Special Event

"From the Top"

Reed College: Kaul Auditorium
7:30 PM

co-presented with the Portland Youth Philharmonic and All Classical 89.9 KBPS

Don’t miss this live-audience taping of the hit public radio program “From the Top.” Pianist Christopher O’Riley hosts the highly entertaining and inspiring program with special guest David Shifrin (clarinetist and CMNW artistic director), showcasing the country’s most talented teenage classical musicians, including some from Portland. Distributed by NPR to 250 stations nationwide, “From the Top” reaches 750,000 loyal listeners each week. Heard in Portland every Friday from 6-7 pm on KBPS-FM, All-Classical 89.9.

Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano, No. 8 in G Major
(first movement)
Becky Anderson (17), violin; Portland OR

Posse: Variations on “The Carnival of Venice”
Jeremy Keppelmann (15), harp; Reno NV

Bach: English Suite No. 3 (movement)
Marika Bournaki (17), piano; New York NY

Paganini/Piatigorsky: Caprice
Branson Yeast, cello; Houston TX

Mozart: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, K. 581
(first movement)
David Shifrin, clarinet – special guest artist
Becky Anderson (17), violin; Portland OR
*Brandon Garbot (14), violin; Portland OR
*Griffin Gaffney (18), viola; Portland OR
*Boris Popadiuk (16), cello, Portland OR


*Members of the Portland Youth Philharmonic (Brandon is concertmaster, Griffin is co-principal viola, and Boris is principal cello)

In addition, Becky Anderson, Brandon Garbot and Boris Popadiuk have been Chamber Music Northwest Young Artist Fellows.

“From the Top” is scheduling the Portland show for national broadcast on October 10, 2008.