From performing at venues all across the region, either solo or as a member of the trio Three Creeks Down (along with his brother Hayden on drums and Tristan Barnes on bass and keyboards), to being the youngest member of the cast of Virginia’s Li’l Ole Opry, Mathews High School junior Hunter Owens has quickly made a name for himself in the local music scene. But the talented 16-year-old musician and songwriter recently got a chance to expand his musical wings, as it were, playing with the top high school musicians throughout the state as first chair contra-alto clarinet in the All-Virginia Symphonic Band in Richmond on April 16-18. “It was an unforgettable experience,” he said. “I think that is something that will stick with me for the rest of my life.” Owens was first assigned the contra-alto clarinet in the summer before his freshman year at MHS, filling the spot left by Bradyn Barr, another talented Mathews High School musician who is continuing his musical and education career at V...