Classical students back Boston rapper (for this we send them to college?)

From the Top, ‘America’s largest national platform dedicated to celebrating the stories, talents, and character of classically-trained young musicians’, has put together a video of students at Berklee and New England Conservatory backing a local rapper in a Wiz Khalifa cover.

The playing is pretty good.

From the Top explain: ‘The song, from the movie Furious 7, has a message of loss of family and friends that really connected with these kids, in particular classical violinist Haig Hovsepian and rapper Lotus Taylor. Perhaps most importantly, the collaboration between hip hop, jazz, and classical music was very inspiring to them.’

Inspiring, huh? FTT go on to blether about ‘building bridges across genres’ and ‘reaching new audiences’.

It’s been a long week. See what you think of this.

Roll them credits:

Shot on location at Berklee College of Music.

Lead Vocals:
Lotus Taylor

Piano:
Kadar Qian

Violin:
Haig Hovsepian
Sofia Tong

Viola:
Alexia Delgiudice

Cello:
Andrew Byun
David Tangney

Bass:
Harrison Klein

Guitar:
Marton Bisits

Bassoon:
Fiona Qu

Clarinet:
Austen Yueh

Harp:
Clara Wang

Cajon/Drums:
Dag Hanken

Cajon:
Dan McCallum

Singers:
Johannes Flecker
Amanda Hatlavik
Caitlin Gjerdrum
Melissa Johnston
Patrick Creedon
Isaiah Sealy
Orla Schwarz
Isabel Fox
Isabel Nichols
Meghan Timony

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Executive Producers:
Gerald Slavet
Jennifer Hurley-Wales