From the Top

Saturdays at 5 p.m. and Thursdays at 6 p.m. on Classical IPR

Presenting five high-caliber performances each hour, along with interviews, sketches and games, revealing the heart and soul behind extraordinary young musicians. From the Top is taped before live audiences in concert halls from Boston to Honolulu.

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Interlochen students featured on this week's From the Top

By • May 29, 2020
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This week, the nationally syndicated classical music program From the Top features an episode recorded at Interlochen Center for the Arts and featuring Interlochen Arts Academy students.

The program, recorded in March 2019, was hosted by actor and conductor Damon Gupton with pianist Michelle Cann. 

Student soloists include tubist JunMing Wen, cellist Esther Chae and bassoonist Luis Marquez Teruel.

The Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra and Percussion Ensemble were also featured.

Interlochen Arts Academy's 'From the Top' hopefuls

By Nancy Deneen • Mar 31, 2020

Many young classical musicians hope to one day be featured on From the Top.

A number of Interlochen Arts Academy students auditioned for the program, which was to be recorded in March at Interlochen.

The public event and recording was canceled, but Classical IPR will be sharing these students' audition recordings with our listeners.

Classical IPR welcomes From the Top to Interlochen Arts Academy

By • Mar 11, 2019

On Friday, March 15 at 7:30 p.m., NPR's From the Top will tape an episode at Interlochen Center for the Arts.  From the Top is a non-profit organization dedicated to celebrating the stories, talents, and character of young classically-trained musicians. 

Michael Thurber bends genre, debuts 'Musketeers' at Interlochen

By David Cassleman • Mar 10, 2015
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Michael Thurber – composer, musician and Interlochen alum – experiments with music. He bends genre, pushing beyond conventional notions of classical music. Oh, and he's a YouTube star.

This week, Thurber will do something he's never done before– debut a piece he's written for a full orchestra. And he'll do it at the Interlochen Center for the Arts, using Interlochen students, and recorded live by NPR's From The Top.


Interlochen students hit the national stage with From the Top

By • Mar 10, 2015
Interlochen's "From the Top" will be aired on Classical IPR on April 25th, and 26th.

This year, NPR’s From the Top commissioned a new musical work from Interlochen Arts Academy Alum Michael Thurber. It's designed to feature the next generation of classical musicians. 

It's an all-Interlochen line up on the show this week, featuring excerpts from the concerto performed in Corson Auditorium with the Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra. This show also includes solos from several current students.

From The Top returns to Interlochen

By Daniel Wanschura • Mar 2, 2015
From the Top returns to Interlochen on March 13, 2015, and will feature Michael Thurber among others.

The most popular weekly one-hour classical music program on public radio is coming back to the Interlochen Center for the Arts!

From the Top will be recorded before a live audience in Corson Auditorium on Friday, March 13, at 7:30pm.