2017 YoungArts Winners
FINALISTS
Cinematic Arts
John Andreas
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Nilo Batle
Ruth Asawa School of the Arts | San Francisco, CA
Jayden Gillespie
Canyon Crest Academy | San Diego, CA
Harry Goldstein
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Jessica McCallum
D. W. Daniel High School | Central, SC
Andrew Petersen
George Ranch High School | Richmond, TX
Wynter Rhys
Mount Si High School | Snoqualmie, WA
Sophia Stills
Viewpoint School | Calabasas, CA
Classical Music
Qing Yu Chen | Violin
The Dalton School | New York, NY
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
FINALISTS
Karisa Chiu | Violin
Indiana University High School | Bloomington, IN
Deanna Cirielli | Harp
The Cambridge School of Weston | Weston, MA
Cristina Dougherty | Tuba
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Salvador Flores | Saxophone
Galena Park High School | Galena Park, TX
Mairead Flory | Violoncello
Homeschool | Nokesville, VA
Andrew Guo | Composition
Homeschool | Chicago, IL
Noah Lee | Violoncello
Don Bosco Preparatory High School | Ramsey, NJ
Alexander Lu | Piano
International Community School | Kirkland, WA
John Peter Redmond | Composition
Homeschool | Yonkers, NY
David Sacks | Piano
Stanford Online High School | Stanford, CA
John Schindler | Piano
eAchieve Academy - Wisconsin | Waukesha, WI
Jessica Shand | Flute
Discovery Canyon Campus High School | Colorado Springs, CO
Amir Siraj | Piano
Brookline High School | Brookline, MA
Ayana Terauchi | Flute
Herbert Henry Down High School | Midland, MI
James Vaughen | Trumpet
University Laboratory High School | Urbana, IL
Siyumeng Wang | Piano
St. Francis Preparatory School | Fresh Meadows, NY
Cameron Wilson | Percussion
John S. Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School | Augusta, GA
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
FINALISTS
Elliot Wuu | Piano
Valley Christian High School | San Jose, CA
Hanae Yoshida | Trombone
Northwood High School | Irvine, CA
Shawn Zheng | French Horn
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Dance
Gabrielle Booker | Tap
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Sydney Burtis | Tap
Homeschool | Kissimmee, FL
Tamere Chambers | Hip Hop
Passaic County Technical Institute | Wayne, NJ
Nicholas Cummings | Modern
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Derric Gobourne | Hip Hop
Manatee High School | Bradenton, FL
Stephanie Godsave | Modern
Allen High School | Allen, TX
Maddison Goodman | Ballet
Homeschool | New Bern, NC
Ricardo Hartley | Modern
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Darius Hickman | Modern
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Kaylin Maggard | Modern
Rock Bridge High School | Columbia, MO
Joseph Markey | Ballet
Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL
Bronte Mayo | Modern
Insight School of Washington | Tacoma, WA
Ally McGuire | Modern
Central High School | Burlington, IL
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
FINALISTS
Noah Miller | Ballet
El Toro High School | Lake Forest, CA
Juliana Missano | Ballet
Keystone National High School | Bloomsburg, PA
Stephen Myers | Modern
Appomattox Regional Governor’s School for the Arts and Technology | Petersburg, VA
Isabella Pete | Choreography
Hoover High School | North Canton, OH
Arthur Richardson, III | Hip Hop
Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Kele Roberson | Ballet
Keystone National High School | Bloomsburg, PA
Wander Sanchez | Modern
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | New York, NY
Elizabeth Shupe | Choreography
Plano West Senior High School | Plano, TX
Shaylee Yamashita | Choreography
Kamehameha Schools Maui | Makawao, HI
Design
Ezekiel Binns
Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Julia Dotson
Charleston County School of the Arts | North Charleston, SC
James Dundon
High School of Art and Design | New York, NY
Dylan Etienne-Ramsay
Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Korri Lampedusa
Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Christian McClain
St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX
Hunter Schafer
University of North Carolina School of the Arts | Winston Salem, NC
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
FINALISTS
Nicole Stebbins
Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Robert Thomas
St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX
Regina Vestuti
Classical High School | Providence, RI
Jazz
Joseph Block | Keyboard
Germantown Friends School | Philadelphia, PA
Giveton Gelin | Trumpet
Windsor Preparatory School | Nassau, Bahamas
Morgan Guerin | Tenor Saxophone
Westlake High School | Atlanta, GA
John Kotze | Trombone
Lincoln-Way North High School | Frankfort, IL
Gabriel Rupe | Double Bass
Denver School of the Arts | Denver, CO
Kofi Shepsu | Percussion
Appomattox Regional Governor’s School for the Arts | Petersburg, VA
Photography
Claudia D’Auria
Nichols School | Buffalo, NY
Kali Duffy
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Diego Gabaldon
Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL
Torrance Hall
Deep Run High School | Glen Allen, VA
Bria Hamlett
George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
FINALISTS
Jesse Hudson
Arbor View High School | Las Vegas, NV
Katelin Hudson
Edmond North High School | Edmond, OK
Michelle Leung
Princeton Day School | Princeton, NJ
Andrea Reyes
Chicago High School for the Arts | Chicago, IL
Arianna Shooshani
Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Maxwell Zengage
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Theater
Roman Banks
Parkview High School | Lilburn, GA
Yvonne Barnett
Natomas Charter School | Sacramento, CA
Blaire Bilton
American Heritage School-Boca/Delray | Delray Beach, FL
Julia Cooper
Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School | Midland, PA
Ari Dalbert
Homeschool | Honolulu, HI
Micaela Diamond
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | New York, NY
Alexis Dobynes
Riverbend High School | Fredericksburg, VA
Sheldon Donenberg
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Haile Ferrier
Athens High School | The Plains, OH
Daniel Germino-Watnick
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School | Bethesda, MD
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
FINALISTS
Jeremy Gill
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Aaron Greenberg
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | New York, NY
Christine Hwang
Minnetonka High School | Minnetonka, MN
Luke Klein
Leland Public School | Leland, MI
Zarius LeGrand
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | New York, NY
Mark Mitrano
Greece Athena High School | Rochester, NY
Saige Rodriguez
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | New York, NY
Charles Smith
Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL
Cam’Ron Stewart
South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC
Meghan Wright
Thomas Sprigg Wootton High School | Rockville, MD
Visual Arts
Panteha Abareshi
Arizona Connections Academy | Gilbert, AZ
Grace Abbott
Southwest High School | Minneapolis, MN
Krystal Barrio
Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Allison Bouganim
Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Demetri Burke
Martha Ellen Stilwell School of the Arts | Jonesboro, GA
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
FINALISTS
Catherine Camargo
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Guadalupe Campos
Chicago High School for the Arts | Chicago, IL
Alberto Checa
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
David Correa
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Elle Cox
The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Adriana De La Torre
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Ciamara Donawa
West Hempstead High School | West Hempstead, NY
Dylan Etienne-Ramsay
Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Monica Ikegwu
George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD
Talya Krupnick
Albert Einstein High School | Kensington, MD
Jessica Martinez
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Andrea Medina
Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School | Richmond, VA
Wilson Miller
The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Angelique Nagovskaya
Winston Churchill High School | Potomac, MD
Isabel Oliva
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Kenneth Parker
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts | New Orleans, LA
Ackeem Salmon
Detroit School of Arts | Detroit, MI
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
FINALISTS
Aidan Schaffert
Gibbs Senior High School | St. Petersburg, FL
Kathryn Stenberg
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Emily Zhang
Lambert High School | Suwanee, GA
Sherrill Zheng
Perpich Center for the Arts Education | Golden Valley, MN
Voice
Cole Bellamy | Baritone
Olathe North High School | Olathe, KS
Abigail Berry | Jazz Voice
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Shreya Bhadriraju | Soprano
Elkins High School | Missouri City, TX
Jarren Blair | Singer/Songwriter
Beech High School | Hendersonville, TN
William Brandt | Jazz Voice
Alexander Hamilton High School | Los Angeles, CA
Aaron Crouch | Tenor
Suitland High School | Forestville, MD
Matteo Debole | Singer/Songwriter
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Charlie Dworsky-Hickey | Singer/Songwriter
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Elizabeth Gaba | Popular Voice
Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Ricky Goodwyn, Jr. | Baritone
Windsor High School | Windsor, VA
Luisa Hidalgo | Mezzo Soprano
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | New York, NY
Ben Kessler | Singer/Songwriter
Wissahickon High School | Ambler, PA
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
FINALISTS
Anilee List | Popular Voice
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Madelyn Paquette | Singer/Songwriter
Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School | Sudbury, MA
Lindsey Reynolds | Soprano
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts | New Orleans, LA
Emilie Suarez | Soprano
Ruth Asawa School of the Arts | San Francisco, CA
Vivian Valls | Popular Voice
Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL
Kara Walton | Jazz Voice
Papillion-La Vista Senior High School | Papillion, NE
Rachel Webb | Popular Voice
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Benjamin Wenzelberg | Soprano
Tenafly High School | Tenafly, NJ
Francesca Winer | Jazz Voice
Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL
Writing
Priyanka Aiyer | Poetry
Singapore American School | Singapore
Alexa Curnutte | Short Story
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Katherine Du | Creative Non-Fiction
Greenwich Academy | Greenwich, CT
Samuel Gee | Creative Non-Fiction
South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC
Julia Gourary | Short Story
The Nightingale Bamford School | New York, NY
Jacqueline He | Short Story
The Harker School | San Jose, CA
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
FINALISTS
Christina Im | Poetry
Sunset High School | Portland, OR
Maxime Kawawa-Beaudan | Short Story
Redwood High School | Larkspur, CA
Reyhan Lalaoui | Selection from Novel
Penn Foster High School | Scranton, PA
Jamiya Leach | Creative Non-Fiction
South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC
Maya Lew | Short Story
ACES Educational Center for the Arts | New Haven, CT
Patricia Liu | Poetry
Edmond North High School | Edmond, OK
Annalise Lozier | Poetry
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Margaret Lu | Creative Non-Fiction
Waubonsie Valley High School | Aurora, IL
Amber Magnuson | Poetry
The Fine Arts Center | Greenville, SC
Erin O’Malley | Poetry
West York Area High School | York, PA
Meilan Steimle | Short Story
The Harker School | San Jose, CA
Priya Thomas | Selection from Novel
Henry M. Gunn High School | Palo Alto, CA
Alisha Yi | Poetry
Ed W. Clark High School | Las Vegas, NV
Beatrice Zhang | Creative Non-Fiction
Lusher Charter School | New Orleans, LA
Lily Zhou | Poetry
Aragon High School | San Mateo, CA
Lily Zhou | Short Story
Aragon High School | San Mateo, CA
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
FINALISTS
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Cinematic Arts
Catherine Chen
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Mason Fyfe
Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL
Bridger Hart
Mira Costa High School | Manhattan Beach, CA
Audrey Hobert
Palisades Charter High School | Pacific Palisade, CA
Claire Imler
Woodbridge High School | Irvine, CA
Skala Leake
Ballard High School | Seattle, WA
Tatum Lenberg
Dougherty Valley High School | San Ramon, CA
Miranda Poedtke
Jones College Prep High School | Chicago, IL
David Smith
Chino Valley High School | Chino Valley, AZ
Joaquin Sosa
Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Riley Street
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Cole Tatham
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Adia Weaver
Lawrenceville School | Lawrenceville, NJ
Caleb Wild
Ambassador Christian Academy | Tampa, FL
Max Wu
Mission San Jose High School | Fremont, CA
Charles Wyson
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Classical Music
Elena Ariza | Violoncello
Menlo School | Atherton, CA
Nadia Azzi | Piano
Professional Performing Arts School | New York, NY
Jenny Bahk | Violoncello
Homeschool | Los Angeles, CA
Emily Bear | Composition
Clonlara School | Ann Arbor, MI
Tyler Berns | Percussion
Newfield High School | Selden, NY
Anna Boonyanit | Piano
Menlo School | Atherton, CA
Zachary Catron | Composition
West Morris Mendham High School | Mendham, NJ
Stacy Chang | Piano
Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Tiffany Chang | Violin
Corona del Sol High School | Tempe, AZ
Daniel Charif | Flute
Lynbrook High School | San Jose, CA
Eden Chen | Piano
Diamond Bar High School | Diamond Bar, CA
Anthony Choi | Violoncello
High School for Math, Science and Engineering at City College | New York, NY
Derek Chung | Piano
Adlai E. Stevenson High School | Lincolnshire, IL
Ryan Chung | Violoncello
Manhasset High School | Manhasset, NY
Ethan Cobb | Violoncello
Riverdale Country School | Bronx, NY
Alistair Coleman | Composition
Walt Whitman High School | Bethesda, MD
Andrew Cone | Violoncello
Williamsville East High School | East Amherst, NY
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Isabelle Durrenberger | Violin
Upper Arlington High School | Upper Arlington, OH
Michael Gaspari | Composition
Robbinsville High School | Robbinsville, NJ
Kimberly Han | Piano
Lake Forest High School | Lake Forest, IL
Serena Harnack | Violin
Saint Francis High School | Wheaton, IL
Amer Hasan | Clarinet
Carl Sandburg High School | Orland Park, IL
Kingston Ho | Violin
Union County Academy for Allied Health Sciences | Scotch Plains, NJ
Ria Honda | Violin
New Trier High School | Winnetka, IL
David Hou | Piano
Adlai E. Stevenson High School | Lincolnshire, IL
Simon Housner | Violoncello
Homeschool | Cherry Hill, NJ
Alena Hove | Violin
Issaquah High School | Issaquah, WA
Gabrielle Hsu | Piano
Cherry Hill High School East | Cherry Hill, NJ
Daniel Huang | Violin
Homestead High School | Cupertino, CA
Andrew Hughes | Viola
Northern Valley Regional High School | Old Tappan, NJ
Annie Hyung | Violoncello
Arnold O. Beckman High School | Irvine, CA
Freya Irani | Viola
Homestead High School | Mequon, WI
Dongxu Jin | Piano
Professional Children’s School | New York, NY
Leyla Kabuli | Piano
Davis Senior High School | Davis, CA
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Benjamin Keating | Trumpet
Southside High School | Fort Smith, AR
Andrew Kim | Violin
Regis High School | New York, NY
Ayoun Kim | Violoncello
New Trier High School | Winnetka, IL
Alexander Koller | Viola
Dr. Phillips High School | Orlando, FL
Nathan Le | Violoncello
Sierra Canyon School | Chatsworth, CA
Andrew Lee | Violin
Los Altos High School | Los Altos, CA
Andrew Li | Piano
Lexington High School | Lexington, MA
Samantha Liu | Violoncello
Herricks Senior High School | New Hyde Park, NY
Vincent Liu | Piano
Dougherty Valley High School | San Ramon, CA
Angelica Lorenzo | Percussion
Loyola Academy | Wilmette, IL
Olivia Marckx | Violoncello
Interlake High School | Bellevue, WA
Mai Matsumoto | Violin
Cupertino High School | Cupertino, CA
Paul Mekailian | Composition
Arcadia High School | Arcadia, CA
Nicholas Mendez | Piano
Verdugo Academy | La Crescenta, CA
Jacob Miller | Composition
The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Nathan Mo | Violoncello
William Fremd High School | Palatine, IL
Mary Monahan | Composition
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Andrew Moses | Composition
Laurel Springs School | Ojai, CA
Jonah Murphy | Flute
Homeschool | Brooklyn, NY
Paul Novak | Composition
The Davidson Academy of Nevada | Reno, NV
Samuel Ostroff | Composition
The Branson School | Ross, CA
Kaye Otake | Violoncello
Millburn High School | Millburn, NJ
Sang-O Park | Violoncello
Harriton High School | Bryn Mawr, PA
Robin Park | Violoncello
West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North | Plainsboro, NJ
Anders Peterson | Clarinet
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Nicholas Politi | Composition
Scarsdale High School | Scarsdale, NY
Angela Scates | Oboe
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Jakob Schoenfeld | Percussion
Paul J. Hagerty High School | Oviedo, FL
Roger Shen | Piano
Phillips Exeter Academy | Exeter, NH
Runa Shuda | Flute
Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts School | Pittsburgh, PA
Goeun Sim | Violin
Columbus High School | Columbus, GA
Noah Simon | Piano
Crossroads School | Santa Monica, CA
Dawn Song | Violoncello
Northern Valley Regional High School | Old Tappan, NJ
Clayton Stephenson | Piano
The Dalton School | New York, NY
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Sebastian Stoger | Violoncello
Professional Children’s School | New York, NY
Andrew Sung | Piano
Esperanza High School | Anaheim, CA
Jarrett Takaki | Piano
New Trier High School | Winnetka, IL
Allison To | Piano
Pacific Academy - Irvine | Irvine, CA
Alan Tolbert | Trumpet
Shippensburg Area Senior High School | Shippensburg, PA
Ethan Treiman | Composition
Crossroads School | Santa Monica, CA
Jason Vassiliou | Violin
Conestoga High School | Berwyn, PA
Infinity Willner | Guitar
George Washington University Online | Ashburn, VA
Isabel Won | Violoncello
Montgomery High School | Skillman, NJ
Esther Yu | Violoncello
Rye High School | Rye, NY
Dance
Londyn Alexander | Modern
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Renuka Belwalkar | Classical Indian
Lynbrook High School | San Jose, CA
Victoria Biro | Jazz
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Erin Blair | Scottish Highland
Capistrano Connections Academy | San Juan Capistrano, CA
Kaylee Brown | Irish Step
St. Thomas Aquinas High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL
Abby Castora | Modern
Shepton High School | Plano, TX
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Jackson Clayton | Tap
Arlington High School | Arlington, MA
Georgia Fuller | Ballet
Saint Ursula Academy | Cincinnati, OH
Sofia Gonzalez | Modern
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Samyuktha Hari | Classical Indian
John Cooper School | The Woodlands, TX
Swathi Jaisankar | Classical Indian
Hillsborough High School | Hillsborough, NJ
Payton Johnson | Jazz
Louisiana State University Laboratory School | Baton Rouge, LA
Vedya Konda | Classical Indian
Archbishop Mitty High School | San Jose, CA
Sasha Lazarus | Modern
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Joseph Markey | Modern
Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL
Melanie Martinez | Modern
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Shreyah Mohanselvan | Classical Indian
Columbus Academy | Gahanna, OH
Tyeri Morrison | Modern
Brockton High School | Brockton, MA
Isha Parupudi | Classical Indian
Clear Springs High School | League City, TX
Danielle Perez | Modern
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Isabella Pete | Jazz
Hoover High School | North Canton, OH
Alexandra Policaro | Modern
Professional Performing Arts School | New York, NY
Daisia Pulz | Choreography
Homeschool | West Palm Beach, FL
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Tatum Ramsey | Jazz
Paloma Valley High School | Menifee, CA
Daniel Rodriguez | Mexican Folkloric
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Evan Sagadencky | Choreography
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Jeron Sanders | Jazz
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Shoshana Sklar | Modern
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Isaac Spector | Choreography
Beverly Hills High School | Beverly Hills, CA
Design
Theo Neil Blones
Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Victoria Escobar
Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Beckner Jones
Herron High School | Indianapolis, IN
Carmen Lopez
Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Nanette Turner-Trujillo
Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Jazz
Anna Abondolo | Double Bass
Crossroads School | Santa Monica, CA
Evan Abounassar | Trumpet
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Hank Allen-Barfield | Percussion
Folsom High School | Folsom, CA
Abdias Armenteros | Tenor Saxophone
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Emily Bear | Composition
Clonlara School | Ann Arbor, MI
Joseph Block | Composition
Germantown Friends School | Philadelphia, PA
Marcello Carelli | Percussion
Fox Lane High School | Bedford, NY
Benjamin Cohen | Baritone Saxophone
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | New York, NY
Elijah Cole | Guitar
Walter Johnson High School | Bethesda, MD
Shane Dahler | Percussion
Brookline High School | Brookline, MA
Isaac de Vera | Guitar
Monterey High School | Monterey, CA
Anton Derevyanko | Tenor Saxophone
Medfield High School | Medfield, MA
Cosimo Fabrizio | Guitar
Newark Academy | Livingston, NJ
Benjamin Feldman | Double Bass
Garfield High School | Seattle, WA
Alexander Flavell | Keyboard
Valencia High School | Placentia, CA
Justin Fossella | Percussion
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | New York, NY
Jerome Gillespie | Percussion
The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Joseph Giordano | Trombone
Guilderland High School | Guilderland Center, NY
Tyler Henderson | Keyboard
The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Zachary Hernandez | Keyboard
El Camino High School | Ventura, CA
Bryant Hunter | Percussion
The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Rodney James-Spann | Tenor Saxophone
Talent Unlimited High School | New York, NY
Christopher Latona | Percussion
James Hubert Blake High School | Silver Spring, MD
James Lesky | Double Bass
Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL
Christian McGhee | Keyboard
Westminster Christian Academy | Town And Country, MO
Christian McGhee | Percussion
Westminster Christian Academy | Town And Country, MO
Matanda Rath-Keyes | Percussion
Skyline High School | Oakland, CA
Jordan Reifkind | Guitar
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Luca Rodoni | Trumpet
Bozeman High School | Bozeman, MT
Maxwell Rohde | Double Bass
Mira Costa High School | Manhattan Beach, CA
Jake Sasfai | Keyboard
Montclair Kimberley Academy | Montclair, NJ
Matthew Sewell | Guitar
Ladue Horton Watkins High School | Saint Louis, MO
Ravi Sharma | Guitar
Roosevelt High School | Seattle, WA
Santosh Sharma | Tenor Saxophone
Roosevelt High School | Seattle, WA
Owen Storey | Double Bass
Berkeley High School | Berkeley, CA
Noam Tanzer | Double Bass
The Charles E. Smith Jerusalem High School for the Arts | Jerusalem, Israel
Sam Towse | Keyboard
Friends Academy | Locust Valley, NY
Brandon Woody | Trumpet
Baltimore School for the Arts | Baltimore, MD
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Alex Yuwen | Tenor Saxophone
Hamilton High School | Chandler, AZ
Photography
Jack Adam
NYC iSchool | New York, NY
Amanata Adams
The Hewitt School | New York, NY
Walker Bankson
New Hanover High School | Wilmington, NC
Allie Fischer
Lawrence High School | Lawrence, KS
Colin Jones
Lutheran High School Northwest | Rochester Hills, MI
Alejandra Loor
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Margaret Mullooly
Pius XI High School | Milwaukee, WI
William Murnighan
North Shore Country Day School | Winnetka, IL
Ryan Parks
Loyola High School | Los Angeles, CA
Jordan Semprevivo
The Buckley School | Sherman Oaks, CA
Maya Tripathi
Davis Senior High School | Davis, CA
Theater
Hannah Ellowitz
American Heritage School | Plantation, FL
Elizabeth Kiernan
Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Arjang Mahdavi
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Sasha-Raphael Prissert
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Sarah Schulz
Moorhead High School | Moorhead, MN
Joshua Simpson
South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC
Owen Smith
Milton High School | Milton, GA
Mimi Viglietti
North High School | Sheboygan, WI
Visual Arts
Austin Abistado
Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL
Ptah Amissah-Aidoo
Stivers School for the Arts | Dayton, OH
Caley Buck
Bay Port High School | Green Bay, WI
Brian Buckenham
St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX
Andrew Chuka
St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX
Benjamin Cruz
Idyllwild Arts Academy | Idyllwild, CA
Isaac Drickhamer
John Cooper School | The Woodlands, TX
Grehan Edmunds
Cooper City High School | Cooper City, FL
Luna Elortegui
Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Lily Ertel
George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Asha Farmer
Martha Ellen Stilwell School of the Arts | Jonesboro, GA
Gabriela Fernandez
Doral Performing Arts Academy | Doral, FL
Karina Fonseca
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Rafaella Fontenelle
Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Chloe Friend
Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Ryan Haney
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Ezri Horne
New Mexico School for the Arts | Santa Fe, NM
Keiji Ishida
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Eloise Janssen
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Isabella Kopeck
George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD
Sofiya Kuzmina
Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL
Logan Larsen
Mckinney Boyd High School | McKinney, TX
Ariel Lowenstern
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Logan Magee
Lusher Charter School | New Orleans, LA
Robert Managad
Howard W. Blake High School | Tampa, FL
Richard Medina, Jr.
Homeschool | Palatine, IL
Kelly Micca
Parkland High School | Allentown, PA
Jennifer Oguagha
Baldwin Senior High School | Baldwin, NY
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Cornelia Rubenson
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Junet Sara
The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Jordin Simpson
Martha Ellen Stilwell School of the Arts | Jonesboro, GA
Thalia Suri
Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Dalton Taylor
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Samantha Thiele
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Isabella Vivas
Plano West Senior High School | Plano, TX
Michelle Voight
Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Flynn Walkinshaw
George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD
Lily Wilkins
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Jennifer Xu
Lynbrook High School | San Jose, CA
Wendi Yan
Phillips Exeter Academy | Exeter, NH
Voice
Colin Aikins | Tenor
Central Catholic High School | Pittsburgh, PA
Kathryn Baer | Singer/Songwriter
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Kaylah Baker | Popular Voice
William B. Travis High School | Richmond, TX
Daniel Burston | Baritone
Baltimore School for the Arts | Baltimore, MD
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Taylor Christmon | Popular Voice
Carl Albert Senior High School | Midwest City, OK
Carlyle Cooney | Mezzo Soprano
Homeschool | Kirkland, WA
Lillian Davis | Popular Voice
Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL
Emily Dietz | Popular Voice
Vistamar School | El Segundo, CA
Ryan Doyle | Popular Voice
Ruth Asawa School of the Arts | San Francisco, CA
Joseph Farber | Popular Voice
Hunter College High School | New York, NY
Makayla Forgione | Jazz Voice
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Maya Goell | Soprano
Ruth Asawa School of the Arts | San Francisco, CA
Alexander Harrelson | Tenor
Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy | Mooresboro, NC
Emma Hedrick | Jazz Voice
Carmel High School | Carmel, IN
Hannah Klein | Mezzo Soprano
The Cambridge School of Weston | Weston, MA
Sophie Knight | Soprano
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Evan Lazdowski | Baritone
Moultonborough Academy | Moultonborough, NH
Kira Levin | Jazz Voice
Mira Costa High School | Manhattan Beach, CA
Ally Lubera | Singer/Songwriter
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Sofia Luetich | Popular Voice
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | New York, NY
Niko Mancera | Bass
Santa Margarita Catholic High School | Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Ethan Mooney | Popular Voice
Tates Creek Senior High School | Lexington, KY
Hannah Oldfield | Jazz Voice
Rio Americano High School | Sacramento, CA
Connor Ouly | Baritone
Bishop McDevitt High School | Harrisburg, PA
John Paciga | Singer/Songwriter
Delbarton School | Morristown, NJ
Alexandra Prat | Mezzo Soprano
San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts | San Diego, CA
Candace Rhodes | Popular Voice
Eastside High School | Gainesville, FL
Madeleine Rosenthal | Popular Voice
Westfield High School | Westfield, NJ
Zachary Seals | Popular Voice
Marriotts Ridge High School | Marriottsville, MD
Grace Sheene | Popular Voice
Danville High School | Danville, KY
Amanda Snow | Popular Voice
Timberlane Regional High School | Plaistow, NH
Claire Soulier | Popular Voice
Oak Ridge High School | El Dorado Hills, CA
Jessica Vanek | Jazz Voice
Las Vegas Academy of the Arts | Las Vegas, NV
Jordyn Warren | Popular Voice
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Writing
Nina Afremov | Selection from Novel
Perpich Center for the Arts Education | Golden Valley, MN
Julia Dupuis | Short Story
Sage Hill School | Newport Coast, CA
Kathryn Hargett | Poetry
Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Jordan Harper | Creative Non-Fiction
Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL
Jing Thong Hsiao | Poetry
Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Tiffany Liu | Creative Non-Fiction
The College Preparatory School | Oakland, CA
Cathy Nie | Creative Non-Fiction
Livingston High School | Livingston, NJ
Isibeal Owens | Spoken Word
Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL
Annie Zheng | Short Story
William Fremd High School | Palatine, IL
MERIT
Cinematic Arts
Marquel Alexander
Denver School of the Arts | Denver, CO
Isabella Barbieri
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Diego Bateman
Denver School of the Arts | Denver, CO
Luke Broyles
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Arianna Cadeddu
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Lucas Camusso
Ronald W. Reagan/Doral High School | Doral, FL
John Chigas
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Connor Devore
Lois Cowles Harrison Center for the Visual and Performing Arts | Lakeland, FL
Luke Aron Ebora
Loyola High School | Los Angeles, CA
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
MERIT
Chelsea Eisen
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Natalia Ferrara
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Noah Frazier
iLEAD Charter School | Seal Beach, CA
Simon Geisker
Sleepy Hollow High School | Sleepy Hollow, NY
Alexander Huang
Leland High School | San Jose, CA
William Lancaster
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
James Lee
Brophy College Preparatory | Phoenix, AZ
Ruhi Mansey
American Heritage School | Plantation, FL
Matthew Manyak
Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL
Deeksha Marla
Viewpoint School | Calabasas, CA
Matthew Nadel
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Lan Nguyen
International Community School | Kirkland, WA
Brian Niles
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Derrick Ostolaza
Clover High School | Clover, SC
Reyna Rivas
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts | New Orleans, LA
Hannah Saidiner
Campbell Hall | North Hollywood, CA
Alexia Salingaros
Saint Mary’s Hall | San Antonio, TX
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
MERIT
Brianna Seaberg
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Devon Solwold
Moorhead High School | Moorhead, MN
Daniel Sorkin
Ethical Culture Fieldston School | Bronx, NY
Janssen Swent
Homeschool | Mandeville, LA
Amelia Yessayantz
Lycée International de Los Angeles | Burbank, CA
Michelle Yu
Cresskill High School | Cresskill, NJ
Classical Music
Omri Barak | Trumpet
Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts School | Pittsburgh, PA
Kayla Behforouz | Composition
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Eli Berman | Composition
Fox Chapel Area High School | Pittsburgh, PA
Andrew Boosalis | Percussion
St. Ignatius College Preparatory | San Francisco, CA
Zachary Brandon | Violin
Homeschool | Battle Creek, MI
Joshua Brown | Violin
Homeschool | Gurnee, IL
Maya Anjali Buchanan | Violin
Homeschool | Rapid City, SD
Baron Cao | Piano
State College Area High School | State College, PA
Emma Cardon | Composition
Logan High School | Logan, UT
Benjamin Champion | Composition
Idyllwild Arts Academy | Idyllwild, CA
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
MERIT
Samantha Choo | Violin
Plano West Senior High School | Plano, TX
Michael Curcio | Composition
Canyon Crest Academy | San Diego, CA
Andrew Edwards | Piano
Troy High School | Fullerton, CA
Elizabeth Egan | Composition
The Chapin School | New York, NY
Forrest Eimold | Composition
Phillips Academy | Andover, MA
Olivia Elerson | Flute
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Sedona Farber | Guitar
Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Margaret Foster | Harp
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Ting Yan Fung | Piano
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Camilo Gonzalez-Sol | Composition
Richard Montgomery High School | Rockville, MD
Heather Gu | Piano
Troy High School | Troy, MI
Nathaniel Heyder | Composition
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Yeama Ho | Flute
Winston Churchill High School | Potomac, MD
Caroline Ho | Piano
Santa Monica High School | Santa Monica, CA
Katherine Holmes | Guitar
Homeschool | Phenix City, AL
Sharon Hurvitz | Composition
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Brian Isaacs | Viola
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | New York, NY
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
MERIT
Mason Johnston | Composition
University of North Carolina School of the Arts | Winston Salem, NC
Joseph Jordan | Composition
Elisabeth Irwin High School | New York, NY
Derek Kartalian | Percussion
Potomac School | McLean, VA
Kristi Kim | Violoncello
Laurel Springs School | Ojai, CA
Isaiah Kim | Violoncello
Strath Haven High School | Wallingford, PA
Mya King | Piano
Insight School of Washington | Tacoma, WA
Mathew Lanning | Composition
Tri-City Preparatory High School | Prescott, AZ
Paris Lavidis | Composition
Saint Ann’s School | Brooklyn, NY
Sooyong Lee | Clarinet
Plano West Senior High School | Plano, TX
Spencer Lemann | Composition
Windward School | Los Angeles, CA
Gabrielle Li | Violoncello
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology | Alexandria, VA
Kevin Lin | Flute
Canyon Crest Academy | San Diego, CA
Eaton Lin | Viola
West Linn High School | West Linn, OR
William McGregor | Double Bass
Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School | West Chester, PA
Griffin Miller | Percussion
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Fumika Mizuno | Violin
Tualatin High School | Tualatin, OR
Javier Morales-Martinez | Clarinet
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
MERIT
Jonah Murphy | Composition
Homeschool | Brooklyn, NY
Nicholas Padmanabhan | Guitar
Palo Alto Senior High School | Palo Alto, CA
Isaac Pross | Composition
Crossroads School | Santa Monica, CA
Jonathan Qi | Piano
Westwood High School | Austin, TX
Nathan Qi | Piano
eAchieve Academy - Wisconsin | Waukesha, WI
Juanito Riveros | Harp
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Avik Sarkar | Composition
Buckingham Browne & Nichols School | Cambridge, MA
Mei Stone | Flute
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
SiHyun Uhm | Composition
Walnut Hill School | Natick, MA
Grace Wang | Piano
Richard Montgomery High School | Rockville, MD
Benjamin Wenzelberg | Composition
Tenafly High School | Tenafly, NJ
Johnathan Wu | Violin
Texas Tech University High School | Lubbock, TX
Tiffany Xu | Piano
Waterford School | Sandy, UT
Justin Zeitlinger | Composition
Bergen County Technical High School | Teterboro, NJ
Dance
Tea Devereaux | Modern
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Jahnavi Kalyan | Classical Indian
Cleveland High School | Reseda, CA
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
MERIT
Jack Liang | Hip Hop
Richard Montgomery High School | Rockville, MD
Juliette Martinez | Modern
Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Isabella Pete | Modern
Hoover High School | North Canton, OH
Jeron Sanders | Modern
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Tessa Wilkinson | Modern
Insight Academy of Arizona | Phoenix, AZ
Jack Wolff | Tap
Professional Performing Arts School | New York, NY
Design
Xavier Carr
Crossroads School | Santa Monica, CA
Clara Collins
Immaculate Heart High School | Los Angeles, CA
Abbey Franklin
Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Anna Fritz
Atlanta International School | Atlanta, GA
Cameron Galley
Urban School of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA
Joshua Lookatch
Homestead High School | Mequon, WI
Victoria Rodriguez Varela
Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Angelica Salgado
Pius XI High School | Milwaukee, WI
Adam Subel
St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX
Kathryn Super
Atlee High School | Mechanicsville, VA
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
MERIT
Samantha Torres
Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
James Tortorelli
Homeschool | Gaithersburg, MD
Maria Useche
Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Benjamin Wang
Saint Andrews Episcopal School | Potomac, MD
Jazz
Solomon Alber | Tenor Saxophone
Amador Valley High School | Pleasanton, CA
Augustus Allen | Double Bass
The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Julian Archer | Percussion
Denver School of the Arts | Denver, CO
Maxwell Beck | Double Bass
Campbell Hall | North Hollywood, CA
Owen Boxwell | Guitar
Garfield High School | Seattle, WA
Andrew Brems | Guitar
Canyon Crest Academy | San Diego, CA
Julian Briones | Composition
Lakeland Senior High School | Shrub Oak, NY
Gabriel Carpenter | Percussion
Rio Americano High School | Sacramento, CA
Ari Chais | Keyboard
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Jason Charos | Composition
Gibbs Senior High School | St. Petersburg, FL
Ethan Chilton | Trumpet
Golden Valley High School | Merced, CA
Elijah Cole | Keyboard
Walter Johnson High School | Bethesda, MD
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
MERIT
Zachary Davis | Trumpet
Saint Ann’s School | Brooklyn, NY
James Day | Alto Saxophone
Los Alamitos High School | Los Alamitos, CA
Anthony Golden | Double Bass
Denver School of the Arts | Denver, CO
Joshua Green | Percussion
The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
James Haddad | Trumpet
Saint Ann’s School | Brooklyn, NY
Kieran Hitsman | Tenor Saxophone
Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL
Craig Jackson | Tenor Saxophone
Stivers School for the Arts | Dayton, OH
Donavon Johnson | Percussion
Detroit Country Day School | Beverly Hills, MI
Kameron Johnson | Keyboard
Detroit Country Day School | Beverly Hills, MI
Benjamin Jones | Trombone
Roosevelt High School | Seattle, WA
Austin Kim | Percussion
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Spencer Lemann | Composition
Windward School | Los Angeles, CA
Spencer Lemann | Guitar
Windward School | Los Angeles, CA
David Mason | Alto Saxophone
Gibbs Senior High School | St. Petersburg, FL
Henry Mermer | Percussion
Briarcliff High School | Briarcliff Manor, NY
Ethan Moffitt | Double Bass
Verdugo Academy | La Crescenta, CA
Benjamin Oglesby-Davis | Guitar
Benjamin E. Mays High School | Atlanta, GA
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
MERIT
Kevin Oliver, Jr. | Alto Saxophone
Westlake High School | Atlanta, GA
Jasim Perales | Trombone
Berkeley High School | Berkeley, CA
Robert Picard | Percussion
St. Edward High School | Lakewood, OH
Micah Preite | Guitar
CIS Academy | Pasadena, CA
Samuel Reid | Keyboard
The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Griffin Ross | Tenor Saxophone
Cedar Ridge High School | Hillsborough, NC
Ethan Noel Santos | Trombone
Floyd B. Buchanan High School | Clovis, CA
Alec Schulman | Keyboard
Crossroads School | Santa Monica, CA
Michael Schwartz | Tenor Saxophone
Redwood High School | Larkspur, CA
Michael Shapira | Percussion
George W. Hewlett High School | Hewlett, NY
Evan Siegel | Guitar
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Arlo Sims | Guitar
Cambridge Rindge and Latin School | Cambridge, MA
John Steele | Percussion
San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts | San Diego, CA
Jeremy Stepansky | Composition
Montclair High School | Montclair, NJ
Matthew Stevens | Alto Saxophone
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Matthew Stoloff | Percussion
Berkeley High School | Berkeley, CA
Kyra Teboe | Keyboard
Brunswick High School | Brunswick, ME
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
MERIT
Addison Vogt | Percussion
Woodside Priory School | Portola Valley, CA
Alex Yoo | Percussion
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | New York, NY
Alex Yuwen | Composition
Hamilton High School | Chandler, AZ
Austin Zhang | Alto Saxophone
Plano West Senior High School | Plano, TX
Austin Zhang | Tenor Saxophone
Plano West Senior High School | Plano, TX
Photography
MaKara Blake
Stivers School for the Arts | Dayton, OH
Hannah Bone
Waynesville High School | Waynesville, OH
Richard Lee
Choate Rosemary Hall | Wallingford, CT
Rey Londres
Mater Virtual Academy | Hialeah, FL
Clara Schoenbeck
Pius XI High School | Milwaukee, WI
Theater
Joshua Johnson
Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL
Natasha Partnoy
Francis W. Parker School | San Diego, CA
Alison Whitwell
Arizona School for the Arts | Phoenix, AZ
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
MERIT
Visual Arts
Chris Barboi
Latin School of Chicago | Chicago, IL
Morgan Betsill
Dupont Manual High School | Louisville, KY
Truman Cervenka
The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Chang Cho
Northern Valley Regional High School | Old Tappan, NJ
Caroline Clements
Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Cameron Collins
Chicago High School for the Arts | Chicago, IL
Alexandra Crampton
Rham High School | Hebron, CT
Jackson Daughety
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Maya Dixon
Ethical Culture Fieldston School | Bronx, NY
Gunner Dongieux
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts | New Orleans, LA
Alexandra Eason
Howard W. Blake High School | Tampa, FL
Claudia Garcia-Quinones
The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Shyheem Gordon
George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD
Chan Yong Lee
The Hotchkiss School | Lakeville, CT
Sandy Li
Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Joseph McFadden
George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD
Derek Min
Homeschool | Palisades Park, NJ
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
MERIT
Parker Moreno
Loyola High School | Los Angeles, CA
Isabella Ortiz
John F. Kennedy Catholic High School | Burien, WA
Amelia Polyviou
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Sophie Ruiz
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Sophia Rumbarger
Vista Ridge High School | Cedar Park, TX
Min Jung Seo
Homeschool | Closter, NJ
Sophia Simmons
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Jeanette Wells
Northport High School | Northport, NY
Gene Whang
Palos Verdes Peninsula High School | Rolling Hills Estates, CA
Sung Won Yoon
Tenafly High School | Tenafly, NJ
Voice
Emily Acosta | Popular Voice
Florida Christian School | Miami, FL
Jeremy Adler | Jazz Voice
Palos Verdes High School | Palos Verdes Estates, CA
Dario Amador-Lage | Baritone
Coral Reef Senior High School | Miami, FL
Cheyenne Arroyo | Popular Voice
John Burroughs High School | Burbank, CA
Gabriella Atkinson | Popular Voice
The Sharon Academy | Sharon, VT
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
MERIT
Jennifer Barnett | Jazz Voice
Haslett High School | Haslett, MI
Anna Bishop | Popular Voice
Brookfield High School | Brookfield, CT
Chloe Borthwick | Singer/Songwriter
Warwick Valley High School | Warwick, NY
Charisma Carson | Popular Voice
Milwaukee High School of the Arts | Milwaukee, WI
Audrey Chu | Singer/Songwriter
Howell High School | Farmingdale, NJ
Amalia Crevani | Soprano
Delaware Valley Regional High School | Frenchtown, NJ
Alexandra Cusumano | Popular Voice
Howell High School | Farmingdale, NJ
Sydney Dardis | Soprano
Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Salem Davern | Singer/Songwriter
Tamalpais High School | Mill Valley, CA
Emily Dietz | Jazz Voice
Vistamar School | El Segundo, CA
Alexandria du Buclet | Singer/Songwriter
University of Chicago Laboratory High School | Chicago, IL
Jenna Elsenheimer | Popular Voice
Traverse City Central High School | Traverse City, MI
Haley Fishberger | Popular Voice
Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL
Hannah French | Popular Voice
Georgia Connections Academy | Duluth, GA
Yancy Garcia | Popular Voice
Gramercy Arts High School | New York, NY
Brianna Garcon | Jazz Voice
Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL
Avery Gipson | Singer/Songwriter
The Lovett School | Atlanta, GA
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
MERIT
Johanna Gordon | Jazz Voice
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | New York, NY
Kierra Gray | Singer/Songwriter
Richland Two Charter High School | Columbia, SC
Jessica Harper | Popular Voice
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Nia Ashleigh Harris | Popular Voice
Saint Vincent Academy | Newark, NJ
Angelo Hernandez-Sias | Singer/Songwriter
Muskegon High School | Muskegon, MI
Kaycee Hubbard | Popular Voice
Chantilly High School | Chantilly, VA
Sarah Kingsbury | Popular Voice
Chicago High School for the Arts | Chicago, IL
Grace Kinstler | Popular Voice
Crystal Lake Central High School | Crystal Lake, IL
Alison Lee | Popular Voice
Dougherty Valley High School | San Ramon, CA
Grace Lee | Singer/Songwriter
Rochester Adams High School | Rochester Hills, MI
Jasmine Lee | Jazz Voice
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Jasmine Lee | Popular Voice
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Anilee List | Jazz Voice
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Bianca Maniglia | Soprano
John F. Kennedy Catholic High School | Somers, NY
Elizabeth Marella | Singer/Songwriter
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Kopano Muhammad | Jazz Voice
Whitney M. Young Magnet High School | Chicago, IL
Madelyn Murphy | Popular Voice
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | New York, NY
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
MERIT
Anna Musgrove | Singer/Songwriter
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Giana Poppo | Popular Voice
Byram Hills High School | Armonk, NY
Mazie Preite | Popular Voice
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Veronica Prieto | Popular Voice
John A. Ferguson Senior High School | Miami, FL
Nivedita Ravi | Soprano
Scarsdale High School | Scarsdale, NY
Ernando Recendez | Popular Voice
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Emily Sangder | Popular Voice
South Eugene High School | Eugene, OR
Annie Schindel | Singer/Songwriter
The Archer School for Girls | Los Angeles, CA
Juliet Schlefer | Soprano
Edward R. Murrow High School | Brooklyn, NY
Emily Sheets | Mezzo Soprano
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts | New Orleans, LA
Joseph Silva | Popular Voice
Notre Dame High School | Sherman Oaks, CA
Lauren Smith | Jazz Voice
Sylvania Southview High School | Sylvania, OH
Megan Stephens | Popular Voice
Pusch Ridge Christian Academy | Tucson, AZ
James Stevens | Baritone
South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC
Brighton Thomas | Popular Voice
John Burroughs High School | Burbank, CA
Ljuliana Thomas | Jazz Voice
Central High School | Memphis, TN
Traivonn Ventriglio | Popular Voice
Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
MERIT
Lauren Weintraub | Singer/Songwriter
Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School | Sudbury, MA
Jared Werlein | Baritone
San Ramon Valley High School | Danville, CA
Emma Will | Soprano
Tesoro High School | Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
Alexander Wunder | Baritone
Kettering Fairmont High School | Kettering, OH
Olivia Youngman-Mihovch | Soprano
Point Pleasant Borough High School | Point Pleasant, NJ
Writing
Sara Abou Rashed | Spoken Word
Centennial High School | Columbus, OH
Renee Chen | Short Story
Howell High School | Farmingdale, NJ
Helen Coats | Creative Non-Fiction
South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC
Elena DeBre | Short Story
Marlborough School | Los Angeles, CA
Julia Dupuis | Creative Non-Fiction
Sage Hill School | Newport Coast, CA
Aidan Forster | Short Story
South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC
Patricia Frazier | Spoken Word
Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy | Chicago, IL
Mary Gillespie | Selection from Novel
Grassfield High School | Chesapeake, VA
Kathryn Hargett | Creative Non-Fiction
Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL
Ananya Kumar-Banerjee | Creative Non-Fiction
Horace Mann School | Bronx, NY
Katherine Liu | Creative Non-Fiction
Adlai E. Stevenson High School | Lincolnshire, IL
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
MERIT
Jesse Ludington | Creative Non-Fiction
ACES Educational Center for the Arts | New Haven, CT
Alyssa Mazzoli | Short Story
South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC
Jessica Sommerville | Poetry
William Mason High School | Mason, OH
Priya Thomas | Short Story
Henry M. Gunn High School | Palo Alto, CA
Alisa Wadsworth | Short Story
Tenafly High School | Tenafly, NJ
Emma Wilson | Poetry
Community High School District 99 North High School | Downers Grove, IL
Mariceli Wu | Spoken Word
The Davidson Academy of Nevada | Reno, NV
Chuqi Zheng | Short Story
Hinsdale Central High School | Hinsdale, IL
Lisa Zou | Poetry
Hamilton High School | Chandler, AZ
2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS
MERIT