Brandon Hu is a freshman at the John Burroughs School. He is very excited to join the St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra for his second season.
Brandon started the violin at three and at the age of eleven, started transitioning from a music lover to a serious musician. At the age of 9, he joined the Webster Community Music School’s (CMS) string orchestra. He joined CMS’s Young People’s Concert Orchestra in 2019 and was the principal of second violins at the Young People’s Symphonic Orchestra (YPSO) during the 2022-2023 season. During that season, he and YPSO were chosen to perform at the Missouri Music Educator Association.
Brandon’s first concerto debut was with the Odyssey Chamber Series alongside two violinists performing the “Bach Triple Violin Concerto” as one of the winners of the Odyssey Concerto Competition in Columbia, Missouri. In 2023, he was awarded the runner-up at the Missouri state level in the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) in the junior string division.
At John Burroughs School, Brandon, along with his classmates, founded the school’s first ever chamber music ensemble, The Burrough Trio, and performed at the school and around the St. Louis Area.
Brandon has studied at music festivals such as Indiana Univeristy’s Jacob School of Music Summer String Academy in 2023 and Meadowmount School of Music in 2024. He has received guidance from pedagogues like Mr. Pasha Sabouri and Mr. I-Hao Lee.
Brandon would like to thank his former teacher Ms. Celina Casado for guiding him on the very start of the violin. He thanks Ms. Joo Kim who has taught over the last 8 years and has helped him to grow as a musician and as a person.
