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Elaina Rae Stuppler (age 14) is a composer and multi-instrumentalist from Lake Oswego, Oregon. She was selected for the California and Oregon Honor Band and is Principal Trombone for the Portland Youth Conservatory Orchestra. She is a member of the Young Composer’s Project, was in the Premiere Ensemble of the National Children’s Choir, and will be singing at Carnegie Hall this spring. Her orchestral compositions were performed by the Oregon Symphony, Metropolitan Youth Symphony, and Portland Youth Philharmonic. She is the recipient of the U.S. President’s Education Award and is a Youth Roving Reporter for All-Classical Portland/ICAN Radio.