This week, From the Top collaborates with Maestra JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic. Performance highlights include a guitar duo featuring the Maestra, a talented teen from Indiana, and a moving story from a special violist.

Today’s episode brings back violinist, composer and arts advocate William Harvey, who appeared on one of From the Top’s first episodes, for a performance of Vieuxtemps and a chat about his life now leading international outreach work.

From the Top takes residence on the big island of Hawaii for this episode. We’ll meet an inspirational band teacher from Hawaii Island and hear outstanding performances from teenagers from Hawaii and beyond.

From the Top broadcasts from Stanford University with an all-Bay area extravaganza, plus we meet another From the Top alum from the past in our 10^th Anniversary series and learn that his first appearance on the show actually helped him meet his wife!

From the Top heads to Baylor University in Waco, TX to meet a 16-year-old fiddling champion and an accomplished 17-year-old organist, both from the Lone Star State and we’ll reconnect with another alum in our 10^th Anniversary series to learn about his choice to pursue medicine.