Attention all Frost School of Music concert patrons, you are invited to lend your enthusiastic energy and applause to a private recording in the afternoon of Wednesday April 29, at 1:30 p.m. for acclaimed national radio program, NPR’s From the Top with Host Christopher O’Riley.

Hear amazing performances and inspiring stories from some of America’s rising young classical musicians! Soloists scheduled include Dasha Bukhartseva, piano, age 22, a Frost School of Music undergraduate student; Matthew Hakkarainen, violin, age 14, from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida; Antonio Urrutia, oboe, age 18, from Miami, Florida; Emily Sheets, mezzo-soprano, age 17, from Metairie, Louisiana; and Finley Lau, age 18, percussion, from Skokie, Illinois.

Admission is free but seating is limited, so advance reservations are required. Please plan to arrive by 1:00 p.m. Valet parking is available in front of Gusman Concert Hall for $8, or visitor parking is available in the UM Pavia Parking Garage (see campus map).

Additional support for this Frost School of Music performance has been provided by The William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust, The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, and the Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation.

The final edit of the show will be released on Monday, June 1, 2015 to NPR stations, as well as the program’s website www.fromthetop.org and a correlated podcast. Check local NPR station listing for the actual airtime.

Over 300 schoolchildren from around the Miami area will also be in attendance, hosted by the Donna E. Shalala MusicReach Program at the Frost School of Music (free transportation provided). School representatives interested in bringing students may contact Dr. Melissa Lesniak, director of outreach, at m.lesniak@miami.edu or 305-284-6755.