Community Music School Partnership  

APS supports Community Music School by encouraging their young artists to perform with excellence and rewarding them with performance opportunities and cash awards. 

2024 Competition

2024 Community Music School winners were chosen at the October 27, competition. 

The two winners were: 
Asher Koh, piano and Eric Chang, violin.  

Honorable Mention was awarded to Syvia Kennedy, cello.

Asher and Eric will present their joint recital on
Sunday, February 2, 2025 at 3:00 pm at the CMS Auditorium at Webster University.

Previous Winnrs

2023 winners: 
- John Bergman, piano and percussion  (Kirkwood High School) 
- Eric Chen, violin (Marquette High School) 

2020 winners (who were not able to present their recital due to COVID restrictions):
- Daniel Direnger, cello 
- Jerry Change, piano

Thanks you to the APS Board members who made it happen:
Daniel Shavers, John Bergman, Eric Chen, APS President Cindy Vantine