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Kaiming Wu violin 11th John Burroughs
Kaiming Wu, age 16, was born in Shanghai, China and is currently a junior at John Burroughs High School. He began taking violin lessons in third grade at age 9. Kaiming played in the All-Suburban orchestra in 7th grade and 8th grade and joined the St. Louis Young People's Symphonic orchestra in 9th grade. He has played with the St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra as well as with the Missouri All-State Orchestra for the past two years and is studying with Mr. Yuly Ilyashov. In the summers, Kaiming has attended the Illinois Summer Youth Music Program, where he served as concertmaster. In addition to music, Kaiming is part of the tennis and cross country team at his school and enjoys playing many other sports. He is president of the Sports for Charity club at school and also runs an online business with friends.
Tony Chen violin 11th Edwardsville High
Hi, my name is Tony Chen. I am 16 years old, and I am a junior at
Edwardsville High School. I have played the violin since I was 5 years
old. I first studied with Eva Bogren, then Dr. Kendall, and I currently
study with Lenora Anop. In my spare time I enjoy playing tennis and
sleeping. I have been a member of the youth orchestra for 3 years.
Edward Dong violin 10th Clayton High
I have studied the violin for seven years and am currently studying with Saint Louis Symphony violinist Manuel Ramos. This is my first year with the Saint Louis Symphony Youth
Orchestra. It is a remarkable experience. I am impressed with the incredible musical talent in the orchestra that kids my age possess. The leaders of the section are each very talented and are very responsible in making sure that their section is
prepared. The other musicians in the orchestra are fun to rehearse with and friends are easily
made. The music is very challenging but also very rewarding once learned. I feel honored to be playing in an orchestra of this caliber and hope to continue playing in it for the next couple of years.
Music is a universal language. People of all races, no matter what background, can find some connection to the music their ears. Everybody can relate to music on one way or
another. I find music especially alluring because of its power to create an atmosphere around the listener and from that, emotions are evoked, whether it is cheerfulness, astonishment, gloom, or just plain
wonder. In addition, it is a very rewarding and gratifying experience to be able to perform music to a live audience because of the impact one can make.
My other hobbies besides the violin include tennis and swimming and soccer. I am also learning how to rock climb and enjoy it a great
deal. In school, my favorite subject is mathematics because it is fascinating and mind-boggling.
Mikiko Fujiwara cello 12th Parkway Central
Anna Fung violin 8th John Burroughs
Anna Fung
Michelle Godbee violin 8th Parkway Northeast Middle School
Steve Hirayoshi violin 11th Parkway West
Kenji Ishida violin 11th Clayton High
Violinist Kenji Ishida, age 17, was born in St. Louis and is currently a junior at Clayton High School. He started to study the violin at age four with Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra member Hiroko Yoshida, who is also his aunt, and he continues to study with her. He joined the Brentwood Symphony Orchestra (now the Town & Country Symphony Orchestra) when he was seven and toured with them in 1994 for the D-Day Commemoration in Europe.
He was in the Symphony Music School Concert and Symphonic Orchestras 1997-2000 (now the Community Music School of Webster University). He has been a member of the Saint Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra since 2000. He served as principal second violin for the 2001-02 season, and is 3rd chair first violin this year.
Kenji has been in the Missouri All State Orchestra for the past three years. He is concertmaster with the Clayton High School Orchestra. The Clayton Orchestra was invited to play at the New Year's Festival in London (2003) and was chosen to perform at Missouri Music Educators' State Conference.
During the summer, he has attended the Meadowmount School of Music in New York, and the Innsbruck Institute in Missouri last summer, where he studied with Almita Vamos and Kathleen Winkler.
Kenji has studied the piano since he was seven. He likes water polo, swimming and tennis in addition to music. He also enjoys computer games and pepperoni pizza.
Youn-Kyung Kim cello 11th Clayton High
Intelly Lee violin 10th Parkway Central
Paul Mazuski viola 10th Priory
Eric Yeh violin 11th Parkway North
Jey Ping violin Soph. Washington University
Jey Ping has been playing violin with the St. Louis Youth Symphony for 4
years. He is finishing his sophomore year at Washington University in
St. Louis with a double major in Computer Science and Economics. He is
also teaching elementary school violin for the Mehlville School
District. Other than Youth Symphony, Jey is also an active violinist in
the Washington University Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Orchestras, and
has been lead violinist for the Ladue Strolling Strings for 4 years. He
also plays weekly for a church instrumental ensemble, in addition to
freelancing with a string quartet for formal occasions in the St. Louis
area.
Jey attended the Masterworks Festival 2002 in Winona Lake, IN, as well
as the Missouri All-State Orchestra conventions in Tan-tar-a, MO in high
school. Graduating from Ladue Horton Watkins High School in 2001, he has
played with high school orchestral groups both in and outside of school,
and has been concertmaster of the Young People's Symphony Orchestra as
well as the St. Louis All-Suburban Orchestra. He has studied privately
with Yuly Ilayshov for over 7 years.
Henry Wang violin 10th Priory
Violin has been my passion for 11 years. I am currently a sophomore at St. Louis Priory School. One of the most important and enjoyable things I have done so far in my violin career, besides soloing, is playing with the Saint Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra. I joined the Youth Orchestra when I was 12 years old. At first, the idea of playing in an orchestra with other extremely talented players and playing the level of music that the Saint Louis Symphony themselves plays, seemed kind of intimidating. However, after our first concert I realized that the Youth Orchestra was more than just a group of people who just sat around and banged at their instruments - it is a group of dedicated musicians who give up their Saturday mornings to not only play music, but to actually make it. I have been in the Youth Orchestra for 5 years and it has taught me two things: discipline, but more importantly, enjoying playing the violin more than ever. I enjoy going every Saturday to Powell Symphony Hall so we can do something that most people don't get to. It's never a chore as some people may see it. The Saint Louis Youth Orchestra will always be a place where non-adults will be able to express their love music.
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