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