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Symphony in C, a New Jersey symphony training orchestra, just announced its appointment of From the Top alum Megan Emigh as Principal Flautist beginning this season! Megan has appeared twice on From the Top, first on Show 070 in New York, New York and again on Show 085 in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Megan recently graduated [...]
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We just received some updates from pianist/composer Neara Russell, who appeared on Show 132 in Boston, Massachusetts. Neara graduated from Berklee College of Music this year with a dual degree in Composition & Piano/Voice Performance. She has been a featured soloist in the Berklee Performance Center, Steinert Hall, Institute of Contemporary Art, Agganis Arena, and [...]
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We are really excited to announce that multiple From the Top alums have made it to the final round of the YouTube Symphony Orchestra! Voting ends tomorrow so please click over and vote for our alums (links below). The YouTube Symphony Orchestra is a global endeavor devoted to sharing the love of music and celebrating [...]
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From the Top alum and violinist Alice Ivy-Pemberton (Show #174 in Boston, Massachusetts) recently raised a couple thousand dollars for schools in Haiti! Alice gave a solo benefit recital at the Grace Episcopal Church in Amherst, Massachusetts on Sunday, November 21. The concert raised almost $2,000 for St. Matthew’s School in Bayonnais, Haiti – enough [...]
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From the Top Alum Bryanne Presley, oboist from Nevada, Iowa, participated in two performances with renowned opera singer Simon Estes as part of his Roots and Wings tour. The Roots and Wings tour has a goal to provide outreach to all ninety-nine counties in Iowa and raise funds for the Simon Estes Iowa Educational Foundation, [...]
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Currently the 10th International Sibelius Violin Competition is taking place in Helsinki, Finland and two From the Top alums are among the six international finalists! First and Second round competitors also includes From the Top alums Eunice Keem, Elly Suh and Stephen Kim. This is really exciting for Emma Steele and Nancy Zhou – the Sibelius [...]
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From the Top alum and violinist Stephen Waarts, who appeared on Show 207 in Stanford, California, recently won one of the two first place prizes in Division 1 of the International LOUIS SPOHR Competition for Young Violinists in Weimar, Germany! Stephen also received a special award for the best interpretation of a romantic concerto, in all divisions. [...]
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Very exciting news just in – over the weekend alums George Li (age 15, piano) and Benjamin Beilman (age 20, violin) both won first prize at the Young Concert Artists (YCA) International Auditions in New York! This is an incredible accomplishment and we are very proud of George and Benjamin. This year the YCA International Auditions started with [...]
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From the Top alum and harpist Sage Po will appear in an upcoming PBS documentary called “My Musical Life.” This film is about the lives of Sage and four of her fellow young musicians who are part of the Music in the Mountains (MIM) Young Composers Program in Nevada County, California. The MIM Young Composers [...]
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Just got some great news from Pianist Michael Brown, who appeared on Show 109 in Lancaster, PA in November of 2004. He just won first prize in the prestigious 2010 Concert Artists Guild (CAG) competition in New York! The CAG’s mission is to discover, nurture and promote young musicians. What’s especially cool about this concert is that winners [...]
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