2019 YoungArts Winners · 2019 YONGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS 2019 YoungArts Winners FINALISTS Cinematic Arts Isabela de la Grana Doral Academy Preparatory School | Doral, FL

2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS

2019 YoungArts Winners

FINALISTS

Cinematic Arts

Isabela de la Grana Doral Academy Preparatory School | Doral, FL

Noah Hecht Canyon Crest Academy | San Diego, CA

Thomas Kim Concord-Carlisle High School | Concord, MA

Delana Lewis Los Angeles High School of the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Sophia Mickelson Pacific Ridge School | Carlsbad, CA

William Noyce San Domenico School | San Anselmo, CA

Ishaan Parmar Los Altos High School | Los Altos, CA

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

Classical Music

James Baik | Violoncello New Trier High School | Winnetka, IL


Beatrice Chen | Viola K12 International Academy | Philadelphia, PA

Elli Choi | Violin Tenafly High School | Tenafly, NJ

Zachary Costello | Saxophone Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI

Avery Gagliano | Piano Indiana University High School | Bala Cynwyd, PA

Felicia He | Piano The Brearley School | New York, NY

Catherine Huang | Piano Lynbrook High School | San Jose, CA

Vincent Igusa | Bassoon Towson High School | Towson, MD

Ken Kagawa | Trombone Cupertino High School | Cupertino, CA

Adam Karelin | Composition North Hollywood High School | North Hollywood, CA

Jack Kessler | Viola New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Irene Kim | Flute Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology | Alexandria, VA

Isaiah Kim | Violoncello Strath Haven High School | Wallingford, PA

Jamie Kim | Flute Palos Verdes Peninsula High School | Rolling Hills Estates, CA

Giancarlo Llerena | Piano Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Javier Morales-Martinez | Clarinet Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Ayane Nakajima | Piano Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY

Enrique Rodrigues | Violin Fair Lawn High School | Fair Lawn, NJ

Angela Scates | Oboe Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI


Jakob Schoenfeld | Percussion Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI

Daniel Seog | Violin Tenafly High School | Tenafly, NJ

Dance

Kenneth Allen | Ballet Denver Online High School | Centennial, CO

Isaiah Day | Modern/Contemporary The Chicago Academy for the Arts | Chicago, IL

Jade Diouf | Modern/Contemporary Laurel Springs School | Silver Spring, MD

Sophia Frilot | Modern/Contemporary Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Cipher Goings | Tap Garfield High School | Seattle, WA

Jabu Graybeal | Tap Homeschool Program | Pittsboro, NC

Alex Haskins | Modern/Contemporary Frank Sinatra School of the Arts | Astoria, NY

Thomas Hogan | Choreography Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY

Savea Kagan | Modern/Contemporary Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Codelia King | Modern/Contemporary Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY

Kali Kleiman | Ballet The Dallas Conservatory Academics | Dallas, TX

Bridget Lee | Ballet Royal Winnipeg Ballet School Professional Division | Winnipeg, MB

Addison Loving | Tap Marquette High School | Chesterfield, MO

Jamaii Melvin | Choreography New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL


Jamaii Melvin | Modern/Contemporary New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Isha Parupudi | World Dance/Classical Indian Clear Springs High School | League City, TX

Angelina Ramirez | Modern/Contemporary West Aurora High School | Aurora, IL

Marleny Rosa | Modern/Contemporary Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY

Bhargavi Sarangapani | World Dance/Classical Indian Coppell High School | Coppell, TX

Shoshana Sklar | Modern/Contemporary New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Emma Sutherland | Modern/Contemporary Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX

Pranav Tadikonda | World Dance/Classical Indian Richard Montgomery High School | Rockville, MD

Lily Turner | Ballet Laurel Springs School | Costa Mesa, CA

Design Arts

Garnet Bernier Community High School | Ann Arbor, MI

Joie Cao Park Tudor School | Indianapolis, IN

Andrea Lira Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL

Mia Palomba Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Marcus Rogers St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX

Dolores Vaccaro Biernat Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL

Sasha Wood Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL


Davis Yoo St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX

Stefanie Zins Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL

Jazz

Esteban Castro | Piano Bergen County Academies | Hackensack, NJ

Varun Das | Percussion John P. Stevens High School | Edison, NJ

Guillermo Lopez | Double Bass Montwood High School | El Paso, TX

Cyrus Mackey | Trumpet Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL

Kevin Oliver, Jr. | Saxophone/Alto Westlake High School | Atlanta, GA

Nico Wohl | Guitar Monument Mountain Regional High School | Great Barrington, MA

Photography

Asher Burrows James Madison High School | Myersville, MD

Katherine Goodwin Greenhill School | Addison, TX

Nathan Hayes Bellarmine College Preparatory | San Jose, CA

Carlos Hernandez High Technical High School | Secaucus, NJ

Kushbu Jivan South Carolina Governor’s School for Arts and Humanities | Greenville, SC

Jonathan Lovett Viewpoint School | Calabasas, CA

Afiya Quryshi The University School of Milwaukee | Milwaukee, WI


Honé Sellassie Stivers School for the Arts | Dayton, OH

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

Rithu Sreenath Greenhill School | Addison, TX

Theater

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

Journee Brown Choate Rosemary Hall | Wallingford, CT

Juliet Burks Palisades Charter High School | Pacific Palisades, CA

Alex Costello New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

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

Kellan Harrod Special Music School High School | New York, NY

Kennedy Jackson South Carolina Governor’s School for Arts and Humanities | Greenville, SC

Hawa Kamara Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY

Aaron Klein Punahou School | Honolulu, HI

Danielle Llevada New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Alyzza Marquez Ruth Asawa School of the Arts | San Francisco, CA

Ramone Nelson Heritage High School | Conyers, GA

Nia Otchere-Sarfo The Chicago High School for the Arts | Chicago, IL


Kalissa Persaud Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY

August Rosenstein Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY

Nicklaus Smith Fairhope High School | Fairhope, AL

Aisha Sougou University of North Carolina School of the Arts High School | Winston Salem, NC

Tess Therrien Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL

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

Gannon Thomas Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL

Elias Wachtel New Trier High School | Winnetka, IL

Visual Arts

Nina Ahmadi Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL

Njari Anderson Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Angelica Bohanan Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI

Cassandra Bozman New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Gabrielle Broome SAR High School | Bronx, NY

Emily Cattouse John Muir High School | Pasadena, CA

Noah Detwiler Northridge High School | Middlebury, IN

Sergi Espinales New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL


Deena Fahed High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Adriana Gomez Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL

Gabriela Johnson Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI

Emily Liu Boston Latin School | Boston, MA

Cleo Maloney Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA

Kevan McClaflin The Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL

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

Daniel Narvaez Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY

Isabella Rios Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI

Carolina Robles New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Elijah Ruhala Lovejoy High School | Lucas, TX

Jenny Shi Palo Alto High School | Palo Alto, CA

Janessa Soliveras The Chicago High School for the Arts | Chicago, IL

Hallie Wilson Henrico High School | Richmond, VA

Voice

Toshaan Arora | Classical/Tenor A. N. McCallum High School | Austin, TX

Tippy Balady | Singer-Songwriter Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX


Joshua Berg | Classical/Tenor Bernards High School | Bernardsville, NJ

Josephine Bianco | Jazz Voice Talent Unlimited High School | New York, NY

Sam Dhobhany | Classical/Bass Edward R. Murrow High School | Brooklyn, NY

Mercedes Ferreira-Dias | Popular Voice Mater Lakes Academy | Hialeah, FL

Chelsea Guo | Classical/Soprano Pierrepont School | Westport, CT

Callie Iliff | Classical/Mezzo Soprano Wimberley High School | Wimberley, TX

Cinya Khan | Singer-Songwriter G-Star School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Caitlin King | Singer-Songwriter Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX

Charles Kogen | Singer-Songwriter Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA

Katherine Kortum | Jazz Voice High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Keilań Lockett | Popular Voice Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX

Eva Martinez | Classical/Soprano Central Bucks High School West | Doylestown, PA

Christopher McDole | Jazz Voice The Osceola County School for the Arts | Kissimmee, FL

Madelin Morales | Classical/Soprano West Essex High School | North Caldwell, NJ

Damoyee Neroes | Singer-Songwriter Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX

Alea Vernon | Classical/Soprano Cheshire High School | Cheshire, CT

Sai Soumya Vytla | Popular Voice William Mason High School | Mason, OH

Lucas Wurman | Popular Voice Crossroads School | Santa Monica, CA


Writing

Brianne Allen | Creative Non-Fiction Léman Manhattan Preparatory School | New York, NY

Bronwen Brenner | Creative Non-Fiction Baruch College Campus High School | New York, NY

Aluna Brogdon | Novel Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY

Rowan Brown | Creative Non-Fiction South Carolina Governor’s School for Arts and Humanities | Greenville, SC

Cecilia Castro | Play or Script The Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts | Philadelphia, PA

Vivian DeRosa | Short Story Communications High School | Wall Township, NJ

Vivian DeRosa | Novel Communications High School | Wall Township, NJ

Lane Devers | Creative Non-Fiction Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI

Nyah Hardmon | Spoken Word Cypress Bay High School | Weston, FL

Cassandra James | Novel Homeschool Program | Celebration, FL

Dante Kirkman | Short Story Palo Alto High School | Palo Alto, CA

Claire Lee | Poetry Canyon Crest Academy | San Diego, CA

Jimin Lee | Poetry Seoul International School | Seongnam-si, SK

Serena Lin | Creative Non-Fiction Moorestown Friends School | Moorestown, NJ

Juliet Lubwama | Poetry Downingtown STEM Academy | Downingtown, PA

Megan Lunny | Short Story Central Bucks High School East | Doylestown, PA


Myles Madden | Play or Script Dutchtown High School | Hampton, GA

Elizabeth Miller | Creative Non-Fiction The Habersham School | Savannah, GA

Sophie Paquette | Short Story Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI

Sahara Sidi | Creative Non-Fiction The Appomattox Regional Governor’s School for the Arts And Technology | Petersburg, VA

Nikki Velletri | Poetry Mount Saint Charles Academy | Woonsocket, RI

Maggie Wilkinson | Poetry Chattanooga High School Center for Creative Arts | Chattanooga, TN

Maren Lovey Wright-Kerr | Spoken Word George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD

2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Cinematic Arts

Leyah Barris Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA

Ming-Wei Fasquelle International School of Los Angeles - Burbank Campus | Burbank, CA

Jonah Herman Grant High School at Marshall Campus | Portland, OR

Marlo Irani Brentwood School | Los Angeles, CA

Ryan Joiner Windermere High School | Windermere, FL

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

Christine Mouton Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

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

Goren Sarriegui-Simon Oakland School for the Arts | Oakland, CA

Chaoming Xue Edward R. Murrow High School | Brooklyn, NY

Classical Music

Lucas Amory | Piano Stuyvesant High School | New York, NY

Julia Angelov | Violin National Cathedral School | Washington, DC

Camden Archambeau | Violoncello Weston High School | Weston, CT

Ansel Bobrow | Guitar Homeschool Program | Stony Point, NY

Jack Boettcher | Violoncello Naperville North High School | Naperville, IL


Isabella Brown | Violin Homeschool Program | Auburn, ME

Joshua Cai | Viola Mount Sinai High School | Mount Sinai, NY

Baron Cao | Piano State College Area High School | State College, PA

Edward Chen | Saxophone Liberty High School | Frisco, TX

Colin Choi | Piano Glenbrook North High School | Northbrook, IL

Drew Dansby | Violoncello Homeschool Program | Charlotte, NC

Khoi Dinh | Flute Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Kameron Duncan | Piano Nueva School | San Mateo, CA

Caroline Durham | Violin Skyline High School | Salt Lake City, UT

Raymond Feng | Piano Pittsford Sutherland High School | Pittsford, NY

Alexander Fried | Violin Verdugo Academy | Los Angeles, CA

Laura Futamura | Flute High Technology High School | Lincroft, NJ

Albert Gang | Violin Sage Hill School | Newport Coast, CA

Brianna Garcon | French Horn Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL

Weston Gilbert | Composition Walnut Hills High School | Cincinnati, OH

Thatcher Harrison | Guitar Keystone National High School | Dartmouth, MA

Alon Hayut | Violoncello Pioneer High School | Ann Arbor, MI

Kingston Ho | Violin Union County Vocational-Technical Schools | Scotch Plains, NJ


Rachel Hsu | Violin New Trier High School | Winnetka, IL

Evan Hu | Piano Montgomery Blair High School | Silver Spring, MD

Maya Johnson | Composition Homeschool Program | Salt Lake City, UT

Ashley Kim | Piano Bergen County Academies | Hackensack, NJ

Haeun Kim | Violin Indian Springs School | Indian Springs, AL

Katie Kim | Flute Torrance High School | Torrance, CA

Adrian King | Piano Insight School of Washington | Silverdale, WA

Na Koh | Violoncello Cresskill High School | Cresskill, NJ

Heechan Ku | Violoncello Bergen County Academies | Hackensack, NJ

Joanna Lau | Flute Herricks High School | New Hyde Park, NY

Nathan Le | Violoncello Sierra Canyon School | Chatsworth, CA

Jun Lin | Violin Collegiate School | New York, NY

Claire Liu | Piano Flintridge Preparatory School | La Canada, CA

Laura Liu | Viola Ransom Everglades School | Coconut Grove, FL

Cheng Io Lo | Violin Professional Children’s School | New York, NY

Angeline Ma | Piano Conestoga High School | Berwyn, PA

Ziyue Ma | Violoncello Ward-Melville High School | East Setauket, NY

Enako Matsumoto | Violin Trinity School | New York, NY


Charles Meenaghan | Composition Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA

Griffin Miller | Percussion Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Christina Nam | Violin Walnut Hills High School | Cincinnati, OH

Danielle Nam | Harp Mountain View High School | Mountain View, CA

Clara Neubauer | Violin The Dalton School | New York, NY

Abigail Nishiwaki | Violin Scarsdale High School | Scarsdale, NY

Nadira Novruzov | Flute Bard High School Early College Manhattan | New York, NY

Esther Ollivier | Composition Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA

Tristan Paradee | Piano Excellence in Education | Monrovia, CA

Andy Park | Viola Crossroads School | Santa Monica, CA

Audrey Park | Violin West Ranch High School | Valencia, CA

Gracie Potter | Trombone Arizona School for the Arts | Phoenix, AZ

Scott Quirk | Flute Monte Vista School | Simi Valley, CA

Avik Sarkar | Piano Buckingham Browne & Nichols School | Watertown, MA

Avik Sarkar | Composition Buckingham Browne & Nichols School | Watertown, MA

Ilana Shapiro | Flute Dos Pueblos High School | Goleta, CA

Victor Shlyakhtenko | Piano Homeschool Program | Los Angeles, CA

Daniel Solowey | Clarinet Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI


Michael Song | Violoncello Los Gatos High School | Los Gatos, CA

Sean Takada | Violin Stuyvesant High School | New York, NY

Shintaro Taneda | Violin Lynnwood High School | Bothell, WA

Leif Tilton | Guitar James Bowie High School | Austin, TX

Evan Tsai | Double Bass Phillips Academy | Andover, MA

Joseph Vasconi | Piano Valley Christian High School | San Jose, CA

Kevin Won | Violoncello The Dalton School | New York, NY

Davis You | Violoncello Palo Alto High School | Palo Alto, CA

Jessica Zhang | Piano Corona Del Sol High School | Tempe, AZ

Alex Zhou | Violin The King’s Academy | Sunnyvale, CA

Elizabeth Zietz | Piano Northwood High School | Irvine, CA

Dance

Tomoe Carr | Hip Hop High Technical High School | Secaucus, NJ

Andre Deosaran | World Dance/Mexican Folkloric Susan E Wagner High School | Staten Island, NY

Michael Edwards | Modern/Contemporary Independence High School | San Francisco, CA

Arthur Erlanson | Ballet California Pacific Charter School Excel Academy | San Clemente, CA

Nithya Kasibhatla | World Dance/Classical Indian Twinsburg High School | Twinsburg, OH


Jared Klegar | Ballet Professional Children’s School | New York, NY

Francesca Levita | Modern/Contemporary St. Charles North High School | Saint Charles, IL

Ryan Maw | Tap Del Norte High School | San Diego, CA

Daisia Pulz | Choreography Florida Virtual School | West Palm Beach, FL

Madison Tanguay | Modern/Contemporary Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Kekuahiwi Woods | Hip Hop Pahoa High and Intermediate School | Pahoa, HI

Trevor Wooten | Hip Hop Farmville Central High School | Farmville, NC

Design Arts

Isabella Borgh Wauwatosa East High School | Wauwatosa, WI

Pei-Yu Chen Taipei American School | Taipei, TW

Sahara Clemons Charlottesville High School | Charlottesville, VA

Elizabeth Kachanova Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL

Isabella Kostrzewa Sacred Heart Academy | Mount Pleasant, MI

Nastassia Mejia Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL

Jazz

Kitty Amaral | Violin Homeschool Program | Boone, NC

Jason Arkins | Saxophone/Baritone Carmel High School | Carmel, NY


William Brownstein | Guitar Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Benjamin Byrd | Guitar High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Summer Camargo | Trumpet Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL

Joshua Catania | Piano Kettle Moraine High School | Wales, WI

Jayla Chee | Double Bass Carlmont High School | Belmont, CA

Benjamin Conn | Trombone Agoura High School | Agoura Hills, CA

Isaac Coyle | Double Bass El Cerrito High School | El Cerrito, CA

Nicolas Daglio Fine | Composition Lexington High School | Lexington, MA

Zachary Davis | Trumpet Saint Ann’s School | Brooklyn, NY

Christopher Ferrari | Saxophone/Tenor Denver School of the Arts | Denver, CO

Seth Finch | Piano Baton Rouge High School | Baton Rouge, LA

Griffin Fink | Double Bass Ridgewood High School | Ridgewood, NJ

Ethan Furman | Percussion Greens Farms Academy | Greens Farms, CT

Geoffrey Gallante | Trumpet West Potomac High School | Alexandria, VA

Peter Glynn | Percussion Columbia High School | Maplewood, NJ

Abraham Gold | Piano Hunter College High School | New York, NY

Jonah Goldstein | Guitar Agoura High School | Agoura Hills, CA

Mwanzi Harriott | Guitar Tri-Cities High School | East Point, GA


Dalton Hayse | Piano Alexander Hamilton High School | Los Angeles, CA

William Hazlehurst | Double Bass Enloe Magnet High School | Raleigh, NC

Peter Hoerenz | Composition Edgemont Senior High School | Scarsdale, NY

Max Hubbard | Saxophone/Alto Champaign Central High School | Champaign, IL

Nate Jones | Trombone Belmont High School | Belmont, MA

Jonah Karsh | Piano Evanston Township High School | Evanston, IL

Samuel Keedy | Trombone Denver School of the Arts | Denver, CO

Anton Kot | Percussion Jonathan Law High School | Milford, CT

Patrick Leavy | Double Bass Sleepy Hollow High School | Sleepy Hollow, NY

Miles Lennox | Piano Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL

Jett Lim | Trombone Albany High School | Albany, CA

Leo Markel | Trombone Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

David Mason | Saxophone/Alto Gibbs Senior High School | St. Petersburg, FL

Rudi Neubrander | Percussion Baton Rouge High School | Baton Rouge, LA

Zachary Niess | Trombone Yorktown High School | Arlington, VA

Omeed Nyman | Trombone Pennsbury High School | Fairless Hills, PA

Cole Palensky | Saxophone/Tenor Papillion-La Vista South High School | Papillion, NE

William Peters-Seymour | Guitar Sayre School | Lexington, KY


Coby Petricone-Berg | Saxophone/Alto Nyack High School | Nyack, NY

Ethan Pires | Trumpet Northgate High School | Walnut Creek, CA

Henry Plotnick | Piano Ruth Asawa School of the Arts | San Francisco, CA

Michael Ramos | Double Bass Florida Christian School | Miami, FL

Joseph Ranieri | Double Bass William Fremd High School | Palatine, IL

Miguel Russell | Percussion Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL

Alec Streete | Percussion Denver School of the Arts | Denver, CO

Vittorio Stropoli | Piano The Masters School | Dobbs Ferry, NY

Almog Taylor-Sheinman | Saxophone/Alto High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Antonio Vergara | Saxophone/Alto South Lake High School | Groveland, FL

Kenji Wagner | Trombone Interlake High School | Bellevue, WA

Photography

Dagmawit Adamu Milton High School | Milton, GA

Vincent Alban The Masters School | Dobbs Ferry, NY

Chloe Alto The Brearley School | New York, NY

Annabelle Ambrogi Doral Academy Preparatory School | Doral, FL

Sydney Busch Pius XI High School | Milwaukee, WI


Theo Carol Syosset High School | Syosset, NY

Caitlin Chung Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA

Joshua Delbando Miami Arts Charter School | Homestead, FL

Marissa Dessellier Perpich Center for Arts Education | Golden Valley, MN

Hannah Devries Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Xiana Garcia Edward R. Murrow High School | Brooklyn, NY

Gabriel Garcia Rivas Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL

Maya Gee-Lim Lick-Wilmerding High School | San Francisco, CA

Herimar Irizarry Miami Arts Charter School | Homestead, FL

Hadassah Krigsman Midreshet Shalhevet High School for Girls | Valley Stream, NY

Jhanique Lovejoy Rochester NYC iSchool | New York, NY

Jake Nelson Central Catholic High School | Portland, OR

Nicolas Ouporov Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Sophia Palacio The Alabama School of Mathematics and Science | Mobile, AL

Celka Rice The Park School of Baltimore | Baltimore, MD

Laila Stevens Benjamin N. Cardozo High School | Oakland Gardens, NY

Anthony Thompson Stivers School for the Arts | Dayton, OH

Spencer Vazquez Lincoln Park High School | Chicago, IL


Oliver Zel Miami Beach Senior High School | Miami Beach, FL

Theater

Elia Adams High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Anire Amoda Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY

Anne Coulson Quince Orchard High School | Gaithersburg, MD

Alaysia Duncan Central Senior High School | Saint Paul, MN

Faith Duncombe New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Kate Fitzgerald Lincoln School | Providence, RI

Olivia Foght Waunakee Community High School | Waunakee, WI

Jack Greenberg Weaver Academy | Greensboro, NC

Bailey James Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy | Grand Prairie, TX

Jalexis James North Springs Charter High School | Sandy Springs, GA

Mikayla Johnson Edgewood Fine Arts Academy | San Antonio, TX

Madaline King East Greenwich High School | East Greenwich, RI

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

Allison Murphy New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Quinn Nehr University of Liggett School | Grosse Pointe Woods, MI


David Allen Norton Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX

Neve Oren Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY

Juliet Perel University of North Carolina School of the Arts High School | Winston Salem, NC

Ashitaka Porter High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Serenity Saffold-Rice Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI

Shelby Smith Riverdale High School | Murfreesboro, TN

Zoë Stewart TECCA Connections Academy | East Walpole, MA

Victoria Van Loon Villa Walsh Academy | Morristown, NJ

Alexander Walk Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY

Visual Arts

Kaya Abramson George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD

Juliane Bravo-Perez Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Naya Chang Mountain View High School | Mountain View, CA

Joseph Consolo Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL

Adam Herold Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Tracey Jean-Claude Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Xingtao Liu The Barstow School | Kansas City, MO


Orin Noel Gibbs Senior High School | St. Petersburg, FL

Taetyn Panagos Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI

Ava Salzman La Cañada High School | La Canada, CA

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

Andrew Spielvogel State College Area High School | State College, PA

Christine Wang Lexington High School | Lexington, MA

Omega Williams George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD

Voice

Ethan Anapoell | Singer-Songwriter Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Genevieve Basile | Popular Voice Santa Rosa High School | Santa Rosa, CA

Josephine Bianco | Popular Voice Talent Unlimited High School | New York, NY

Lily Bobrick | Classical/Mezzo Soprano Independence High School | San Francisco, CA

Ava Cardoso-Smith | Popular Voice Brentwood School | Los Angeles, CA

Adam Catangui | Classical/Tenor O’Gorman High School | Sioux Falls, SD

Karina Constantinides | Popular Voice Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

John Franklin | Singer-Songwriter Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX

Ashley Fulton | Singer-Songwriter Hawken School | Gates Mills, OH


Devon Gates | Jazz Voice North Atlanta High School | Atlanta, GA

Reed Gnepper | Classical/Baritone School for Creative Performing Arts | Cincinnati, OH

Jessica Harper | Singer-Songwriter Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI

Kaylan Hernandez | Classical/Soprano New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Elena Izquierdo | Popular Voice Williamsville East High School | East Amherst, NY

Vania Junco | Jazz Voice Miami Arts Studio at Zelda Glazer | Miami, FL

Simone Kaye | Popular Voice Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Lucia London | Classical/Soprano Novato High School | Novato, CA

Sydney Lopes | Popular Voice Pebblebrook High School | Mableton, GA

Samhita Madduru | Popular Voice Adlai E. Stevenson High School | Lincolnshire, IL

Ella Marcus | Jazz Voice Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY

Sage McNeely | Popular Voice John Burroughs High School | Burbank, CA

Ana Monterrubio | Popular Voice The American School Foundation | Mexico City, MX

Jaswiry Morel | Popular Voice Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY

Jack Nadler | Classical/Baritone New Trier High School | Winnetka, IL

Lea Nayak | Classical/Soprano Ruth Asawa School of the Arts | San Francisco, CA

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

Alasdair Payten | Classical/Tenor Independence High School | San Francisco, CA


Sophia Alexis Ramos | Popular Voice Las Vegas Academy of the Arts | Las Vegas, NV

Anaïs Reno | Jazz Voice Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY

Katelyn Robinson | Popular Voice Cerritos High School | Cerritos, CA

Ava Salzman | Popular Voice La Cañada High School | La Canada, CA

Nathaniel Schludecker | Classical/Baritone Terre Haute South Vigo High School | Terre Haute, IN

Lauren Senden | Classical/Soprano Mankato East High School | Mankato, MN

Veronica Siebert | Classical/Mezzo Soprano University of North Carolina School of the Arts High School | Winston Salem, NC

Anna Thiel | Popular Voice Lexington Catholic High School | Lexington, KY

Samuel Wood | Singer-Songwriter Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX

Writing

Jonathan Arnold | Play or Script Saint Brendan High School | Miami, FL

Alexandra Brandt | Play or Script Spruce Creek High School | Port Orange, FL

Victoria Cavallo | Play or Script Ocean County Vocational Technical School Performing Arts Academy | Lakehurst, NJ

Emma Choi | Short Story George C. Marshall High School | Falls Church, VA

Marion Deal | Creative Non-Fiction Downers Grove North High School | Downers Grove, IL

Magdalena Deniz | Short Story Northern Highlands Regional High School | Allendale, NJ

Kaya Dierks | Short Story The Branson School | Ross, CA


Kate Fitzgerald | Play or Script Lincoln School | Providence, RI

Maya Flowers | Play or Script Keystone National High School | Lunenburg, MA

Ginny Ha | Creative Non-Fiction Bergen County Academies | Hackensack, NJ

Ke’Myra Jackson | Spoken Word William B. Travis Early College High School | Austin, TX

Haley Johnston | Creative Non-Fiction Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Audrey Kim | Poetry Conestoga High School | Berwyn, PA

Raven Little | Poetry Lusher Charter School | New Orleans, LA

Chandler Littleford | Play or Script Choate Rosemary Hall | Wallingford, CT

Alise Mackey | Play or Script Strath Haven High School | Wallingford, PA

Emma Mayeux | Play or Script BASIS Charter School Phoenix | Phoenix, AZ

Maurielle Mcgarvey | Play or Script High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Kerri Stephenson | Play or Script North Gwinnett High School | Suwanee, GA

Miracle Thornton | Poetry Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI

Damayanti Wallace | Play or Script The Chicago High School for the Arts | Chicago, IL

Shirley Wang | Short Story Foothill High School | Pleasanton, CA

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

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Cinematic Arts

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

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

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

Parker Beverly Pensacola High School | Pensacola, FL

Jacob Chang-Rascle Western Albemarle High School | Crozet, VA

Ethan Chu Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Adrian Delcan Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Lucca Dohr Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA

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

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

Lane McKenna Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI

David Perez Christopher Columbus High School | Miami, FL

Anthony Rodriguez Cushman High School | Miami, FL

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

Karla Sanford Groton School | Groton, MA

James-Sebastian Shaw Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL


Jenny She Bloomfield Hills High School | Bloomfield Township, MI

Jessica Stossel Arnold O. Beckman High School | Irvine, CA

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

Masahico Torres Redondo Union High School | Redondo Beach, CA

Classical Music

Claire Arias-Kim | Violin William Fremd High School | Palatine, IL

Bethany Bobbs | Violoncello Homeschool Program | Township Of Washington, NJ

Dean Brady | Flute Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI

Rabia Brooke | Violin Maine Connections Academy | South Portland, ME

Irina Casasnovas | Violin Bridgeway Academy | Evanston, IL

Esther Chae | Violoncello Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI

Alexander Chai | Oboe Air Academy High School | U.S. Airforce Academy, CO

Connor Chaikowsky | Violin Archbishop Curley High School | Baltimore, MD

Kristy Chen | Violin West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North | Plainsboro, NJ

Laura Chen | Piano Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Tiffany Cuaresma | Composition Canyon Crest Academy | San Diego, CA

George Dalianis | Piano Maine South High School | Park Ridge, IL


Trinity Fan | Piano Bridgewater-Raritan High School | Bridgewater, NJ

Jason Frazier | Saxophone Franklin High School | Franklin, TN

Iris Fu | Flute Crescent Valley High School | Corvallis, OR

Cecilia Gao | Flute Vernon Hills High School | Vernon Hills, IL

Andrew Gong | Piano Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA

Clayton Hancock | Violin Laurel Springs School | Memphis, TN

Alexandra He | Violoncello Radnor High School | Radnor, PA

Mei Hotta | Violoncello Golden Valley Charter School | Torrance, CA

Joseph Hsia | Violin West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South | West Windsor, NJ

Ethan Hsiao | Piano Basis Independent Maclean | Mclean, VA

Luke Huang | Piano Canyon Crest Academy | San Diego, CA

Richard Huang | Oboe Liberty High School | Frisco, TX

Sabine Jung | Violoncello Unionville High School | Kennett Square, PA

Kristi Kim | Violoncello Laurel Springs School | Ojai, CA

Soomin Kim | Violoncello Bergen County Academies | Hackensack, NJ

Donghyun Kwak | Violin Cresskill High School | Cresskill, NJ

Tracie Kwon | Flute Richard Montgomery High School | Rockville, MD

Christine Lee | Violin Saratoga High School | Saratoga, CA


Irene Lee | Violoncello Northern Highlands Regional High School | Allendale, NJ

Jessica Lee | Violoncello Palos Verdes Peninsula High School | Rolling Hills Estates, CA

Marina Lee | Piano Homeschool Program | Princeton Meadows, NJ

Thomas Lim | Violoncello Saratoga High School | Saratoga, CA

Phoebe Lin | Flute Lynbrook High School | San Jose, CA

Josh Liu | Violin The Fine Arts Center | Greenville, SC

Leo Major | Composition Crossroads School | Santa Monica, CA

Johnathan Miller | Double Bass Special Music School High School | New York, NY

Haeun Moon | Violin Midway High School | Waco, TX

Sean Mori | Violin Palo Alto High School | Palo Alto, CA

Ayano Nakamura | Viola Hudson High School | Hudson, OH

Jeremy Nohel | Piano Whitney M. Young Magnet High School | Chicago, IL

Omeed Nyman | Trombone Pennsbury High School | Fairless Hills, PA

Margaret O’Malley | Viola Seton Home Study School | Glen Ellyn, IL

Conor Padmanabhan | Guitar Palo Alto High School | Palo Alto, CA

Maya Paredes | Piano John Burroughs High School | Burbank, CA

Christina Park | Violoncello South High School | Torrance, CA

Danny Park | Violoncello Palos Verdes Peninsula High School | Rolling Hills Estates, CA


Richard Qiu | Piano Newbury Park High School | Newbury Park, CA

Karlie Roberts | Viola Henry D. Sheldon High School | Eugene, OR

Kevin Song | Violoncello Torrey Pines High School | San Diego, CA

Carys Sutherland | French Horn Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI

Samuel Sykes | Violoncello Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI

Sylvan Talavera | Composition President Grover Cleveland High School | Portland, OR

Daniel Tan | Piano Menlo School | Atherton, CA

Vivian Tang | Harp Fairview High School | Boulder, CO

Ashley Teng | Flute Camas High School | Camas, WA

Katia Tesarczyk | Violin Central Senior High School | Saint Paul, MN

Supriya Weiss | Flute Shadow Mountain High School | Phoenix, AZ

Chelsea Xia | Violin Hunter College High School | New York, NY

Ethan Yuen | Piano Henry M Gunn High School | Palo Alto, CA

Charles Zandieh | Violoncello Syosset High School | Syosset, NY

Alice Zhang | Piano Vernon Hills High School | Vernon Hills, IL

Eric Zhang | Viola Plano West Senior High School | Plano, TX

Melinda Zhu | Flute Santa Monica High School | Santa Monica, CA


Dance

Maya Alvarez-Coyne | World Dance/Irish Step Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Mia Benitez | Ballet Inspire Charter School South | Wildomar, CA

Bianca Calderon | Choreography Blue Valley School | Miami, FL

Kristina Doucette | Choreography Auburn Riverside High School | Auburn, WA

Sydney Kidd | Jazz Temecula Valley High School | Temecula, CA

Brianna Penrose | Tap Orcas Island High School | Puyallup, WA

Taylor Tran | Ballet Yorba Linda High School | Yorba Linda, CA

Design Arts

Raymond Banke The Harker Upper School | San Jose, CA

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

Alfredo Rivas Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola | San Juan, PR

Jazz

Anna Abondolo | Double Bass Crossroads School | Santa Monica, CA

Naveen Aiyer | Percussion High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Augustus Allen | Double Bass High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Vikram Bala | Double Bass Newark Academy | Livingston, NJ


Ian Banno | Double Bass Johnston Senior High School | Johnston, RI

William Bays | Saxophone/Alto Gravity Learning Center | Olympia, WA

Mark Beebe | Saxophone/Alto Idyllwild Arts Academy | Idyllwild, CA

Dario Bizio | Double Bass Alexander Hamilton High School | Los Angeles, CA

William Buckser-Schulz | Guitar Edgemont Senior High School | Scarsdale, NY

Kai Burns | Guitar Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Summer Camargo | Composition Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL

Caelan Cardello | Piano Teaneck High School | Teaneck, NJ

Marvin Carter | Saxophone/Alto Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY

Joshua Chapple | Saxophone/Baritone University High School | Orange City, FL

Stéphane Clément | Trumpet New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Jiesiah Cruz | Double Bass Las Vegas Academy of the Arts | Las Vegas, NV

Addison Daniels | Saxophone/Alto Oyster River High School | Durham, NH

Phineas Davenport | Piano High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

James Day | Saxophone/Alto Los Alamitos High School | Los Alamitos, CA

Tiger Diep | Saxophone/Alto San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts | San Diego, CA

Destiny Diggs-Pinto | Double Bass West Orange High School | West Orange, NJ

James Donovan | Double Bass High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX


Jesse Eads | Electric Bass Mira Costa High School | Manhattan Beach, CA

Nicolaus Gelin | Trumpet New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Serena Geroe | Guitar Canyon Crest Academy | San Diego, CA

Marwan Ghonima | Double Bass High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Julian Gonzalez | Saxophone/Tenor New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Gavin Gray | Double Bass William H. Hall High School | West Hartford, CT

Aaron Kaufman-Levine | Saxophone/Alto Oak Park and River Forest High School | Oak Park, IL

Frederick Larsen | Trombone Carrboro High School | Carrboro, NC

David Lee | Percussion Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Miles Lennox | Composition Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL

Raymond Logan | Saxophone/Tenor Las Vegas Academy of the Arts | Las Vegas, NV

Alex Lui | Flute Venice High School | Los Angeles, CA

Michael Manasseh | Percussion The Rivers School | Weston, MA

Ian Munoz | Saxophone/Alto New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Connor Munroe | Saxophone/Tenor Ransom Everglades School | Coconut Grove, FL

James Nelson | Composition Agoura High School | Agoura Hills, CA

Rebecca Pasley | Double Bass Concord-Carlisle High School | Concord, MA

Carter Pearson | Percussion Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists | Saint Paul, MN


Gianna Pedregon | Violin Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Satchel Peterson | Guitar Special Music School High School | New York, NY

Joseph Powers | Piano Albert G. Lane Technical College Preparatory High School | Chicago, IL

Christian Ramirez | Double Bass Vancouver School of Arts and Academics | Vancouver, WA

Charles Reichert Powell | Guitar Oak Park and River Forest High School | Oak Park, IL

Samuel Reiss | Double Bass Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY

Sasha Ripley | Saxophone/Tenor High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Alexander Romano-Silverstein | Saxophone/Tenor Novato High School | Novato, CA

Benjamin Rubie | Violin Special Music School High School | New York, NY

Jacob Shneiderman | Double Bass Oakwood School | North Hollywood, CA

Aidan Siemann | Saxophone/Tenor Garfield High School | Seattle, WA

Claudio Silva | Percussion New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Adam Stein | Saxophone/Alto New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Kalman Strauss | Violin Homeschool Program | Chicago, IL

Darsan Swaroop Bellie | Percussion Lexington High School | Lexington, MA

Rebecca Webster | Percussion Staples High School | Westport, CT

Bakari Williams | Double Bass Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX

Brooke Wyatt | Piano High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX


Makoto Yorihiro | Saxophone/Tenor Westlake High School | Westlake Village, CA

Eli Zukor-Zimmermann | Saxophone/Tenor Washburn High School | Minneapolis, MN

Photography

Maia Barbee Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL

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

Thomas Bolles Washington-Lee High School | Arlington, VA

Laura Cruz Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Emily Diaz Miami Arts Charter School | Homestead, FL

Mia Evans Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

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

Madeline Hampton Grapevine High School | Grapevine, TX

Chase Honaker St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX

Dominique Joseph Miami Arts Charter School | Homestead, FL

Olivia Kelly Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL

Adnan Khan St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX

Kevin Kim Shaker High School | Latham, NY

Isabel Kristensen Arts and Communication Magnet Academy | Beaverton, OR


Mia McCarthy Pacific Ridge School | Carlsbad, CA

Phoebe Metzger-Levitt Greenhill School | Addison, TX

Meagan Montgomery J.R. Arnold High School | Panama City Beach, FL

Mimi Offor Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA

Chloe Panza San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts | San Diego, CA

Gianna Pope The Episcopal School of Dallas | Dallas, TX

Isabella Rogg Miami Arts Charter School | Homestead, FL

Lucia Rosenast Seattle Academy | Seattle, WA

Leyla Said Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Elinor Stephan Wauwatosa East High School | Wauwatosa, WI

Thomas Wang Phillips Exeter Academy | Exeter, NH

DeCarte Washington-May High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Frances Weger Westerville South High School | Westerville, OH

Janet Yi Bridgewater-Raritan High School | Bridgewater, NJ

Theater

Katherine Brugger Natomas Charter School | Sacramento, CA

Henry Dolgoff Noble and Greenough School | Dedham, MA


Hannah Franklin Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

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

Visual Arts

Isabella Charles Pius XI High School | Milwaukee, WI

Charlotte de Greling Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Johanna Engebrecht Walnut Hills High School | Cincinnati, OH

Margaret Errickson Homeschool Program | Katy, TX

Lydia Ethem George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD

Alisha Gao Monta Vista High School | Cupertino, CA

Dara Girel-Mats Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL

Mary Graham Friends Select School | Philadelphia, PA

Mikaylah Harty George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD

Clayton Heggem Butte High School | Butte, MT

Pearl Kim Albert Einstein High School | Kensington, MD

Hongying Liu Hillcrest High School | Midvale, UT

Warren McCombs Fayetteville High School | Fayetteville, AR

Alejandro Moreno Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL


Alexis Paige George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD

Kalea Ramsey Menaul School | Albuquerque, NM

Alexandra Sassa Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA

Elinor Stephan Wauwatosa East High School | Wauwatosa, WI

Kaden Swank George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD

Nicholas Turgeon Wade Hampton High School | Greenville, SC

Dolores Vaccaro Biernat Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL

Haoyi Wang Farmington High School | Farmington, CT

Yeongju Won John P. Stevens High School | Edison, NJ

Max Woods Flower Mound High School | Flower Mound, TX

Elaina Yip Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI

Voice

Madeleine Ackley | Singer-Songwriter Notre Dame High School | Sherman Oaks, CA

Amelia Aguilar | Popular Voice Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Kaiya Ballard | Singer-Songwriter New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Jennifer Barnett | Jazz Voice Haslett High School | Haslett, MI

Jessy Blackman | Singer-Songwriter Redondo Union High School | Redondo Beach, CA


Eric Breum | Singer-Songwriter Billings Senior High School | Billings, MT

Noga Cabo | Singer-Songwriter Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY

Cathryn Downey | Singer-Songwriter East High School | Denver, CO

John Drake | Classical/Baritone North Forsyth High School | Cumming, GA

Anna Duong | Classical/Mezzo Soprano Germantown High School | Madison, MS

Thomas Fong | Classical/Tenor Ruth Asawa School of the Arts | San Francisco, CA

Calista Garcia | Singer-Songwriter H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program | Arlington, VA

Emma Gerson | Singer-Songwriter Los Gatos High School | Los Gatos, CA

Joann Gilliam | Popular Voice Valley Academy of Arts and Sciences | Granada Hills, CA

Avery Gipson | Singer-Songwriter The Lovett School | Atlanta, GA

Rachel Giuffrida | Popular Voice Howell High School | Farmingdale, NJ

Amari Green | Singer-Songwriter Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX

Jessie Groot | Classical/Mezzo Soprano Homeschool Program | Placentia, CA

Karlia Gutierrez | Popular Voice Arthur P. Schalick High School | Pittsgrove, NJ

Alexander Harrelson | Classical/Tenor Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy | Mooresboro, NC

Sophia Heinz | Classical/Soprano Tahoma Senior High School | Maple Valley, WA

Joseph Hutchison | Classical/Baritone Rockhurst High School | Kansas City, MO

Leo Jergovic | Singer-Songwriter Menlo School | Atherton, CA


Ginger Johnson | Classical/Mezzo Soprano Lake Orion High School | Lake Orion, MI

Brooke Jones | Classical/Soprano Hickory High School | Chesapeake, VA

Mina Kaldi | Singer-Songwriter Dos Pueblos High School | Goleta, CA

Savanna Kirby | Popular Voice Florence High School | Florence, AL

Joshua Klein | Classical/Bass Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX

Advika Krishnan | Jazz Voice Needham High School | Needham, MA

Adrian LiPuma Chabla | Singer-Songwriter Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY

Calum MacDermid | Classical/Baritone Lick-Wilmerding High School | San Francisco, CA

Christian Mathews | Classical/Baritone Friendswood High School | Friendswood, TX

Dalia Medovnikov | Classical/Soprano Amity High School | Woodbridge, CT

Erin Mullen | Classical/Soprano Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI

Alix Page | Singer-Songwriter Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Aileen Park | Singer-Songwriter Syosset High School | Syosset, NY

Gloriya Plenkina | Popular Voice Bellevue High School | Bellevue, WA

Summerlyn Powers | Singer-Songwriter Fairhope High School | Fairhope, AL

Katelyn Robinson | Jazz Voice Cerritos High School | Cerritos, CA

Alexandra Salort | Popular Voice Columbia High School | Maplewood, NJ

Laura Santamaria-Mendez | Classical/Soprano Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL


Lauren Smith | Jazz Voice Sylvania Northview High School | Sylvania, OH

Daisy Stephens | Popular Voice Sir Francis Drake High School | San Anselmo, CA

Brian Wacker | Classical/Baritone East High School | Cheyenne, WY

Keith Walker | Popular Voice DeSoto High School | Desoto, TX

Ronell Warmuth | Classical/Baritone Strongsville High School | Strongsville, OH

Ellie Williams | Singer-Songwriter Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Yemie Woo | Popular Voice Pascack Hills High School | Montvale, NJ

Lucas Wurman | Singer-Songwriter Crossroads School | Santa Monica, CA

Audrey Yin | Singer-Songwriter Phillips Exeter Academy | Exeter, NH

Writing

Leyah Barris | Play or Script Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA

Daniel Blokh | Poetry The Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL

Eliza Browning | Poetry Tolland High School | Tolland, CT

Elsa Chung | Play or Script Riverdale Country School | Bronx, NY

Aliza Cosgrove | Play or Script Nathan Hale High School | Seattle, WA

Brenden Dahl | Play or Script Germantown Friends School | Philadelphia, PA

Haley Gavin | Short Story South Carolina Governor’s School for Arts and Humanities | Greenville, SC


Samuel Getachew | Spoken Word Oakland Technical High School | Oakland, CA

India Gray | Play or Script NYC iSchool | New York, NY

Anna Herrera | Spoken Word Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Catherine Ji | Poetry Capital High School | Boise, ID

Rukmini Kalamangalam | Spoken Word Andrew Carnegie Vanguard High School | Houston, TX

Malavika Kannan | Novel Seminole High School | Sanford, FL

Eunice Lee | Short Story Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Youngseo Lee | Creative Non-Fiction Basis Chandler | Chandler, AZ

Justin Li | Creative Non-Fiction The Pingry School | Basking Ridge, NJ

Qingying Li | Poetry Deerfield Academy | Deerfield, MA

Zahra Linsky | Novel San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts | San Diego, CA

Laura Liu | Poetry Conestoga High School | Berwyn, PA

Laine Marshall | Play or Script Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Kiani Pope | Spoken Word Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center | Providence, RI

Auréane Roullier | Novel The Chicago High School for the Arts | Chicago, IL

Jocelyn Royalty | Short Story New Haven Academy | New Haven, CT

Cleo Shine | Play or Script Nicholas Senn High School | Chicago, IL

Izabella Sifuentes | Poetry High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX


Simisola Situ | Play or Script Downingtown STEM Academy | Downingtown, PA

Magdalena Smith | Spoken Word Homeschool Program | Ithaca, NY

Lily Wancewicz | Short Story The Harker Upper School | San Jose, CA

Anna Wang | Poetry Adlai E. Stevenson High School | Lincolnshire, IL

Kaitlyn Wang | Poetry Saratoga High School | Saratoga, CA

Sacha Waters | Novel St. John’s School | Houston, TX

Laila Wilson | Play or Script Baldwin High School | Baldwin, NY

Documents

2019 YoungArts Winners · 2019 YONGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS 2019 YoungArts Winners FINALISTS Cinematic Arts Isabela de la Grana Doral Academy Preparatory School | Doral, FL