Event Calendar
From the Top with host Christopher O'Riley tapes its hit NPR show at its hometown concert hall at New England Conservatory in Boston, MA and celebrates 10 years on the air!
Tickets: $25/$20. Visit the Jordan Hall Box Office or Call 617-585-1260.
For group rates (8 or more), contact ticketing@fromthetop.org or 617-437-0707 x117 for more information.
Performers include:
Ted Babcock, 17-year-old percussionist from Wenham, MA performing VIII. March from Eight Pieces for Four Timpani by Elliott Carter; 16-year-old cellist James Kim, from Natick, MA, a recipient of From the Top’s $10,000 Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award; 11-year-old pianist Adria Ye from Lake Oswego, OR performing selections from Mendelssohn’s Songs Without Words; and baritone Sean Plumb, 17, from Los Angeles, CA singing I. Vagabond from Songs of Travel by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Special alumni guest violinist Maya Shankar, 23, performing Melody from Orpheus and Eurydice by Christoph von Gluck.
Not recommended for children under 7.
The 10th Anniversary From the Top Radio Tour heads to Salt Lake City!
Presented by Utah Chamber Artists and KBYU-FM, and sponsored in part by the University of Utah.
For tickets, call 800-581-7100 or visit kingtix.com.
Performers include:
17-year-old violist Jossalyn Jensen from Springville, UT performing Rhapsody by Tibor Serly; 15-year-old pianist Weiyi Le from Layton, UT performing the second movement from Three Movements from Stravinsky's Petrouchka; Salt Lake City's Gifted Music School Orchestra under the direction of Eugene Watanabe; John Ringor, a 15-year-old marimba player from Chicago, IL.
Not recommended for children under 7.
From the Top's 10th Anniversary Radio Taping Tour heads to Atlanta!
Presented by Emory University.
For tickets and info, visit arts.emory.edu.
Performers include: The Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra from Atlanta, GA; Music Two Share flute and piano duo featuring Hally Davidson,15, flute from McDonough, GA and Bryan Anderson, 16, piano from Stockbridge, GA; Xavier Foley, 15, double bass from Marietta, GA; Ming Wilson, 14, piano from Johnson City, TN; and From the Top 10th Anniversary Alumni Guest Performer Melissa White, violin, from Boston, MA, a member of the Harlem Quartet.
Not recommended for children under 7.
From the Top brings its 10th Anniversary Radio Taping Tour to Denison University's Swasey Chapel in Granville, OH.
Presented by the Vail Series.
For tickets and info visit vail.denison.edu
From the Top's 10th Anniversary Tour heads to Baylor University in Waco, TX!
Presented by KWBU
$20, $5 off for KWBU members
For tickets and info visit baylor.edu/Music/
Performers include:
16-year-old violinist and fiddling champ Mia Orosco from Lorena, TX; 15-year-old cellist Nathanial Smith from Brandon, MS; 17-year-old organist Samuel Gaskin from College Station, TX; 18-year-old pianist Vijay Venkatesh from Laguna Niguel, CA; and 17-year-old violinist Yurie Mitsuhashi from Fort Lee, NJ, a recipient of From the Top’s Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award.
Not recommended for children under the age of 7.
From the Top's 10th Anniversary Tour heads to Dallas, TX!
Presented by the AT&T Performing Arts Center
For tickets and info visit attpac.org.
Performers include:
15-year-old pianist Sahun “Sam” Hong from Fort Worth, TX; 14-year-old violist Isabella Markham from Dallas, TX, a recipient of From the Top’s $10,000 Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award; 15-year-old violinist Jenny Lee From Bloomington, IN; 16-year-old cellist John-Henry Crawford from Shreveport, LA; and members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Percussion Scholarship Group.
Not recommended for children under age 7.
From the Top brings its 10th Anniversary Tour to Stanford!
Presented by Stanford Lively Arts.
For tickets and info visit livelyartstickets.com.
Performers include:
An all Bay Area show with 13-year-old violinist Stephen Waarts from Los Altos; 16-year-old cellist Nathan Chan from Hillsborough; 16-year-old pianist Jade Huang from Granite Bay; and the 29-member Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Benjamin Simon.
Also featuring 10th Anniversary Alumni Guest Evan Premo, Double Bass, with Mary Bonhag, Soprano as Duo Borealis.
From the Top will hold live auditions at Mount Mercy College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa by appointment on December 12, 2009. To learn more and sign up for an audition slot call 617-437-0707 x134 or auditions@fromthetop.org before December 9. Audition slots will be filled on a first-come first serve basis. Recorded auditions are accepted on a rolling admissions basis and are encouraged for those unable to attend the Cedar Rapids audition. See fromthetop.org/content/be-show for more.
From the Top records a Martin Luther King, Jr. special with the Boston Children's Chorus.
This is a private event.
From the Top brings its 10th Anniversary Tour to the big island! This taping is part of an educational residency with Hawaii Public Radio.
For tickets and info visit hawaiipublicradio.org