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On May 21st cellist and From the Top alum Oliver Aldort (Show 126 in Boston) gave a recital in Miami Beach, Florida as part of the Miami International Piano Festival. Below is a video excerpt from Oliver’s performance, featuring the Chopin Sonata. This summer Oliver will attend the Tanglewood Summer Festival Program, and in the [...]
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Hi everyone! Last week we were in Oklahoma City, where we taped an episode of the radio show at Kirkpatrick Auditorium on the beautiful campus of Oklahoma City University. We stayed at a gorgeous hotel, which happened to have a bright red grand piano in the lobby, right outside of a sports bar, and it [...]
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This past weekend, From the Top taped a radio show at Oklahoma City University’s Kirkpatrick Auditorium. This show featured four stellar soloists, as well as a 50-person youth chorale! Our four instrumentalists and two of the choir members joined us the next morning for the Arts Leadership Orientation, where we explored the ways that music [...]
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Beginning this summer, The Boston Conservatory introduces a new two-week High School Composition Intensive for students ages 15-18 who are serious about music composition. Program Director Andy Vores has teamed up with the QX String Quartet to give young composers the opportunity to work with professional musicians and have their pieces played by a professional [...]
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This just in from double bassist Emily Brown (Show 230 in Monterey, California): She snagged second prize in the Robert Avalon International Competition for Composers! Aside from being a superb double bass player, it seems like Emily also has a talent for composition. She entered the contest with her first composition ever, a piece for [...]
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Pianist Thomas Steigerwald, who performed on Show 185 in San Antonio, Texas, will be attending Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York this fall. Thomas will be studying with Douglas Humpherys and has received the highest level of scholarship that Eastman offers! As the winner of the 2011 Future Stars Competition, Thomas will be [...]
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We’re back in Boston for a short stretch following our taping last week at the beautiful Sandler Center for the Performing Arts in Virginia Beach, where we met six terrific teenage performers. Kicking off the show was a cello duo comprised of 17-year-old Naomi Benecasa and 18-year-old Richard Mazuski. They performed from Menotti’s Suite for [...]
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For the past few months, From the Top has been hard at work launching our Center for the Development of Arts Leaders (CDAL)! This blog is the fourth in a series written by Linda Gerstle, Director of Education and Community Partnerships, chronicling the pilot year of this program. You can read the first post here, [...]
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Last week, From the Top taped a radio show at the Sandler Center for the Performing Arts in sunny Virginia Beach. We were joined by six young artists from across the country for a phenomenal performance! The next day, all of our performers took part in the Arts Leadership Orientation, where they explored the power [...]
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