From the Top
Sundays 3 - 4 p.m.
Hosted by acclaimed pianist Peter Dugan, each broadcast presents five high-caliber performances 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. From NPR.
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The traveling program, created by Naomi Westwater, aims to give credit to the role of musicians of color in the folk music genre while supporting today's non-white folk artists. -
Discover a broad range of this year's most compelling classical recordings, including symphonic booty-shakers, mystic violin, pipe organ prog and a guided tour of 18th century German chart-toppers. -
Snider's supercharged relationship with her art form and open-book stance on depression and anxiety shine through in her new opera, which debuts this week in Los Angeles. -
Routinely called a "musician's musician," the pianist had an atypical career that even he called mysterious. He spent it returning to a handful of favorite composers, with acclaimed results. -
The 12th century abbess, scientist and composer inspires new interpretations of her music, and new works, on an album spotlighting soprano Barbara Hannigan. -
The Play It Forward Western Mass instrument drive runs through May 14. Learn how you can donate a gently used instrument at a participating Big Y, by visiting nepm.org/PlayitForward. -
As one of the most-performed living composers, the Pulitzer winner insists that her music communicate to everyone — from farmers to children to the classical music intelligentsia. -
American symphonic composer JoAnn Falleta speaks with NEPM about what it takes to lead an orchestra that isn't your own, and the challenges women face when training to conduct. -
The Grammy Awards will take place in Los Angeles on Sunday, with a Connecticut-based pianist and first-time nominee planning to attend the ceremony. -
Singer and lawyer Leah Kunkel, who lived in Northampton, died Tuesday, after a brief illness. She was the younger sister of Cass Elliot of "The Mamas and the Papas," and a performer in her own right.
