2020 YoungArts Winners...2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS Jayson Rodriguez The Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center | Providence, RI

2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS

2020 YoungArts Winners

FINALISTS

Classical Music

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

Caleb Borick | Piano Homeschool | Charleston, SC

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

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

Meagan Hipsky | Violoncello Homeschool | Guilford, IN

Masha Lakisova | Violin NorthStar Academy | Southaven, MS

Alice McDonald | Clarinet Monument Mountain Regional High School | Great Barrington, MA

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

Orion Miller | Double Bass Special Music School | New York, NY

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


Mychal Nishimura | French Horn Tamalpais High School | Mill Valley, CA

Andy Park | Viola Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences | Santa Monica, CA

Katherine Pieschala | Composition Polytechnic School | Pasadena, CA

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

Spencer Rubin | Oboe Syosset High School | Syosset, NY

Kasey Shao | Piano Walnut Hills High School | Cincinnati, OH

Dylan Shih Wu | Violoncello Manhasset Secondary School | Manhasset, NY

Cole Turkel | Clarinet Oak Crest Academy | Los Angeles, CA

Eric Wang | Guitar Valley Christian High School | San Jose, CA

Lanxin Xu | Accordion Walnut Hill School | Walnut, CA

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

Dance

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

Rush Carson | Choreography New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Nicholas Khoa Dao | Modern/Contemporary Willow Glen High School | San Jose, CA

Emanuel Dostine | Modern/Contemporary Michigan Great Lakes Virtual Academy | Manistee, MI

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


Andre Imanishi | Tap The Urban Assembly Gateway School for Technology | New York, NY

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

Nouhoum Koita | Modern/Contemporary Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY

Claire Lucas | Modern/Contemporary Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Aidan Lynch | Hip Hop Christ Presbyterian Academy | Nashville, TN

Lucas Marinetto | Tap University of Nebraska High School | Lincoln, NE

Lindy Mesmer | Ballet Laurel Springs School | Ojai, CA

Keara Nichols | Ballet Cabrillo Point Academy | El Cajon, CA

Amelie Or | Tap Oak Ridge High School | El Dorado Hills, CA

Tyrone Reese | Ballet W. P. Davidson High School | Mobile, AL

Sydney Revennaugh | Modern/Contemporary Marion High School | Marion, IN

Alina Taratorin | Ballet Palo Alto Senior High School | Palo Alto, CA

Kailey Worontsoff | Modern/Contemporary Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Design Arts

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

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

Maria Carpenter The Governor’s Academy | Byfield, MA


Carly Chan Leland High School | San Jose, CA

Nicholas Ferguson Poolesville High School | Poolesville, MD

Jonah Ginsburg The Masters School | Dobbs Ferry, NY

Ramya Iyer Westside High School | Omaha, NE

David Rodriguez Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL

Kyle Ventura Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL

Ariel Weinberg Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL

Film

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

Sage Croft Windermere High School | Windermere, FL

Miles Dixon Churchill High School | Eugene, OR

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

Jared Goudsmit Kirkwood High School | Kirkwood, MO

Anthony Hsu Taipei American School | Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Anthony Kelly Roadstead Montessori High School | Norfolk, VA

Teddy Alvarez-Nissen Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

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


Kai Tomizawa Ulysses S. Grant High School | Portland, OR

Jazz

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

Graeham Guerin | Double Bass Westlake High School | Westlake, OH

Sophia Kickhofel | Saxophone/Alto Apple Valley High School | Apple Valley, MN

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

Emmanuel Michael | Guitar Washington High School | Sioux Falls, SD

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

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

Photography

Caitlin Chung Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA

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

Kayla Leon Venice High School | Los Angeles, CA

Ryan McCord St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX

Chiemeka Offor Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA

Amira Oguntoyinbo University of North Carolina School of the Arts | Winston Salem, NC

Kleo Pope The Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center | Providence, RI


Jayson Rodriguez The Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center | Providence, RI

Santiago Salazar Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA

Adali Schell Ramón C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Zoe Vassiliou Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY

Theater

Savannah Lee Birdsong Professional Performing Arts School | New York, NY

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

Catarina de Luca Figueiredo New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

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

Amari Dyson Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL

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

Thomas Fitzgerald Rocky Hill Country Day School | East Greenwich, RI

Dwany Guzman Professional Performing Arts School | New York, NY

David Iacono Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY

Mia Kendell Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI

William Ngong Ballard High School | Louisville, KY

Ulises Otero Jr. New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL


Jordan Rice Homeschool | Dacula, GA

Mallorie Sievert Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL

Arethabelle Smith River Hill High School | Clarksville, MD

Zoë Stewart TEC Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School | East Walpole, MA

Alyssa Sunew Seven Lakes High School | Katy, TX

Madison Uphoff Madison West High School | Madison, WI

Daniel Velez Ramón C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Jater Webb Chaminade College Preparatory | West Hills, CA

Remsen Welsh New Haven Academy | New Haven, CT

Visual Arts

Olivia Bigtree Manlius Pebble Hill School | Syracuse, NY

Amanda Blanca Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL

Nichole Hernandez New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Samuel Jorge New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Austin Kim Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Martin Mbuguah South Side High School | Ft Wayne, IN

Oscar Montanez Garay Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA

Destiny Moore


New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

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

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

Nicholas Turgeon Wade Hampton High School | Greenville, SC

John Wright, II South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities | Greenville, SC

Voice

Anthony Arya | Singer-Songwriter Georgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory School | Santa Cruz, CA

Sarah Butler | Classical Soprano Duluth East High School | Duluth, MN

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

Talia Dalton | Singer-Songwriter The Dalton School Global Online Academy | Seattle, WA

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

Martin Finks | Singer-Songwriter Memphis University School | Memphis, TN

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

Emma Gonzalez | Jazz Enloe Magnet High School | Raleigh, NC

Anthony Josep | Classical Baritone New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Sarah Grace Kimberly | Popular Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

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

Lauren Maynus | Classical Soprano


Ursuline Academy | Blue Ash, OH

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

Madison Perry | Classical Soprano Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School | Dumfries, VA

Pablo Rubin-Jurado | Classical Tenor Homeschool | New York, NY

Vuyiswa Sigadi | Classical Soprano Emmett J. Conrad High School | Dallas, TX

Georgianna Stafford | Jazz Fryeburg Academy | Fryeburg, ME

Aron Stornaiuolo | Jazz University of North Carolina School of the Arts | Winston Salem, NC

Gabrielle Turgeon | Classical Soprano Korah Collegiate and Vocational School | Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, CAN

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

Writing

Isabella Cho | Poetry North Shore Country Day School | Winnetka, IL

Kaya Dierks | Play or Script The Branson School | Ross, CA

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

Emma Rose Gowans | Creative Nonfiction South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities | Greenville, SC

Katie Grierson | Novel Bishop Gorman High School | Las Vegas, NV

Ana Maria Griffin Morimoto | Creative Nonfiction Special Music School | New York, NY

Mosab Hamid | Spoken Word The Berkeley Carroll School | Brooklyn, NY

Esmé Kaplan-Kinsey | Short Story


Credo High School | Rohnert Park, CA

Yasmeen Khan | Short Story Grand Oaks High School | Spring, TX

Sarah Lao | Poetry The Westminster Schools | Atlanta, GA

Youngseo Lee | Creative Nonfiction BASIS Chandler Charter School | Chandler, AZ

Jeffrey Liao | Poetry Livingston High School | Livingston, NJ

Frances McKittrick | Play or Script Saint Ann’s School | Brooklyn, NY

Marjan Naderi | Spoken Word Hayfield Secondary School | Alexandria, VA

Semilore Ola | Spoken Word Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Nia Sampson | Novel Bellaire High School | Bellaire, TX

Vivien Song | Poetry Amador Valley High School | Pleasanton, CA

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

Olivia Treynor | Short Story Woodside Priory School | Portola Valley, CA

Jieyan Wang | Short Story Moscow High School | Moscow, ID

Lydia Wei | Poetry Richard Montgomery High School | Rockville, MD

Eleanor Mary Wikstrom | Spoken Word Skyline High School | Oakland, CA

Aidan Wohl | Play or Script Harrison High School | Harrison, NY

Erika Yip | Play or Script Milton Academy | Milton, MA

2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Classical Music

Nathaniel Abreu | Violoncello Middlesex Community College | Middletown, CT

Gabriela Beltran | Flute La Costa Canyon High School | Carlsbad, CA

Kyle Chen | Piano Wayland High School | Wayland, MA

William Chen | Piano Special Music School | New York, NY

Christian Chiu | Piano Upper St. Clair High School | Upper St Clair, PA

Christy Choi | Violoncello Tenafly High School | Tenafly, NJ

Christopher Correa | Oboe Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI

Gabriel Crist | Piano Homeschool | Durham, NC

Roger Dahlin | Trombone Damascus High School | Damascus, MD

Eriko Darcy | Piano Latin School of Chicago | Chicago, IL

Alexander Fried | Violin Verdugo Academy | La Crescenta, CA

Solomon Ge | Piano Live Oak Academy | Santa Clara, CA

Noam Ginsparg | Violoncello The Hotchkiss School | Lakeville, CT

Justin Gruber | Tuba Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School | Parkland, FL

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

Evan Hu | Piano


Montgomery Blair High School | Silver Spring, MD

Jenny Jiang | Violoncello The Spence School | New York, NY

Marco Jimenez | Piano Homeschool | St. Petersburg, FL

Marco Jimenez | Organ Homeschool | St. Petersburg, FL

Marco Jimenez | Composition Homeschool | St. Petersburg, FL

Maya Johnson | Composition Homeschool | Salt Lake City, UT

Thomas Kaminsky | Flute Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI

Ipek Karataylioglu | Flute Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI

Aram Kim | Violin Homeschool | Latham, NY

Joshua Kim | Violin Homeschool | Buchon, Gyounggido, SK

Soomin Kim | Violoncello The Bergen County Academies | Hackensack, NJ

Subee Kim | Flute Homeschool | Plano, TX

Tyler Kim | Piano Temecula Valley High School | Temecula, CA

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

Na Koh | Violoncello Cresskill High School | Cresskill, NJ

Eilene Lee | Violin The Bergen County Academies | Hackensack, NJ

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

Chelsie Lim | Violoncello Academy of the Holy Angels | Demarest, NJ


Brian Lin | Saxophone Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Katherine Liu | Piano The Rivers School | Weston, MA

Soren Lorentzen | Viola McCoy High School | Medicine Hat, Alberta, CAN

Angeline Ma | Piano Conestoga High School | Berwyn, PA

Michael McCann | Flute Stivers School for the Arts | Dayton, OH

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

Zechariah Mo | Viola William Fremd High School | Palatine, IL

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

Yoona Park | Viola Paramus High School | Paramus, NJ

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

John Robert Santiago | Flute Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Andrew Shi | Piano Diamond Bar High School | Diamond Bar, CA

Mi-Hyun Suh | Piano Diamond Bar High School | Diamond Bar, CA

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

Sarah Tindall | Violoncello Souderton Area High School | Souderton, PA

Brandon Trent | Saxophone Roane County High School | Kingston, TN

Karina Tseng | Piano Carlmont High School | Belmont, CA

Smrithi Upadhyayula | Flute Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science | Denton, TX


Josef Viramontes | Saxophone Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI

Sean Wang | Trombone Foothill High School | Pleasanton, CA

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

Roger Xia | Piano Davis Senior High School | Davis, CA

Audrey Yang | Flute Princeton High School | Princeton, NJ

Sean Yu | Violoncello Rye High School | Rye, NY

Delia Zaleski | Flute Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI

Jessica Zhang | Piano Hamilton High School | Chandler, AZ

John Zhao | Piano Hillcrest High School | Midvale, UT

Helen Zhu | Flute Westview High School | San Diego, CA

Dance

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

Atticus Dobbie | Modern/Contemporary Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY

Ashton Edwards | Ballet Flint Southwestern Classical Academy | Flint, MI

Aydin Eyikan | Jazz The Keystone School | Bloomsburg, PA

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

Krupa Hegde | World Dance/Classical Indian The Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science | Bowling Green, KY


Irene Kim | Modern/Contemporary Crean Lutheran High School | Irvine, CA

Janiya Pearson | World Dance/African Professional Performing Arts School | New York, NY

Arya Pratap | World Dance/Classical Indian Saint Francis High School | Mountain View, CA

Design Arts

Melissa Donaldson Cypress Bay High School | Weston, FL

Elva Dong High School of Art and Design | New York, NY

Sofia Hernandez Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL

Santiago Krossler Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL

Sarah Leiva Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL

Allison Li Academic Magnet High School | North Charleston, SC

Shannon Lin Henry M. Gunn High School | Palo Alto, CA

Sarah Swanson Pius XI Catholic High School | Milwaukee, WI

Sofia Vera Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL

Melody Yu Western Sierra Collegiate Academy | Rocklin, CA

Film

Mariah Barrera City High Middle School | Grand Rapids, MI

Branden Garcia Veritas Academy | Flushing, NY


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

Youning Jiang Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Anthony Jones Shawnee High School | Lima, OH

Esmeralda Martinez Ánimo Venice Charter High School | Venice, CA

Emma Nebeker Westlake High School | Austin, TX

Sarah Williams Marshall Fundamental Secondary School | Pasadena, CA

Jazz

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

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

Nicholas Beltramini | Saxophone/Alto King Philip Regional High School | Wrentham, MA

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

Lasse Corson | Piano Southwest High School | Minneapolis, MN

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

Oliver D’Avolio | Piano Trinity School | New York, NY

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

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

Garrett Frees | Saxophone/Tenor Naperville North High School | Naperville, IL


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

Kellin Hanas | Trumpet Wheaton North High School | Wheaton, IL

Bryce Hayashi | Composition Northgate High School | Walnut Creek, CA

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

Nate Jones | Trombone Belmont High School | Belmont, MA

Adam Lord | Saxophone/Tenor Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Jace Mason | Composition Walnut Hill School | Natick, MA

Aidan McCarthy | Double Bass Bishop O’Dowd High School | Oakland, CA

Luca Moretti | Piano Newark Academy | Livingston, NJ

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

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

John Murray | Double Bass San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts | San Diego, CA

Aaron Ouellette | Trumpet Rham High School | Hebron, CT

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

Asher Pereira | Composition Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Alexander Perry | Piano San Francisco University High School | San Francisco, CA

Lucas Perry | Piano San Francisco University High School | San Francisco, CA

Aidan Pratte | Double Bass Northgate High School | Walnut Creek, CA


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

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

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

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

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

Zachary Shubert | Piano Carlmont High School | Belmont, CA

Jacob Smith | Percussion Northfield Mount Hermon School | Mount Hermon, MA

Eric Stern | Piano Edward R. Murrow High School | Brooklyn, NY

Luca Stine | Composition Florida Virtual School | Orlando, FL

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

Evan Taylor | Guitar Walnut Hills High School | Cincinnati, OH

Robert Varon | Guitar Pittsford Mendon High School | Pittsford, NY

Makoto Yorihiro | Saxophone/Tenor Century Academy High School | Thousand Oaks, CA

Photography

Vincent Alban The Masters School | Dobbs Ferry, NY

Sarah Branch Arlington Heights High School | Fort Worth, TX

Justin Clarke Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL


Ari Cox State College Area High School | State College, PA

Simon Downes Toney The Met Sacramento High School | Sacramento, CA

Reneé Simone Hayes Medgar Evers College Preparatory School | Brooklyn, NY

Alexandra Hogue Durham Academy Upper School | Durham, NC

Abe Kaye Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA

Alice Lubin Meyer Lawrence High School | Lawrence, KS

Stevia Ndoe Walter Payton College Preparatory High School | Chicago, IL

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

Chloe Powers The Archer School for Girls | Los Angeles, CA

Maia Rauh Pius XI Catholic High School | Milwaukee, WI

Ajaya Shelton Stivers School for the Arts | Dayton, OH

Yishi Wang Princeton Day School | Princeton, NJ

Frances Weger Westerville South High School | Westerville, OH

Jessie Wu The SMIC Private School Shanghai | Shanghai, CHN

Theater

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

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


Sabina Arcila New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Helena Chuang Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts | San Francisco, CA

Alaysia Duncan Central High School | Saint Paul, MN

Olivia Foght Waunakee Community High School | Waunakee, WI

Joilynn Green A. N. McCallum High School | Austin, TX

Mackenzie Holley Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI

Joshua Lewis New Manchester High School | Douglasville, GA

Logan Lopez Montverde Academy | Montverde, FL

Marshall Mabry IV Homeschool | Fairburn, GA

Jaylon Muchison Belleville West High School | Belleville, IL

Oluchi Nwaokorie Murrah High School | Jackson, MS

Virginia Richardson Hume-Fogg Academic High School | Nashville, TN

Schneider Saintil Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Shelby Smith Riverdale High School | Murfreesboro, TN

Maya Sta. Ana Howell High School | Farmingdale, NJ

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

Victoria Strong Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School | Miami, FL


Visual Arts

Luis Aleman New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Madison Burton The Masters School | Dobbs Ferry, NY

Alex Hernandez Coral Reef Senior High School | Miami, FL

Sarah Hwang Seoul International School | Sujeong-Gu, Gyeonggi-Do, SK

Kate Lim Amador Valley High School | Pleasanton, CA

Katherine Miller Lovejoy High School | Lucas, TX

Maximus Oppenheimer Ramón C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Nayla Vasquez Chicago High School for the Arts | Chicago, IL

Voice

Angelica Alvarez | Popular Coral Reef Senior High School | Miami, FL

Kiana Ardoin | Jazz Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Anthony Arya | Popular Georgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory School | Santa Cruz, CA

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

Ellah Brown | Jazz Rutherford High School | Rutherford, NJ

June Marie Cavlan | Jazz Soquel High School | Soquel, CA

Margaret Cubillos | Popular Mira Costa High School | Manhattan Beach, CA


Jameson Elton | Popular Lewis and Clark High School | Spokane, WA

Emma Gerson | Popular Los Gatos High School | Los Gatos, CA

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

Asia Guzman | Popular High Tech High School | Secaucus, NJ

Samuel Higgins | Classical Countertenor Milton High School | Milton, MA

Marley Howard | Jazz Manchester High School | Manchester, CT

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

Akira Sky Kassulke | Popular Brighton Hall School | Burbank, CA

Olivia Katz | Popular Latin School of Chicago | Chicago, IL

Jessica Kodsi | Classical Mezzo Soprano Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI

Isabella Koster | Popular John Burroughs School | Saint Louis, MO

Advika Krishnan | Jazz Needham High School | Needham, MA

Kalista Lewis | Popular Marietta High School | Marietta, GA

Breezy Love | Singer-Songwriter Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI

Michele Lu | Popular Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Cora-Melin Mikat | Classical Soprano Brighton Hall School | Brighton, MI

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

Grace Nyberg | Popular Homeschool | Brea, CA


Colin O’Connor | Jazz GlenOak High School | Canton, OH

Isabella Oliveira-Pazzia | Popular Mira Costa High School | Manhattan Beach, CA

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

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

Piatt Pund | Singer-Songwriter Mission Bay High School | San Diego, CA

Rebecca Ramirez | Jazz Downey High School | Downey, CA

Georgia Ryan | Singer-Songwriter Ramón C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts | Los Angeles, CA

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

Jacob Schroeder | Popular Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA

Leland Smith | Classical Baritone Amador Valley High School | Pleasanton, CA

Matilda Smolij | Classical Mezzo Soprano Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Gianna Stansell | Popular Grandville High School | Grandville, MI

Georgia Starnes | Popular Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX

Cora Stewart | Popular Naperville North High School | Naperville, IL

Miles Tobel | Singer-Songwriter Santa Monica High School | Santa Monica, CA

Hannah Trauscht | Singer-Songwriter HomeLife Academy | Jackson, TN

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

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


Writing

Daniel Blokh | Spoken Word Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL

Ollie Dupuy | Poetry Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Emma Rose Gowans | Poetry South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities | Greenville, SC

Mosab Hamid | Creative Nonfiction The Berkeley Carroll School | Brooklyn, NY

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

Alexander Inagamov | Play or Script Frank Sinatra School of the Arts High School | Astoria, NY

Esther Lee | Poetry Irvine High School | Irvine, CA

Justin Li | Creative Nonfiction The Pingry School | Basking Ridge, NJ

Frances McKittrick | Short Story Saint Ann’s School | Brooklyn, NY

Uma Menon | Spoken Word Winter Park High School | Winter Park, FL

Eliza Moore | Short Story Chattanooga High School Center for Creative Arts | Chattanooga, TN

Cindy Phan | Creative Nonfiction Skyline High School | Salt Lake City, UT

Sylvie Shure | Novel Flintridge Preparatory School | La Canada, CA

Anaka Srinivas | Creative Nonfiction Middleton High School | Middleton, WI

Jovana Tankou | Spoken Word Hollywood High School | Los Angeles, CA

Grace Wang | Short Story Columbus North High School | Columbus, IN

Ilia Wayans | Play or Script Viewpoint School | Calabasas, CA


Alyssa Wilson | Creative Nonfiction South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities | Greenville, SC

Anouk Yeh | Spoken Word Saratoga High School | Saratoga, CA

Sophia Young | Creative Nonfiction South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities | Greenville, SC

Arden Yum | Creative Nonfiction Trinity School | New York, NY

2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

MERIT

Classical Music

Gwenyth Aggeler | Guitar Denver School of the Arts | Denver, CO

Kathryn Amaral | Violin Great Books Academy | Colorado Springs, CO

Samantha Anderson | Flute Valencia High School | Valencia, CA

Kelly Avila | Viola Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI

Olivia Bennett | Composition Homeschool | Springfield, MO

Nicholas Boettcher | Double Bass Naperville North High School | Naperville, IL

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

Andrew Burhans | French Horn Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI

Katherine Butler | Violin Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

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

Sonya Carrillo | Trumpet New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Catherine Carson | Violin Shattuck-St. Mary’s School | Faribault, MN

Carrie Chen | Piano The Bergen County Academies | Hackensack, NJ

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

Noah Chen | Violoncello K12 International Academy | Herndon, VA

Cameron Chiu | Violoncello William Fremd High School | Palatine, IL


Kevin Cho | Piano West Ranch High School | Valencia, CA

Catherine Choi | Violoncello Monta Vista High School | Cupertino, CA

Hyuntae Choi | Piano Middlesex School | Concord, MA

Melody Choi | Violin Valley Christian High School | San Jose, CA

Renee Choi | Violin Northern Valley Regional High School | Demarest, NJ

Natalie Chow | Piano Livingston High School | Livingston, NJ

Stacey Chung | Violoncello Oak Crest Academy | Los Angeles, CA

Natalie Colegrove | Euphonium Cupertino High School | Cupertino, CA

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

Andrew Do | Violoncello Northwood High School | Irvine, CA

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

Joshua Flores | Saxophone Heritage High School | Frisco, TX

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

Sofia Gilchenok | Viola Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School | West Chester, PA

Priyanka Gohal | Harp Homeschool | Jamestown, IN

Bryan Han | Violoncello Plano West Senior High School | Plano, TX

Clayton Hancock | Violin Laurel Springs School | Ojai, CA

Kenneth He | Piano Princeton International School of Mathematics and Science | Princeton, NJ


Colin Hill | Violoncello George C. Marshall High School | Falls Church, VA

Matthew Ho | Violin St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX

Ben Hoang | Piano Live Oak Academy | Santa Clara, CA

Grace Huh | Violin Lynbrook High School | San Jose, CA

Barbara Juminaga | Violin Homeschool | Highland Park, IL

Yuki Kanazawa | Violin Hunter College High School | New York, NY

Sebastian Kelzenberg | Oboe Cashmere High School | Cashmere, WA

Ashley Kim | Piano New Trier Township High School | Winnetka, IL

Hannah Kim | Violin Sage Hill School | Newport Coast, CA

Jeannette Kim | Piano Ridgefield High School | Ridgefield, CT

Jeehoon Kim | Oboe Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI

Minchae Kim | Flute Alhambra High School | Alhambra, CA

Nicholas Kim | Clarinet Agoura High School | Agoura Hills, CA

Asha Kline | Bassoon Centennial High School | Ellicott City, MD

Heechan Ku | Violoncello The Bergen County Academies | Hackensack, NJ

Leo Kubota | Violoncello Corona del Sol High School | Tempe, AZ

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

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


Yeasol Lee | Piano Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY

Abigail Leong | Violoncello The King’s Academy | Sunnyvale, CA

Annie Li | Piano Portola High School | Irvine, CA

Ivy Liang | Flute Montgomery Blair High School | Silver Spring, MD

Thomas Lim | Violoncello Saratoga High School | Saratoga, CA

Angelina Lim | Flute Marriotts Ridge High School | Marriottsville, MD

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

Kaylin Liu | Violin Metea Valley High School | Aurora, IL

Emma Lo | Piano The Shipley School | Bryn Mawr, PA

Ian Maloney | Violoncello International Connections Academy | Columbia, MD

Sean Mori | Violin School for Independent Learners | Los Altos, CA

Jackson Naglick | Piano Indiana University High School | Bloomington, IN

Noelle Naito | Violin The Keystone School | Bloomsburg, PA

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

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

Jamie Park | Double Bass Hawken School | Gates Mills, OH

Stephanie Petinaux | Piano Seneca Valley Senior High School | Harmony, PA

Nita Qiu | Piano Trinity School at River Ridge | Eagan, MN


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

Timothy Rinehart | Double Bass Chapel Hill High School | Chapel Hill, NC

Will Robles | Violoncello Polytechnic School | Pasadena, CA

Faith Shim | Flute Bergen County Technical High School | Teterboro, NJ

Daniel Son | Viola Ridgewood High School | Ridgewood, NJ

Lia Stallmann | Viola Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Evan Tsai | Double Bass Phillips Academy Andover | Andover, MA

Aidan Vass | Composition Westlake High School | Westlake Village, CA

Audrey Wang | Violin Pinnacle High School | Phoenix, AZ

James Wang | Saxophone Montgomery High School | Skillman, NJ

Joseph Wang | Viola Deerfield Academy | Deerfield, MA

Charlotte Wong | Piano Aragon High School | San Mateo, CA

Alexandra Woroniecka | Violin Ward Melville High School | East Setauket, NY

Shuen Wu | Piano Homeschool | Woodbury, MN

Andrew Yang | Violin The Seven Hills School | Cincinnati, OH

Elizabeth Yang | Piano Montgomery High School | Skillman, NJ

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

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


Dance

Deven Ayambem | Hip Hop Downingtown STEM Academy | Downingtown, PA

Joseph Boswell | Ballet James Madison High School | Norcross, GA

Victoria Chapa | World Dance/Mexican Folkloric Valley View High School | Pharr, TX

Angelina Diaz | Choreography Miami Beach Senior High School | Miami Beach, FL

Jau’mair Garland | Modern/Contemporary Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts | Pittsburgh, PA

Rosie Granito | Choreography Denver School of the Arts | Denver, CO

Shashank Iswara | World Dance/Classical Indian Flower Mound High School | Flower Mound, TX

Demetrius Lee | Modern/Contemporary Cleveland School of the Arts | Cleveland, OH

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

Jeremiah Moorehead | Modern/Contemporary Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL

Julian Sanchez | Modern/Contemporary New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Nyoka Wotorson | Modern/Contemporary Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY

Design Arts

Tenu Ahn James A. Garfield High School | Seattle, WA

Carlos Cepeda Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL

Kelly Lu Saint Francis High School | Mountain View, CA

Madison Minisee Encore High School for the Arts – Hesperia | Hesperia, CA


Alexander Soukakos The Northwest School | Seattle, WA

Russell Wilner St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX

Yasmin Yanez Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL

Film

Lauren Bongco Mililani High School | Mililani, HI

Zayd Ezzeldine Irvine High School | Irvine, CA

Cole Fletchall-Silva Burlingame High School | Burlingame, CA

Eli Golding George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD

Marlo Irani Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI

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

Margaret Leonard Wilson Central High School | Lebanon, TN

Jackson Little Viewpoint School | Calabasas, CA

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

Andrew Martinez Yorba Linda High School | Yorba Linda, CA

Anthony Rodriguez Cushman High School | Miami, FL

Max Rogoff Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Michelle Saguinsin Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL


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

Ananya Singh Neuqua Valley High School | Naperville, IL

Molly Smith Montverde Academy | Montverde, FL

Lucca Vieira Cypress Bay High School | Weston, FL

Jazz

Kitty Amaral | Violin Great Books Academy | Colorado Springs, CO

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

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

Gabriel Burns | Saxophone/Alto Long Beach Polytechnic High School | Long Beach, CA

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

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

Cameron Campbell | Piano St. Mary’s School | Worcester, MA

Ivan Cuevas | Guitar Downey High School | Downey, CA

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

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

David Galli | Saxophone/Alto Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

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


Burton Hall | Saxophone/Tenor Shaker Heights High School | Shaker Heights, OH

William Hill | Piano Detroit School of Arts | Detroit, MI

Declan Houlihan | Percussion Alexander Hamilton High School | Los Angeles, CA

Derek Janoff | Saxophone/Tenor West Boca Raton Community High School | Boca Raton, FL

Daniela Jimenez Ochoa | Piano New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Ayden Johnson | Saxophone/Alto Las Vegas Academy of the Arts | Las Vegas, NV

Evan Kappelman | Saxophone/Tenor Olathe East High School | Olathe, KS

Jaden Kim | Trombone Vista Murrieta High School | Murrieta, CA

Richard Kirk | Piano Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

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

Jonah Kreitner | Violin Hunter College High School | New York, NY

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

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

John Lybbert | Percussion Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Leo Major | Composition Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences | Santa Monica, CA

Cooper Malanowski | Trombone Farmingdale High School | Farmingdale, NY

Hannah Mayer | Piano Oakland School for the Arts | Oakland, CA

Hannah Mayer | Composition Oakland School for the Arts | Oakland, CA


Ahmed McLemore | Double Bass Plano West Senior High School | Plano, TX

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

Eli Pace | Double Bass Dublin Jerome High School | Dublin, OH

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

Timothy Picard | Guitar Westlake High School | Westlake, OH

Gage Quinn | Saxophone/Tenor Barrington High School | Barrington, IL

Alexander Romano-Silverstein | Composition Novato High School | Novato, CA

Thomas Schinabeck | Saxophone/Alto Shaker Heights High School | Shaker Heights, OH

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

Jonah Smith | Piano Millbrook High School | Raleigh, NC

Joseph St. Jules | Saxophone/Alto Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI

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

Daniel Stephens | Composition School for Creative and Performing Arts | Cincinnati, OH

Kalman Strauss | Violin Homeschool | Chicago, IL

Kalman Strauss | Composition Homeschool | Chicago, IL

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

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

Aidan Taylor | Double Bass Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL


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

Emre Tekmen | Saxophone/Alto Enloe Magnet High School | Raleigh, NC

Jack Towse | Trumpet Friends Academy | Locust Valley, NY

Adithya Vaidhyan | Saxophone/Tenor Raleigh Charter High School | Raleigh, NC

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

Filip Vizitiu | Trumpet Summit High School | Summit, NJ

Joshua Wong | Composition Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Joshua Wong | Piano Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Isaac Yi | Saxophone/Tenor Bergen County Technical High School | Teterboro, NJ

Kenneth Zayas | Saxophone/Alto San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts | San Diego, CA

Photography

Angel Ahabue Parkview High School | Lilburn, GA

Jazmine Baca Hialeah Gardens High School | Hialeah Gardens, FL

Rah-San Bailey Venice High School | Los Angeles, CA

Teresa Becket 21st Century Cyber Charter School | West Chester, PA

Joshua Cho Pacific Grove High School | Pacific Grove, CA

Kristian Craig Hammond High School | Columbia, MD


Reanna Holicek Pius XI Catholic High School | Milwaukee, WI

Penelope Juarez Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA

Rachel Joohyun Lee Seoul International School | Sujeong-Gu, Gyeonggi-Do, SK

Georgia Minnis Liberated Learners | Sunderland, MA

Kennede Oninku Stivers School for the Arts | Dayton, OH

Natalie Park Greenhill School | Addison, TX

Isabella Premo Bentley School | Lafayette, CA

Sabrina Proano New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Ariya Selvakumar Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Thomas Wang Phillips Exeter Academy | Exeter, NH

Theater

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

Alana Bright Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Mia Cusianovic Options for Youth San Gabriel School | San Gabriel, CA

Simone De La Torre New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Brooklyn Durs duPont Manual High School | Louisville, KY

Logan Gould Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA


Ted Guzman Egg Harbor Township High School | Egg Harbor Towns, NJ

Mosab Hamid The Berkeley Carroll School | Brooklyn, NY

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

Elsa Keefe Lowell High School | Lowell, MA

Nina Lardi Miami Country Day School | Miami, FL

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

Samuel Noll Rouse Hill High School | Rouse Hill, New South Wales, AU

Grace Riedy Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI

Nicole Streger Bernards High School | Bernardsville, NJ

Visual Arts

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

Piper Bangs Legacy of Educational Excellence High School | San Antonio, TX

Jackson Bein New Orleans Center for Creative Arts | New Orleans, LA

Ana Belcher Culver City High School | Culver City, CA

Leah Clemons Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Xinyi Gui The Spence School | New York, NY

Tuesday Hadden Lafayette High School | Lexington, KY


Madeline Hazouri Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL

Hae-Min Kim Northwood High School | Irvine, CA

Amanda Lindsay The Peddie School | Hightstown, NJ

Zonelys Martinez New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Roman Miller Ramón C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Aniya Morris Highland Springs High School | Highland Springs, VA

Aneesa Razak Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY

David Rodriguez Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL

Christine Wang Lexington High School | Lexington, MA

Taylor Wang Issaquah High School | Issaquah, WA

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

Voice

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

Sophia Baete | Classical Mezzo Soprano duPont Manual High School | Louisville, KY

Andrea Bejar | Popular Florida Virtual School | Orlando, FL

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

Bradley Boatright | Classical Tenor Smithville High School | Smithville, TX


Lucy Calaway | Classical Soprano University of North Carolina School of the Arts | Winston Salem, NC

Meghna Das | Singer-Songwriter John P. Stevens High School | Edison, NJ

Elijah Delgado | Singer-Songwriter The Austin School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Austin, TX

Matthew Dexter | Classical Bass McKinney High School | Mckinney, TX

Ava DiSimone | Jazz Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI

Caroline Duers | Popular Edwin O. Smith High School | Storrs, CT

Filopatir Ebid | Popular Dougherty Valley High School | San Ramon, CA

Michael Fazio | Classical Bass Burlington High School | Burlington, MA

Caleb Foral | Classical Tenor Edmond Memorial High School | Edmond, OK

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

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

Grace Gramins | Singer-Songwriter Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY

Logan Green | Popular South Broward High School | Hollywood, FL

Madison Holmes | Classical Soprano Suitland High School | Forestville, MD

Lucas Hunter | Singer-Songwriter Ronald W. Reagan/Doral Senior High School | Doral, FL

Akira Sky Kassulke | Jazz Brighton Hall School | Burbank, CA

Akira Sky Kassulke | Singer-Songwriter Brighton Hall School | Burbank, CA

Brooke Lambert | Jazz Roosevelt High School | Seattle, WA


Natalie Leclair | Jazz Pittsford Sutherland High School | Pittsford, NY

Andre-Christopher Marana | Popular Old Bridge High School | Matawan, NJ

Serena Miller | Singer-Songwriter Rye High School | Rye, NY

Isabella Morcote | Singer-Songwriter Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI

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

Catherine O’Connor | Popular Loyola Academy | Wilmette, IL

Claire O’Shaughnessy | Classical Soprano The Wellington School | Columbus, OH

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

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

Katelyn Robinson | Jazz Cerritos High School | Cerritos, CA

Rebekah Rotman | Popular Cypress Bay High School | Weston, FL

Will Ryan III | Jazz New Trier Township High School | Winnetka, IL

Liliann Shires | Jazz School for Creative and Performing Arts | Cincinnati, OH

Shayna Singer | Classical Soprano North Broward Preparatory School | Coconut Creek, FL

Morgen Smith | Singer-Songwriter Oasis High School | Aptos, CA

Aniye Strachan | Jazz Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL

Jessica Taylor | Singer-Songwriter Weaver Academy for Performing and Visual Arts and Advanced Technologies | Greensboro, NC

Sidra Villacorta | Singer-Songwriter Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA


Chelsea Ward | Popular Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL

John Whitney | Jazz Mira Costa High School | Manhattan Beach, CA

Victoria Wilson | Popular Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY

Lorenzo Wood | Singer-Songwriter Alameda High School | Alameda, CA

Writing

Devin Andrada | Play or Script West Orange High School | West Orange, NJ

Arushi Avachat | Novel Foothill High School | Pleasanton, CA

Taylor Bechtel | Play or Script Northern Highlands Regional High School | Allendale, NJ

Kelsie Bennett | Spoken Word Emsley A. Laney High School | Wilmington, NC

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

Emory Brinson | Poetry South Mecklenburg High School | Charlotte, NC

Catherine Bui | Novel Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Annika Clark | Short Story Homeschool | Fountain Hills, AZ

Marion Deal | Creative Nonfiction Downers Grove North High School | Downers Grove, IL

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

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

Madyson Grant | Creative Nonfiction South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities | Greenville, SC


Hannah Han | Short Story Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA

Kelly Hui | Poetry Lexington High School | Lexington, MA

Isabella Jiang | Play or Script Cresskill High School | Cresskill, NJ

Haley Johnston | Creative Nonfiction Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Malavika Kannan | Novel Seminole High School | Sanford, FL

Tyler Kellogg | Creative Nonfiction South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities | Greenville, SC

Felix Killingsworth | Creative Nonfiction South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities | Greenville, SC

Sabrina Kim | Poetry Homestead High School | Cupertino, CA

Kate Li | Poetry Naperville Central High School | Naperville, IL

Cynthia Lu | Poetry Belmont High School | Belmont, MA

Charlotte McCombs | Play or Script Fayetteville High School | Fayetteville, AR

Christina Miles | Spoken Word Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Laurel Mora | Play or Script Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX

Semilore Ola | Poetry Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Katherine Oung | Spoken Word Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Camila Pernisco | Play or Script Los Angeles High School of the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Arianna Peró | Spoken Word New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Daze Purcell | Short Story Newton North High School | Newtonville, MA


Clarise Reichley | Creative Nonfiction Denver School of the Arts | Denver, CO

Nathaniel Sheehan | Play or Script Walnut Hill School | Natick, MA

Kioni Shropshire-Maina | Poetry The Upper School at Rye Country Day School | Rye, NY

Esther Sun | Poetry Los Gatos High School | Los Gatos, CA

Olivia Treynor | Creative Nonfiction Woodside Priory School | Portola Valley, CA

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

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

Derek Weinstock | Short Story New Roads School | Santa Monica, CA

Andrea Yagher | Play or Script Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA

Alexis Yang | Short Story Smithtown High School East | Saint James, NY

Krystal Yang | Short Story BASIS Independent Silicon Valley | San Jose, CA

Pen Zuleger | Novel The Fine Arts Center | Greenville, SC

Documents

2020 YoungArts Winners...2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS Jayson Rodriguez The Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center | Providence, RI