Greg Anderson & Elizabeth Roe, of the Anderson and Roe Piano Duo, co-host From the Top on May 17th. They'll pair up with another piano duo for an eight hand arrangement of Grieg's In the Hall of the Mountain King.
5/3 From the Top celebrates the 125th Anniversary of the Walnut Hill School for the Arts. Guest host Lawrence Gilliard, Jr., known from his roles on The Wire and HBO's The Deuce, is also a fantastic clarinetist. He’ll introduce us to current students and a few illustrious alumni of Walnut Hill.
5/10 Recorded in the famed Hollywood Scoring Studio in Los Angeles, we’ll meet a brilliant young pianist who grew up in Hollywood enjoying film music so much that she founded her own multi-disciplinary arts collaborative at her high school. Also on the program is a heroic performance of a piece by Planel for horn, and a teenage violinist rocks Ravel's virtuosic Tzigane with guest host Peter Dugan.
5/17 Guest hosts Greg Anderson and Elizabeth Roe of the popular piano duo Anderson and Roe return as guest hosts in this episode recorded at the Center for the Arts at George Mason University. This week, we hear a thrilling performance from a teenage counter-tenor, and Anderson and Roe team up with a local piano duo for a powerful two-piano, eight hand arrangement of Grieg's In the Hall of the Mountain King.
5/24 Recorded in the Hollywood Scoring Studio in Los Angeles, we’ll feature a prize-winning string quartet who performs Mendelssohn's second string quartet, and a teenage saxophone player from Texas playing a virtuosic work by a 20th-century composer. Guest hosted by Peter Dugan.
5/31 From the Corson Auditorium at Interlochen Center for the Arts, we feature a cast made up entirely by students of the renowned high school. Film and television actor Damon Gupton is guest host and sets the stage for a young tubist who performs a virtuosic concerto backed by the full orchestra, a group of seven percussionists perform the aptly titled work Shared Space, and a 17-year-old cellist passionately performs a beautiful work by Tchaikovsky.
