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In early November, From the Top spent a whirlwind week in Texas with radio tapings and school visits in Waco and Dallas. From the Top alumni and brother and sister team Robbie, 18, violin, and Allie Switala, 16, violin from Grapevine, TX, launched our Texas road shows with a visit to Lakeview Middle School in [...]
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On November 12, From the Top visited the G.W. Carver Academy in Waco, TX with performers Nathaniel Smith, 15, cello, Mia Orosco, 16, fiddle, and Simon Stipp, guitar. The 50 middle school students were engaged from the moment the musicians walked in to the classroom, pressing them with television theme song requests and questions about [...]
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To all our alums, keep sending us your news, and have a wonderful Thanksgiving! Congratulations to violinist Caroline Goulding (TV#103, Radio #s 189, 164, 142) and pianist Charlie Albright (Show #66) on becoming First Prize Winners of the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in New York this weekend. An upcoming performance by the Bucks County [...]
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Our heartfelt condolences go out to our amazing producer Tom Voegeli and his family on the passing of his father, Don Voegeli. He was 89. Don was a pianist and composer, who wrote classical, jazz and experimental music. He taught in the music department at University of Wisconsin. He was also known for writing the [...]
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In early November, From the Top provided two Atlanta middle schools with an interactive demonstration before taping a From the Top broadcast at Emory University’s Schwartz Center. We brought Hally Davidson, 15, flute, from McDonough, GA and Bryan Anderson, 16, piano, from Stockbridge, GA, members of the flute and piano duo “Music Two Share”, to [...]
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As if you needed any more reasons to support the arts in schools! According to a study by the Center for Arts Education, New York City high schools that offer the most access to arts education have higher graduation rates than schools that offer the least access to quality arts instruction. According to the report: [...]
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Community MusicWorks (CMW) Fellowship Program is an opportunity for young professional violinists, violists, and cellists to spend two years performing, teaching, and mentoring alongside the Providence String Quartet in urban neighborhoods of Providence, Rhode Island. CMW is seeking qualified VIOLISTS and CELLISTS to apply by DECEMBER 1 for September 2010 through June 2012 fellowships. What [...]
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Chamber Music Hawaii and the Musicians of the Honolulu Symphony have announced that Christopher O’Riley will perform a benefit recital on behalf of the Honolulu Symphony musicians on Sunday, November 29, 2009. Christopher was originally scheduled to perform as a soloist with the Honolulu Symphony in concerts at the end of this month, when it [...]
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This summer, three From the Top alumni Ren Martin-Doike, 18, violin/viola, Zoe Martin-Doike, 19, violin, and Nathan Vickery, 19, cello participated in a whirlwind two-week nine concert tour with the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music pre-college Virtuosi. Ren sent us a great write-up of her trip with this 9-member chamber ensemble and their coaching [...]
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