Youth Competitions
Every spring ECHO hosts two youth competitions for musically talented students in the Houston.
The Concerto competition winner performs with the orchestra in a major concert as a featured guest artist.
The Composition competition winner's piece is performed by the orchestra in a major concert.
ECHO is committed to fostering young talent in our backyard and to bringing the next generation of musicians to our audience. We will announce 2026 competition guidelines in January 2026.
ECHO is delighted and grateful to Casa Argentina for underwriting the Youth Concerto competition award.
2025
VANAE SHUNK, VIOLIN
Vanae is a freshman at Clements High School in Sugar Land. Outside of her violin studies, she is involved in her school’s theater club, and is a singer with the Clements choir.
CALEB MAYBERRY, COMPOSER
Caleb is a senior at Cypress Creek High School. He studies composition and violin. He is especially interested in emotions, and dramaticism in music.
2024
ARTURO GONZALEZ, CELLO
In 2024, Arturo attended The Woodlands College Park High School. Outside of school, he volunteered to perform at a nursing home and enjoyed publishing his own arrangements of famous classical pieces for cello
ensembles.
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2023 Hope Hoang, Harp, Memorial HS
2023 Brigham Smith, Piano, Westside HS
2022 Chanmin (Joel) Park, Cello
2020 Katherine Butler, Violin
2020 James Li, Violin
2019 David Kim, Cello
2018 Ping Jing Toong, Violin
2018 Lauren Mathews, Cello