Public Radio International’s Hit Show FROM THE TOP Taped at Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center in May 2005 to Air on Public Radio Stations Nationwide in September
August 15, 2005
Cellist Nicholas Bodnar, 15, from Princeton, NJ
Locally, this episode will air in Philadelphia on WRTI 90.1 FM on Saturday, September 10 at 12:30pm.
This edition of From the Top is an “All-Philadelphia” show, and is presented by a consortium comprised of the Kimmel Center, the Philadelphia Orchestra, Settlement Music School, Temple Music Preparatory Division and WRTI-FM, where From the Top airs Saturdays at 12:30pm.
The September broadcast of From the Top includes performances by several area young musicians and ensembles, including:
- The Weinstein Woodwind Quintet from Settlement Music School: Daniel Sharp, flute, age 18 from Monroeville, NJ; Clara Blood, oboe, age 17 from Philadelphia, PA; Ruokai Chen, clarinet, age 16 from Hockessin, DE; Hannah Brubaker, bassoon, age 17 from Philadelphia, PA; and Joshua Paulus, horn, age 17 from Elkton, MD, will perform three movements of "Six Bagatelles" by Gyorgy Ligeti.
- Cellist Nicholas Bodnar, age 15 from Princeton, NJ, will play "Requiebros" by Gaspar Cassado.
- Settlement Music School Chamber Orchestra, a 23-member string orchestra, conducted by David Rupp, will perform the first movement of the Serenade for Strings, I. Un poco adagio, Op. 1 by Samuel Barber.
- Harpist Madeline Blood, age 13 from Philadelphia, PA, will perform the Khatchaturian "Oriental Dance;"
- Violinist Robyn Bollinger, age 13 from Haddonfield, NJ, will perform the Allegro moderato from Sergei Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto, Op. 63, No. 2.
- The Temple Music Prep Violin Nonet: nine recipients of the Dorothy Richard Starling Violin Scholarship, coached by Charles Parker. Performing "Fugue for Nine Stands of First Violins" by Arcady Dubensky.
For additional information about From the Top, visit www.fromthetop.org.
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From the Top is made possible through grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism. It is also supported through the generous contributions of individuals and foundations as well as public radio stations.
From the Top radio program is produced in association with WGBH Radio Boston and New England Conservatory of Music, its home and education partner. Public Radio International distributes From the Top.
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Kimmel Center, Inc., a charitable, not-for-profit organization, owns, manages, supports and maintains The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, which includes Verizon Hall, Perelman Theater, Innovation Studio and the Merck Arts Education Center. Kimmel Center, Inc. also manages the Academy of Music, owned by the Philadelphia Orchestra Association. The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts and the Academy of Music serve as home to eight Resident Company performing arts organizations, including The Philadelphia Orchestra, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Ballet, Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, American Theater Arts for Youth, PHILADANCO, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society and Peter Nero and the Philly Pops®. Kimmel Center, Inc.’s mission also includes arts in education, community outreach and a rich diversity of programming through its Kimmel Center Presents and Broadway at the Academy series of performances.
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Founded in 1908, Settlement Music School is the largest not-for-profit organization in the United States providing community-based instruction and activity in the arts to students of all ages, backgrounds and abilities. More than 15,000 students from every zip code in the Greater Philadelphia area participate in programs and activities in music, dance and visual arts at six branches: Jenkintown, Germantown, South, Northeast, West Philadelphia, and Camden, New Jersey and through outreach services. Forty percent of those students receive $1.5 million in financial aid and scholarship assistance. There are Settlement Music School graduates in every major symphony in the United States. Two Pulitzer prize-winning composers and many of the region's best-know jazz artists attended Settlement. Former students have served as members of Philadelphia City Council, as Mayor of Philadelphia, as Commonwealth of PA Senators, Representatives and as United States Congressmen. With a faculty of 250 and a staff of 50, Settlement Music School is the largest employer of musicians in Pennsylvania and provides an income base for many of the free lance musicians who perform with numerous other performing organizations in the region.
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WRTI-FM is a 24-hour member-supported public radio station anchored in Philadelphia, licensed to Temple University. The station’s broadcast signal in Pennsylvania extends west to Harrisburg and north to Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. We reach listeners as far south as Dover, DE and at the shore in Atlantic City, N.J and Cape May, N.J. Many listen to WRTI's mix of classical and jazz music live via the Internet. WRTI features weekly programming of opera, locally produced shows such as Crossover and Creatively Speaking!, and specialty jazz and classical programs. Excellence and commitment is woven into every broadcast, creating the integrity that WRTI possesses, resulting in a correlation of success and recognition within the community. WRTI-FM is one of the highest rated public radio stations in the tri-state area and the only public radio station in Philadelphia dedicated to the presentation and promotion of great classics and real jazz music.
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Temple Music Preparatory provides lifelong, non-credit learning opportunities in music and dance to the Greater Philadelphia community. As a division of Temple University’s Boyer College of Music and Dance, Music Prep is uniquely able to combine university expertise with Philadelphia’s outstanding cultural assets, assuring excellence in experience and results. Programming includes Early Childhood Music Foundations, beginning with newborns, Creative Movement and Dance Classes, individual instruction in all instruments, and classes specially designed for adults. A major component is the Center for Gifted Young Musicians, which serves those students with exceptional ability and motivation. The Community Music Scholars Program serves students with need from over 50 public schools, allowing access to affordable quality instruction. Temple Music Prep is a member of the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts and the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance.
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Founded in 1900, The Philadelphia Orchestra has distinguished itself as one of the leading orchestras in the world through a century of acclaimed performances, historic international tours, best-selling recordings, and its unprecedented record of innovation in recording technologies and outreach. With only six music directors piloting The Philadelphia Orchestra through its first century, the ensemble has maintained an unparalleled cohesiveness and unity in artistic leadership. This rich tradition is carried on by Christoph Eschenbach, who began his tenure as the Orchestra’s seventh music director in September 2003. Concluding an acclaimed first season together that saw the launch of the Orchestra’s first-ever multi-year cycle of Mahler’s complete symphonies, Mr. Eschenbach and the Orchestra toured the music capitals of Europe in the spring of 2004. The Philadelphia Orchestra annually touches the lives of more than 1 million music lovers worldwide through its performances (more than 300 concerts and other presentations each year), publications, recordings, and broadcasts. A major winter subscription season is presented in Philadelphia at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts each year from September to May, in addition to education and community partnership programs. Its summer schedule includes a month-long outdoor season in Phila¬del¬phia at The Mann Center for the Performing Arts, free concerts in local neighborhoods, and a three-week residency each August at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in upstate New York.
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