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At From the Top, we recognize the benefits of musical therapy and find that there can be powerful healing in music (it’s powerful stuff!). But one composer at MIT is taking it to the next level: combining musical therapy with technology to help people with disabilities discover the joy of music, according to the Los […]

Greeting from Kalamazoo, Michigan, where we just taped a show at the Western Michigan University School of Music. It was a wonderful show with one of the most exuberant live audiences ever. Kicking off the fun was local pianist, 17-year-old Marissa Uchimura, who performed Prokofiev’s Sonata No.3 in A minor Op.28 and spoke with Chris […]

This week 152 young artists gathered in Miami for the 2012 YoungArts Week, a core program of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. Nine of them are current or soon-to-be From the Top alumni and include: Noah Dugan, trumpet – Show 235 Kimberly Hou, piano – Show 232 Sirena Huang, violin – Show […]

From the Top’s broadcast for Show 243 was taped at the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Jamaica Plain, MA on Sunday December 18, 2011. We asked our performers to tell us about the music they performed on the show: Boston Children’s Chorus, featuring the Premier Choir & Young Men’s Ensemble “Alleluia,” by Randall Thompson […]

11-year-old pianist and Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Victoria Young (Show 235 in Oklahoma City) just returned from an exciting trip to Germany! The Cooke scholarship allowed Victoria and her mom BeeLee to travel overseas so Victoria could attend a masterclass with Professor Inge Rosar. Professor Rosar is the organizer of the International Bach Competition […]

Hello everyone, and Happy New Year! I wanted to tell you about a special show we taped recently at the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Boston to celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. It was a wonderfully moving show, filled with exceptional performances and stories. It featured the superb Boston Children’s Chorus […]

This week’s From the Top’s broadcast (Show 242) was taped at the Lensic Performing Arts Center, in Santa Fe, on October 25, 2011. We asked our performers to tell us about the music they performed on the show: Hugo Kitano, piano, 16 IV. Finale: Presto non tango; Agitato from Piano Sonata No. 3  By: Frédéric […]

What a wonderful year it has been — rich in awe-inspiring acts of arts leadership, jaw-dropping performances, laughter, and the abundant promise of youth! From the Top thanks our fans for your support in helping us share this joy with millions around the world! Watch the video below to see just a few of our […]

Hello from CalTeamDelta!!! We are Maddie, Tiffany, Dante, John and Will. This past year we have been working at the Goddard House, an assisted living facility in Brookline as part of From the Top’s Year-Long Arts Leadership Program. “What are you doing at an assisted living facility?” one might ask. What probably pops into your […]

Pianist Adria Ye, who performed on Show 201 in Boston, Massachusetts when she was 11, is flourishing as a freshman at Council Rock High School South in Pennsylvania. She plays a ton of instruments in her school’s orchestra: piano, marimba, xylophone, celesta, maracas, glockenspiel, and triangle! And now, Adria will be one of 26 members […]

A recent fan comment inspired this next installment in The Parents’ Perspective. A few weeks ago, Jenni asked us: “How do you handle a child who is very gifted musically but hates it? My 13 year old son hates to practice and has no real desire or motivation to excel, but has a talent and […]

We recently heard from alum Lauren Chipman, a violist who first performed on Show 041 in Austin, Texas at age 17 (and later on Show 046 in Boston, Massachusetts and was a 10th anniversary alumni performer on Show 204 in Granville, Ohio). It turns out that things are going very well for her in Los […]

What do musicians and athletes have in common? A better ability in processing spatial information, according to a study at the University of Regensburg Institute of Sport Science in Germany. Miller-McCune reports that the study took 120 participants: 40 musicians, 40 athletes, and 40 “education” students who didn’t play an instrument or sport. The participants […]

With praise from the New York Times and the BBC Music Magazine, pianist and From the Top alum Natasha Paremski has been making a name for herself! Her debut recital album, featuring works by Kahane, Prokofiev, and Brahms, was released November 8 and made the top 10 in the Billboard Classical Charts! Natasha performed on […]

We are thrilled to announce that From the Top will travel to Bogota, Colombia in May, 2012 to record a radio show! Our Co-CEO/Executive Producer Jerry Slavet and Tour Producer David Balsom just spent an amazing few days there, setting things in motion. Here’s a recap from David: The first question everyone asks is “why […]

It’s been a while since violinist Siwoo Kim was on Show 159 in Columbus, Ohio in 2007. Now, Siwoo tells us he’s a senior at The Juilliard School and it seems like he’s becoming a flourishing performer! As the winner of  Juilliard’s violin concerto competition, he will be performing Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5 with […]

18-year-old pianist and Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Yifan Wu wanted to find a way to reach out to the elderly in his hometown of Flushing, New York. He was introduced to the Korean American Senior Center, and reached out to their event coordinator in hopes of taking part in one of their weekly programs […]

Each year gifted string musicians under the age of 20 compete in the Stulberg International String Competition for a chance to win performance opportunities and cash prizes. The 2011 Gold Medal winner was From the Top alum Austin Huntington (Show 239 in Ocean City, NJ), and he received $5,000 and an orchestral performance! The 2012 […]

Last month we posted information about alum George Li’s Boston debut recital at Jordan Hall on October 29–one of the recitals awarded him as the first place winner of the Young Concert Artist International Auditions. But we’ve only just caught wind of the wonderful reviews that Li’s tour through Boston, New York, and Washington, D.C. […]

From the Top’s broadcast for Show 239 was taped in on the Music Pier in Ocean City, New Jersey on Wednesday, August 31, 2011. We asked our performers to tell us about the music they performed on the show: Amy Semes, 16, Violin I. Allegro Moderato from Violin Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op […]