NPR's Presents the Heifetz International
Music Institute!
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Watch a "Behind the Scenes" video made by a Institute student Caeli Smith
National Public Radio's "From the Top" returned to New Hampshire for the second year to record a program at the Heifetz International Music Institute on July 8.
Institute students Ben Fried (age 17), cello, Alexi Kenney (age 15), violin, Deberly Kauffman (age 16), viola, Caeli Smith (age 17) violin, Julian Langford (age 17), cello, Alena Merimee (age 16) violin, and Clayton Penrose-Whitmore (age 16), violin, performed with "From the Top" host Christopher O'Riley on piano. NPR will broadcast "From the Top at Heifetz" nationwide from October 5-18, 2009. A second broadcast has been scheduled for March, 2010. To find your local stations and dates, please click here.
Institute students with Daniel Heifetz, Founder/Director of the Heifetz Institute, and Gerald Slavet, co-CEO & Executive Producer of From the Top
Previous Broadcast:
October 23-October 30, 2008 and February 18-February 23, 2009
National Public Radio’s program From the Top at Heifetz was broadcast nationwide during the week of October 23, 2008 and the week of February 21, 2009.
In July 2008, the Heifetz International Music Institute was delighted to host From the Top for the very first time in New Hampshire. A selection of the Institute’s most gifted students were spotlighted in this taping of Christopher O’Riley’s popular radio show.
Institute students Benji Bae (age 16), violin, Rainer Crosett (age 16), cello, Alex Grimes (age 17), viola, Annie Chen (age 17), violin, Leah Nelson (age 16), violin, and Clare Monfredo (age 17), cello, performed with “From the Top” host Christopher O’Riley on piano. NPR will broadcast “From the Top at Heifetz” nationwide in the week of October 23, 2008 and the week of February 18, 2009. Click here for a list of cities and stations.
We hope you will join us for this exciting program and enjoy performances by our wonderful students!
Applicants to the Heifetz Institute under the age of 18 are encouraged to audition for next year's radio broadcast.
**Applicants should indicate on the "From the Top!" application that they are also applying to the Heifetz Institute.**
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From the Top is a non-profit organization that creates multi-media platforms to encourage and celebrate the commitment of young people to music and the arts. Their weekly radio showcase of America's top young classical musicians is hosted by acclaimed pianist Christopher O’Riley and is distributed by NPR to 250 stations nationwide, and sponsored by UBS. From the Top reaches 750,000 loyal listeners each week.