Riley Cannon

Riley Cannon is a junior attending Triad High School in Troy, Illinois, and is a returning member of the Saint Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra.  As a returning member, this is Riley’s first year as a full-time musician, and first year on soprano clarinet.  Riley has been playing bass clarinet for three years and clarinet for two years.  In addition to clarinet and bass clarinet, Riley plays alto saxophone in the Triad High School jazz band.  Riley is a clarinetist in the Troy Community Band, a reed player for the Looking Glass Playhouse Pit Orchestra, and a bass clarinetist in the Triad High School clarinet choir.  Riley has participated in the IMEC music festival as the fourth chair bass clarinetist in the honor band.  He also played for one year with the Saint Louis Youth Wind Symphony as a bass clarinetist.  At Triad, Riley plays in the wind ensemble and is a drum major for the marching band.  Riley has been taking clarinet lessons under Caren Vittetoe for about a year. 

In December, Riley performed as a baritone in the high school choir for the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra’s “Home Alone: In Concert”.   Riley also performed various roles in Triad High School’s “Radium Girls” production – his first play.   

Outside of music, Riley enjoys caring for plants, collecting vinyl records, and being on the Triad math team.