Talk:From the Top

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Tone of article[edit]

While it is an old version (2 May 2006) and therefore somewhat outdated, the following iteration of the article [reposted here by Softlavender (talk) 04:32, 17 February 2009 (UTC) ] is much more in keeping with the necessary and appropriate tone of Wikipedia articles, and is therefore what the current version of the article needs to emulate:[reply]

From the Top is a weekly one-hour radio show produced in association with WGBH radio in Boston, Massachusetts. It showcases the nation's top young classical music performers. The program is broadcast weekly to a national audience of more than 750,000 listeners on National Public Radio.

Musicians of any age can participate as long as they are less than 19 years of age when the show is being taped, and not yet attending a college or conservatory full-time. However, they must submit a CD or tape of their playing demonstrating exceptional proficiency in their instrument or singing. Musicians usually appear as a soloist or as a member of chamber ensemble, although sometimes large youth orchestras or wind groups are featured. Also, composers sometimes perform their compositions.

Each musician or group plays a piece that is about four minutes long (the time limit is slightly longer for chamber groups), and is then interviewed by the show's host, notable pianist Christopher O'Riley, who accompanies the young soloists. O'Riley also plays at the half-way point of each show, usually a transcription of rock music re-imagined as a classical piano solo.

There are also humorous skits throughout the show, often featuring a teenaged Roving Reporter. From the Top has been on the air since the late 1990s. Its base is in Boston, Massachusetts, but it travels frequently to cities across America. It is made possible by grants from various organizations and the New England Conservatory of Music. The conservatory also offers a scholarship of $7,500 to each performer on From the Top upon successful admission and matriculation at the conservatory.

New regime scrubbing[edit]

It is obvious the command and control new leadership at the organization that summarily dismissed Christopher O'Reilly upon picking Mr. Dugan as permanent host in the guise of "Aboyertpt" scrubbed all but one mention of O'Reilly and cut and pasted large swaths of their website causing the verification notice. I restored the controversy section as appropriate to an encyclopedia entry to round it out and not be simply p.r. puff. From the Top already has a website as a showcase for that sort of excess blather.

I also took a red pencil to the excess verbiage, which was desperately called for. Dgabbard (talk) 15:17, 28 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]