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From the Top alums Simone Porter and Arianna Körting have just been named 2011 Davidson Fellows! Each year the Davidson Fellows Scholarship program awards $50,000, $25,000 and $10,000 scholarships to extraordinary young people, 18 and under, who have completed a significant piece of work in the fields of science, technology, mathematics, music or literature. “The Davidson [...]
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If you listen to Alabama Public Radio, you’re in for a treat! Effective Thursday, September 1, Alabama Public Radio (WUAL-91.5 FM, Tuscaloosa, AL) will add From the Top, Thursdays from 7-9 p.m., Central time. In addition to airing the weekly show at 7 p.m., APR will also air an archived program at 8 p.m. So [...]
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Summer updates from our alumni keep pouring in – this time we heard from 13-year-old pianist Michael Davidman, who appeared on Show 234 in Virginia Beach this past May. On August 7, Michael won first prize in the Mary Smart Concerto Competition at the Summit Music Festival! He performed Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in [...]
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18-year-old Mezzo Soprano and Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Samantha Hankey visited her old school, Eames Way Elementary, to put a new spin on classical music for younger kids. Over 150 third through fifth grade students were in the audience! After a program with music from Mozart to Amazing Grace, Samantha talked about how music [...]
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We are thrilled to announce that Driven: Six Incredible Musical Journeys by Nick Romeo is now available on Amazon! Over the past few months we’ve been working with Mr. Romeo to publish this book, which follows the musical careers of six exceptional From the Top alumni: violinist Charles Yang, soprano Nadine Sierra, pianist Greg Anderson, trumpet player Matthew Muckey, [...]
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For From the Top alum Stephen Waarts (Show 207 in Stanford, CA), this has been one musical summer, chock-full of performances! In early June he performed Mendelssohn Concerto in E minor with Silicon Valley Symphony in California – See Stephen in action below. On June 15 Stephen left California for a two month musical journey that [...]
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Two-time From the Top alum Katherine Siochi recently received one of the best emails of her life – an acceptance to The Juilliard School for this fall! Katherine, who appeared on Show 197 in Cedar Rapids and Show 214 in Iowa City, was driving in the car with her mom when she got the email. [...]
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A big congratulations to accordionist Danielle Renzi (Show 229 in Cedar Falls, Iowa) who won the Roland National Electronic Accordion Championship on July 29! The competition, which was held in Orlando, Florida, featured ten of the best young American accordionists. It was hosted by Chris Halon, Roland US Director of Product Management. The Accordion USA website [...]
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