and St. Matthew Passions of Johann Sebastian Bach. Recently our music producer, Tom Vignieri, added a work of […]

Cellist Bihn Park recently informed us that on April 14 he’ll be performing with the Philadelphia Orchestra in a concert  featuring conductor Cristian Macelaru and composer Nathaniel Stookey. The concert includes pieces by Dvorák and Stookey’s narration of his own work, The Composer is Dead. You can find out more about the concert and buy tickets here–the performance […]

Hello everyone! Sorry to be a bit behind with blogging – we’ve been in the middle of a whirlwind spring tour, and now that we’re back home and settled in Boston for a bit I’m ready to catch you up. A little over a week ago we were in Carmel, Indiana to tape a show […]

17-year-old From the Top alum Conrad Tao is one to watch!  In addition to being profiled in the current issue of New York Magazine, Conrad’s first commercially available release is now on iTunes! His work is featured as part of “The Juilliard Sessions”–a series of CDs that’s a collaboration between Juilliard and EMI Classics that […]

We need your help to better understand what our fans think about From the Top.   We hope you will agree to participate in this research project. Getting a large and representative sample of responders is critical to the reliability and success of this survey. From the Top will only see the aggregate results of […]

Soprano Andrea Carroll, who performed on Show #172 at Daytona Beach, Florida in 2008, has more on her plate than her studies at the Manhattan School of Music. As a 2012 Filene Young Artist she will play Zerlina in the Wolf Trap Opera Company’s production of Don Giovanni this summer, and will also take the […]

We were in Ogden, Utah last week to tape a show at Weber State University’s Austad Auditorium.  Ogden was gorgeous, surrounded by beautiful snow-capped mountains. The taping included some truly outstanding performances. Opening the show was 17-year-old oboist Nick Tisherman who played Mozart and went on to talk about his clarinet-playing family and the challenges […]

On a recent episode of From the Top, the show explored the struggles and successes of two teenage musicians who have faced learning disabilities. Told through the personal stories of 18-year-old violinist Carson Marshall and 17-year-old violist Alexia DelGiudice, this piece is sure to provoke and encourage those facing the same challenges. Listen to these […]

From the Top’s broadcast for Show 247 was taped in the Studzinski Recital Hall at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine on Wednesday, February 29, 2012. We asked our performers to tell us about the music they performed on the show: Gloria Ferry-Brennan, violin, 15  I. Allegro con fuoco from Violin Sonata, Op. 119 By: Francis […]

Last week we taped a show at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. The show was taped in a converted recital hall that used to house the college’s swimming pool. The architects made sure to keep playful vestiges of the past, such as a sign at the stage entrance that reads, “Please make sure to shower […]

From the Top’s Show 246 was taped at Carnegie Music Hall in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Tuesday, February 14, 2012, in celebration of the 100th anniversary celebration of Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Music. Check out their video scrapbook! We asked our performers to tell us about the music they performed on the show: Grant Jameson, […]

When From the Top is out on the road taping our radio broadcasts, we make it a community experience. In addition to filling concert halls, we bring our performers to visit schools and community centers to share the power of music. Our performers are wonderful role models for the value of hard work, focus, and […]

From the Top’s Show 245 was taped at New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall in Boston, Massachusetts on Saturday, February 4, 2012. We asked our performers to tell us about the music they performed on the show: Gordon Neidinger, Mandolin, 17 Doina and Variations of the E-Flat Sirba By: Charles Rappaport I think the most important thing […]

If you followed all of the Grammy news from this past week, you may have heard that Robert Aldridge won the Grammy for best contemporary classical composition. As it turns out, he’s the father of alumna Micaela Aldridge, who recently performed an excerpt from his opera on From the Top’s Show 242 in Santa Fe, […]

Hi everyone! We’re back from Pittsburgh where we taped our show in Carnegie Music Hall at Carnegie Mellon University, in celebration of their School of Music’s 100th anniversary. Did you know that Christopher O’Riley grew up in Pittsburgh? His family was friends with another famed Pittsburgh resident – children’s television legend Fred Rogers – and […]

Recently on Highlight Show 019, we hinted at an overarching concern in the musical world with composer Gunther Schuller: where has the spark in technically “perfect” musicians gone? Has it died out, or is it just dwindling? One of our listeners writes that he asked this question of his daughter, an opera singer and pianist, […]

We recently heard that the South Florida Classical Review gave alum Nadine Sierra a glowing review for her performance with the Florida Grand Opera, saying she brings a “gleaming voice” to her role in Rigoletto. Nadine, who first appeared on Show 095 in Atlanta, Georgia at 15 and again on Show 213 in Burlington, Vermont, […]

When Ray Ushikubo was on our show last year at the tender age of nine he wowed the audience with a jaw-dropping performance of Frédéric Chopin’s Grand Valse Brilliant, Op. 18. Recently we heard from Ray with some exciting updates. In January, he performed from Beethoven’s Piano Concert No. 1 with the Young Musicians Foundation’s […]

This past weekend we taped a wonderful show at our home base, New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall in Boston. We featured five fantastic teenage musicians who were warmly welcomed by the hometown crowd. First up was 17-year-old mandolin player Gordon Neidinger who performed an energetic piece called “Doina and Variations on the E-flat Sirba” written […]