August 24, 2004

Meridian Teen Musician
On 'From The Top'
Show Airs on KBSU/KBSW at 1p.m., Sunday, Aug. 29

The next offering of From the Top, the hit public radio program heard on KBSU and KBSW at 1 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 29, comes from the Scottsdale Center for the Arts in Scottsdale, Ariz. This program will feature five young musicians playing works by Poulenc, Haydn, Villa-Lobos and Magin, as well as an original composition by the first honoree of From the Top’s Young Composer Project. Kenneth Stewart, an 18-year-old composer/cellist from Tucson, Ariz., performs his own “Fallen Soldier.” Also on the program will be 16-year-old guitarist Alyssa Santoyo from Meridian, Idaho, playing Villa-Lobos’ “Prelude No. 1;” 12-year-old Helen McGarr from Lindon, Utah, playing Paulenc’s “Sonata for flute;” Ryan MacEvoy-McCullough, a 16-year-old pianist from Eureka, Calif., playing Lysenko’s “Song Without Words;” and oboe player Dallas Durham, age 16, from Lubbock, Texas, performing Haydn’s “Concerto for Oboe in C Major.” One of the most popular weekly programs on public radio (along with such established hits as A Prairie Home Companion and Car Talk), From the Top can be heard on nearly 250 stations across the country. NBC’s Today described the program as “Exquisite musical performances, punctuated with off-beat interviews and campy skits. This is classy reality programming. And you don’t have to love classical music to love From the Top.” KBSU and KBSW are services of Boise State Radio. KBSU is heard on FM 90.3 in Boise and FM 91.7 in McCall. KBSW is heard on FM 91.7 in Twin Falls. Boise State Radio is a listener-supported broadcast service of Boise State University. From the Top is made possible through grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and The PRI Program Fund whose contributors include Mr. and Mrs. J. Irwin Miller. 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, and is distributed by Public Radio International. -30- Contact Jim East Associate General Manager, Network Programming Voice: 208 947-5659 Fax: 208 344-6631 jeast@boisestate.edu  Media Contact Kathleen Craven communications and marketing 208 426-3275 kcraven@boisestate.edu