"From the Top" selects area talent

"From the Top" producers have chosen all local talent – including the entire May Festival Youth Chorus – to showcase when the popular National Public Radio show comes to Music Hall at 7 p.m. Feb. 20.

The show is hosted by pianist Christopher O'Riley and features extraordinarily gifted young musicians. The Music Hall lineup includes:

The 60-member May Festival Youth Chorus, James Bagwell, director, singing "Follow Your Saint" and "Follow Thy Fair Sun" from Virgil Thomson's "Four Songs to Poems of Thomas Campion."

Violinist Sophie Pariot, 14, of Loveland performing Fritz Kreisler's violin showpiece "La Gitana," with O’Riley on piano.

Cellist Christoph Sassmannshaus, 17, of Clifton performing Ernest Bloch's "Prayer."

Pianist Kevin Bao, 10, of Mason performing Rachmaninoff's "Polichinelle."

The Fresh Winds Trio, featuring Thomas Kraynak, 18, on tenor sax; Morgan Ferris, 17, on alto sax; Tom Turner, 18, on baritone sax, all of West Chester, performing "The Lone Ar-ranger Goes Sax Mad!" arranged by Philip Buttall.

"From the Top" is one of the most popular weekly programs on public radio, heard over 250 stations nationwide. It airs locally on WGUC-FM (90.9) at 9 a.m. Saturdays. The Cincinnati taping is setscheduled to air April 21 on WGUC.

Tickets: $20.25; $14.25 children at Music Hall or Aronoff Center box office; 513-621-2787; www.cincinnatiarts.org.