Show 244: Listening Guide

From the Top’s broadcast for Show 244 was taped at the Dalton Center Recital Hall, Western University, in Kalamazoo, Michigan on Sunday, January 15, 2012. We asked our performers to tell us about the music they performed on the show: Marissa Uchimura, Piano, 17 Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 28 By: Sergei Prokofiev This [...]

Musical Therapy Turns to Technology

At From the Top, we recognize the benefits of musical therapy and find that there can be powerful healing in music (it’s powerful stuff!). But one composer at MIT is taking it to the next level: combining musical therapy with technology to help people with disabilities discover the joy of music, according to the Los [...]

Alum Jeremy Jordan Continues His Studies at Juilliard

We’ve recently received updates on alum Jeremy Jordan, a Chicago pianist who appeared on Show 083 in Norton, Massachusetts and again on Season 1, Episode 5 of From the Top at Carnegie Hall. Jeremy graduated from Juilliard last year and is now working on his master’s degree there. Jeremy has also performed at the Symphony [...]

2012 YoungArts Finalists – Lots of From the Top Alumni!

This week 152 young artists gathered in Miami for the 2012 YoungArts Week, a core program of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. Nine of them are current or soon-to-be From the Top alumni and include: Noah Dugan, trumpet – Show 235 Kimberly Hou, piano – Show 232 Sirena Huang, violin – Show [...]

Show 243: Listening Guide

From the Top’s broadcast for Show 243 was taped at the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Jamaica Plain, MA on Sunday December 18, 2011. We asked our performers to tell us about the music they performed on the show: Boston Children’s Chorus, featuring the Premier Choir & Young Men’s Ensemble “Alleluia,” by Randall Thompson [...]

Inside a Masterclass: Victoria Young’s Trip to Germany

11-year-old pianist and Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Victoria Young (Show 235 in Oklahoma City) just returned from an exciting trip to Germany! The Cooke scholarship allowed Victoria and her mom BeeLee to travel overseas so Victoria could attend a masterclass with Professor Inge Rosar. Professor Rosar is the organizer of the International Bach Competition [...]

Show 242: Listening Guide

This week’s From the Top’s broadcast (Show 242) was taped at the Lensic Performing Arts Center, in Santa Fe, on October 25, 2011. We asked our performers to tell us about the music they performed on the show: Hugo Kitano, piano, 16 IV. Finale: Presto non tango; Agitato from Piano Sonata No. 3  By: Frédéric [...]

Happy Holidays from all of us!

What a wonderful year it has been — rich in awe-inspiring acts of arts leadership, jaw-dropping performances, laughter, and the abundant promise of youth! From the Top thanks our fans for your support in helping us share this joy with millions around the world! Watch the video below to see just a few of our [...]

Center for the Development of Arts Leaders: Goddard House Update

Hello from CalTeamDelta!!! We are Maddie, Tiffany, Dante, John and Will. This past year we have been working at the Goddard House, an assisted living facility in Brookline as part of From the Top’s Year-Long Arts Leadership Program. “What are you doing at an assisted living facility?” one might ask. What probably pops into your [...]

Alum Adria Ye Selected to Play at White House!

Pianist Adria Ye, who performed on Show 201 in Boston, Massachusetts when she was 11, is flourishing as a freshman at Council Rock High School South in Pennsylvania. She plays a ton of instruments in her school’s orchestra: piano, marimba, xylophone, celesta, maracas, glockenspiel, and triangle! And now, Adria will be one of 26 members [...]

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