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This guest post is from Brian Kaufman and Michael Reichman, recipients of From the Top’s Margaret Stewart Lindsay Arts Leadership Award. It is the first of a series of updates about their project: Musical Diplomacy. Hi everyone! Brian Kaufman and Michael Reichman here at New England Conservatory in Boston! We are both really interested in [...]
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This morning we were heartbroken to learn that one of our alumni, pianist Emily Stearns, lost her battle with acute leukemia. Emily touched all of us at From the Top with her passion, humor, quirkiness, and amazing musical talent. A native of Butte, Montana and a recipient of From the Top’s Jack Kent Cooke Young [...]
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The Menuhin Competition was held last week in Oslo, Norway and as usual From the Top alumni came out on top! The Menuhin is an international competition open to violinists of all nationalities under the age of 22 and is one of the most prestigious music competitions in the world. In 2008 (the competition is [...]
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Kids teaching other kids—what could be more powerful? That’s exactly what happens every Wednesday afternoon at Phillips Academy in Andover, MA, when elementary and middle school students from the Lawrence Family Development and Education Fund Charter School and the Leonard School in Lawrence, MA arrive for free instrumental lessons, taught by Phillips Academy students through [...]
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Violinist Jenny Lee and violist Ren Martin-Doike, both of Bloomington, Indiana, are the two winners of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra’s Side-By-Side Concerto Competition. On April 21, Jenny will perform the fourth movement of Max Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy and Ren will perform the first movement of William Walton’s Viola Concerto with the ISO at the Hilbert [...]
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We are pleased to announce the first recipients of the Margaret Stewart Lindsay Arts Leadership Awards, a new program that encourages high school and collegiate musicians to give back to their communities through the arts. Through this program, From the Top will provide grants and mentoring for three community projects this year. A shared grant [...]
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- by Lauren Chipman “Look at her hair!” “I think she’s in a rock band.” “Whoa….” I don’t look like your typical classical musician getting ready to work with a group of 4th grade violinists, but my appearance reflects who I am and what I do for a living. I lead a very eclectic life [...]
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Today is National Arts Advocacy Day! Our friends at Americans for the Arts have organized hundreds of dedicated arts supporters from across the country to come together in Washington, DC to tell Capitol Hill how important culture is to our communities, how much arts education means to our children, and how much the arts improve [...]
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Last week, From the Top alums Nathan Chan, 16 (Radio show #207) and Simone Porter, 13, (radio show #165 and From the Top at Carnegie Hall‘s Episode 206) performed with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of 17-year-old conductor Alexander Prior. The concert was held at the Barbican in London and raised money for [...]
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