2015 YoungArts Winners
FINALISTS
Cinematic Arts
Ruby Drake
Lowell High School | San Francisco, CA
Alexander Herz
Redwood High School | Larkspur, CA
Adam McArthur
Cascade High School | Everett, WA
Oliver Orr
Mattituck High School | Mattituck, NY
David Saveliev
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Danielle Stolz
Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Dance
Nathan Beech | Tap
Forest Park High School | Woodbridge, VA
Jacob Clemente | Tap
Columbia High School | East Greenbush, NY
Andrea Fabbri | Ballet
The Harid Conservatory | Boca Raton, FL
Eddieomar Gonzalez | Modern
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Aaron Hilton | Ballet
2015 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
FINALISTS
Professional Children’s School | New York, NY
Hayden Hopkins | Modern
Insight School of Washington | Tacoma, WA
Myles Hunter | Modern
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Nicole Ishimaru | Modern
Indiana University High School | Bloomington, IN
Isabel Kaiser | Irish Step
Homeschool | Saint Charles, Missouri
Sarah Lapointe | Ballet
Keystone National High School | Bloomsburg, PA
Jordynn Lurie | Other
North Broward Preparatory School | Coconut Creek, FL
Edward Mandell | Hip Hop
Sharon High School | Sharon, MA
Matthew McLaughlin | Modern
The Barrie School | Silver Spring, MD
Daniela O’Neil | Ballet
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Sarah Pippin | Modern
Heritage High School | Wake Forest, NC
Anagha Prasanna | Classical Indian
Union County Academy for Allied Health Sciences | Scotch Plains, NJ
Uriel Ramirez | Mexican Folkloric
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Kaleb Sims | Hip Hop
Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL
Nicole Smith | Modern
Del Oro High School | Loomis, CA
Autumn Steed | Ballet
Downers Grove South High School | Downers Grove, IL
Jonathan Wade | Modern
Coral Reef Senior High School | Miami, FL
Madeline Woo | Ballet
Huntington Beach High School | Huntington Beach, CA
2015 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
FINALISTS
Design
Daniela Alarcon
Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Jessica Baldinger
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Eduardo Garcia
Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Jason Ginsberg
Horace Mann School | Riverdale, NY
Seanna Harris
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Maite Iribarren
Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Alejandro Jimenez
Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Julieta Londono
Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Benjamin Naftalis
St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX
Helmuth Rosales
Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Aaron Smithson
Trinity School | New York, NY
Anna Talley
Atlee High School | Mechanicsville, VA
Jazz
John Michael Bradford | Trumpet
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts | New Orleans, LA
Devin Daniels | Alto
Alexander Hamilton High School | Los Angeles, CA
Conner Duke | Double Bass
Arlington High School | Arlington, MA
Nicholas Lee | Trombone
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
2015 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
FINALISTS
Jared Silverstein | Percussion
Hillsborough High School | Hillsborough, NJ
Matthew Wong | Keyboard
Independence High School | San Francisco, CA
Music
Sein An | Violin
Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School | West Chester, PA
Sasha Bult-Ito | Piano
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Hsun Chang | Piano
Henry M. Gunn High School | Palo Alto, CA
Erika Gray | Viola
New Trier High School | Winnetka, IL
Oliver Herbert | Violoncello
Ruth Asawa School of the Arts | San Francisco, CA
Ramakrishnan Kumaran | Flute
Dehesa Charter School | Escondido, CA
Seong Hwan Lee | Classical Music Composition
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Sydney Lee | Violoncello
Ramapo High School | Franklin Lakes, NJ
Geneva Lewis | Violin
Homeschool | Irvine, California
Ying Li | Piano
The City School | Philadelphia, PA
Charles Lilley | Saxophone
DeMatha Catholic High School | Hyattsville, MD
Evelyn Mo | Piano
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology | Alexandria, VA
Vaibhav Mohanty | Classical Music Composition
Academic Magnet High School | North Charleston, SC
Margaret O’Leary | Bassoon
Claremont High School | Claremont, CA
Chase Park | Violoncello
2015 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
FINALISTS
Northern Valley Regional High School | Demarest, NJ
Yaegy Park | Violin
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY
Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner | Piano
The Juilliard School, College Division (Senior Undergraduate) | New York, New York
Christopher Staknys | Piano
Falmouth High School | Falmouth, ME
Jeremy Tai | Violoncello
Saint Francis High School | Mountain View, CA
Tanner Tanyeri | Percussion
Middleton High School | Middleton, WI
Athena Tsianos | Piano
Glendora High School | Glendora, CA
Yibiao Wang | Flute
Queens High School for the Sciences | Jamaica, NY
Angela Wee | Violin
Syosset High School | Syosset, NY
Photography
Sequoia Canada
New Roads School | Santa Monica, CA
Yu-Hua Golnick
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Ramona Gomez
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Michael Hansen
Perpich Center for Arts Education | Golden Valley, MN
Maxwell Hart
Perpich Center for Arts Education | Golden Valley, MN
Amanda Masis
City Of Angels School | Los Angeles, CA
Zinnia Moreno
El Camino Real High School | Woodland Hills, CA
Dakotah Murphree
Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL
2015 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
FINALISTS
Gabriella Rothbart
Archer School for Girls | Los Angeles, CA
Isabel Strachan
The Key School | Annapolis, MD
Alexander Zhang
Central Magnet School | Little Rock, AR
Theater
Ashley Arnold | Musical Theater
Idyllwild Arts Academy | Idyllwild, CA
Griffin Binnicker | Musical Theater
South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC
Ciaran Bowling | Musical Theater
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY
Dara Brown | Musical Theater
Chicago High School for the Arts | Chicago, IL
Wesley Goodrich | Spoken Theater
Edward R. Murrow High School | Brooklyn, NY
Jasper Keen | Spoken Theater
New Mexico School for the Arts | Santa Fe, NM
Matthew Kemp | Musical Theater
Fairport High School | Fairport, NY
Ashley Long | Spoken Theater
The Woodlands High School | The Woodlands, TX
Grace Martini | Musical Theater
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Noah McGill | Spoken Theater
South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC
Erin Metz | Musical Theater
Martin Luther King High School | Riverside, CA
Caroline Mixon | Musical Theater
Saint Francis High School | Sacramento, CA
Raven Moore | Musical Theater
High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Amir Nickell | Spoken Theater
2015 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
FINALISTS
William R. Boone High School | Orlando, FL
Olamide Sholotan | Musical Theater
High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Javier Spivey | Musical Theater
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY
Sean Stack | Musical Theater
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Alexander Stone | Musical Theater
McLean High School | Mclean, VA
Talia Suskauer | Musical Theater
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Dominique Thorne | Spoken Theater
Professional Performing Arts School | New York, NY
Anna Tobin | Musical Theater
St. Petersburg High School International Baccalaureate Program | St. Petersburg, FL
Visual Arts
Mikayla Brown
Whitney M. Young Magnet High School | Chicago, IL
Jennifer Choi
Palos Verdes High School | Palos Verdes Est, CA
Camille Clair
Culver City High School | Culver City, CA
Catrina Crawford
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Chrisonia DeCosta
Henry Snyder High School | Jersey City, NJ
Cole Dininno
Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Towson, MD
Mark Fleuridor
Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL
Catalina Gonzalez
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Su Wan Kim
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
2015 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
FINALISTS
Jackson McGrath
Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Hannah Mills
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Seyedalimohammad Illya Mousavijad
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Charles Olson
St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX
Luz Orozco
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Anais Perez
Doral Performing Arts & Entertainment Academy | Doral, FL
Melissa Posner
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Isabella Poulos
Pius XI High School | Milwaukee, WI
Zachary Rapaport
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Moises Salazar
Chicago High School for the Arts | Chicago, IL
Celia Shaheen
Plano West High School | Plano, TX
George Spica
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Morgan Strahorn
Stivers School for the Arts | Dayton, OH
Paloma Valencia
Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Mary Wichmann
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Ryan Yale
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Voice
Hansini Bhasker | Soprano
2015 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
FINALISTS
Greenwich High School | Greenwich, CT
Victoria Clara Canal Tinius | Singer/Songwriter
International School of Berne | Gumligen Bern,
Matthew Chang | Baritone
Middlesex School | Concord, MA
Darynn Dean | Jazz Voice
Mira Costa High School | Manhattan Beach, CA
Lydia Graham | Soprano
Danville High School | Danville, KY
Khady Gueye | Mezzo Soprano
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY
Jonah Hoskins | Tenor
Karl G. Maeser Preparatory Academy | Lindon, UT
Kate Huizinga | Popular Voice
Mona Shores High School | Muskegon, MI
Ryan Hurley | Tenor
Berkley High School | Berkley, MI
Maurice Johnson | Popular Voice
Long Island High School for the Arts | Syosset, NY
Alice Kim | Singer/Songwriter
Corning-Painted Post High School | Corning, NY
Anh Le | Singer/Songwriter
West High School | Madison, WI
Brittany Loynaz | Popular Voice
Somerset Academy High School | Pembroke Pines, FL
Alyssa McDoom | Jazz Voice
Cypress Bay High School | Weston, FL
John Erick Joshua Millanes | Popular Voice
Maplewood Academy | Hutchinson, MN
Jessica Niles | Soprano
West Potomac High School | Alexandria, VA
Alecsys Proctor-Turner | Popular Voice
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Brianna Ray | Singer/Songwriter
Timpanogos High School | Orem, UT
2015 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
FINALISTS
Joshua Reinier | Jazz Voice
Nueva Upper School | San Mateo, California
Tyler Resto | Baritone
High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Madison Russell | Jazz Voice
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Cabria Scott | Jazz Voice
High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Quinn Sullivan | Singer/Songwriter
Homeschool | New Bedford, Massachusetts
Ava Suppelsa | Singer/Songwriter
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Writing
Bindu Bansinath | Short Story
Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart | Princeton, NJ
Maya Bernstein | Creative Non-Fiction
Hunter College High School | New York, NY
Walker Caplan | Short Story
Lakeside School | Seattle, WA
E Yeon Chang | Poetry
The Hotchkiss School | Lakeville, CT
Carissa Chen | Poetry
Phillips Exeter Academy | Exeter, NH
Ashanti Davis | Short Story
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Noah Dversdall | Poetry
Dayton Regional STEM School | Kettering, OH
Julia Falkner | Poetry
Monarch High School | Louisville, CO
Eli Guidry | Short Story
Perry High School | Perry, GA
Claudia Isabel Heymach | Short Story
High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Nancy Huang | Short Story
2015 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
FINALISTS
International Academy | Bloomfield Hills, MI
Hannah Knowles | Short Story
Castilleja School | Palo Alto, CA
Adina Lasser | Creative Non-Fiction
Fine Arts Center | Greenville, SC
Antonia Matias-Bell | Poetry
Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Erin Aaron Orbey | Creative Non-Fiction
Buckingham Browne & Nichols School | Cambridge, MA
Maia Rosenfeld | Short Story
Winchester Thurston School | Pittsburgh, PA
Shakthi Shrima | Poetry
Homeschool | Austin, Texas
Audrey Spensley | Poetry
Avon Lake High School | Avon Lake, OH
Talin Tahajian | Poetry
Belmont High School | Belmont, MA
Oriana Tang | Poetry
Livingston High School | Livingston, NJ
Oriana Tang | Short Story
Livingston High School | Livingston, NJ
Adriane Tharp | Creative Non-Fiction
Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL
Greta Wilensky | Short Story
Lowell High School | Lowell, MA
Kai Williams | Short Story
The Dalton School | New York, NY
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Cinematic Arts
Coleman Andersen
Ballard High School | Seattle, WA
Alex Brisker
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
2015 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Miles Carey
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Max Cho
Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Clio Gevirtz
Lick-Wilmerding High School | San Francisco, CA
Kathryn McCarthy
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Zachary Oschin
Viewpoint School | Calabasas, CA
Nicolas Ramey
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts | New Orleans, LA
Abigail Sacks
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Eli Stern
Brentwood School | Los Angeles, CA
Carlos Tejera
Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Samuel Wickert
Fine Arts Center | Greenville, SC
Justin Wolman
Palisades Charter High School | Pacific Palisade, CA
Dance
Patrick Blain | Modern
Etobicoke School of the Arts | Toronto, ON
Alexandra Burman | Ballet
Florida Virtual School | Orlando, FL
Brandon Chang | Modern
Coral Reef Senior High School | Miami, FL
Jonah Delgado | Modern
Glenbard South High School | Glen Ellyn, IL
Joshua Horton | Hip Hop
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Andrew Mulet | Choreography
2015 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Florida Virtual School | Orlando, FL
Alonso Olvera-Gonzalez | Ballet
Homeschool | Monte Nido, California
Ranjani Parthasarathy | Classical Indian
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology | Alexandria, VA
Vivek Ramanan | Classical Indian
Leland High School | San Jose, CA
Alexis Rosenstrauch | Tap
Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Devin Ruth | Tap
Ramapo High School | Franklin Lakes, NJ
Jared Sprague | Tap
Highland High School | Highland, NY
Jakob Tribus | Modern
Sunlake High School | Land O Lakes, FL
Tess Voelker | Modern
Walnut Hill School for the Arts | Natick, MA
Genevieve Waldorf | Ballet
El Camino Real High School | Woodland Hills, CA
Design
Alana Hayes
Pius XI High School | Milwaukee, WI
Grace Lee
Princeton High School | Princeton, NJ
Harrison Lin
St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX
Nya Walker
Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Jazz
Andrew Andron | Keyboard
Garden City High School | Garden City, NY
2015 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Yesseh Furaha-Ali | Tenor
Upper Darby High School | Drexel Hill, PA
Anthony Hervey | Trumpet
Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL
Tyson Jackson | Percussion
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Kevin Jiang | Trombone
Newark Academy | Livingston, NJ
Alexander Laurenzi | Alto
Mountain Lakes High School | Mountain Lakes, NJ
Max Lesser | Tenor
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Cameron MacIntosh | Percussion
Columbia High School | Maplewood, NJ
Matthew Malanowski | Keyboard
Farmingdale High School | Farmingdale, NY
Nathan Pence | Double Bass
Bishop DuBourg High School | St Louis, MO
James Robertson | Alto
Benjamin Mays High School | Atlanta, GA
Franchesca Romero | Keyboard
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Samuel Scheeres | Keyboard
Fairview High School | Boulder, CO
Caleb Smith | Trombone
Shaker Heights High School | Shaker Heights, OH
Justin Trout | Alto
South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC
Immanuel Wilkins | Alto
Upper Darby High School | Drexel Hill, PA
Ayinde Williams | Keyboard
Open High School | Richmond, VA
Alex Yuwen | Alto
Hamilton High School | Chandler, AZ
2015 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Music
Lucian Avalon | Oboe
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Nadia Azzi | Piano
Professional Performing Arts School | New York, NY
Yuki Beppu | Violin
Lexington High School | Lexington, MA
Jeremiah Blacklow | Violin
Buckingham Browne & Nichols School | Cambridge, MA
Anna Boonyanit | Piano
Menlo School | Atherton, CA
Aiyana Braun | Classical Music Composition
Haverford High School | Havertown, PA
Joseph Bricker | Percussion
Evanston Township High School | Evanston, IL
Emma Burge | Violin
Sycamore High School | Cincinnati, OH
Tiffany Chang | Violin
Corona del Sol High School | Tempe, AZ
Ann Cho | Violin
Westlake High School | Austin, TX
Hannah Criswell | Flute
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Michael Davidman | Piano
Hunter College High School | New York, NY
Morgan Davison | Bassoon
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Scott Feiner | Classical Music Composition
Roslyn High School | Roslyn Heights, NY
Yi Chen Feng | Piano
Laurel Springs Academy | Ojai, CA
Alison Fierst | Flute
Point Pleasant Borough High School | Point Pleasant, NJ
Omar Gaidarov | Flute
Torrey Pines High School | San Diego, CA
2015 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Phoebe Gardner | Violin
Professional Children’s School | New York, NY
Daniel Giebisch | Violoncello
Amity Regional High School | Woodbridge, CT
James Gulielmetti | Classical Music Composition
The Calhoun School | New York, NY
Kelly Haines | Bassoon
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Sara Han | Clarinet
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Katherine Holmes | Classical Guitar
Homeschool | Phenix City, Alabama
Franklin Jia | Clarinet
Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science | Denton, TX
Tiffany Jiang | Flute
Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science | Denton, TX
Henry Johnston | Classical Guitar
Central Magnet School | Saint Paul, MN
Brian Junttila | Classical Music Composition
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology | Alexandria, VA
Daniel Kaler | Violoncello
New Trier High School | Winnetka, IL
Izak Kertznus | Flute
Dr. Michael M. Krop High School | Miami, FL
Daniel Kim | Violin
Strath Haven High School | Wallingford, PA
Jennifer Kim | Classical Guitar
Cypress High School | Cypress, CA
Rachel Koh | Violoncello
Redlands East Valley High School | Redlands, CA
Shannon Kollasch | Violin
Neuqua Valley High School | Naperville, IL
Ruta Kuzmickas | Piano
Clackamas Web Academy | Clackamas, OR
Charles Yoonsuh Lee | Violin
Professional Children’s School | New York, NY
2015 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Minku Lee | Violoncello
Henry M. Gunn High School | Palo Alto, CA
Natalie Lee | Violin
Okemos High School | Okemos, MI
John Li | Violin
Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School | Saint Louis, MO
TianYi Li | Piano
Professional Children’s School | New York, NY
Esther Liao | Piano
Bellaire Senior High School | Bellaire, TX
Sean Lim | Violin
McLean High School | Mclean, VA
Matthew Liu | Classical Music Composition
Marlborough School | Marlboro, NJ
Miranda Liu | Violin
Homeschool | Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Kako Miura | Violin
Professional Children’s School | New York, NY
Alissa Mori | Violin
Fieldston School | Bronx, NY
Isabella Palacpac | Violoncello
Wilton High School | Wilton, CT
Michael Parsons | Classical Music Composition
Watchung Hills Regional High School | Warren, NJ
Apoorva Rangan | Flute
The Harker School | San Jose, CA
Jillian Reed | Flute
Montpelier High School | Montpelier, VT
Christopher Rogers-Beadle | Viola
Walnut Hill School for the Arts | Natick, MA
Daniel Rudin | Classical Music Composition
Half Hollow Hills High School West | Dix Hills, NY
Adam Sadberry | Flute
Montgomery High School | Montgomery, TX
Carolyn Semes | Violin
Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School | West Chester, PA
2015 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Emily Shehi | Violin
Olathe East High School | Olathe, KS
Sara Simpson | Flute
Patrick Henry High School | San Diego, CA
Phillip Solomon | Clarinet
Hendrick Hudson High School | Montrose, NY
David Steinhardt | Classical Guitar
Pittsford Mendon High School | Pittsford, NY
Leo Taylor | Percussion
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Mark Trotter | French Horn
Keswick Christian School | St Petersburg, FL
Aliya Ultan | Classical Music Composition
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Taiga Ultan | Flute
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Nathan Walhout | Violoncello
Wheaton North High School | Wheaton, IL
Alexander Wang | Violin
Union County Magnet High School | Scotch Plains, NJ
Austin Wang | Violin
Townsend Harris High School | Flushing, NY
Katherine Woo | Violin
Riverside High School | Greer, SC
Oliver Xu | Percussion
Winston Churchill High School | Livonia, MI
Alexander Yakub | Classical Music Composition
Amherst Regional High School | Amherst, MA
Adria Ye | Piano
Professional Children’s School | New York, NY
Grace Yin | Violin
Phillips Exeter Academy | Exeter, NH
Seho Young | Piano
Phillips Academy | Andover, MA
Brian Zhao | Violoncello
Plano West High School | Plano, TX
2015 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Emily Zheng | Flute
Arcadia High School | Arcadia, CA
Photography
Benjamin Bear
Auburn High School | Rockford, IL
Micaela Beigel
Urban Academy Laboratory High School | New York, NY
Tayla Ederesinghe
Wauwatosa West High School | Wauwatosa, WI
Theater
Nicholas Aquilino | Musical Theater
American Heritage-Boca/Delray | Delray Beach, FL
Bryce Baxter | Musical Theater
Stafford Senior High School | Falmouth, VA
Kalina Bland | Musical Theater
Baltimore School for the Arts | Baltimore, MD
Isis Bruno | Musical Theater
The Masters School | Dobbs Ferry, NY
Francesca Curry-Edwards | Musical Theater
Kentwood High School | Covington, WA
Casey Edwards | Spoken Theater
Chicago High School for the Arts | Chicago, IL
Jonathan Fleites | Musical Theater
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Lauryn Hobbs | Musical Theater
Shaker Heights High School | Shaker Heights, OH
Sophie Hoyt | Spoken Theater
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY
Thaddeus Kaszuba-Dias | Musical Theater
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Maya Lagerstam | Musical Theater
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
2015 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Conlan Ledwith | Musical Theater
eAchieve Academy Wisconsin | Waukesha, WI
Katherine Marshall | Musical Theater
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY
Gregory McKitt | Spoken Theater
Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL
Sage Melcher | Musical Theater
Allendale Columbia School | Rochester, NY
McClain Miles | Musical Theater
University of North Carolina School of the Arts | Winston Salem, NC
Madeline Milligan | Spoken Theater
Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Alyxaundrea Munson | Musical Theater
Modesto High School | Modesto, CA
Amrita Newton | Spoken Theater
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Alison Pogorelc | Musical Theater
Whitefish Bay High School | Whitefish Bay, WI
Nicholas Polonio | Spoken Theater
Green Hope High School | Cary, NC
Grayson Samuels | Musical Theater
Gibbs Senior High School | St. Petersburg, FL
Michaela Tramuta | Musical Theater
Fredonia High School | Fredonia, NY
Charlotte Williams | Musical Theater
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY
Kayce Wilson | Spoken Theater
Duke Ellington School of the Arts | Washington, DC
Caitlin Witty | Musical Theater
Wilton High School | Wilton, CT
Carson Wright | Spoken Theater
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Visual Arts
Maya Bjornson
2015 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts | Philadelphia, PA
Madison Brownson
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Catherine Buffington
Starkville High School | Starkville, MS
Catherine Chen
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Robert Dietz
Nicolet High School | Glendale, WI
Avril Falgout
Texas Academy of Leadership in the Humanities | Beaumont, TX
Nathalie Francis
Coral Reef Senior High School | Miami, FL
Juan Garcia
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Meher Gill
Woodward Academy | College Park, GA
Attlesha Harry
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Wenlu He
Cherry Hill High School East | Cherry Hill, NJ
Ji Eun Jeong
Palos Verdes Peninsula High School | Rolling Hls Ests, CA
David Kaminsky
Briarcliff High School | Briarcliff Manor, NY
Sun Mi Kim
Arnold O. Beckman High School | Irvine, CA
Kenneth Korbar
Ballard High School | Louisville, KY
Junghyun Lee
Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Sebastian Niculescu
Hicksville High School | Hicksville, NY
Nicholas Raley
Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Towson, MD
2015 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
HONORABLE MENTIONS
David Saveliev
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Danielle Schmidt
Hereford High School | Parkton, MD
Benjamin Sequeira
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Lisa Su
Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Towson, MD
Pearl Thompson
Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies | Los Angeles, CA
Can Wen
Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Towson, MD
Jennifer Xiao
University of North Carolina School of the Arts | Winston Salem, NC
Voice
Tori Adams | Soprano
Edina High School | Edina, MN
Katherine Ahmann | Soprano
Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Charles Allen | Singer/Songwriter
Veritas Preparatory Academy | Richmond, VA
Jerilyne Almonte | Popular Voice
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY
Tehillah Alphonso | Popular Voice
Marian High School | Omaha, NE
Isobel Anthony | Soprano
Malibu High School | Malibu, CA
George B. Perry | Tenor
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School | Bethesda, MD
Georgia Belmont | Soprano
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY
Abigail Berry | Jazz Voice
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Abigail Berry | Popular Voice
2015 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Grace Bowland | Popular Voice
Fairview High School | Boulder, CO
Krystal Bowman | Popular Voice
Edward R. Murrow High School | Brooklyn, NY
Laura Brickle | Soprano
South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC
Bryanna Brown | Popular Voice
Dominican Academy | New York, NY
Maya Carney | Jazz Voice
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY
Caitlin Daniels | Soprano
Richland Collegiate High School (RCHS) | Dallas, TX
Sydney Dardis | Soprano
Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Madison Douglas | Singer/Songwriter
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
William Fielding | Baritone
Smithfield High School | Smithfield, VA
Chloe Flynt | Singer/Songwriter
Calvary Christian High School | Clearwater, FL
Daphne Gampel | Singer/Songwriter
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY
Justine Garcia | Jazz Voice
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Maria Giovanetti | Soprano
Lakewood High School | Lakewood, CO
Denná Good-Mojab | Soprano
Estacada Early College | Estacada, OR
Emily Hall | Contralto
Nordhoff High School | Ojai, CA
Kamryn Harris | Popular Voice
San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts | San Diego, CA
Kalif Jones | Tenor
Walt Whitman High School | Huntington Sta, NY
2015 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Grace Jong | Mezzo Soprano
Palos Verdes High School | Palos Verdes Est, CA
Grace Kaiser | Popular Voice
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY
Nicole Koh | Soprano
Ruth Asawa School of the Arts | San Francisco, CA
Maria Kolomiets | Soprano
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY
Lydia Li | Soprano
Walnut Hill School for the Arts | Natick, MA
Chaste Martin | Popular Voice
Musselman High School | Inwood, WV
Jeannie Miller | Soprano
Homeschool | Hudson Oaks, Texas
Samyra Miller | Popular Voice
Lusher Charter School | New Orleans, LA
Karl Munroe | Popular Voice
Yarmouth High School | Yarmouth, ME
Iris Murphy | Singer/Songwriter
Bio-Med Science Academy | Rootstown, OH
Jordin rae Nicolae | Popular Voice
Conard High School | West Hartford, CT
Claire Nordstrom | Singer/Songwriter
Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Isabel Ostroff | Jazz Voice
The Branson School | Ross, CA
Pascal Pahl | Jazz Voice
Elk Grove High School | Elk Grove Villag, IL
Isabella Ramos | Popular Voice
Coral Reef Senior High School | Miami, FL
Edmond Rodriguez | Popular Voice
Coral Reef Senior High School | Miami, FL
Janysa Rodriguez | Soprano
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY
James Rootring | Bass
Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy | Cincinnati, OH
2015 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Nia Savoy | Jazz Voice
Caddo Parish Magnet High School | Shreveport, LA
Francis Sto.Domingo | Popular Voice
Trinity Collegiate School | Darlington, SC
Vinay Thomas | Baritone
Plano East High School | Plano, TX
Caroline Vermillion | Popular Voice
Christ Church Episcopal School | Greenville, SC
Matthew Wang | Singer/Songwriter
Lake Zurich Senior High School | Lake Zurich, IL
Robert Washington, III | Jazz Voice
John S. Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School | Augusta, GA
Joshua Westman | Tenor
Abilene High School | Abilene, TX
Imani Williams | Jazz Voice
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Jiyoon Yooun | Soprano
William A. Shine Great Neck South High School | Great Neck, NY
Writing
Giselle Abreu | Short Story
Weaver Academy for Performing & Visual Arts and Advanced Technology | Greensboro, NC
Ashia Ajani | Poetry
East High School | Denver, CO
Nicole Andreson | Short Story
ACES Educational Center For The Arts | New Haven, CT
Brandon Burnett | Play or Script for Film or Video
Jenks High School | Jenks, OK
Milo Davidson | Short Story
Hunter College High School | New York, NY
Griffin Blue Fay | Poetry
Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Cu Fleshman | Short Story
South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC
Katherine Frain | Poetry
2015 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Wando High School | Mount Pleasant, SC
Elizabeth Frakes | Play or Script for Film or Video
Viewpoint School | Calabasas, CA
Kathleen Herbst | Creative Non-Fiction
South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC
Melissa Ho | Poetry
Marriotts Ridge High School | Marriottsville, MD
Demitri Makeig | Play or Script for Film or Video
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Veronica Marks | Creative Non-Fiction
Hunter College High School | New York, NY
Molly McDaniel | Poetry
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Eliana Pipes | Play or Script for Film or Video
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Rowan Procter | Short Story
Mayfield Senior School | Pasadena, CA
Aviva Rabin-Court | Poetry
Hunter College High School | New York, NY
Sindhu Ravuri | Creative Non-Fiction
The Harker School | San Jose, CA
Christell Roach | Poetry
Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL
Summer Standiford | Creative Non-Fiction
South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC
Catherine Valdez | Poetry
Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL
MERIT
Cinematic Arts
Cole Borgstadt
Fayetteville High School | Fayetteville, AR
Aidan Callahan
2015 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
MERIT
Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Towson, MD
Liam Campbell
Upper Arlington High School | Upper Arlington, OH
Maxwell Galassi
Newtown High School | Sandy Hook, CT
Leo Gallagher
Packer Collegiate Institute | Brooklyn, NY
Takai Ginwright
Oakland School for the Arts | Oakland, CA
LuisEnrique Hernandez Gonzalez
Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Ashton Herrild
Liberty High School | Renton, WA
Brady Holcomb
Jamestown High School | Williamsburg, VA
Max Johnson
Falls Church High School | Falls Church, VA
Su Wan Kim
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Amanda Morrison
St. Paul’s School | Concord, NH
Alice Petrosova
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Henry Quilici
Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Sarit Sandler
Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL
James Tralie
Upper Dublin High School | Ft Washington, PA
Sara Truscott
Seattle Academy | Seattle, WA
Anna May Tubbs
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Satya Varghese Mac
Perpich Center for Arts Education | Golden Valley, MN
2015 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
MERIT
Timothy Vaughn
Mary McDowell Friends School | Brooklyn, NY
Christopher Vega
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY
Dance
Alyssa Allen | Modern
Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Rio Anderson | Ballet
Ruth Asawa School of the Arts | San Francisco, CA
Amanda Davis | Jazz
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Zachary Downer | Jazz
Keystone National High School | Bloomsburg, PA
Delilah Gamson Levy | Choreography
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Kaylee Grippando | Ballet
Keystone National High School | Bloomsburg, PA
Darius Hickman | Modern
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Marcel Mejia | Hip Hop
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Daniela O’Neil | Modern
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Maria Paredes | Ballet
Sierra Canyon School | Chatsworth, CA
Evan Rapaport | Modern
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Omar Rivera | Choreography
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Omar Rivera | Modern
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Brianna Rodriguez | Jazz
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Jannah Schwarz | Jazz
2015 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
MERIT
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Hayden Slaff | Ballet
The Harid Conservatory | Boca Raton, FL
Joseph Socci | Tap
Masuk High School | Monroe, CT
Meera Srinivasan | Classical Indian
Interlake High School | Bellevue, WA
Kaylin Sturtevant | Modern
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Gianna Theodore | Modern
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Jordan Willis | Modern
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Brittany Woo | Ballet
Connecting Waters Charter School | Waterford, CA
Matthew Woodcock-Livingston | Modern
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY
Design
Valerie Franco
Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Naomi Johnson
Nova High School | Davie, FL
EliseAnne Koskelo
Los Alamos High School | Los Alamos, NM
Ashley Lee
Greenhill School | Addison, TX
Isadora Milanez
Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Leah Nasgowitz
Pius XI High School | Milwaukee, WI
Saya Nassyr
Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
2015 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
MERIT
Jazz
Nils Aardahl | Double Bass
Bismarck High School | Bismarck, ND
Evan Abounassar | Trumpet
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Abdulrahman Amer | Trombone
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY
Kyle Benford | Percussion
Miami Beach Senior High School | Miami Beach, FL
Rolandson Davies | Double Bass
DCPS/MAPCS Alternative High School | Washington, DC
Cole Davis | Double Bass
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY
Jamael Dean | Keyboard
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Anton Derevyanko | Tenor
Medfield High School | Medfield, MA
Nicholas Dunston | Composition
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY
Mario Fabrizio | Percussion
Seton Hall Preparatory School | West Orange, NJ
Christopher Fishman | Keyboard
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Ricardo Guerra | Percussion
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Hersh Gupta | Alto
Lexington High School | Lexington, MA
Lucas Hahn | Keyboard
Georgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory School | Santa Cruz, CA
Logan Heine | Alto
Inglemoor High School | Kenmore, WA
Cristian Hernandez | Double Bass
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Kameron Johnson | Keyboard
Detroit Country Day School | Beverly Hills, MI
2015 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
MERIT
John Keuch | Tenor
Las Vegas Academy of the Arts | Las Vegas, NV
Eli Koskoff | Guitar
Staples High School | Westport, CT
Ian McGimpsey | Guitar
Hudson High School | Hudson, OH
Luca Mendoza | Keyboard
Crossroads School | Santa Monica, CA
Jeffery Miller | Trombone
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts | New Orleans, LA
Timothy Murphy | Tenor
Montclair High School | Montclair, NJ
Eric Nakanishi | Alto
Northgate High School | Walnut Creek, CA
John Otten | Trumpet
Roosevelt High School | Seattle, WA
Joey Pearlman | Double Bass
East High School | Denver, CO
Sebastian Rios | Double Bass
Miami Beach Senior High School | Miami Beach, FL
Scott Roberts | Composition
Canyon Crest Academy | San Diego, CA
Luca Rodoni | Trumpet
Park City High School | Park City, UT
Will Sach | Double Bass
Mamaroneck High School | Mamaroneck, NY
Sam Schwall | Trumpet
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Matthew Sewell | Guitar
Ladue Horton Watkins High School | Saint Louis, MO
Aaron Shaw | Tenor
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Emmett Sher | Guitar
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY
Alexander Smith | Percussion
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
2015 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
MERIT
Victor Valdes | Percussion
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Matthew Wong | Composition
Independence High School | San Francisco, CA
Benjamin Woodard | Percussion
South Hadley High School | South Hadley, MA
Music
Carlos Aguilar | Flute
San Diego Virtual School | Chula Vista, CA
Emily Aiken | Percussion
Henry M. Gunn High School | Palo Alto, CA
Nicholas Arredondo | Contrabass
Vancouver School of Arts and Academics | Vancouver, WA
Tyler Atkins | Classical Music Composition
High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Noah Beattie-Moss | Classical Music Composition
State College Area High School | State College, PA
Eleanor Bragg | Classical Music Composition
Stanford University Online High School | Stanford, CA
Brian Brown | Classical Music Composition
Harrison School of the Arts | Lakeland, FL
Chandler Brown | Percussion
South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC
Nicholas Brown | Violin
Homeschool | Gurnee, Illinois
Emma Cardon | Classical Music Composition
Logan High School | Logan, UT
Marlon Caro | Classical Music Composition
Coral Reef Senior High School | Miami, FL
Brian Chen | Piano
Oxford Academy | Cypress, CA
Chung Hon Cheng | Classical Music Composition
William P. Clements High School | Sugar Land, TX
Solomon Choi | Violoncello
2015 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
MERIT
John Glenn High School | Elwood, NY
Deanna Cirielli | Harp
The Cambridge School of Weston | Weston, MA
Christopher Colby | Trombone
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Anthony Coniglio | Piano
Homeschool | Davie, Florida
Richard Covell | Classical Music Composition
William T. Dwyer High School | Palm Beach Gdns, FL
Noah Diggs | Classical Music Composition
Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Performing Arts | Bethlehem, PA
Ryan Everson | French Horn
Coronado High School | Henderson, NV
Julian Fueyo | Classical Music Composition
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Christopher Gao | Violoncello
Adlai E. Stevenson High School | Lincolnshire, IL
Brian Ge | Piano
Stuyvesant High School | New York, NY
David Geng | Piano
West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South | West Windsor, NJ
Miriam Gerber | Violin
Jewish High School of Connecticut | Woodbridge, CT
Elbert Gong | Piano
Lawrenceville School | Lawrenceville, NJ
Jeremy Hassell | Piano
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Isaiah Hastings | Classical Music Composition
Olathe East High School | Olathe, KS
Rachel Hawley | Classical Music Composition
The Rivers School | Weston, MA
Cameron Hejna | Classical Music Composition
Nichols School | Buffalo, NY
Andrew Herring | Classical Music Composition
Central Dauphin High School | Harrisburg, PA
2015 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
MERIT
Serena Hsu | Viola
Dublin Jerome High School | Dublin, OH
Sharon Hurvitz | Classical Music Composition
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Irene Jeong | Violoncello
Henry M. Gunn High School | Palo Alto, CA
Alison Jin | Piano
Hawken School | Gates Mills, OH
Alyssa Katahara | Harp
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Catherine Kim | Violoncello
Henry M. Gunn High School | Palo Alto, CA
Noah Krauss | Violoncello
The Calhoun School | New York, NY
Ashwin Krishna | Classical Guitar
Los Altos High School | Los Altos, CA
Jung Yoon Grace Ann Lee | Classical Music Composition
Williamsville East High School | East Amherst, NY
Megan Lee | Piano
Hudson High School | Hudson, OH
Monet Lee | Violin
Adlai E. Stevenson High School | Lincolnshire, IL
Sophia Lee | Harp
North Allegheny Senior High School | Wexford, PA
Max Lesser | Classical Music Composition
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Jason Lewis | Classical Guitar
University of North Carolina School of the Arts | Winston Salem, NC
Eric Lin | Piano
Corona del Sol High School | Tempe, AZ
Alyssa Mena | Flute
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Qingxi Meng | Piano
Professional Children’s School | New York, NY
Logan Nelson | Classical Music Composition
Wichita East High School | Wichita, KS
2015 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
MERIT
David Nie | Piano
William P. Clements High School | Sugar Land, TX
Jasmine Pai | Violoncello
Academy for Visual and Performing Arts | Hackensack, NJ
Faith Pak | Viola
Hunter College High School | New York, NY
Didi Park | Violoncello
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology | Alexandria, VA
Soyeong Park | Violin
West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North | Plainsboro, NJ
Maria Parrini | Piano
Fine Arts Center | Greenville, SC
Timothy Parsons | Classical Music Composition
Southfield Christian School | Southfield, MI
Elisabeth Pesavento | French Horn
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Nina Pitts | Violoncello
High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
John Peter Redmond | Classical Music Composition
Homeschool | Yonkers, New York
Grant Riew | Violoncello
John Burroughs High School | Saint Louis, MO
Connor Rowe | Trombone
Cabrillo High School | Lompoc, CA
Sonia Ruiz | Flute
Leland High School | San Jose, CA
Mason Sangster | Clarinet
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Jessica Shand | Flute
Discovery Canyon Campus High School | Colorado Springs, CO
Ila Shon | Violoncello
San Francisco University High School | San Francisco, CA
Hanson Tam | Piano
Menlo School | Atherton, CA
Theodore Teichman | Classical Music Composition
Redlands High School | Redlands, CA
2015 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
MERIT
Rebecca Tutunick | Flute
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School | Parkland, FL
Jose Veliz | Classical Music Composition
Cypress Bay High School | Weston, FL
Aislinn Walters | Saxophone
Hays High School | Hays, KS
Benjamin Wenzelberg | Classical Music Composition
Tenafly High School | Tenafly, NJ
Clayton Williams | Oboe
Allen High School | Allen, TX
Su Yang | Flute
Mount Sinai High School | Mount Sinai, NY
Di Yue | Trumpet
Wissahickon High School | Ambler, PA
Kevin Zhang | Piano
Montgomery Blair High School | Silver Spring, MD
Timothy Zhou | Piano
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy | Aurora, IL
Alice Zhu | Piano
Lynbrook High School | San Jose, CA
Gabriel Ziaukas | Classical Music Composition
Santa Monica High School | Santa Monica, CA
Photography
Karalyn Ahmanson
Marlborough School | Los Angeles, CA
Zola Anderson
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Belden Carlson
Berkeley High School | Berkeley, CA
Austin Cullen
Cypress Ranch High School | Cypress, TX
Claudia D’Auria
Nichols School | Buffalo, NY
Tennessy Elledge
2015 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
MERIT
Santa Rosa High School | Santa Rosa, CA
Tessa Gomes
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Haley Hasen
Woodward Academy | College Park, GA
Olivia Hoffman
The Winchendon School | Winchendon, MA
Brendan James
Newark Academy | Livingston, NJ
Brian Jordan
Tracy High School | Tracy, CA
Heeyun Kim
Westtown School | West Chester, PA
Cindy Liu
The Harker School | San Jose, CA
Adam Merchant
St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX
Tara Murphy
Vestal High School | Vestal, NY
Alexandra “Lexi” Pline
Annapolis High School | Annapolis, MD
Allison Schukis
Arts & Communication Magnet Academy | Beaverton, OR
Mason Smith
St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX
Samuel Swanson
Christian Brothers High School | Sacramento, CA
Sara Truscott
Seattle Academy | Seattle, WA
Raina Wellman
Academy for Technology and the Classics | Santa Fe, NM
Taiga Yamamoto
Honolulu Waldorf School | Honolulu, HI
Theater
2015 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
MERIT
Beckett Azevedo | Musical Theater
Walnut Hill School for the Arts | Natick, MA
Logan Bruner | Spoken Theater
Professional Performing Arts School | New York, NY
Keenan Buckley | Musical Theater
Summit High School | Summit, NJ
Philip Bucknor | Spoken Theater
Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Melissa Campbell | Musical Theater
Wyoming High School | Cincinnati, OH
Spencer Croy | Musical Theater
Harrison School of the Arts | Lakeland, FL
Hollis Dohr | Musical Theater
Archer School for Girls | Los Angeles, CA
Jonah Gould | Spoken Theater
Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Holly Hinchliffe | Musical Theater
Portland High School | Portland, ME
Jade Jackson | Spoken Theater
High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Conor Jordan | Musical Theater
Lake Zurich Senior High School | Lake Zurich, IL
Nicholas Kirby | Musical Theater
Stanton College Prep | Jacksonville, Florida
Peter Klein | Musical Theater
East Brunswick High School | East Brunswick, NJ
Emma Lenderman | Musical Theater
Asheville High School | Asheville, NC
Josh Lerner | Spoken Theater
American Heritage-Boca/Delray | Delray Beach, FL
Wayne Mackins | Spoken Theater
Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Marina Magnelli | Musical Theater
Wheaton North High School | Wheaton, IL
Adriana Medina | Musical Theater
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
2015 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
MERIT
Khandis Merritt | Spoken Theater
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Christian Muller | Musical Theater
University of North Carolina School of the Arts | Winston Salem, NC
Anya Olsen | Musical Theater
Needham High School | Needham, MA
Griffen Poore | Spoken Theater
South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC
Maiah Rop | Spoken Theater
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Adriana Scamardi | Musical Theater
High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Daniel Teixeira | Musical Theater
Tring Park School for the Performing Arts | Tring, Hertfordshire
Amanda Yuan | Musical Theater
River Hill High School | Clarksville, MD
Mason Zaroff | Musical Theater
Professional Performing Arts School | New York, NY
Visual Arts
Alyssa Ackerman
Waukesha North High School | Waukesha, WI
Stephanie Aguayo
Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Sophia Anthony
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Phaedra Beauchamp
Henrico High School | Richmond, VA
Madison Bloch
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Khadine Caines
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Wen chien Chang
University High School | Irvine, CA
Zhuoyi Chen
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MERIT
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Andy Clark
Albert Einstein High School | Kensington, MD
Malcolm Colvin
Baltimore School for the Arts | Baltimore, MD
Sydney Connor
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Isabella Correa
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Natalie DeMenthon
River Hill High School | Clarksville, MD
Stephanie Ding
Sharron Art Center | South Brunswick, New Jersey
Danielle Dinstman
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Brittany Duffy
Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL
Rachel Elfezouaty
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Ann-Marie Christin Engelberth
James Madison High School | San Antonio, TX
Alice Fang
J.P. Stevens High School | Edison, NJ
Daisy Faragher
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Valerie Franco
Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
George Gibbs, III
Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL
Nina Gregg
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School | Parkland, FL
YeJin Han
Parkside High School | Salisbury, MD
Laura Harris
Green River High School | Green River, WY
2015 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
MERIT
Zachary Houillion
St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX
Veronika Krasavina
Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Nora Kubiaczyk
Pius XI High School | Milwaukee, WI
Eunyoung Lee
Lexington High School | Lexington, MA
James Lee
Wilbert Tucker Woodson High School | Fairfax, VA
Kaleb Lucas
Jefferson High School | Lafayette, IN
Derek Luu
Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Ingrid Matison
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Robert Meadows
St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX
Sofia Michaelides
High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Margaret Mickelsen
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Madeleine Mikna
Pius XI High School | Milwaukee, WI
Fabiola Millan
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Daniel Montenegro
Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Kayla Montes de Oca
Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Olivia Mulder
High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Dakotah Murphree
Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL
Sarah Nicita
Francis W. Parker School | San Diego, CA
2015 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
MERIT
Tirza Ochrach-Konradi
Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Towson, MD
Terri Ogwulumba
Arlington High School | Lagrangeville, NY
Anela Oh
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Byron Otis
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Cheyenne Otocki
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Meredith Padgett
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Sophia Padgett-Perez
Coral Reef Senior High School | Miami, FL
Duairak Padungvichean
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Doyun Park
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Nadia Peppler
Wauwatosa West High School | Wauwatosa, WI
Lauren Posner
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Jolie Rambin
Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL
MacKenzie Rattray
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Jeremy Roell
Jefferson High School | Jefferson, GA
Mary Safy
Stuyvesant High School | New York, NY
Andres Salamanca
Chicago Academy for the Arts | Chicago, IL
Sydney Shreve
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Carys Snyder
Starkville High School | Starkville, MS
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Sara Sobieraj
Appomattox Regional Goveners School for the Arts and Technology | Petersburg, VA
David Stapleton
Calvert Hall College High School | Baltimore, MD
Valentina Torres
Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Ryan Treadwell
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Brenna Vaughn
Fleming Island High School | Orange Park, FL
Kathleen Voight
Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Tammy Wei
West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North | Plainsboro, NJ
Lia Weinman
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Sabrina Wen
Chicago Academy for the Arts | Chicago, IL
Jazmin Williams
Mt. Pleasant High School | Mt Pleasant, NC
Devon Wolfe
Jefferson High School | Lafayette, IN
Lauren Woods
Hidden Valley High School | Roanoke, VA
Constance Ye
Westlake High School | Westlake Village, CA
Rachel Zhang
State College Area High School | State College, PA
Voice
Carolyn Anderson | Soprano
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Genesis Barrios | Popular Voice
Coral Reef Senior High School | Miami, FL
Isabel Bellino | Soprano
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Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Julian Carey | Jazz Voice
East High School | Denver, CO
Sofia Carrillo | Popular Voice
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Shelly Cohen | Popular Voice
Dr. Michael M. Krop High School | Miami, FL
Caleb Collins | Jazz Voice
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Daniela Crocco | Popular Voice
Lake Zurich Senior High School | Lake Zurich, IL
Ricky Dillard, Jr. | Popular Voice
Lancaster High School | Lancaster, TX
Amelia Eisenhauer | Popular Voice
Nashville School of the Arts | Nashville, TN
Karina Fernandez | Popular Voice
Our Lady of Lourdes Academy | Miami, FL
Haley Fishberger | Singer/Songwriter
Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL
Julesy Flavelle | Popular Voice
Dover-Sherborn High School | Dover, MA
Alexander Granito | Baritone
Santa Margarita Catholic High School | Rsm, CA
Jessica Graves | Soprano
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY
Kierra Gray | Singer/Songwriter
Cyber Academy of South Carolina | Greenville, South Carolina
Robine Jean-Pierre | Singer/Songwriter
Edward R. Murrow High School | Brooklyn, NY
Greta Keating | Singer/Songwriter
Frank Sinatra School of the Arts | Astoria, NY
Benjamin Kessler | Singer/Songwriter
Wissahickon High School | Ambler, PA
Margaret Kinabrew | Soprano
William H. Hall High School | West Hartford, CT
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Madison Kitchen | Singer/Songwriter
Denver School of the Arts | Denver, CO
Olivia Lerwick | Soprano
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Noah Levine | Singer/Songwriter
Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL
Thomas Litchev | Bass
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Kathleen Lonski | Singer/Songwriter
East Brunswick High School | East Brunswick, NJ
Erika Lopez | Singer/Songwriter
Somerset Academy High School | Pembroke Pines, FL
Natalee Lowe | Soprano
Baltimore School for the Arts | Baltimore, MD
Samantha Lynagh | Popular Voice
Christ Church Episcopal School | Greenville, SC
Sophia Marques | Jazz Voice
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Catherine McCreary | Popular Voice
The Lovett School | Atlanta, GA
Evvie McKinney | Popular Voice
The Soulsville Charter School | Memphis, TN
Jordan Moses | Popular Voice
Marion County Middle/High School | Buena Vista, GA
Elizabeth Moss | Soprano
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Claire Nordstrom | Popular Voice
Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Isabel Ostroff | Popular Voice
The Branson School | Ross, CA
Andrew Padilla | Singer/Songwriter
Lafayette High School | Lexington, KY
Valerie Prado | Singer/Songwriter
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Alexandra Prat | Mezzo Soprano
San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts | San Diego, CA
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Elisheva Pront | Soprano
West High School | Madison, WI
Lindsey Reynolds | Soprano
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts | New Orleans, LA
Valeria Rigobon | Popular Voice
Hillsborough High School | Tampa, FL
Meg Smith | Singer/Songwriter
Archer School for Girls | Los Angeles, CA
Isabel Stein | Popular Voice
North Hunterdon High School | Annandale, NJ
Mikaela Straus | Singer/Songwriter
Avenues: The World School | New York, NY
Cordelia Tapping | Jazz Voice
The Waring School | Beverly, MA
Oznur Tuluoglu | Soprano
Baltimore School for the Arts | Baltimore, MD
Evann Twitchell | Popular Voice
Rock Bridge High School | Columbia, MO
Elena Villalon | Soprano
McCallum High School | Austin, TX
Nancy Walecki | Popular Voice
Malibu High School | Malibu, CA
Seth Watring | Bass
Randolph School | Huntsville, AL
Patrick Wilhelm | Baritone
Locust Valley Middle School | Locust Valley, NY
Adjenai Worrell | Singer/Songwriter
Homeschool | Perth Amboy, New Jersey
Alexander Wunder | Baritone
Kettering Fairmont High School | Kettering, OH
Writing
Olivia Alger | Short Story
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Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Sarah Ashdown | Short Story
Viewpoint School | Calabasas, CA
Brianna Baker | Poetry
Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Towson, MD
Ian Burnette | Poetry
South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC
Miles Carey | Play or Script for Film or Video
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Pooja Chandrashekar | Creative Non-Fiction
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology | Alexandria, VA
Yasmeen El-Hasan | Creative Non-Fiction
Redondo Union High School | Redondo Beach, CA
Maylin Enamorado | Poetry
Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL
Serafima Fedorova | Poetry
Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL
Cu Fleshman | Poetry
South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC
Jack Fossett | Play or Script for Film or Video
School for Creative and Performing Arts | Cincinnati, OH
Amanda Gorman | Selection from Novel
New Roads School | Santa Monica, CA
Kaitlyn Hecht | Play or Script for Film or Video
Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL
Nicholas Hennessy | Short Story
Amherst Regional High School | Amherst, MA
Angelo Hernandez-Sias | Selection from Novel
Muskegon High School | Muskegon, MI
Adina Lasser | Poetry
Fine Arts Center | Greenville, SC
Michal Leibowitz | Poetry
Yeshiva University High School | Hollis, NY
Maya Lew | Creative Non-Fiction
ACES Educational Center For The Arts | New Haven, CT
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Ruting Li | Poetry
Milton Academy | Milton, MA
Gabriella Lott | Poetry
South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC
Joan Milburn | Play or Script for Film or Video
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Kadija Moulton | Play or Script for Film or Video
Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Michael Muldowney | Play or Script for Film or Video
Carmel High School | Carmel, IN
Dakotah Murphree | Short Story
Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL
Sasha Mutchnik | Play or Script for Film or Video
Marlborough School | Los Angeles, CA
Kendall Neubeiser | Poetry
South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC
Gabriela Ramos Tavarez | Play or Script for Film or Video
University Puerto Rico School | San Juan, PR
Isabella Shary | Play or Script for Film or Video
Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Willow Shipperley | Creative Non-Fiction
Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Towson, MD
Daisy Stone | Short Story
Birch Wathen Lenox School | New York, NY
Erin Stoodley | Poetry
El Camino High School | Ventura, CA
Adriane Tharp | Poetry
Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL
Catherine Valdez | Creative Non-Fiction
Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL
Timothy Vaughn | Play or Script for Film or Video
Mary McDowell Friends School | Brooklyn, NY
Qianyue Xu | Short Story
Jones College Prep High School | Chicago, IL
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