Basically Beethoven Music Residency Student Featured on NPR’s “From the Top”
- Morgan Vaughan
- Mar 14
- 2 min read
Updated: Mar 22
We're proud to announce that one of our Music Residency students is featured on NPR's "From the Top" this week! “From the Top” is America’s largest national platform celebrating young classically-trained musicians and is broadcast on WRR in Dallas, Saturdays at noon. Basically Beethoven's Music Residency program entirely subsidizes professional teaching artists in Dallas schools that lack robust music programs. Students take private or group lessons in voice, violin, and piano at no cost to them or to the school district. Everything is paid for by you, our generous donors and grantors. Tinashe McGowan has been studying with Basically Beethoven Teaching Artist John Tatum for years, including weekly private lessons sponsored by FACP/Basically Beethoven patrons and donors, such as Virginia & Robert Dupuy, whose dedicated donation is invaluable to the program’s success. You can listen to this performance Saturday, March 15, at 12pm on WRR 101 in Dallas. His performance of Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20 by Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) opens the broadcast.
If you miss it then, you can listen to the released show HERE
Read about Tinashe HERE
How to Help:
Our Music Education Residency program costs about $25,000 per year. The lion’s share of this pays teaching artists’ fees, with a small amount going to children’s violins, sheet music, and small sundry items. Administration for the program runs an additional $8000.
Several of our present teaching artists were FACP students themselves, and have returned to Dallas to teach after achieving advanced degrees in music, including Crystal Haynes (voice) and Kenoly Kadia (piano) who just joined us.
If you would like to help students like Tinashe and keep professional musicians like Crystal and Kenoly working in Dallas, please support this program either individually or through a corporate or business sponsorship. Executive Director Morgan Vaughan would be grateful to speak with you about this at any time.
Thank you to all who have given and to our current sponsors! This program’s success is based on your commitment to FACP/ Basically Beethoven and to our Dallas Arts Community!
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