Congratulations All-Suburban Honors Orchestra Winners!

Hello WCS Students & Families!

Kirby and I want to take a moment to congratulate the WCS students who earned chairs in this year’s St. Louis All-Suburban Honors Orchestra ensembles. It’s always wonderful to see both students’ musical development over years and their concentrated effort to prepare for a specific audition culminate in an honor and an accomplishment for them.

This year, we want to congratulate Serena Huang, who earned a chair as a violinist in the St. Louis All-Suburban High School Honors Orchestra, Tarini Karnati, who earned the principal violist’s chair in the St. Louis All-Suburban High School Honors Orchestra, and Krishne Sundaram, who earned a violinists chair in the St. Louis All-Suburban Middle School Honors Orchestra.

  • Serena Huang (10th grade) enjoys studying the violin because of the different varieties of music it allows her to explore and perform.
  • Tarini Karnati (10th grade) has been studying the viola for 6 years. She chose the viola because of its unique sound, and loves the challenges of learning to master a difficult instrument and creating beautiful tone.
  • Krishne Sundaram (8th grade) has been studying the violin since 3rd grade, and taking lessons for 2 years. She enjoys violin as a calming, stress-relieving activity, and also participates in dance, vocal music, and badminton.

We also want to acknowledge all of our other students who auditioned for an All-Suburban Honors orchestra – your hard work certainly didn’t go unnoticed, and all the progress that you made in preparation for this year’s auditions will absolutely help you be even better-prepared for next year’s and will carry over to the rest of your playing, as well!

If you’re a middle school or high school student who participates in your school’s orchestra and have never auditioned for a St. Louis All-Suburban Honors Orchestra before, we certainly encourage you to consider it for next fall!

Congratulations, once again, Serena, Tarini, and Krishne!