Scholarship recipients for this concert
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Elijah Song, CelloFourteen-year-old cellist Elijah Song is a student at Tamanend Middle School. He began
his musical journey at the age of five and has studied under Priscilla Lee, Associate
Principal of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Since the fall of 2025, he has been continuing his
musical education at Juilliard Pre-College. |
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Zachary Fan, violinZachary Fan, age 14, is an 9th grade student at Harriton High School. Zachary initiated his violin studies at the age of 6. He is currently a member of the Philadelphia Young Artists’ Orchestra (PYAO) at the PYO Music Institute in the Violin 1 section. Previously, he earned an Ambler Symphony Scholarship Award 2025 and a Second Place and Honorable Mention at Tri-County's Junior Strings division in 2023 and 2024. He also achieved 1st prizes in the American Protégé International Concerto Competition, Triumph Music Festival, and Elite International Music Competition. Zachary also enjoys playing piano and won first prizes in several piano competitions including the Crescendo International Music Competition and the Little Mozart’s International Competition, where he received a Distinguished Award for achieving a perfect score. Outside of music, Zach enjoys playing tennis, watching American football, and spending time with his family and friends. |
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Channa Lee, violinChanna Lee is a sixth-grade student in the gifted program at Black Rock Middle School in Villanova, Pennsylvania. She studies violin with Ms. Yayoi Numazawa and piano as her secondary instrument with Ms. Natalia Varlashova. Channa made her performance debut at the age of four at the Mann Music Center’s Rising Star summer event. That same year, she joined both the Vivace Orchestra and the Philadelphia International Music Festival. At the age of five, she received a PBS Producer’s Choice Award and began performing at local nursing homes in Gladwyne, PA, sharing music with senior residents. In recent years, Channa has performed as a soloist at several events, including the Elite International Music Festival and the Triumph Music Festival. She has also played with the Warminster Symphony Orchestra and has appeared on prestigious stages such as Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. In both 2023 and 2025, she was selected to attend the Heifetz International Music Institute, where she continued to develop her artistry. Additionally, she became a new member of Settlement Music School, participating in advanced chamber studies. Channa has been accepted into the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra twice, but she declined the offers due to scheduling conflicts with other musical commitments. Before the pandemic, she frequently performed to raise funds for community causes and her preschool in Wayne. Beyond music, Channa is a member of the Technology Student Association. She enjoys reading, writing short novels, drawing, traveling, and spending time with her family. Above all, she is passionate about using her music to inspire joy and kindness wherever she goes. |
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Edward Lee, violaEdward Lee, 17, is a violist studying with Professor Sophie Arbuckle at Juilliard Pre-College and a rising senior at Bergen County Academies in Hackensack, NJ. He served as principal violist of the 2025 National Youth Orchestra of the USA (NYO-USA). He has appeared as a soloist with the Riverside Orchestra and the Ambler Symphony Orchestra, where his performances have been recognized for their expressive depth and musical maturity. Edward is a National YoungArts Award Winner in classical music and has received first prizes in several international competitions, including the NFMC Wendell Irish Viola Competition, International Grande Music Competition, New York Artists Guild International Music Competition, and the New York International Young Musician Competition. A long-time participant in the New York Youth Symphony Chamber Music Program, he has performed widely across the New York metropolitan area and was named a finalist in the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Young Musicians Concert, reflecting his deep commitment to chamber music and collaboration. In 2024, Edward attended the Morningside Music Bridge Program on full scholarship. His musical development has been enriched by masterclasses with renowned violists such as Lawrence Dutton, Jessica Bodner, Carol Rodland, Martha Katz, Sheng Li, Jeffrey Levine, Atar Arad, Roberto Díaz, and Nathan Braude. Outside of performance, Edward is actively involved in arts outreach and education. He co- founded Clexical, an initiative that spotlights contemporary classical composers through concerts and interviews. As a Youth Leader with EnoB, he helps bring music to hospitals and nursing homes, and he leads educational outreach efforts through the Back to Bach Project and the Show Me Your Heart Foundation Youth Council. Edward is also a dedicated writer and literacy advocate. He founded Letter by Letter, a program that fosters reading and writing skills through interactive letter-writing workshops for children in under-resourced communities. |
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Raymond Wu, violinRaymond Wu is an eighth grader at Valley Forge Middle School. He began his musical education on the piano at the age of six and is currently studying violin with Meichen Barnes. Raymond performs with the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra (PYO) and is a scholarship recipient of the Settlement Music School’s Advanced Ensemble Program, where he plays in the Snitzer String Quartet under the guidance of Philadelphia Orchestra musicians. He has served as Concertmaster for the 50th Anniversary Concert of the Schuylkill Valley Area Orchestra in February 2025, Associate Concertmaster of the Philadelphia Young Artists Orchestra in 2023–2024, Assistant Concertmaster of the Young Musicians Debut Orchestra in 2022–2023, and Concertmaster of Youth Strings at the Pennsylvania Youth Orchestra at Paoli in 2021–2022. Raymond won First Place in the Junior division at the Philadelphia International Music Festival, First Place in Junior Strings at the Tri-County Concerts Youth Festival, and Second Place in the Delaware Concerto Competition for Young Musicians in 2024. He also earned First Place in the 13–18 age division of the Warminster Symphony Orchestra Young Artists Competition and First Place in the Junior Ensemble at the Tri-County Youth Festival in 2025. He was accepted into the National Youth Orchestra (NYO2) and performed at Carnegie Hall and the Edinburgh International Festival during the summer of 2025. In addition to the violin, Raymond actively participates in his school’s music programs, including orchestra, ensemble, choir, and flute in the school band, as well as a variety of school clubs. |