Glenelg High School Orchestra Students Win International Awards

ELLICOTT CITY, MD — Two Glenelg High School orchestra students recently won major international music competitions. Sihyun Jennifer Park, a cellist in 10th grade, was a first prize winner in the strings category of the Golden Classical Music Awards. She has since been invited to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City in March 2020.

Maxwell Lu, a violinist in 12th grade, is a winner in the Sounds of Children’s Rights international composition contest sponsored by the Austrian Federal Chancellery, Department for Families and Youth. Lu traveled to Vienna, Austria, to receive his award, and his piece was performed and recorded by a professional orchestra.