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This past Sunday in Brooklyn, NY, cellist and From the Top alum Patrick McGuire ran a 5k race with 22 fellow Juilliard musicians to help support the organization Music That Heals (MTH). Founded in 1997, MTH brings musicians into hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, and treatment centers to perform for seriously ill children and adults all [...]
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On Sunday, October 2 we’re taping a radio show in Boston at New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall. Among the diverse group of performers is 15-year-old pianist Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner, a musician with some very cool, international experiences under his belt. You can catch his interview with host Christopher O’Riley when the show airs November 28), but [...]
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From the Top’s Center for the Development of Arts Leaders (CDAL) Boston is back after the summer break! We’re shifting into high gear as we launch the second half of this yearlong pilot with renewed energy, passion and MUSIC! Working in teams with four mentors, 20 arts leaders (high school and early college musicians) have [...]
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We are hiring two full-time employees to join our Boston team – please help us spread the word! Institutional Gifts Director: Responsible for managing all institutional giving activities, including cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of an established portfolio of foundation, government, and corporate funders. The Director will prepare grant and sponsorship proposals, budgets, and follow-up reporting, [...]
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This guest post is from Brian Kaufman and Michael Reichman, co-recipients of From the Top’s 2010 Margaret Stewart Lindsay Arts Leadership Award, as they get ready to launch their new organization: So it’s been a while since our last update as Margaret Stewart Lindsay Arts Leadership Award recipients. We received original the grant for Musical [...]
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Hey classical musicians – do you like making people laugh? New York City’s classical music station, WQXR 105.9FM, encourages all humor-inclined classical musicians to enter their Classical Comedy Contest! Contestants (anyone who can mix comedy and classical music) must submit a five-minute video of their act by 11:59 PM on October 10. Finalists will perform [...]
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From the Top alum Emi Ferguson may have just had the performance of a lifetime! This past Sunday she joined musicians Yo-Yo Ma, Paul Simon, and James Taylor to perform at the 9/11 Memorial Service in New York, honoring those who died ten years ago. The flutist, who appeared on Show 121 in New York [...]
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Attention working musicians and composers! The non-profit Future of Music Coalition (FMC), a national organization dedicated to “education, research, and advocacy for musicians,” just released an online survey for musicians and composers regarding how they make money from music. We are helping FMC spread the word as they want to reach a wide range of [...]
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