Three From the Top Alums are Sphinx Competition Semi-Finalists!

The semi-finalists for the 14th annual Sphinx Competition have been announced, and among them are several From the Top alums! The Sphinx Organization is a non profit that works to “overcome the cultural stereotype of classical music, and to encourage the participation of Blacks and Latinos in the field.” Each year their competition gives diverse [...]

From the Top Alums are YouTube Symphony Finalists!

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 [...]

Alum Clifton Williams Performs in Boston

From the Top alum and Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Clifton Williams will give a performance in Boston next week! You may remember this young pianist from Show 195 in Boston in March 2009, where he performed Suggestion Diabolique by Sergei Prokofiev. Next Monday Clifton will join the Berklee College of Music’s Reverance Gospel Ensemble and [...]

Alum Alice Ivy-Pemberton Raises Money for Haiti

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 [...]

Alum Bryanne Presley Performs with Simon Estes!

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, [...]

Alumni Musical Mavericks!

This week’s radio show is a special “Alumni Musical Mavericks” episode where we hear from several From the Top alums who have continued their music and done some really cool things. The show includes a violist who hosts her own exciting radio show in New York, an award winning composer, a concert pianist and more. [...]

Alums Hailey Markman and Tim Callobre Collaborate

We just got wind of a cool From the Top alum collaboration. Soprano Hailey Markman (Show 209 in Waimea, Hawaii) got to know guitarist Tim Callobre (Shows 090 in Lubbock, Texas and 150 in Malibu, California and From the Top at Carnegie Hall) after a From the Top fundraiser in Los Angeles, and they ended [...]

Transitioning to College – Article by Alum Caeli Smith

From the Top alum and Roving Report Caeli Smith recently wrote a great blog for Juilliard’s Office of Admissions. Caeli’s a first-year violinist at Juilliard, and in this piece she talks about the transition from pre-college to college. Below is a short excerpt. To read more, click over to the Office of Admissions Blog. During [...]

John-Henry Crawford Performs at City Center Academy in Philadelphia

This past May From the Top alum and cellist John-Henry Crawford (Show 206 in Dallas, TX and Show 219 in St. Paul, MN) performed with Dr. Hung Sung, a collaborative pianist for the Curtis Institute of Music, at the City Center Academy (a high school) in Philadelphia, PA. John-Henry said “I wanted to do this [...]

Spotlight on Violist Nadia Sirota

Today we’re turning the spotlight on From the Top alum and violist Nadia Sirota. Nadia initially appeared on From the Top during our first season - Show 013 to be exact – which we taped at Symphony Hall in Boston on March 4, 2000.  She performed the Viola Sonata, Mvt. Impetuoso by Rebecca Clarke. Later that same [...]

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