This week, From the Top comes to you from Dalton Recital Hall at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, where you'll hear a percussion duo play music by Avner Dorman and a 15-year-old violinist play Wieniawski. You'll also meet a talented tubist who feels his instrument chose him and a cellist who has worn the color yellow every day of his life.

This week From the Top comes to you from the Opelika Center for the Performing Arts in Opelika, Ala., where you'll hear a 13-year-old violinist play Beethoven and an 18-year-old guitarist play Paganini. Also, a young pianist shares the story of how music has brought him close to his little brother.