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2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
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 | FluteHerbert 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 CamposChicago 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 HONORABLE MENTIONS
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 | JazzHoover 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 SimpsonSouth 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 HorneNew Mexico School for the Arts | Santa Fe, NMKeiji 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, TXDaniel 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 | SopranoInterlochen 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 MERIT
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 | CompositionCrossroads 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 CollinsImmaculate 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 MorenoLoyola 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 StoryTenafly 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