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Seventeen-year-old pianist Ronald Joseph from outside New Orleans; 14-year-old jazz singer Nikki Yanofsky from Hampstead, Quebec; and 17-year-old violinist Allyson Tomsky from Brooklyn, New York.
This week on FROM THE TOP AT CARNEGIE HALL, we learn that no matter
how far from home we are, we always have a home in the things we
love. Seventeen-year-old pianist Ronald Joseph grew up outside New
Orleans, but temporarily relocated to New York in the wake of
Hurricane Katrina to study at the Juilliard School before returning
home to finish his senior year of high school. Ronald performs the
second movement "Mardi Gras" from "The Enchanted Garden" by Richard
Danielpour. Fourteen-year-old Nikki Yanofsky from Hampstead,
Quebec, who tours North America as a jazz singer, used the first
paycheck she earned from her singing to establish a cancer
foundation. Nikki performs "Old McDonald Had a Farm" accompanied by
Geoff Lang on drums, Rob Fahie on bass and John Sadowy on piano.
Host Christopher O'Riley then accompanies 17-year-old violinist
Allyson Tomsky from Brooklyn, New York, as she performs the first
movement Allegro ben ritmato e deciso from Gershwin's Three
Preludes to round out the episode.