Kyla Herbert, Violin
Kyla
Herbert has been playing the violin for the past 18 years and is currently in
her 5th year as an elementary orchestra teacher in the Hazelwood School District. She holds a Bachelor of
Music Education from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and studied
violin there with Dr. Lenora Marya-Anop of The LeClaire Trio. She has played
violin and viola in various chamber ensembles through the years and is
currently the first violinist of the Gateway String Quartet.
Beth Schmiedeke,
Violin
Beth
Schmiedeke is an orchestra director in the Hazelwood School District,
teaching Elementary, Middle, and High School. She received a Masters in Music
Education from the University
of Missouri St. Louis.
She is a member of the HNEA, MENC< and ASTA. Beth plays throughout the St. Louis area in various
ensembles and is currently the second violinist of the Gateway String Quartet.
Samantha Foster, Viola
Samantha
Foster is also an orchestra director in the Hazelwood School District,
teaching elementary for the past 5 years. Samantha received her Bachelor of
Music Education from Webster
University and studied
cello there with Alvin McCall of the St. Louis Symphony. Samantha’s main
instrument is cello, but saw a need for a viola player in the quartet and
decided to step up. She currently resides in Alton, Illinois
and is the founding member/manager of the Gateway String Quartet.
Ed Sanheinrich, Cello
Ed
Sandheinrich received his B.A. in Music from Webster University
in May 2003. He is now a beginning orchestra teacher at Conway
and Spoede Schools
in the Ladue School District. In addition to teaching
at school, Ed also teaches cello privately. Ed has been a member of the Webster
Symphony since 1999 and also plays with the Jacksonville Illinois Symphony.
Besides music, Ed also enjoys cycling and hockey.