CMS Students Accepted to St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra

The Community Music School (CMS) of Webster University was once under the St. Louis Symphony umbrella as the St. Louis Symphony Community Music School.

The relationship with the St. Louis Symphony remains strong with many of its members on the faculty and acting as coaches or sectional leaders. This year, CMS students represent 59% of the St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra roster.

Congratulations to the following students who take lessons at CMS, attended a 2025 summer program, played for a CMS orchestra last spring or were a member of the 2024-2025 Preparatory Program:

Violin I
Elsa Heaton, Co-Concertmaster
Zoe Baldwin
Eric Chang
Eric Chen
Ian Chung
Y. Elizabeth Hung
Klaus Jöstlein
Haowen Liu
Jean Park
Lucas Ruan
Iris Wang
Kyler Wang
Estelle Zhang
Claire Zhou

Violin II
Hayden Baker, Co-Principal
Samuel Wenger-Stickel, Co-Principal
Charles Chen
Andrew Fei
Yosef Granillo
Jason Shi
Charis Shing
Alexander Tung
Adam Yu
Benji Chu, alternate
Henna Lee, alternate
Yiding Tang, alternate
Luke Tung, alternate

Viola
Enkela Ndoni, Co-Principal
Katherine Nguyen, Co-Principal
Max Harbuck
Reid Huntley
Ian Jenkins
Yuhan Liu
Julia Melton
Maxwell Willoughby
Sadie Ulrich, alternate

Cello
Ellie Chen, Co-Principal
Andrew Su, Co-Principal
Eileen Hinners, Asst. Principal
Ian Cho
Sam Garrett
Tyler He
Sylvia Kennedy
Aiden Kim
Noah Lipe
Steven Shaw
Gergo Szilagyi, alternate

Harp
Amelia Schwartz

Flute
Shang Jiang
Isabella Wang
Taryn Greeno, alternate

Oboe
Cara Purdy
Amanda Vache

Clarinet
Forest Gong
Daniel Tossey
Eric Li, alternate
Felix Zhang, alternate

Bassoon
Jaclyn Morton
Emily Royalty, alternate

Trombone
Althea Althauser

Percussion
Elias Lai
Kimmi Lin
Norah Murphy

Keyboard Instruments
Elizabeth Carroll