Tzuying Huang

Tzuying Huang is an accomplished clarinetist and bass clarinetist, appointed to the esteemed St. Louis Symphony Orchestra in February 2015 under the direction of music director David Robertson. Since 2019, Ms. Huang has held the position of Clarinet/Bass Clarinet with the Britt Music Festival in Jacksonville, Oregon, and also serves as Artistic Director of the Ariel Concert Series in St Louis, Missouri. Prior to her tenure with the St. Louis Symphony, she was a member of the Kansas City Symphony as Clarinet/Bass Clarinet.

Ms. Huang's extensive experience includes performances with prestigious orchestras such as the Cleveland Orchestra and Chicago Symphony Orchestra. As a chamber musician, she frequently performs with the Ariel Concert Series, Chamber Music Society of St. Louis, Chamber Projects St. Louis and the Missouri Chamber Music Festival. Her talent has also taken her overseas to Taiwan, Shanghai, Beijing, Malaysia, Kazakhstan, and Singapore. Aside from her performance career, Ms. Huang is a passionate educator with seventeen years of teaching experience.

She has givenmaster classes in Taiwan and North America and works with the St. Louis SymphonyYouth Orchestra and the St. Louis Symphony Education and Community Program, teaching in public schools in the St. Louis area.Ms. Huang has been honored with numerous awards, including a First Prize in the 2011National Couer d'Alene Symphony Young Artist competition, an Honorable Mention fromthe 2011 National Midland-Odessa Symphony Young Artist Competition, and First Prizein the 2012 National Music Teacher Association Music Competition state competition.

Additionally, she won First Prize at the 2012 Mid Texas Young Artist Competition, after which she was invited to perform as a soloist with both the Couer d'Alene Symphony and Mid-Texas Symphony, performing Carl Nielsen's Clarinet Concerto. Ms. Huang is a Buffet Crampon performing artist and D’Addario Woodwinds Artist, exclusively playing on D'Addario Reserve Bass Clarinet reeds, Buffet Crampon clarinets, and bass clarinets.

She received her Master of Music Degree and Performance Diploma from The Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University-Bloomington, studying with James Campbell, Joaquin Valdepeñas, Burt Hara, Nathan Williams, Wei-Ling Bill Chen, and Pei-Lin Lee. In addition to her studies,Ms. Huang spent several summers as a Fellow at the Aspen Music Festival, one summer at the Tanglewood Music Festival, the Banff Music Festival, and the Young Artist Program of the National Arts Center in Ottawa, Canada.