Lorelei Schoenhard is a ninth grader at Saint John’s Prep in Collegeville, Minnesota. Since third grade, she has studied violin with Marion Judish, professor emeritus of Saint Cloud State University. On most Monday nights, Lorelei can be found at Orchestra Hall, where she is a concertmaster of the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphony (GTCYS). In 2023 and 2024, she performed with the Saint Cloud Symphony and Minnetonka Symphony, after winning their concerto competitions.  In recent years, she has won her age divisions in solo competitions sponsored by the Schubert Club, Minnesota String & Orchestra Teachers Association, and Music Teachers National Association.  She has been a finalist in the Minnesota Orchestra’s YPSCA concerto competition.  She has been featured on NPR’s From the Top. As a chamber musician, Lorelei has performed in the Saint Paul Chamber Music Institute and Stringwood Chamber Music Festival.  She continues at the Artaria Chamber Music School. With her string quartet, she has played benefits for GTCYS, Classical MPR, and the Minnesota Orchestra. Last summer, she toured France and Spain with GTCYS, then attended the Boston University Tanglewood Institute, where she was a soloist for children’s concerts, a participant in masterclasses, and a concertmaster of the Young Artists’ Orchestra.

When she isn’t playing her violin, Lorelei likes to practice her piano, build LEGO, and downhill ski.