Music and stories from America’s best young classical musicians.
Latest episodes
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27 min
Communicating Without Words
A teenage string quartet shares how their non-verbal communication is the secret sauce to their success. Plus a young cellist performs Mendelssohn’s moving Songs Without Words.See…
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34 min
Connection & Collaboration
When was the last time music made you feel like a part of something greater than yourself? This week, we meet teens who have a special passion for finding connection through music…
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26 min
Teens Champion Contemporary Music
Both teen artists on today’s program have forged meaningful connections with living composers: our teen cellist worked closely with composer José Elizondo on the piece he performs…
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36 min
Musical Jackpot
We hit the jackpot of incredible repertoire. A teen guitarist describes her Spanish-inspired work like a fiesta, a cellist with insights into physical and mental wellbeing brings f…
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37 min
Brahms and Tubas
A passionate young clarinetist performs Brahms and we meet a New England brass player with the fortitude to lug around two tubas at once.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about o…
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35 min
Musical Superpowers
A Georgia teen shares how the children’s cartoon “Little Einstein’s” influenced him to pick up the French Horn and speaks from the heart about the superpowers that come with playin…
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38 min
12 and Under Highlight Show
All of today’s young musicians are 12 or younger! Wipe your jaw off the floor and enjoy some truly memorable moments.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and us…
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28 min
Youngest of the Young Highlights Program
We’ve gone back in our archive to rediscover astonishing performances by some of the youngest performers (12 and under) to appear on From the Top! You’ll even hear a young violinis…
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1 h 03
Four Hands Piano & Atlanta Music Project
Clarinetist Alex Laing joins Peter Dugan at the Atlanta Music Project for a program featuring musicians from Georgia! We hear the fantastic Atlanta Music Project Senior Youth Choir…
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32 min
The Swan & More from Michigan: Part II
We meet a violist with a love for Formula One racing who gives an evocative performance of Schumann. We hear a conversation between a teen clarinetist and his mentor, the principal…
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36 min
The Swan & More from Michigan: Part I
A talented 12-year-old cellist performs The Swan by Saint-Saëns, a flutist with a passion for marine biology plays a dreamy Fantasie by Hüe, and the winner of Interlochen Arts Acad…
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36 min
Mozart, Kreisler, and Schubert: Part II
We meet a percussionist from the famous LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts who gives a tour of the marimba to Peter Dugan, a 13-year-old cellist who loves both ballet an…
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37 min
Mozart, Kreisler, and Schubert: Part I
A teen quartet plays Mozart, a 15-year-old flutist shares why her instrument is a dependable friend, and a violinist plays a Kreisler arrangement and draws connections between scie…
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30 min
Let’s Get Together: Texas Youth Orchestra & More
Peter collaborates with a 16-year-old violinist on an elegant rag. We hear Poulenc's trio for oboe, bassoon, and piano and meet one of Texas’ premier high school orchestras who per…
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29 min
Let’s Get Together: Rachmaninoff to Barber
How does ensemble size and instrumentation shape the listening experience? We hear from a 14-year-old violinist who feels passionately about music-making, meet a teen pianist who t…
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48 min
Chopin, Guitar Quartet & More from Minnesota: Part II
We hear from a teenage guitar quartet playing a lively Brazilian piece, an oboist playing a new work by composer Reena Esmail, and a violinist who imagines herself in Brahms’ world…
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39 min
Chopin, Guitar Quartet & More from Minnesota: Part I
We meet a 14-year-old pianist playing a Chopin Scherzo, a classical cellist who also plays rock covers, and a young trumpeter who gives insight into the physicality of playing his…
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25 min
Viola Power and a Young Pianist
An 11-year-old pianist knocks our socks off with Chopin Etudes and we hear from an all-viola quartet on a mission to spread the beauty of the viola to the world.See pcm.adswizz.com…
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40 min
Countertenor’s Lullaby and an Irish Violist
A teen pianist plays Scriabin, an Irish American violist explores classical and Celtic fiddling, and a countertenor sings a gorgeous lullaby.See pcm.adswizz.com for information abo…
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31 min
Kreisler and Childhood on a Farm
What happens when a young violin virtuoso feeds classical music into artificial intelligence? She uncovers some of AI's secrets and shares her scorching rendition of a Kreisler com…