About a year ago, the program's tour producer David Balsom was in town holding auditions for local musicians to appear on the show. While he was here, he told Michael Hagerty what he and his colleagues look for when selecting performers – and provided his theory on why so many kids on the show are from Texas.
(Above: Clear Lake High School senior Patrick Pan plays an excerpt from a Beethoven sonata during the taping of From the Top in Houston, Nov. 2013. Image Courtesy: From the Top.)