2015 YoungArts Winners

2015 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS

2015 YoungArts Winners

FINALISTS

Cinematic Arts

Ruby Drake Lowell High School | San Francisco, CA

Alexander Herz Redwood High School | Larkspur, CA

Adam McArthur Cascade High School | Everett, WA

Oliver Orr Mattituck High School | Mattituck, NY

David Saveliev Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Danielle Stolz Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA

Dance

Nathan Beech | Tap Forest Park High School | Woodbridge, VA

Jacob Clemente | Tap Columbia High School | East Greenbush, NY

Andrea Fabbri | Ballet The Harid Conservatory | Boca Raton, FL

Eddieomar Gonzalez | Modern Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Aaron Hilton | Ballet


Professional Children’s School | New York, NY

Hayden Hopkins | Modern Insight School of Washington | Tacoma, WA

Myles Hunter | Modern Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Nicole Ishimaru | Modern Indiana University High School | Bloomington, IN

Isabel Kaiser | Irish Step Homeschool | Saint Charles, Missouri

Sarah Lapointe | Ballet Keystone National High School | Bloomsburg, PA

Jordynn Lurie | Other North Broward Preparatory School | Coconut Creek, FL

Edward Mandell | Hip Hop Sharon High School | Sharon, MA

Matthew McLaughlin | Modern The Barrie School | Silver Spring, MD

Daniela O’Neil | Ballet Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Sarah Pippin | Modern Heritage High School | Wake Forest, NC

Anagha Prasanna | Classical Indian Union County Academy for Allied Health Sciences | Scotch Plains, NJ

Uriel Ramirez | Mexican Folkloric Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Kaleb Sims | Hip Hop Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL

Nicole Smith | Modern Del Oro High School | Loomis, CA

Autumn Steed | Ballet Downers Grove South High School | Downers Grove, IL

Jonathan Wade | Modern Coral Reef Senior High School | Miami, FL

Madeline Woo | Ballet Huntington Beach High School | Huntington Beach, CA


Design

Daniela Alarcon Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Jessica Baldinger Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Eduardo Garcia Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Jason Ginsberg Horace Mann School | Riverdale, NY

Seanna Harris Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Maite Iribarren Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Alejandro Jimenez Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Julieta Londono Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Benjamin Naftalis St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX

Helmuth Rosales Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Aaron Smithson Trinity School | New York, NY

Anna Talley Atlee High School | Mechanicsville, VA

Jazz

John Michael Bradford | Trumpet New Orleans Center for Creative Arts | New Orleans, LA

Devin Daniels | Alto Alexander Hamilton High School | Los Angeles, CA

Conner Duke | Double Bass Arlington High School | Arlington, MA

Nicholas Lee | Trombone Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA


Jared Silverstein | Percussion Hillsborough High School | Hillsborough, NJ

Matthew Wong | Keyboard Independence High School | San Francisco, CA

Music

Sein An | Violin Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School | West Chester, PA

Sasha Bult-Ito | Piano Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Hsun Chang | Piano Henry M. Gunn High School | Palo Alto, CA

Erika Gray | Viola New Trier High School | Winnetka, IL

Oliver Herbert | Violoncello Ruth Asawa School of the Arts | San Francisco, CA

Ramakrishnan Kumaran | Flute Dehesa Charter School | Escondido, CA

Seong Hwan Lee | Classical Music Composition Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Sydney Lee | Violoncello Ramapo High School | Franklin Lakes, NJ

Geneva Lewis | Violin Homeschool | Irvine, California

Ying Li | Piano The City School | Philadelphia, PA

Charles Lilley | Saxophone DeMatha Catholic High School | Hyattsville, MD

Evelyn Mo | Piano Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology | Alexandria, VA

Vaibhav Mohanty | Classical Music Composition Academic Magnet High School | North Charleston, SC

Margaret O’Leary | Bassoon Claremont High School | Claremont, CA

Chase Park | Violoncello


Northern Valley Regional High School | Demarest, NJ

Yaegy Park | Violin Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY

Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner | Piano The Juilliard School, College Division (Senior Undergraduate) | New York, New York

Christopher Staknys | Piano Falmouth High School | Falmouth, ME

Jeremy Tai | Violoncello Saint Francis High School | Mountain View, CA

Tanner Tanyeri | Percussion Middleton High School | Middleton, WI

Athena Tsianos | Piano Glendora High School | Glendora, CA

Yibiao Wang | Flute Queens High School for the Sciences | Jamaica, NY

Angela Wee | Violin Syosset High School | Syosset, NY

Photography

Sequoia Canada New Roads School | Santa Monica, CA

Yu-Hua Golnick Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Ramona Gomez Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Michael Hansen Perpich Center for Arts Education | Golden Valley, MN

Maxwell Hart Perpich Center for Arts Education | Golden Valley, MN

Amanda Masis City Of Angels School | Los Angeles, CA

Zinnia Moreno El Camino Real High School | Woodland Hills, CA

Dakotah Murphree Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL


Gabriella Rothbart Archer School for Girls | Los Angeles, CA

Isabel Strachan The Key School | Annapolis, MD

Alexander Zhang Central Magnet School | Little Rock, AR

Theater

Ashley Arnold | Musical Theater Idyllwild Arts Academy | Idyllwild, CA

Griffin Binnicker | Musical Theater South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC

Ciaran Bowling | Musical Theater Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY

Dara Brown | Musical Theater Chicago High School for the Arts | Chicago, IL

Wesley Goodrich | Spoken Theater Edward R. Murrow High School | Brooklyn, NY

Jasper Keen | Spoken Theater New Mexico School for the Arts | Santa Fe, NM

Matthew Kemp | Musical Theater Fairport High School | Fairport, NY

Ashley Long | Spoken Theater The Woodlands High School | The Woodlands, TX

Grace Martini | Musical Theater New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Noah McGill | Spoken Theater South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC

Erin Metz | Musical Theater Martin Luther King High School | Riverside, CA

Caroline Mixon | Musical Theater Saint Francis High School | Sacramento, CA

Raven Moore | Musical Theater High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Amir Nickell | Spoken Theater


William R. Boone High School | Orlando, FL

Olamide Sholotan | Musical Theater High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Javier Spivey | Musical Theater Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY

Sean Stack | Musical Theater New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Alexander Stone | Musical Theater McLean High School | Mclean, VA

Talia Suskauer | Musical Theater Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Dominique Thorne | Spoken Theater Professional Performing Arts School | New York, NY

Anna Tobin | Musical Theater St. Petersburg High School International Baccalaureate Program | St. Petersburg, FL

Visual Arts

Mikayla Brown Whitney M. Young Magnet High School | Chicago, IL

Jennifer Choi Palos Verdes High School | Palos Verdes Est, CA

Camille Clair Culver City High School | Culver City, CA

Catrina Crawford Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Chrisonia DeCosta Henry Snyder High School | Jersey City, NJ

Cole Dininno Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Towson, MD

Mark Fleuridor Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL

Catalina Gonzalez Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Su Wan Kim Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI


Jackson McGrath Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Hannah Mills Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Seyedalimohammad Illya Mousavijad Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Charles Olson St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX

Luz Orozco New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Anais Perez Doral Performing Arts & Entertainment Academy | Doral, FL

Melissa Posner Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Isabella Poulos Pius XI High School | Milwaukee, WI

Zachary Rapaport Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Moises Salazar Chicago High School for the Arts | Chicago, IL

Celia Shaheen Plano West High School | Plano, TX

George Spica Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Morgan Strahorn Stivers School for the Arts | Dayton, OH

Paloma Valencia Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Mary Wichmann New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Ryan Yale Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Voice

Hansini Bhasker | Soprano


Greenwich High School | Greenwich, CT

Victoria Clara Canal Tinius | Singer/Songwriter International School of Berne | Gumligen Bern,

Matthew Chang | Baritone Middlesex School | Concord, MA

Darynn Dean | Jazz Voice Mira Costa High School | Manhattan Beach, CA

Lydia Graham | Soprano Danville High School | Danville, KY

Khady Gueye | Mezzo Soprano Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY

Jonah Hoskins | Tenor Karl G. Maeser Preparatory Academy | Lindon, UT

Kate Huizinga | Popular Voice Mona Shores High School | Muskegon, MI

Ryan Hurley | Tenor Berkley High School | Berkley, MI

Maurice Johnson | Popular Voice Long Island High School for the Arts | Syosset, NY

Alice Kim | Singer/Songwriter Corning-Painted Post High School | Corning, NY

Anh Le | Singer/Songwriter West High School | Madison, WI

Brittany Loynaz | Popular Voice Somerset Academy High School | Pembroke Pines, FL

Alyssa McDoom | Jazz Voice Cypress Bay High School | Weston, FL

John Erick Joshua Millanes | Popular Voice Maplewood Academy | Hutchinson, MN

Jessica Niles | Soprano West Potomac High School | Alexandria, VA

Alecsys Proctor-Turner | Popular Voice New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Brianna Ray | Singer/Songwriter Timpanogos High School | Orem, UT


Joshua Reinier | Jazz Voice Nueva Upper School | San Mateo, California

Tyler Resto | Baritone High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Madison Russell | Jazz Voice Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX

Cabria Scott | Jazz Voice High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Quinn Sullivan | Singer/Songwriter Homeschool | New Bedford, Massachusetts

Ava Suppelsa | Singer/Songwriter Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Writing

Bindu Bansinath | Short Story Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart | Princeton, NJ

Maya Bernstein | Creative Non-Fiction Hunter College High School | New York, NY

Walker Caplan | Short Story Lakeside School | Seattle, WA

E Yeon Chang | Poetry The Hotchkiss School | Lakeville, CT

Carissa Chen | Poetry Phillips Exeter Academy | Exeter, NH

Ashanti Davis | Short Story Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Noah Dversdall | Poetry Dayton Regional STEM School | Kettering, OH

Julia Falkner | Poetry Monarch High School | Louisville, CO

Eli Guidry | Short Story Perry High School | Perry, GA

Claudia Isabel Heymach | Short Story High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Nancy Huang | Short Story

2015 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

International Academy | Bloomfield Hills, MI

Hannah Knowles | Short Story Castilleja School | Palo Alto, CA

Adina Lasser | Creative Non-Fiction Fine Arts Center | Greenville, SC

Antonia Matias-Bell | Poetry Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Erin Aaron Orbey | Creative Non-Fiction Buckingham Browne & Nichols School | Cambridge, MA

Maia Rosenfeld | Short Story Winchester Thurston School | Pittsburgh, PA

Shakthi Shrima | Poetry Homeschool | Austin, Texas

Audrey Spensley | Poetry Avon Lake High School | Avon Lake, OH

Talin Tahajian | Poetry Belmont High School | Belmont, MA

Oriana Tang | Poetry Livingston High School | Livingston, NJ

Oriana Tang | Short Story Livingston High School | Livingston, NJ

Adriane Tharp | Creative Non-Fiction Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL

Greta Wilensky | Short Story Lowell High School | Lowell, MA

Kai Williams | Short Story The Dalton School | New York, NY

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Cinematic Arts

Coleman Andersen Ballard High School | Seattle, WA

Alex Brisker Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA


Miles Carey Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Max Cho Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA

Clio Gevirtz Lick-Wilmerding High School | San Francisco, CA

Kathryn McCarthy Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Zachary Oschin Viewpoint School | Calabasas, CA

Nicolas Ramey New Orleans Center for Creative Arts | New Orleans, LA

Abigail Sacks Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Eli Stern Brentwood School | Los Angeles, CA

Carlos Tejera Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Samuel Wickert Fine Arts Center | Greenville, SC

Justin Wolman Palisades Charter High School | Pacific Palisade, CA

Dance

Patrick Blain | Modern Etobicoke School of the Arts | Toronto, ON

Alexandra Burman | Ballet Florida Virtual School | Orlando, FL

Brandon Chang | Modern Coral Reef Senior High School | Miami, FL

Jonah Delgado | Modern Glenbard South High School | Glen Ellyn, IL

Joshua Horton | Hip Hop Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Andrew Mulet | Choreography


Florida Virtual School | Orlando, FL

Alonso Olvera-Gonzalez | Ballet Homeschool | Monte Nido, California

Ranjani Parthasarathy | Classical Indian Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology | Alexandria, VA

Vivek Ramanan | Classical Indian Leland High School | San Jose, CA

Alexis Rosenstrauch | Tap Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Devin Ruth | Tap Ramapo High School | Franklin Lakes, NJ

Jared Sprague | Tap Highland High School | Highland, NY

Jakob Tribus | Modern Sunlake High School | Land O Lakes, FL

Tess Voelker | Modern Walnut Hill School for the Arts | Natick, MA

Genevieve Waldorf | Ballet El Camino Real High School | Woodland Hills, CA

Design

Alana Hayes Pius XI High School | Milwaukee, WI

Grace Lee Princeton High School | Princeton, NJ

Harrison Lin St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX

Nya Walker Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Jazz

Andrew Andron | Keyboard Garden City High School | Garden City, NY


Yesseh Furaha-Ali | Tenor Upper Darby High School | Drexel Hill, PA

Anthony Hervey | Trumpet Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL

Tyson Jackson | Percussion Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Kevin Jiang | Trombone Newark Academy | Livingston, NJ

Alexander Laurenzi | Alto Mountain Lakes High School | Mountain Lakes, NJ

Max Lesser | Tenor Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Cameron MacIntosh | Percussion Columbia High School | Maplewood, NJ

Matthew Malanowski | Keyboard Farmingdale High School | Farmingdale, NY

Nathan Pence | Double Bass Bishop DuBourg High School | St Louis, MO

James Robertson | Alto Benjamin Mays High School | Atlanta, GA

Franchesca Romero | Keyboard New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Samuel Scheeres | Keyboard Fairview High School | Boulder, CO

Caleb Smith | Trombone Shaker Heights High School | Shaker Heights, OH

Justin Trout | Alto South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC

Immanuel Wilkins | Alto Upper Darby High School | Drexel Hill, PA

Ayinde Williams | Keyboard Open High School | Richmond, VA

Alex Yuwen | Alto Hamilton High School | Chandler, AZ


Music

Lucian Avalon | Oboe Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Nadia Azzi | Piano Professional Performing Arts School | New York, NY

Yuki Beppu | Violin Lexington High School | Lexington, MA

Jeremiah Blacklow | Violin Buckingham Browne & Nichols School | Cambridge, MA

Anna Boonyanit | Piano Menlo School | Atherton, CA

Aiyana Braun | Classical Music Composition Haverford High School | Havertown, PA

Joseph Bricker | Percussion Evanston Township High School | Evanston, IL

Emma Burge | Violin Sycamore High School | Cincinnati, OH

Tiffany Chang | Violin Corona del Sol High School | Tempe, AZ

Ann Cho | Violin Westlake High School | Austin, TX

Hannah Criswell | Flute Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Michael Davidman | Piano Hunter College High School | New York, NY

Morgan Davison | Bassoon Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Scott Feiner | Classical Music Composition Roslyn High School | Roslyn Heights, NY

Yi Chen Feng | Piano Laurel Springs Academy | Ojai, CA

Alison Fierst | Flute Point Pleasant Borough High School | Point Pleasant, NJ

Omar Gaidarov | Flute Torrey Pines High School | San Diego, CA


Phoebe Gardner | Violin Professional Children’s School | New York, NY

Daniel Giebisch | Violoncello Amity Regional High School | Woodbridge, CT

James Gulielmetti | Classical Music Composition The Calhoun School | New York, NY

Kelly Haines | Bassoon Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Sara Han | Clarinet Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Katherine Holmes | Classical Guitar Homeschool | Phenix City, Alabama

Franklin Jia | Clarinet Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science | Denton, TX

Tiffany Jiang | Flute Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science | Denton, TX

Henry Johnston | Classical Guitar Central Magnet School | Saint Paul, MN

Brian Junttila | Classical Music Composition Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology | Alexandria, VA

Daniel Kaler | Violoncello New Trier High School | Winnetka, IL

Izak Kertznus | Flute Dr. Michael M. Krop High School | Miami, FL

Daniel Kim | Violin Strath Haven High School | Wallingford, PA

Jennifer Kim | Classical Guitar Cypress High School | Cypress, CA

Rachel Koh | Violoncello Redlands East Valley High School | Redlands, CA

Shannon Kollasch | Violin Neuqua Valley High School | Naperville, IL

Ruta Kuzmickas | Piano Clackamas Web Academy | Clackamas, OR

Charles Yoonsuh Lee | Violin Professional Children’s School | New York, NY


Minku Lee | Violoncello Henry M. Gunn High School | Palo Alto, CA

Natalie Lee | Violin Okemos High School | Okemos, MI

John Li | Violin Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School | Saint Louis, MO

TianYi Li | Piano Professional Children’s School | New York, NY

Esther Liao | Piano Bellaire Senior High School | Bellaire, TX

Sean Lim | Violin McLean High School | Mclean, VA

Matthew Liu | Classical Music Composition Marlborough School | Marlboro, NJ

Miranda Liu | Violin Homeschool | Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

Kako Miura | Violin Professional Children’s School | New York, NY

Alissa Mori | Violin Fieldston School | Bronx, NY

Isabella Palacpac | Violoncello Wilton High School | Wilton, CT

Michael Parsons | Classical Music Composition Watchung Hills Regional High School | Warren, NJ

Apoorva Rangan | Flute The Harker School | San Jose, CA

Jillian Reed | Flute Montpelier High School | Montpelier, VT

Christopher Rogers-Beadle | Viola Walnut Hill School for the Arts | Natick, MA

Daniel Rudin | Classical Music Composition Half Hollow Hills High School West | Dix Hills, NY

Adam Sadberry | Flute Montgomery High School | Montgomery, TX

Carolyn Semes | Violin Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School | West Chester, PA


Emily Shehi | Violin Olathe East High School | Olathe, KS

Sara Simpson | Flute Patrick Henry High School | San Diego, CA

Phillip Solomon | Clarinet Hendrick Hudson High School | Montrose, NY

David Steinhardt | Classical Guitar Pittsford Mendon High School | Pittsford, NY

Leo Taylor | Percussion Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Mark Trotter | French Horn Keswick Christian School | St Petersburg, FL

Aliya Ultan | Classical Music Composition Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Taiga Ultan | Flute Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Nathan Walhout | Violoncello Wheaton North High School | Wheaton, IL

Alexander Wang | Violin Union County Magnet High School | Scotch Plains, NJ

Austin Wang | Violin Townsend Harris High School | Flushing, NY

Katherine Woo | Violin Riverside High School | Greer, SC

Oliver Xu | Percussion Winston Churchill High School | Livonia, MI

Alexander Yakub | Classical Music Composition Amherst Regional High School | Amherst, MA

Adria Ye | Piano Professional Children’s School | New York, NY

Grace Yin | Violin Phillips Exeter Academy | Exeter, NH

Seho Young | Piano Phillips Academy | Andover, MA

Brian Zhao | Violoncello Plano West High School | Plano, TX


Emily Zheng | Flute Arcadia High School | Arcadia, CA

Photography

Benjamin Bear Auburn High School | Rockford, IL

Micaela Beigel Urban Academy Laboratory High School | New York, NY

Tayla Ederesinghe Wauwatosa West High School | Wauwatosa, WI

Theater

Nicholas Aquilino | Musical Theater American Heritage-Boca/Delray | Delray Beach, FL

Bryce Baxter | Musical Theater Stafford Senior High School | Falmouth, VA

Kalina Bland | Musical Theater Baltimore School for the Arts | Baltimore, MD

Isis Bruno | Musical Theater The Masters School | Dobbs Ferry, NY

Francesca Curry-Edwards | Musical Theater Kentwood High School | Covington, WA

Casey Edwards | Spoken Theater Chicago High School for the Arts | Chicago, IL

Jonathan Fleites | Musical Theater New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Lauryn Hobbs | Musical Theater Shaker Heights High School | Shaker Heights, OH

Sophie Hoyt | Spoken Theater Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY

Thaddeus Kaszuba-Dias | Musical Theater Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Maya Lagerstam | Musical Theater Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI


Conlan Ledwith | Musical Theater eAchieve Academy Wisconsin | Waukesha, WI

Katherine Marshall | Musical Theater Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY

Gregory McKitt | Spoken Theater Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL

Sage Melcher | Musical Theater Allendale Columbia School | Rochester, NY

McClain Miles | Musical Theater University of North Carolina School of the Arts | Winston Salem, NC

Madeline Milligan | Spoken Theater Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Alyxaundrea Munson | Musical Theater Modesto High School | Modesto, CA

Amrita Newton | Spoken Theater Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Alison Pogorelc | Musical Theater Whitefish Bay High School | Whitefish Bay, WI

Nicholas Polonio | Spoken Theater Green Hope High School | Cary, NC

Grayson Samuels | Musical Theater Gibbs Senior High School | St. Petersburg, FL

Michaela Tramuta | Musical Theater Fredonia High School | Fredonia, NY

Charlotte Williams | Musical Theater Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY

Kayce Wilson | Spoken Theater Duke Ellington School of the Arts | Washington, DC

Caitlin Witty | Musical Theater Wilton High School | Wilton, CT

Carson Wright | Spoken Theater Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX

Visual Arts

Maya Bjornson


Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts | Philadelphia, PA

Madison Brownson Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Catherine Buffington Starkville High School | Starkville, MS

Catherine Chen Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Robert Dietz Nicolet High School | Glendale, WI

Avril Falgout Texas Academy of Leadership in the Humanities | Beaumont, TX

Nathalie Francis Coral Reef Senior High School | Miami, FL

Juan Garcia New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Meher Gill Woodward Academy | College Park, GA

Attlesha Harry New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Wenlu He Cherry Hill High School East | Cherry Hill, NJ

Ji Eun Jeong Palos Verdes Peninsula High School | Rolling Hls Ests, CA

David Kaminsky Briarcliff High School | Briarcliff Manor, NY

Sun Mi Kim Arnold O. Beckman High School | Irvine, CA

Kenneth Korbar Ballard High School | Louisville, KY

Junghyun Lee Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Sebastian Niculescu Hicksville High School | Hicksville, NY

Nicholas Raley Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Towson, MD


David Saveliev Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Danielle Schmidt Hereford High School | Parkton, MD

Benjamin Sequeira New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Lisa Su Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Towson, MD

Pearl Thompson Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies | Los Angeles, CA

Can Wen Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Towson, MD

Jennifer Xiao University of North Carolina School of the Arts | Winston Salem, NC

Voice

Tori Adams | Soprano Edina High School | Edina, MN

Katherine Ahmann | Soprano Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Charles Allen | Singer/Songwriter Veritas Preparatory Academy | Richmond, VA

Jerilyne Almonte | Popular Voice Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY

Tehillah Alphonso | Popular Voice Marian High School | Omaha, NE

Isobel Anthony | Soprano Malibu High School | Malibu, CA

George B. Perry | Tenor Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School | Bethesda, MD

Georgia Belmont | Soprano Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY

Abigail Berry | Jazz Voice Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Abigail Berry | Popular Voice


Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Grace Bowland | Popular Voice Fairview High School | Boulder, CO

Krystal Bowman | Popular Voice Edward R. Murrow High School | Brooklyn, NY

Laura Brickle | Soprano South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC

Bryanna Brown | Popular Voice Dominican Academy | New York, NY

Maya Carney | Jazz Voice Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY

Caitlin Daniels | Soprano Richland Collegiate High School (RCHS) | Dallas, TX

Sydney Dardis | Soprano Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Madison Douglas | Singer/Songwriter Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

William Fielding | Baritone Smithfield High School | Smithfield, VA

Chloe Flynt | Singer/Songwriter Calvary Christian High School | Clearwater, FL

Daphne Gampel | Singer/Songwriter Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY

Justine Garcia | Jazz Voice New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Maria Giovanetti | Soprano Lakewood High School | Lakewood, CO

Denná Good-Mojab | Soprano Estacada Early College | Estacada, OR

Emily Hall | Contralto Nordhoff High School | Ojai, CA

Kamryn Harris | Popular Voice San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts | San Diego, CA

Kalif Jones | Tenor Walt Whitman High School | Huntington Sta, NY


Grace Jong | Mezzo Soprano Palos Verdes High School | Palos Verdes Est, CA

Grace Kaiser | Popular Voice Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY

Nicole Koh | Soprano Ruth Asawa School of the Arts | San Francisco, CA

Maria Kolomiets | Soprano Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY

Lydia Li | Soprano Walnut Hill School for the Arts | Natick, MA

Chaste Martin | Popular Voice Musselman High School | Inwood, WV

Jeannie Miller | Soprano Homeschool | Hudson Oaks, Texas

Samyra Miller | Popular Voice Lusher Charter School | New Orleans, LA

Karl Munroe | Popular Voice Yarmouth High School | Yarmouth, ME

Iris Murphy | Singer/Songwriter Bio-Med Science Academy | Rootstown, OH

Jordin rae Nicolae | Popular Voice Conard High School | West Hartford, CT

Claire Nordstrom | Singer/Songwriter Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA

Isabel Ostroff | Jazz Voice The Branson School | Ross, CA

Pascal Pahl | Jazz Voice Elk Grove High School | Elk Grove Villag, IL

Isabella Ramos | Popular Voice Coral Reef Senior High School | Miami, FL

Edmond Rodriguez | Popular Voice Coral Reef Senior High School | Miami, FL

Janysa Rodriguez | Soprano Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY

James Rootring | Bass Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy | Cincinnati, OH


Nia Savoy | Jazz Voice Caddo Parish Magnet High School | Shreveport, LA

Francis Sto.Domingo | Popular Voice Trinity Collegiate School | Darlington, SC

Vinay Thomas | Baritone Plano East High School | Plano, TX

Caroline Vermillion | Popular Voice Christ Church Episcopal School | Greenville, SC

Matthew Wang | Singer/Songwriter Lake Zurich Senior High School | Lake Zurich, IL

Robert Washington, III | Jazz Voice John S. Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School | Augusta, GA

Joshua Westman | Tenor Abilene High School | Abilene, TX

Imani Williams | Jazz Voice Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX

Jiyoon Yooun | Soprano William A. Shine Great Neck South High School | Great Neck, NY

Writing

Giselle Abreu | Short Story Weaver Academy for Performing & Visual Arts and Advanced Technology | Greensboro, NC

Ashia Ajani | Poetry East High School | Denver, CO

Nicole Andreson | Short Story ACES Educational Center For The Arts | New Haven, CT

Brandon Burnett | Play or Script for Film or Video Jenks High School | Jenks, OK

Milo Davidson | Short Story Hunter College High School | New York, NY

Griffin Blue Fay | Poetry Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Cu Fleshman | Short Story South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC

Katherine Frain | Poetry

2015 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Wando High School | Mount Pleasant, SC

Elizabeth Frakes | Play or Script for Film or Video Viewpoint School | Calabasas, CA

Kathleen Herbst | Creative Non-Fiction South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC

Melissa Ho | Poetry Marriotts Ridge High School | Marriottsville, MD

Demitri Makeig | Play or Script for Film or Video Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Veronica Marks | Creative Non-Fiction Hunter College High School | New York, NY

Molly McDaniel | Poetry Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Eliana Pipes | Play or Script for Film or Video Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Rowan Procter | Short Story Mayfield Senior School | Pasadena, CA

Aviva Rabin-Court | Poetry Hunter College High School | New York, NY

Sindhu Ravuri | Creative Non-Fiction The Harker School | San Jose, CA

Christell Roach | Poetry Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL

Summer Standiford | Creative Non-Fiction South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC

Catherine Valdez | Poetry Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL

MERIT

Cinematic Arts

Cole Borgstadt Fayetteville High School | Fayetteville, AR

Aidan Callahan


Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Towson, MD

Liam Campbell Upper Arlington High School | Upper Arlington, OH

Maxwell Galassi Newtown High School | Sandy Hook, CT

Leo Gallagher Packer Collegiate Institute | Brooklyn, NY

Takai Ginwright Oakland School for the Arts | Oakland, CA

LuisEnrique Hernandez Gonzalez Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Ashton Herrild Liberty High School | Renton, WA

Brady Holcomb Jamestown High School | Williamsburg, VA

Max Johnson Falls Church High School | Falls Church, VA

Su Wan Kim Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Amanda Morrison St. Paul’s School | Concord, NH

Alice Petrosova Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Henry Quilici Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA

Sarit Sandler Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL

James Tralie Upper Dublin High School | Ft Washington, PA

Sara Truscott Seattle Academy | Seattle, WA

Anna May Tubbs Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Satya Varghese Mac Perpich Center for Arts Education | Golden Valley, MN


Timothy Vaughn Mary McDowell Friends School | Brooklyn, NY

Christopher Vega Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY

Dance

Alyssa Allen | Modern Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Rio Anderson | Ballet Ruth Asawa School of the Arts | San Francisco, CA

Amanda Davis | Jazz Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Zachary Downer | Jazz Keystone National High School | Bloomsburg, PA

Delilah Gamson Levy | Choreography Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Kaylee Grippando | Ballet Keystone National High School | Bloomsburg, PA

Darius Hickman | Modern Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Marcel Mejia | Hip Hop New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Daniela O’Neil | Modern Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Maria Paredes | Ballet Sierra Canyon School | Chatsworth, CA

Evan Rapaport | Modern New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Omar Rivera | Choreography Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX

Omar Rivera | Modern Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX

Brianna Rodriguez | Jazz Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Jannah Schwarz | Jazz


New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Hayden Slaff | Ballet The Harid Conservatory | Boca Raton, FL

Joseph Socci | Tap Masuk High School | Monroe, CT

Meera Srinivasan | Classical Indian Interlake High School | Bellevue, WA

Kaylin Sturtevant | Modern Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX

Gianna Theodore | Modern Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Jordan Willis | Modern Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX

Brittany Woo | Ballet Connecting Waters Charter School | Waterford, CA

Matthew Woodcock-Livingston | Modern Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY

Design

Valerie Franco Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Naomi Johnson Nova High School | Davie, FL

EliseAnne Koskelo Los Alamos High School | Los Alamos, NM

Ashley Lee Greenhill School | Addison, TX

Isadora Milanez Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Leah Nasgowitz Pius XI High School | Milwaukee, WI

Saya Nassyr Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL


Jazz

Nils Aardahl | Double Bass Bismarck High School | Bismarck, ND

Evan Abounassar | Trumpet Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Abdulrahman Amer | Trombone Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY

Kyle Benford | Percussion Miami Beach Senior High School | Miami Beach, FL

Rolandson Davies | Double Bass DCPS/MAPCS Alternative High School | Washington, DC

Cole Davis | Double Bass Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY

Jamael Dean | Keyboard Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Anton Derevyanko | Tenor Medfield High School | Medfield, MA

Nicholas Dunston | Composition Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY

Mario Fabrizio | Percussion Seton Hall Preparatory School | West Orange, NJ

Christopher Fishman | Keyboard Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Ricardo Guerra | Percussion New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Hersh Gupta | Alto Lexington High School | Lexington, MA

Lucas Hahn | Keyboard Georgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory School | Santa Cruz, CA

Logan Heine | Alto Inglemoor High School | Kenmore, WA

Cristian Hernandez | Double Bass New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Kameron Johnson | Keyboard Detroit Country Day School | Beverly Hills, MI


John Keuch | Tenor Las Vegas Academy of the Arts | Las Vegas, NV

Eli Koskoff | Guitar Staples High School | Westport, CT

Ian McGimpsey | Guitar Hudson High School | Hudson, OH

Luca Mendoza | Keyboard Crossroads School | Santa Monica, CA

Jeffery Miller | Trombone New Orleans Center for Creative Arts | New Orleans, LA

Timothy Murphy | Tenor Montclair High School | Montclair, NJ

Eric Nakanishi | Alto Northgate High School | Walnut Creek, CA

John Otten | Trumpet Roosevelt High School | Seattle, WA

Joey Pearlman | Double Bass East High School | Denver, CO

Sebastian Rios | Double Bass Miami Beach Senior High School | Miami Beach, FL

Scott Roberts | Composition Canyon Crest Academy | San Diego, CA

Luca Rodoni | Trumpet Park City High School | Park City, UT

Will Sach | Double Bass Mamaroneck High School | Mamaroneck, NY

Sam Schwall | Trumpet Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX

Matthew Sewell | Guitar Ladue Horton Watkins High School | Saint Louis, MO

Aaron Shaw | Tenor Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Emmett Sher | Guitar Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY

Alexander Smith | Percussion Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA


Victor Valdes | Percussion New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Matthew Wong | Composition Independence High School | San Francisco, CA

Benjamin Woodard | Percussion South Hadley High School | South Hadley, MA

Music

Carlos Aguilar | Flute San Diego Virtual School | Chula Vista, CA

Emily Aiken | Percussion Henry M. Gunn High School | Palo Alto, CA

Nicholas Arredondo | Contrabass Vancouver School of Arts and Academics | Vancouver, WA

Tyler Atkins | Classical Music Composition High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Noah Beattie-Moss | Classical Music Composition State College Area High School | State College, PA

Eleanor Bragg | Classical Music Composition Stanford University Online High School | Stanford, CA

Brian Brown | Classical Music Composition Harrison School of the Arts | Lakeland, FL

Chandler Brown | Percussion South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC

Nicholas Brown | Violin Homeschool | Gurnee, Illinois

Emma Cardon | Classical Music Composition Logan High School | Logan, UT

Marlon Caro | Classical Music Composition Coral Reef Senior High School | Miami, FL

Brian Chen | Piano Oxford Academy | Cypress, CA

Chung Hon Cheng | Classical Music Composition William P. Clements High School | Sugar Land, TX

Solomon Choi | Violoncello


John Glenn High School | Elwood, NY

Deanna Cirielli | Harp The Cambridge School of Weston | Weston, MA

Christopher Colby | Trombone Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Anthony Coniglio | Piano Homeschool | Davie, Florida

Richard Covell | Classical Music Composition William T. Dwyer High School | Palm Beach Gdns, FL

Noah Diggs | Classical Music Composition Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Performing Arts | Bethlehem, PA

Ryan Everson | French Horn Coronado High School | Henderson, NV

Julian Fueyo | Classical Music Composition Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Christopher Gao | Violoncello Adlai E. Stevenson High School | Lincolnshire, IL

Brian Ge | Piano Stuyvesant High School | New York, NY

David Geng | Piano West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South | West Windsor, NJ

Miriam Gerber | Violin Jewish High School of Connecticut | Woodbridge, CT

Elbert Gong | Piano Lawrenceville School | Lawrenceville, NJ

Jeremy Hassell | Piano Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Isaiah Hastings | Classical Music Composition Olathe East High School | Olathe, KS

Rachel Hawley | Classical Music Composition The Rivers School | Weston, MA

Cameron Hejna | Classical Music Composition Nichols School | Buffalo, NY

Andrew Herring | Classical Music Composition Central Dauphin High School | Harrisburg, PA


Serena Hsu | Viola Dublin Jerome High School | Dublin, OH

Sharon Hurvitz | Classical Music Composition Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Irene Jeong | Violoncello Henry M. Gunn High School | Palo Alto, CA

Alison Jin | Piano Hawken School | Gates Mills, OH

Alyssa Katahara | Harp Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Catherine Kim | Violoncello Henry M. Gunn High School | Palo Alto, CA

Noah Krauss | Violoncello The Calhoun School | New York, NY

Ashwin Krishna | Classical Guitar Los Altos High School | Los Altos, CA

Jung Yoon Grace Ann Lee | Classical Music Composition Williamsville East High School | East Amherst, NY

Megan Lee | Piano Hudson High School | Hudson, OH

Monet Lee | Violin Adlai E. Stevenson High School | Lincolnshire, IL

Sophia Lee | Harp North Allegheny Senior High School | Wexford, PA

Max Lesser | Classical Music Composition Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Jason Lewis | Classical Guitar University of North Carolina School of the Arts | Winston Salem, NC

Eric Lin | Piano Corona del Sol High School | Tempe, AZ

Alyssa Mena | Flute New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Qingxi Meng | Piano Professional Children’s School | New York, NY

Logan Nelson | Classical Music Composition Wichita East High School | Wichita, KS


David Nie | Piano William P. Clements High School | Sugar Land, TX

Jasmine Pai | Violoncello Academy for Visual and Performing Arts | Hackensack, NJ

Faith Pak | Viola Hunter College High School | New York, NY

Didi Park | Violoncello Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology | Alexandria, VA

Soyeong Park | Violin West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North | Plainsboro, NJ

Maria Parrini | Piano Fine Arts Center | Greenville, SC

Timothy Parsons | Classical Music Composition Southfield Christian School | Southfield, MI

Elisabeth Pesavento | French Horn Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Nina Pitts | Violoncello High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

John Peter Redmond | Classical Music Composition Homeschool | Yonkers, New York

Grant Riew | Violoncello John Burroughs High School | Saint Louis, MO

Connor Rowe | Trombone Cabrillo High School | Lompoc, CA

Sonia Ruiz | Flute Leland High School | San Jose, CA

Mason Sangster | Clarinet Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Jessica Shand | Flute Discovery Canyon Campus High School | Colorado Springs, CO

Ila Shon | Violoncello San Francisco University High School | San Francisco, CA

Hanson Tam | Piano Menlo School | Atherton, CA

Theodore Teichman | Classical Music Composition Redlands High School | Redlands, CA


Rebecca Tutunick | Flute Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School | Parkland, FL

Jose Veliz | Classical Music Composition Cypress Bay High School | Weston, FL

Aislinn Walters | Saxophone Hays High School | Hays, KS

Benjamin Wenzelberg | Classical Music Composition Tenafly High School | Tenafly, NJ

Clayton Williams | Oboe Allen High School | Allen, TX

Su Yang | Flute Mount Sinai High School | Mount Sinai, NY

Di Yue | Trumpet Wissahickon High School | Ambler, PA

Kevin Zhang | Piano Montgomery Blair High School | Silver Spring, MD

Timothy Zhou | Piano Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy | Aurora, IL

Alice Zhu | Piano Lynbrook High School | San Jose, CA

Gabriel Ziaukas | Classical Music Composition Santa Monica High School | Santa Monica, CA

Photography

Karalyn Ahmanson Marlborough School | Los Angeles, CA

Zola Anderson Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Belden Carlson Berkeley High School | Berkeley, CA

Austin Cullen Cypress Ranch High School | Cypress, TX

Claudia D’Auria Nichols School | Buffalo, NY

Tennessy Elledge


Santa Rosa High School | Santa Rosa, CA

Tessa Gomes Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Haley Hasen Woodward Academy | College Park, GA

Olivia Hoffman The Winchendon School | Winchendon, MA

Brendan James Newark Academy | Livingston, NJ

Brian Jordan Tracy High School | Tracy, CA

Heeyun Kim Westtown School | West Chester, PA

Cindy Liu The Harker School | San Jose, CA

Adam Merchant St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX

Tara Murphy Vestal High School | Vestal, NY

Alexandra “Lexi” Pline Annapolis High School | Annapolis, MD

Allison Schukis Arts & Communication Magnet Academy | Beaverton, OR

Mason Smith St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX

Samuel Swanson Christian Brothers High School | Sacramento, CA

Sara Truscott Seattle Academy | Seattle, WA

Raina Wellman Academy for Technology and the Classics | Santa Fe, NM

Taiga Yamamoto Honolulu Waldorf School | Honolulu, HI

Theater


Beckett Azevedo | Musical Theater Walnut Hill School for the Arts | Natick, MA

Logan Bruner | Spoken Theater Professional Performing Arts School | New York, NY

Keenan Buckley | Musical Theater Summit High School | Summit, NJ

Philip Bucknor | Spoken Theater Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Melissa Campbell | Musical Theater Wyoming High School | Cincinnati, OH

Spencer Croy | Musical Theater Harrison School of the Arts | Lakeland, FL

Hollis Dohr | Musical Theater Archer School for Girls | Los Angeles, CA

Jonah Gould | Spoken Theater Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Holly Hinchliffe | Musical Theater Portland High School | Portland, ME

Jade Jackson | Spoken Theater High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Conor Jordan | Musical Theater Lake Zurich Senior High School | Lake Zurich, IL

Nicholas Kirby | Musical Theater Stanton College Prep | Jacksonville, Florida

Peter Klein | Musical Theater East Brunswick High School | East Brunswick, NJ

Emma Lenderman | Musical Theater Asheville High School | Asheville, NC

Josh Lerner | Spoken Theater American Heritage-Boca/Delray | Delray Beach, FL

Wayne Mackins | Spoken Theater Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Marina Magnelli | Musical Theater Wheaton North High School | Wheaton, IL

Adriana Medina | Musical Theater New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL


Khandis Merritt | Spoken Theater New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Christian Muller | Musical Theater University of North Carolina School of the Arts | Winston Salem, NC

Anya Olsen | Musical Theater Needham High School | Needham, MA

Griffen Poore | Spoken Theater South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC

Maiah Rop | Spoken Theater Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Adriana Scamardi | Musical Theater High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Daniel Teixeira | Musical Theater Tring Park School for the Performing Arts | Tring, Hertfordshire

Amanda Yuan | Musical Theater River Hill High School | Clarksville, MD

Mason Zaroff | Musical Theater Professional Performing Arts School | New York, NY

Visual Arts

Alyssa Ackerman Waukesha North High School | Waukesha, WI

Stephanie Aguayo Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Sophia Anthony Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX

Phaedra Beauchamp Henrico High School | Richmond, VA

Madison Bloch Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Khadine Caines New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Wen chien Chang University High School | Irvine, CA

Zhuoyi Chen


Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Andy Clark Albert Einstein High School | Kensington, MD

Malcolm Colvin Baltimore School for the Arts | Baltimore, MD

Sydney Connor Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX

Isabella Correa New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Natalie DeMenthon River Hill High School | Clarksville, MD

Stephanie Ding Sharron Art Center | South Brunswick, New Jersey

Danielle Dinstman Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Brittany Duffy Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL

Rachel Elfezouaty Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Ann-Marie Christin Engelberth James Madison High School | San Antonio, TX

Alice Fang J.P. Stevens High School | Edison, NJ

Daisy Faragher Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Valerie Franco Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

George Gibbs, III Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL

Nina Gregg Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School | Parkland, FL

YeJin Han Parkside High School | Salisbury, MD

Laura Harris Green River High School | Green River, WY


Zachary Houillion St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX

Veronika Krasavina Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Nora Kubiaczyk Pius XI High School | Milwaukee, WI

Eunyoung Lee Lexington High School | Lexington, MA

James Lee Wilbert Tucker Woodson High School | Fairfax, VA

Kaleb Lucas Jefferson High School | Lafayette, IN

Derek Luu Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Ingrid Matison Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Robert Meadows St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX

Sofia Michaelides High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Margaret Mickelsen Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX

Madeleine Mikna Pius XI High School | Milwaukee, WI

Fabiola Millan New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Daniel Montenegro Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Kayla Montes de Oca Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Olivia Mulder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Dakotah Murphree Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL

Sarah Nicita Francis W. Parker School | San Diego, CA


Tirza Ochrach-Konradi Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Towson, MD

Terri Ogwulumba Arlington High School | Lagrangeville, NY

Anela Oh Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Byron Otis Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX

Cheyenne Otocki Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Meredith Padgett Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Sophia Padgett-Perez Coral Reef Senior High School | Miami, FL

Duairak Padungvichean Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Doyun Park Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Nadia Peppler Wauwatosa West High School | Wauwatosa, WI

Lauren Posner Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Jolie Rambin Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL

MacKenzie Rattray Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Jeremy Roell Jefferson High School | Jefferson, GA

Mary Safy Stuyvesant High School | New York, NY

Andres Salamanca Chicago Academy for the Arts | Chicago, IL

Sydney Shreve Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX

Carys Snyder Starkville High School | Starkville, MS


Sara Sobieraj Appomattox Regional Goveners School for the Arts and Technology | Petersburg, VA

David Stapleton Calvert Hall College High School | Baltimore, MD

Valentina Torres Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Ryan Treadwell Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Brenna Vaughn Fleming Island High School | Orange Park, FL

Kathleen Voight Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Tammy Wei West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North | Plainsboro, NJ

Lia Weinman New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Sabrina Wen Chicago Academy for the Arts | Chicago, IL

Jazmin Williams Mt. Pleasant High School | Mt Pleasant, NC

Devon Wolfe Jefferson High School | Lafayette, IN

Lauren Woods Hidden Valley High School | Roanoke, VA

Constance Ye Westlake High School | Westlake Village, CA

Rachel Zhang State College Area High School | State College, PA

Voice

Carolyn Anderson | Soprano Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Genesis Barrios | Popular Voice Coral Reef Senior High School | Miami, FL

Isabel Bellino | Soprano


Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Julian Carey | Jazz Voice East High School | Denver, CO

Sofia Carrillo | Popular Voice New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Shelly Cohen | Popular Voice Dr. Michael M. Krop High School | Miami, FL

Caleb Collins | Jazz Voice Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Daniela Crocco | Popular Voice Lake Zurich Senior High School | Lake Zurich, IL

Ricky Dillard, Jr. | Popular Voice Lancaster High School | Lancaster, TX

Amelia Eisenhauer | Popular Voice Nashville School of the Arts | Nashville, TN

Karina Fernandez | Popular Voice Our Lady of Lourdes Academy | Miami, FL

Haley Fishberger | Singer/Songwriter Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL

Julesy Flavelle | Popular Voice Dover-Sherborn High School | Dover, MA

Alexander Granito | Baritone Santa Margarita Catholic High School | Rsm, CA

Jessica Graves | Soprano Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY

Kierra Gray | Singer/Songwriter Cyber Academy of South Carolina | Greenville, South Carolina

Robine Jean-Pierre | Singer/Songwriter Edward R. Murrow High School | Brooklyn, NY

Greta Keating | Singer/Songwriter Frank Sinatra School of the Arts | Astoria, NY

Benjamin Kessler | Singer/Songwriter Wissahickon High School | Ambler, PA

Margaret Kinabrew | Soprano William H. Hall High School | West Hartford, CT


Madison Kitchen | Singer/Songwriter Denver School of the Arts | Denver, CO

Olivia Lerwick | Soprano Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Noah Levine | Singer/Songwriter Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL

Thomas Litchev | Bass Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Kathleen Lonski | Singer/Songwriter East Brunswick High School | East Brunswick, NJ

Erika Lopez | Singer/Songwriter Somerset Academy High School | Pembroke Pines, FL

Natalee Lowe | Soprano Baltimore School for the Arts | Baltimore, MD

Samantha Lynagh | Popular Voice Christ Church Episcopal School | Greenville, SC

Sophia Marques | Jazz Voice Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Catherine McCreary | Popular Voice The Lovett School | Atlanta, GA

Evvie McKinney | Popular Voice The Soulsville Charter School | Memphis, TN

Jordan Moses | Popular Voice Marion County Middle/High School | Buena Vista, GA

Elizabeth Moss | Soprano Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Claire Nordstrom | Popular Voice Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA

Isabel Ostroff | Popular Voice The Branson School | Ross, CA

Andrew Padilla | Singer/Songwriter Lafayette High School | Lexington, KY

Valerie Prado | Singer/Songwriter New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Alexandra Prat | Mezzo Soprano San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts | San Diego, CA


Elisheva Pront | Soprano West High School | Madison, WI

Lindsey Reynolds | Soprano New Orleans Center for Creative Arts | New Orleans, LA

Valeria Rigobon | Popular Voice Hillsborough High School | Tampa, FL

Meg Smith | Singer/Songwriter Archer School for Girls | Los Angeles, CA

Isabel Stein | Popular Voice North Hunterdon High School | Annandale, NJ

Mikaela Straus | Singer/Songwriter Avenues: The World School | New York, NY

Cordelia Tapping | Jazz Voice The Waring School | Beverly, MA

Oznur Tuluoglu | Soprano Baltimore School for the Arts | Baltimore, MD

Evann Twitchell | Popular Voice Rock Bridge High School | Columbia, MO

Elena Villalon | Soprano McCallum High School | Austin, TX

Nancy Walecki | Popular Voice Malibu High School | Malibu, CA

Seth Watring | Bass Randolph School | Huntsville, AL

Patrick Wilhelm | Baritone Locust Valley Middle School | Locust Valley, NY

Adjenai Worrell | Singer/Songwriter Homeschool | Perth Amboy, New Jersey

Alexander Wunder | Baritone Kettering Fairmont High School | Kettering, OH

Writing

Olivia Alger | Short Story


Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Sarah Ashdown | Short Story Viewpoint School | Calabasas, CA

Brianna Baker | Poetry Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Towson, MD

Ian Burnette | Poetry South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC

Miles Carey | Play or Script for Film or Video Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Pooja Chandrashekar | Creative Non-Fiction Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology | Alexandria, VA

Yasmeen El-Hasan | Creative Non-Fiction Redondo Union High School | Redondo Beach, CA

Maylin Enamorado | Poetry Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL

Serafima Fedorova | Poetry Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL

Cu Fleshman | Poetry South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC

Jack Fossett | Play or Script for Film or Video School for Creative and Performing Arts | Cincinnati, OH

Amanda Gorman | Selection from Novel New Roads School | Santa Monica, CA

Kaitlyn Hecht | Play or Script for Film or Video Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL

Nicholas Hennessy | Short Story Amherst Regional High School | Amherst, MA

Angelo Hernandez-Sias | Selection from Novel Muskegon High School | Muskegon, MI

Adina Lasser | Poetry Fine Arts Center | Greenville, SC

Michal Leibowitz | Poetry Yeshiva University High School | Hollis, NY

Maya Lew | Creative Non-Fiction ACES Educational Center For The Arts | New Haven, CT


Ruting Li | Poetry Milton Academy | Milton, MA

Gabriella Lott | Poetry South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC

Joan Milburn | Play or Script for Film or Video Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX

Kadija Moulton | Play or Script for Film or Video Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Michael Muldowney | Play or Script for Film or Video Carmel High School | Carmel, IN

Dakotah Murphree | Short Story Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL

Sasha Mutchnik | Play or Script for Film or Video Marlborough School | Los Angeles, CA

Kendall Neubeiser | Poetry South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC

Gabriela Ramos Tavarez | Play or Script for Film or Video University Puerto Rico School | San Juan, PR

Isabella Shary | Play or Script for Film or Video Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Willow Shipperley | Creative Non-Fiction Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Towson, MD

Daisy Stone | Short Story Birch Wathen Lenox School | New York, NY

Erin Stoodley | Poetry El Camino High School | Ventura, CA

Adriane Tharp | Poetry Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL

Catherine Valdez | Creative Non-Fiction Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL

Timothy Vaughn | Play or Script for Film or Video Mary McDowell Friends School | Brooklyn, NY

Qianyue Xu | Short Story Jones College Prep High School | Chicago, IL

Documents

2015 YoungArts Winners