Ellie Kennedy is an 18 year old violinist from San Antonio. She is currently studying with Ilya Kaler and Olga Kaler at Cleveland Institute of Music. She has won multiple competitions, including American String Teachers Association (ASTA), Great Composers International Competition (GCC), and Music Teachers Association of California (MTAC). She won the 2021 Youth Orchestras of San Antonio (YOSA) Concerto Competition and was invited to perform the first movement of the Barber Violin Concerto with the San Antonio Youth Philharmonic at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts. Ellie has played concertmaster for San Antonio Youth Philharmonic, Texas All State Symphony Orchestra, and Boston University Tanglewood Institute Young Artists Orchestra. Ellie has also attended the Heifetz International Music Institute in 2023 and 2024.