Thirteen-year-old violinist Chad Hoopes from Shaker Heights, Ohio; 17-year old violist Shundeena Beard from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; 17-year-old Rachel Sandman from La Canada, California; and 17-year-old Patrick McGuire from Westford, Massachusetts.

October 2008 (check local listings)

Tonight on FROM THE TOP AT CARNEGIE HALL, 13-year-old violinist Chad Hoopes from Shaker Heights, Ohio, and 17-year old violist Shundeena Beard from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, each perform a solo piece accompanied by Christopher O'Riley. Chad, who comes from a very musical family, is something of a local celebrity in his hometown, where he was recently featured in a Cleveland Indians television commercial. Shundeena draws a great deal of her musical inspiration from her severely disabled brother, to whom she is devoted. Chad and Shundeena join 17-year-old Rachel Sandman from La Canada, California, 17-year-old Patrick McGuire from Westford, Massachusetts, and O'Riley to perform the third movement Scherzo from Robert Schumann's Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44.