2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
2019 YoungArts Winners
FINALISTS
Cinematic Arts
Isabela de la Grana Doral Academy Preparatory School | Doral, FL
Noah Hecht Canyon Crest Academy | San Diego, CA
Thomas Kim Concord-Carlisle High School | Concord, MA
Delana Lewis Los Angeles High School of the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Sophia Mickelson Pacific Ridge School | Carlsbad, CA
William Noyce San Domenico School | San Anselmo, CA
Ishaan Parmar Los Altos High School | Los Altos, CA
Langston Siebens Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Classical Music
James Baik | Violoncello New Trier High School | Winnetka, IL
2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
Beatrice Chen | Viola K12 International Academy | Philadelphia, PA
Elli Choi | Violin Tenafly High School | Tenafly, NJ
Zachary Costello | Saxophone Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI
Avery Gagliano | Piano Indiana University High School | Bala Cynwyd, PA
Felicia He | Piano The Brearley School | New York, NY
Catherine Huang | Piano Lynbrook High School | San Jose, CA
Vincent Igusa | Bassoon Towson High School | Towson, MD
Ken Kagawa | Trombone Cupertino High School | Cupertino, CA
Adam Karelin | Composition North Hollywood High School | North Hollywood, CA
Jack Kessler | Viola New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Irene Kim | Flute Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology | Alexandria, VA
Isaiah Kim | Violoncello Strath Haven High School | Wallingford, PA
Jamie Kim | Flute Palos Verdes Peninsula High School | Rolling Hills Estates, CA
Giancarlo Llerena | Piano Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Javier Morales-Martinez | Clarinet Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Ayane Nakajima | Piano Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
Enrique Rodrigues | Violin Fair Lawn High School | Fair Lawn, NJ
Angela Scates | Oboe Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI
2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
Jakob Schoenfeld | Percussion Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI
Daniel Seog | Violin Tenafly High School | Tenafly, NJ
Dance
Kenneth Allen | Ballet Denver Online High School | Centennial, CO
Isaiah Day | Modern/Contemporary The Chicago Academy for the Arts | Chicago, IL
Jade Diouf | Modern/Contemporary Laurel Springs School | Silver Spring, MD
Sophia Frilot | Modern/Contemporary Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Cipher Goings | Tap Garfield High School | Seattle, WA
Jabu Graybeal | Tap Homeschool Program | Pittsboro, NC
Alex Haskins | Modern/Contemporary Frank Sinatra School of the Arts | Astoria, NY
Thomas Hogan | Choreography Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
Savea Kagan | Modern/Contemporary Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Codelia King | Modern/Contemporary Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
Kali Kleiman | Ballet The Dallas Conservatory Academics | Dallas, TX
Bridget Lee | Ballet Royal Winnipeg Ballet School Professional Division | Winnipeg, MB
Addison Loving | Tap Marquette High School | Chesterfield, MO
Jamaii Melvin | Choreography New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
Jamaii Melvin | Modern/Contemporary New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Isha Parupudi | World Dance/Classical Indian Clear Springs High School | League City, TX
Angelina Ramirez | Modern/Contemporary West Aurora High School | Aurora, IL
Marleny Rosa | Modern/Contemporary Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
Bhargavi Sarangapani | World Dance/Classical Indian Coppell High School | Coppell, TX
Shoshana Sklar | Modern/Contemporary New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Emma Sutherland | Modern/Contemporary Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Pranav Tadikonda | World Dance/Classical Indian Richard Montgomery High School | Rockville, MD
Lily Turner | Ballet Laurel Springs School | Costa Mesa, CA
Design Arts
Garnet Bernier Community High School | Ann Arbor, MI
Joie Cao Park Tudor School | Indianapolis, IN
Andrea Lira Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL
Mia Palomba Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Marcus Rogers St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX
Dolores Vaccaro Biernat Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL
Sasha Wood Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
Davis Yoo St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX
Stefanie Zins Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL
Jazz
Esteban Castro | Piano Bergen County Academies | Hackensack, NJ
Varun Das | Percussion John P. Stevens High School | Edison, NJ
Guillermo Lopez | Double Bass Montwood High School | El Paso, TX
Cyrus Mackey | Trumpet Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL
Kevin Oliver, Jr. | Saxophone/Alto Westlake High School | Atlanta, GA
Nico Wohl | Guitar Monument Mountain Regional High School | Great Barrington, MA
Photography
Asher Burrows James Madison High School | Myersville, MD
Katherine Goodwin Greenhill School | Addison, TX
Nathan Hayes Bellarmine College Preparatory | San Jose, CA
Carlos Hernandez High Technical High School | Secaucus, NJ
Kushbu Jivan South Carolina Governor’s School for Arts and Humanities | Greenville, SC
Jonathan Lovett Viewpoint School | Calabasas, CA
Afiya Quryshi The University School of Milwaukee | Milwaukee, WI
2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
Honé Sellassie Stivers School for the Arts | Dayton, OH
Kyle Smith St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX
Rithu Sreenath Greenhill School | Addison, TX
Theater
Adina Aaron Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Journee Brown Choate Rosemary Hall | Wallingford, CT
Juliet Burks Palisades Charter High School | Pacific Palisades, CA
Alex Costello New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Terrance Dean Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Kellan Harrod Special Music School High School | New York, NY
Kennedy Jackson South Carolina Governor’s School for Arts and Humanities | Greenville, SC
Hawa Kamara Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
Aaron Klein Punahou School | Honolulu, HI
Danielle Llevada New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Alyzza Marquez Ruth Asawa School of the Arts | San Francisco, CA
Ramone Nelson Heritage High School | Conyers, GA
Nia Otchere-Sarfo The Chicago High School for the Arts | Chicago, IL
2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
Kalissa Persaud Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
August Rosenstein Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
Nicklaus Smith Fairhope High School | Fairhope, AL
Aisha Sougou University of North Carolina School of the Arts High School | Winston Salem, NC
Tess Therrien Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL
Caleb Thomas Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Gannon Thomas Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL
Elias Wachtel New Trier High School | Winnetka, IL
Visual Arts
Nina Ahmadi Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL
Njari Anderson Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Angelica Bohanan Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI
Cassandra Bozman New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Gabrielle Broome SAR High School | Bronx, NY
Emily Cattouse John Muir High School | Pasadena, CA
Noah Detwiler Northridge High School | Middlebury, IN
Sergi Espinales New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
Deena Fahed High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Adriana Gomez Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL
Gabriela Johnson Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI
Emily Liu Boston Latin School | Boston, MA
Cleo Maloney Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Kevan McClaflin The Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL
Aisha Mpiana Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Daniel Narvaez Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
Isabella Rios Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI
Carolina Robles New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Elijah Ruhala Lovejoy High School | Lucas, TX
Jenny Shi Palo Alto High School | Palo Alto, CA
Janessa Soliveras The Chicago High School for the Arts | Chicago, IL
Hallie Wilson Henrico High School | Richmond, VA
Voice
Toshaan Arora | Classical/Tenor A. N. McCallum High School | Austin, TX
Tippy Balady | Singer-Songwriter Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
Joshua Berg | Classical/Tenor Bernards High School | Bernardsville, NJ
Josephine Bianco | Jazz Voice Talent Unlimited High School | New York, NY
Sam Dhobhany | Classical/Bass Edward R. Murrow High School | Brooklyn, NY
Mercedes Ferreira-Dias | Popular Voice Mater Lakes Academy | Hialeah, FL
Chelsea Guo | Classical/Soprano Pierrepont School | Westport, CT
Callie Iliff | Classical/Mezzo Soprano Wimberley High School | Wimberley, TX
Cinya Khan | Singer-Songwriter G-Star School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Caitlin King | Singer-Songwriter Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Charles Kogen | Singer-Songwriter Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Katherine Kortum | Jazz Voice High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Keilań Lockett | Popular Voice Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Eva Martinez | Classical/Soprano Central Bucks High School West | Doylestown, PA
Christopher McDole | Jazz Voice The Osceola County School for the Arts | Kissimmee, FL
Madelin Morales | Classical/Soprano West Essex High School | North Caldwell, NJ
Damoyee Neroes | Singer-Songwriter Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Alea Vernon | Classical/Soprano Cheshire High School | Cheshire, CT
Sai Soumya Vytla | Popular Voice William Mason High School | Mason, OH
Lucas Wurman | Popular Voice Crossroads School | Santa Monica, CA
2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
Writing
Brianne Allen | Creative Non-Fiction Léman Manhattan Preparatory School | New York, NY
Bronwen Brenner | Creative Non-Fiction Baruch College Campus High School | New York, NY
Aluna Brogdon | Novel Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
Rowan Brown | Creative Non-Fiction South Carolina Governor’s School for Arts and Humanities | Greenville, SC
Cecilia Castro | Play or Script The Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts | Philadelphia, PA
Vivian DeRosa | Short Story Communications High School | Wall Township, NJ
Vivian DeRosa | Novel Communications High School | Wall Township, NJ
Lane Devers | Creative Non-Fiction Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI
Nyah Hardmon | Spoken Word Cypress Bay High School | Weston, FL
Cassandra James | Novel Homeschool Program | Celebration, FL
Dante Kirkman | Short Story Palo Alto High School | Palo Alto, CA
Claire Lee | Poetry Canyon Crest Academy | San Diego, CA
Jimin Lee | Poetry Seoul International School | Seongnam-si, SK
Serena Lin | Creative Non-Fiction Moorestown Friends School | Moorestown, NJ
Juliet Lubwama | Poetry Downingtown STEM Academy | Downingtown, PA
Megan Lunny | Short Story Central Bucks High School East | Doylestown, PA
2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
Myles Madden | Play or Script Dutchtown High School | Hampton, GA
Elizabeth Miller | Creative Non-Fiction The Habersham School | Savannah, GA
Sophie Paquette | Short Story Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI
Sahara Sidi | Creative Non-Fiction The Appomattox Regional Governor’s School for the Arts And Technology | Petersburg, VA
Nikki Velletri | Poetry Mount Saint Charles Academy | Woonsocket, RI
Maggie Wilkinson | Poetry Chattanooga High School Center for Creative Arts | Chattanooga, TN
Maren Lovey Wright-Kerr | Spoken Word George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD
2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Cinematic Arts
Leyah Barris Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Ming-Wei Fasquelle International School of Los Angeles - Burbank Campus | Burbank, CA
Jonah Herman Grant High School at Marshall Campus | Portland, OR
Marlo Irani Brentwood School | Los Angeles, CA
Ryan Joiner Windermere High School | Windermere, FL
William Lula Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Christine Mouton Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Theodore Nissen Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Goren Sarriegui-Simon Oakland School for the Arts | Oakland, CA
Chaoming Xue Edward R. Murrow High School | Brooklyn, NY
Classical Music
Lucas Amory | Piano Stuyvesant High School | New York, NY
Julia Angelov | Violin National Cathedral School | Washington, DC
Camden Archambeau | Violoncello Weston High School | Weston, CT
Ansel Bobrow | Guitar Homeschool Program | Stony Point, NY
Jack Boettcher | Violoncello Naperville North High School | Naperville, IL
2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Isabella Brown | Violin Homeschool Program | Auburn, ME
Joshua Cai | Viola Mount Sinai High School | Mount Sinai, NY
Baron Cao | Piano State College Area High School | State College, PA
Edward Chen | Saxophone Liberty High School | Frisco, TX
Colin Choi | Piano Glenbrook North High School | Northbrook, IL
Drew Dansby | Violoncello Homeschool Program | Charlotte, NC
Khoi Dinh | Flute Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Kameron Duncan | Piano Nueva School | San Mateo, CA
Caroline Durham | Violin Skyline High School | Salt Lake City, UT
Raymond Feng | Piano Pittsford Sutherland High School | Pittsford, NY
Alexander Fried | Violin Verdugo Academy | Los Angeles, CA
Laura Futamura | Flute High Technology High School | Lincroft, NJ
Albert Gang | Violin Sage Hill School | Newport Coast, CA
Brianna Garcon | French Horn Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL
Weston Gilbert | Composition Walnut Hills High School | Cincinnati, OH
Thatcher Harrison | Guitar Keystone National High School | Dartmouth, MA
Alon Hayut | Violoncello Pioneer High School | Ann Arbor, MI
Kingston Ho | Violin Union County Vocational-Technical Schools | Scotch Plains, NJ
2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Rachel Hsu | Violin New Trier High School | Winnetka, IL
Evan Hu | Piano Montgomery Blair High School | Silver Spring, MD
Maya Johnson | Composition Homeschool Program | Salt Lake City, UT
Ashley Kim | Piano Bergen County Academies | Hackensack, NJ
Haeun Kim | Violin Indian Springs School | Indian Springs, AL
Katie Kim | Flute Torrance High School | Torrance, CA
Adrian King | Piano Insight School of Washington | Silverdale, WA
Na Koh | Violoncello Cresskill High School | Cresskill, NJ
Heechan Ku | Violoncello Bergen County Academies | Hackensack, NJ
Joanna Lau | Flute Herricks High School | New Hyde Park, NY
Nathan Le | Violoncello Sierra Canyon School | Chatsworth, CA
Jun Lin | Violin Collegiate School | New York, NY
Claire Liu | Piano Flintridge Preparatory School | La Canada, CA
Laura Liu | Viola Ransom Everglades School | Coconut Grove, FL
Cheng Io Lo | Violin Professional Children’s School | New York, NY
Angeline Ma | Piano Conestoga High School | Berwyn, PA
Ziyue Ma | Violoncello Ward-Melville High School | East Setauket, NY
Enako Matsumoto | Violin Trinity School | New York, NY
2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Charles Meenaghan | Composition Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Griffin Miller | Percussion Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Christina Nam | Violin Walnut Hills High School | Cincinnati, OH
Danielle Nam | Harp Mountain View High School | Mountain View, CA
Clara Neubauer | Violin The Dalton School | New York, NY
Abigail Nishiwaki | Violin Scarsdale High School | Scarsdale, NY
Nadira Novruzov | Flute Bard High School Early College Manhattan | New York, NY
Esther Ollivier | Composition Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Tristan Paradee | Piano Excellence in Education | Monrovia, CA
Andy Park | Viola Crossroads School | Santa Monica, CA
Audrey Park | Violin West Ranch High School | Valencia, CA
Gracie Potter | Trombone Arizona School for the Arts | Phoenix, AZ
Scott Quirk | Flute Monte Vista School | Simi Valley, CA
Avik Sarkar | Piano Buckingham Browne & Nichols School | Watertown, MA
Avik Sarkar | Composition Buckingham Browne & Nichols School | Watertown, MA
Ilana Shapiro | Flute Dos Pueblos High School | Goleta, CA
Victor Shlyakhtenko | Piano Homeschool Program | Los Angeles, CA
Daniel Solowey | Clarinet Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI
2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Michael Song | Violoncello Los Gatos High School | Los Gatos, CA
Sean Takada | Violin Stuyvesant High School | New York, NY
Shintaro Taneda | Violin Lynnwood High School | Bothell, WA
Leif Tilton | Guitar James Bowie High School | Austin, TX
Evan Tsai | Double Bass Phillips Academy | Andover, MA
Joseph Vasconi | Piano Valley Christian High School | San Jose, CA
Kevin Won | Violoncello The Dalton School | New York, NY
Davis You | Violoncello Palo Alto High School | Palo Alto, CA
Jessica Zhang | Piano Corona Del Sol High School | Tempe, AZ
Alex Zhou | Violin The King’s Academy | Sunnyvale, CA
Elizabeth Zietz | Piano Northwood High School | Irvine, CA
Dance
Tomoe Carr | Hip Hop High Technical High School | Secaucus, NJ
Andre Deosaran | World Dance/Mexican Folkloric Susan E Wagner High School | Staten Island, NY
Michael Edwards | Modern/Contemporary Independence High School | San Francisco, CA
Arthur Erlanson | Ballet California Pacific Charter School Excel Academy | San Clemente, CA
Nithya Kasibhatla | World Dance/Classical Indian Twinsburg High School | Twinsburg, OH
2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Jared Klegar | Ballet Professional Children’s School | New York, NY
Francesca Levita | Modern/Contemporary St. Charles North High School | Saint Charles, IL
Ryan Maw | Tap Del Norte High School | San Diego, CA
Daisia Pulz | Choreography Florida Virtual School | West Palm Beach, FL
Madison Tanguay | Modern/Contemporary Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Kekuahiwi Woods | Hip Hop Pahoa High and Intermediate School | Pahoa, HI
Trevor Wooten | Hip Hop Farmville Central High School | Farmville, NC
Design Arts
Isabella Borgh Wauwatosa East High School | Wauwatosa, WI
Pei-Yu Chen Taipei American School | Taipei, TW
Sahara Clemons Charlottesville High School | Charlottesville, VA
Elizabeth Kachanova Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL
Isabella Kostrzewa Sacred Heart Academy | Mount Pleasant, MI
Nastassia Mejia Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL
Jazz
Kitty Amaral | Violin Homeschool Program | Boone, NC
Jason Arkins | Saxophone/Baritone Carmel High School | Carmel, NY
2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
William Brownstein | Guitar Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Benjamin Byrd | Guitar High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Summer Camargo | Trumpet Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL
Joshua Catania | Piano Kettle Moraine High School | Wales, WI
Jayla Chee | Double Bass Carlmont High School | Belmont, CA
Benjamin Conn | Trombone Agoura High School | Agoura Hills, CA
Isaac Coyle | Double Bass El Cerrito High School | El Cerrito, CA
Nicolas Daglio Fine | Composition Lexington High School | Lexington, MA
Zachary Davis | Trumpet Saint Ann’s School | Brooklyn, NY
Christopher Ferrari | Saxophone/Tenor Denver School of the Arts | Denver, CO
Seth Finch | Piano Baton Rouge High School | Baton Rouge, LA
Griffin Fink | Double Bass Ridgewood High School | Ridgewood, NJ
Ethan Furman | Percussion Greens Farms Academy | Greens Farms, CT
Geoffrey Gallante | Trumpet West Potomac High School | Alexandria, VA
Peter Glynn | Percussion Columbia High School | Maplewood, NJ
Abraham Gold | Piano Hunter College High School | New York, NY
Jonah Goldstein | Guitar Agoura High School | Agoura Hills, CA
Mwanzi Harriott | Guitar Tri-Cities High School | East Point, GA
2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Dalton Hayse | Piano Alexander Hamilton High School | Los Angeles, CA
William Hazlehurst | Double Bass Enloe Magnet High School | Raleigh, NC
Peter Hoerenz | Composition Edgemont Senior High School | Scarsdale, NY
Max Hubbard | Saxophone/Alto Champaign Central High School | Champaign, IL
Nate Jones | Trombone Belmont High School | Belmont, MA
Jonah Karsh | Piano Evanston Township High School | Evanston, IL
Samuel Keedy | Trombone Denver School of the Arts | Denver, CO
Anton Kot | Percussion Jonathan Law High School | Milford, CT
Patrick Leavy | Double Bass Sleepy Hollow High School | Sleepy Hollow, NY
Miles Lennox | Piano Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL
Jett Lim | Trombone Albany High School | Albany, CA
Leo Markel | Trombone Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
David Mason | Saxophone/Alto Gibbs Senior High School | St. Petersburg, FL
Rudi Neubrander | Percussion Baton Rouge High School | Baton Rouge, LA
Zachary Niess | Trombone Yorktown High School | Arlington, VA
Omeed Nyman | Trombone Pennsbury High School | Fairless Hills, PA
Cole Palensky | Saxophone/Tenor Papillion-La Vista South High School | Papillion, NE
William Peters-Seymour | Guitar Sayre School | Lexington, KY
2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Coby Petricone-Berg | Saxophone/Alto Nyack High School | Nyack, NY
Ethan Pires | Trumpet Northgate High School | Walnut Creek, CA
Henry Plotnick | Piano Ruth Asawa School of the Arts | San Francisco, CA
Michael Ramos | Double Bass Florida Christian School | Miami, FL
Joseph Ranieri | Double Bass William Fremd High School | Palatine, IL
Miguel Russell | Percussion Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL
Alec Streete | Percussion Denver School of the Arts | Denver, CO
Vittorio Stropoli | Piano The Masters School | Dobbs Ferry, NY
Almog Taylor-Sheinman | Saxophone/Alto High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Antonio Vergara | Saxophone/Alto South Lake High School | Groveland, FL
Kenji Wagner | Trombone Interlake High School | Bellevue, WA
Photography
Dagmawit Adamu Milton High School | Milton, GA
Vincent Alban The Masters School | Dobbs Ferry, NY
Chloe Alto The Brearley School | New York, NY
Annabelle Ambrogi Doral Academy Preparatory School | Doral, FL
Sydney Busch Pius XI High School | Milwaukee, WI
2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Theo Carol Syosset High School | Syosset, NY
Caitlin Chung Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Joshua Delbando Miami Arts Charter School | Homestead, FL
Marissa Dessellier Perpich Center for Arts Education | Golden Valley, MN
Hannah Devries Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Xiana Garcia Edward R. Murrow High School | Brooklyn, NY
Gabriel Garcia Rivas Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL
Maya Gee-Lim Lick-Wilmerding High School | San Francisco, CA
Herimar Irizarry Miami Arts Charter School | Homestead, FL
Hadassah Krigsman Midreshet Shalhevet High School for Girls | Valley Stream, NY
Jhanique Lovejoy Rochester NYC iSchool | New York, NY
Jake Nelson Central Catholic High School | Portland, OR
Nicolas Ouporov Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Sophia Palacio The Alabama School of Mathematics and Science | Mobile, AL
Celka Rice The Park School of Baltimore | Baltimore, MD
Laila Stevens Benjamin N. Cardozo High School | Oakland Gardens, NY
Anthony Thompson Stivers School for the Arts | Dayton, OH
Spencer Vazquez Lincoln Park High School | Chicago, IL
2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Oliver Zel Miami Beach Senior High School | Miami Beach, FL
Theater
Elia Adams High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Anire Amoda Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
Anne Coulson Quince Orchard High School | Gaithersburg, MD
Alaysia Duncan Central Senior High School | Saint Paul, MN
Faith Duncombe New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Kate Fitzgerald Lincoln School | Providence, RI
Olivia Foght Waunakee Community High School | Waunakee, WI
Jack Greenberg Weaver Academy | Greensboro, NC
Bailey James Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy | Grand Prairie, TX
Jalexis James North Springs Charter High School | Sandy Springs, GA
Mikayla Johnson Edgewood Fine Arts Academy | San Antonio, TX
Madaline King East Greenwich High School | East Greenwich, RI
Madison Meadows Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Allison Murphy New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Quinn Nehr University of Liggett School | Grosse Pointe Woods, MI
2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
David Allen Norton Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Neve Oren Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
Juliet Perel University of North Carolina School of the Arts High School | Winston Salem, NC
Ashitaka Porter High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Serenity Saffold-Rice Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI
Shelby Smith Riverdale High School | Murfreesboro, TN
Zoë Stewart TECCA Connections Academy | East Walpole, MA
Victoria Van Loon Villa Walsh Academy | Morristown, NJ
Alexander Walk Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
Visual Arts
Kaya Abramson George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD
Juliane Bravo-Perez Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Naya Chang Mountain View High School | Mountain View, CA
Joseph Consolo Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL
Adam Herold Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Tracey Jean-Claude Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Xingtao Liu The Barstow School | Kansas City, MO
2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Orin Noel Gibbs Senior High School | St. Petersburg, FL
Taetyn Panagos Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI
Ava Salzman La Cañada High School | La Canada, CA
Kathryn Schuldenberg Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Andrew Spielvogel State College Area High School | State College, PA
Christine Wang Lexington High School | Lexington, MA
Omega Williams George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD
Voice
Ethan Anapoell | Singer-Songwriter Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Genevieve Basile | Popular Voice Santa Rosa High School | Santa Rosa, CA
Josephine Bianco | Popular Voice Talent Unlimited High School | New York, NY
Lily Bobrick | Classical/Mezzo Soprano Independence High School | San Francisco, CA
Ava Cardoso-Smith | Popular Voice Brentwood School | Los Angeles, CA
Adam Catangui | Classical/Tenor O’Gorman High School | Sioux Falls, SD
Karina Constantinides | Popular Voice Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
John Franklin | Singer-Songwriter Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Ashley Fulton | Singer-Songwriter Hawken School | Gates Mills, OH
2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Devon Gates | Jazz Voice North Atlanta High School | Atlanta, GA
Reed Gnepper | Classical/Baritone School for Creative Performing Arts | Cincinnati, OH
Jessica Harper | Singer-Songwriter Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI
Kaylan Hernandez | Classical/Soprano New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Elena Izquierdo | Popular Voice Williamsville East High School | East Amherst, NY
Vania Junco | Jazz Voice Miami Arts Studio at Zelda Glazer | Miami, FL
Simone Kaye | Popular Voice Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Lucia London | Classical/Soprano Novato High School | Novato, CA
Sydney Lopes | Popular Voice Pebblebrook High School | Mableton, GA
Samhita Madduru | Popular Voice Adlai E. Stevenson High School | Lincolnshire, IL
Ella Marcus | Jazz Voice Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
Sage McNeely | Popular Voice John Burroughs High School | Burbank, CA
Ana Monterrubio | Popular Voice The American School Foundation | Mexico City, MX
Jaswiry Morel | Popular Voice Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
Jack Nadler | Classical/Baritone New Trier High School | Winnetka, IL
Lea Nayak | Classical/Soprano Ruth Asawa School of the Arts | San Francisco, CA
Damoyee Neroes | Jazz Voice Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Alasdair Payten | Classical/Tenor Independence High School | San Francisco, CA
2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Sophia Alexis Ramos | Popular Voice Las Vegas Academy of the Arts | Las Vegas, NV
Anaïs Reno | Jazz Voice Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
Katelyn Robinson | Popular Voice Cerritos High School | Cerritos, CA
Ava Salzman | Popular Voice La Cañada High School | La Canada, CA
Nathaniel Schludecker | Classical/Baritone Terre Haute South Vigo High School | Terre Haute, IN
Lauren Senden | Classical/Soprano Mankato East High School | Mankato, MN
Veronica Siebert | Classical/Mezzo Soprano University of North Carolina School of the Arts High School | Winston Salem, NC
Anna Thiel | Popular Voice Lexington Catholic High School | Lexington, KY
Samuel Wood | Singer-Songwriter Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Writing
Jonathan Arnold | Play or Script Saint Brendan High School | Miami, FL
Alexandra Brandt | Play or Script Spruce Creek High School | Port Orange, FL
Victoria Cavallo | Play or Script Ocean County Vocational Technical School Performing Arts Academy | Lakehurst, NJ
Emma Choi | Short Story George C. Marshall High School | Falls Church, VA
Marion Deal | Creative Non-Fiction Downers Grove North High School | Downers Grove, IL
Magdalena Deniz | Short Story Northern Highlands Regional High School | Allendale, NJ
Kaya Dierks | Short Story The Branson School | Ross, CA
2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Kate Fitzgerald | Play or Script Lincoln School | Providence, RI
Maya Flowers | Play or Script Keystone National High School | Lunenburg, MA
Ginny Ha | Creative Non-Fiction Bergen County Academies | Hackensack, NJ
Ke’Myra Jackson | Spoken Word William B. Travis Early College High School | Austin, TX
Haley Johnston | Creative Non-Fiction Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Audrey Kim | Poetry Conestoga High School | Berwyn, PA
Raven Little | Poetry Lusher Charter School | New Orleans, LA
Chandler Littleford | Play or Script Choate Rosemary Hall | Wallingford, CT
Alise Mackey | Play or Script Strath Haven High School | Wallingford, PA
Emma Mayeux | Play or Script BASIS Charter School Phoenix | Phoenix, AZ
Maurielle Mcgarvey | Play or Script High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Kerri Stephenson | Play or Script North Gwinnett High School | Suwanee, GA
Miracle Thornton | Poetry Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI
Damayanti Wallace | Play or Script The Chicago High School for the Arts | Chicago, IL
Shirley Wang | Short Story Foothill High School | Pleasanton, CA
Julia Zhou | Creative Non-Fiction Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology | Alexandria, VA
2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
MERIT
Cinematic Arts
Shaman Aponte Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Amaya Aranda Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Isabella Barbieri Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Parker Beverly Pensacola High School | Pensacola, FL
Jacob Chang-Rascle Western Albemarle High School | Crozet, VA
Ethan Chu Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Adrian Delcan Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Lucca Dohr Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Margaret Gallagher Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Makena Kane Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Lane McKenna Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI
David Perez Christopher Columbus High School | Miami, FL
Anthony Rodriguez Cushman High School | Miami, FL
Dean Russell Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Karla Sanford Groton School | Groton, MA
James-Sebastian Shaw Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL
2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Jenny She Bloomfield Hills High School | Bloomfield Township, MI
Jessica Stossel Arnold O. Beckman High School | Irvine, CA
Theodore Taplitz Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Masahico Torres Redondo Union High School | Redondo Beach, CA
Classical Music
Claire Arias-Kim | Violin William Fremd High School | Palatine, IL
Bethany Bobbs | Violoncello Homeschool Program | Township Of Washington, NJ
Dean Brady | Flute Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI
Rabia Brooke | Violin Maine Connections Academy | South Portland, ME
Irina Casasnovas | Violin Bridgeway Academy | Evanston, IL
Esther Chae | Violoncello Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI
Alexander Chai | Oboe Air Academy High School | U.S. Airforce Academy, CO
Connor Chaikowsky | Violin Archbishop Curley High School | Baltimore, MD
Kristy Chen | Violin West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North | Plainsboro, NJ
Laura Chen | Piano Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Tiffany Cuaresma | Composition Canyon Crest Academy | San Diego, CA
George Dalianis | Piano Maine South High School | Park Ridge, IL
2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Trinity Fan | Piano Bridgewater-Raritan High School | Bridgewater, NJ
Jason Frazier | Saxophone Franklin High School | Franklin, TN
Iris Fu | Flute Crescent Valley High School | Corvallis, OR
Cecilia Gao | Flute Vernon Hills High School | Vernon Hills, IL
Andrew Gong | Piano Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Clayton Hancock | Violin Laurel Springs School | Memphis, TN
Alexandra He | Violoncello Radnor High School | Radnor, PA
Mei Hotta | Violoncello Golden Valley Charter School | Torrance, CA
Joseph Hsia | Violin West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South | West Windsor, NJ
Ethan Hsiao | Piano Basis Independent Maclean | Mclean, VA
Luke Huang | Piano Canyon Crest Academy | San Diego, CA
Richard Huang | Oboe Liberty High School | Frisco, TX
Sabine Jung | Violoncello Unionville High School | Kennett Square, PA
Kristi Kim | Violoncello Laurel Springs School | Ojai, CA
Soomin Kim | Violoncello Bergen County Academies | Hackensack, NJ
Donghyun Kwak | Violin Cresskill High School | Cresskill, NJ
Tracie Kwon | Flute Richard Montgomery High School | Rockville, MD
Christine Lee | Violin Saratoga High School | Saratoga, CA
2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Irene Lee | Violoncello Northern Highlands Regional High School | Allendale, NJ
Jessica Lee | Violoncello Palos Verdes Peninsula High School | Rolling Hills Estates, CA
Marina Lee | Piano Homeschool Program | Princeton Meadows, NJ
Thomas Lim | Violoncello Saratoga High School | Saratoga, CA
Phoebe Lin | Flute Lynbrook High School | San Jose, CA
Josh Liu | Violin The Fine Arts Center | Greenville, SC
Leo Major | Composition Crossroads School | Santa Monica, CA
Johnathan Miller | Double Bass Special Music School High School | New York, NY
Haeun Moon | Violin Midway High School | Waco, TX
Sean Mori | Violin Palo Alto High School | Palo Alto, CA
Ayano Nakamura | Viola Hudson High School | Hudson, OH
Jeremy Nohel | Piano Whitney M. Young Magnet High School | Chicago, IL
Omeed Nyman | Trombone Pennsbury High School | Fairless Hills, PA
Margaret O’Malley | Viola Seton Home Study School | Glen Ellyn, IL
Conor Padmanabhan | Guitar Palo Alto High School | Palo Alto, CA
Maya Paredes | Piano John Burroughs High School | Burbank, CA
Christina Park | Violoncello South High School | Torrance, CA
Danny Park | Violoncello Palos Verdes Peninsula High School | Rolling Hills Estates, CA
2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Richard Qiu | Piano Newbury Park High School | Newbury Park, CA
Karlie Roberts | Viola Henry D. Sheldon High School | Eugene, OR
Kevin Song | Violoncello Torrey Pines High School | San Diego, CA
Carys Sutherland | French Horn Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI
Samuel Sykes | Violoncello Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI
Sylvan Talavera | Composition President Grover Cleveland High School | Portland, OR
Daniel Tan | Piano Menlo School | Atherton, CA
Vivian Tang | Harp Fairview High School | Boulder, CO
Ashley Teng | Flute Camas High School | Camas, WA
Katia Tesarczyk | Violin Central Senior High School | Saint Paul, MN
Supriya Weiss | Flute Shadow Mountain High School | Phoenix, AZ
Chelsea Xia | Violin Hunter College High School | New York, NY
Ethan Yuen | Piano Henry M Gunn High School | Palo Alto, CA
Charles Zandieh | Violoncello Syosset High School | Syosset, NY
Alice Zhang | Piano Vernon Hills High School | Vernon Hills, IL
Eric Zhang | Viola Plano West Senior High School | Plano, TX
Melinda Zhu | Flute Santa Monica High School | Santa Monica, CA
2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Dance
Maya Alvarez-Coyne | World Dance/Irish Step Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Mia Benitez | Ballet Inspire Charter School South | Wildomar, CA
Bianca Calderon | Choreography Blue Valley School | Miami, FL
Kristina Doucette | Choreography Auburn Riverside High School | Auburn, WA
Sydney Kidd | Jazz Temecula Valley High School | Temecula, CA
Brianna Penrose | Tap Orcas Island High School | Puyallup, WA
Taylor Tran | Ballet Yorba Linda High School | Yorba Linda, CA
Design Arts
Raymond Banke The Harker Upper School | San Jose, CA
Charles Hubbard St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX
Alfredo Rivas Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola | San Juan, PR
Jazz
Anna Abondolo | Double Bass Crossroads School | Santa Monica, CA
Naveen Aiyer | Percussion High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Augustus Allen | Double Bass High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Vikram Bala | Double Bass Newark Academy | Livingston, NJ
2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Ian Banno | Double Bass Johnston Senior High School | Johnston, RI
William Bays | Saxophone/Alto Gravity Learning Center | Olympia, WA
Mark Beebe | Saxophone/Alto Idyllwild Arts Academy | Idyllwild, CA
Dario Bizio | Double Bass Alexander Hamilton High School | Los Angeles, CA
William Buckser-Schulz | Guitar Edgemont Senior High School | Scarsdale, NY
Kai Burns | Guitar Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Summer Camargo | Composition Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL
Caelan Cardello | Piano Teaneck High School | Teaneck, NJ
Marvin Carter | Saxophone/Alto Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
Joshua Chapple | Saxophone/Baritone University High School | Orange City, FL
Stéphane Clément | Trumpet New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Jiesiah Cruz | Double Bass Las Vegas Academy of the Arts | Las Vegas, NV
Addison Daniels | Saxophone/Alto Oyster River High School | Durham, NH
Phineas Davenport | Piano High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
James Day | Saxophone/Alto Los Alamitos High School | Los Alamitos, CA
Tiger Diep | Saxophone/Alto San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts | San Diego, CA
Destiny Diggs-Pinto | Double Bass West Orange High School | West Orange, NJ
James Donovan | Double Bass High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Jesse Eads | Electric Bass Mira Costa High School | Manhattan Beach, CA
Nicolaus Gelin | Trumpet New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Serena Geroe | Guitar Canyon Crest Academy | San Diego, CA
Marwan Ghonima | Double Bass High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Julian Gonzalez | Saxophone/Tenor New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Gavin Gray | Double Bass William H. Hall High School | West Hartford, CT
Aaron Kaufman-Levine | Saxophone/Alto Oak Park and River Forest High School | Oak Park, IL
Frederick Larsen | Trombone Carrboro High School | Carrboro, NC
David Lee | Percussion Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Miles Lennox | Composition Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL
Raymond Logan | Saxophone/Tenor Las Vegas Academy of the Arts | Las Vegas, NV
Alex Lui | Flute Venice High School | Los Angeles, CA
Michael Manasseh | Percussion The Rivers School | Weston, MA
Ian Munoz | Saxophone/Alto New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Connor Munroe | Saxophone/Tenor Ransom Everglades School | Coconut Grove, FL
James Nelson | Composition Agoura High School | Agoura Hills, CA
Rebecca Pasley | Double Bass Concord-Carlisle High School | Concord, MA
Carter Pearson | Percussion Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists | Saint Paul, MN
2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Gianna Pedregon | Violin Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Satchel Peterson | Guitar Special Music School High School | New York, NY
Joseph Powers | Piano Albert G. Lane Technical College Preparatory High School | Chicago, IL
Christian Ramirez | Double Bass Vancouver School of Arts and Academics | Vancouver, WA
Charles Reichert Powell | Guitar Oak Park and River Forest High School | Oak Park, IL
Samuel Reiss | Double Bass Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
Sasha Ripley | Saxophone/Tenor High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Alexander Romano-Silverstein | Saxophone/Tenor Novato High School | Novato, CA
Benjamin Rubie | Violin Special Music School High School | New York, NY
Jacob Shneiderman | Double Bass Oakwood School | North Hollywood, CA
Aidan Siemann | Saxophone/Tenor Garfield High School | Seattle, WA
Claudio Silva | Percussion New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Adam Stein | Saxophone/Alto New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Kalman Strauss | Violin Homeschool Program | Chicago, IL
Darsan Swaroop Bellie | Percussion Lexington High School | Lexington, MA
Rebecca Webster | Percussion Staples High School | Westport, CT
Bakari Williams | Double Bass Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Brooke Wyatt | Piano High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Makoto Yorihiro | Saxophone/Tenor Westlake High School | Westlake Village, CA
Eli Zukor-Zimmermann | Saxophone/Tenor Washburn High School | Minneapolis, MN
Photography
Maia Barbee Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL
Naia Bautista Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Thomas Bolles Washington-Lee High School | Arlington, VA
Laura Cruz Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Emily Diaz Miami Arts Charter School | Homestead, FL
Mia Evans Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Mae Haines Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Madeline Hampton Grapevine High School | Grapevine, TX
Chase Honaker St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX
Dominique Joseph Miami Arts Charter School | Homestead, FL
Olivia Kelly Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL
Adnan Khan St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX
Kevin Kim Shaker High School | Latham, NY
Isabel Kristensen Arts and Communication Magnet Academy | Beaverton, OR
2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Mia McCarthy Pacific Ridge School | Carlsbad, CA
Phoebe Metzger-Levitt Greenhill School | Addison, TX
Meagan Montgomery J.R. Arnold High School | Panama City Beach, FL
Mimi Offor Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Chloe Panza San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts | San Diego, CA
Gianna Pope The Episcopal School of Dallas | Dallas, TX
Isabella Rogg Miami Arts Charter School | Homestead, FL
Lucia Rosenast Seattle Academy | Seattle, WA
Leyla Said Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Elinor Stephan Wauwatosa East High School | Wauwatosa, WI
Thomas Wang Phillips Exeter Academy | Exeter, NH
DeCarte Washington-May High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Frances Weger Westerville South High School | Westerville, OH
Janet Yi Bridgewater-Raritan High School | Bridgewater, NJ
Theater
Katherine Brugger Natomas Charter School | Sacramento, CA
Henry Dolgoff Noble and Greenough School | Dedham, MA
2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Hannah Franklin Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Evan Klein Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Visual Arts
Isabella Charles Pius XI High School | Milwaukee, WI
Charlotte de Greling Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Johanna Engebrecht Walnut Hills High School | Cincinnati, OH
Margaret Errickson Homeschool Program | Katy, TX
Lydia Ethem George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD
Alisha Gao Monta Vista High School | Cupertino, CA
Dara Girel-Mats Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL
Mary Graham Friends Select School | Philadelphia, PA
Mikaylah Harty George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD
Clayton Heggem Butte High School | Butte, MT
Pearl Kim Albert Einstein High School | Kensington, MD
Hongying Liu Hillcrest High School | Midvale, UT
Warren McCombs Fayetteville High School | Fayetteville, AR
Alejandro Moreno Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL
2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Alexis Paige George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD
Kalea Ramsey Menaul School | Albuquerque, NM
Alexandra Sassa Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Elinor Stephan Wauwatosa East High School | Wauwatosa, WI
Kaden Swank George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD
Nicholas Turgeon Wade Hampton High School | Greenville, SC
Dolores Vaccaro Biernat Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL
Haoyi Wang Farmington High School | Farmington, CT
Yeongju Won John P. Stevens High School | Edison, NJ
Max Woods Flower Mound High School | Flower Mound, TX
Elaina Yip Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI
Voice
Madeleine Ackley | Singer-Songwriter Notre Dame High School | Sherman Oaks, CA
Amelia Aguilar | Popular Voice Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Kaiya Ballard | Singer-Songwriter New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Jennifer Barnett | Jazz Voice Haslett High School | Haslett, MI
Jessy Blackman | Singer-Songwriter Redondo Union High School | Redondo Beach, CA
2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Eric Breum | Singer-Songwriter Billings Senior High School | Billings, MT
Noga Cabo | Singer-Songwriter Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
Cathryn Downey | Singer-Songwriter East High School | Denver, CO
John Drake | Classical/Baritone North Forsyth High School | Cumming, GA
Anna Duong | Classical/Mezzo Soprano Germantown High School | Madison, MS
Thomas Fong | Classical/Tenor Ruth Asawa School of the Arts | San Francisco, CA
Calista Garcia | Singer-Songwriter H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program | Arlington, VA
Emma Gerson | Singer-Songwriter Los Gatos High School | Los Gatos, CA
Joann Gilliam | Popular Voice Valley Academy of Arts and Sciences | Granada Hills, CA
Avery Gipson | Singer-Songwriter The Lovett School | Atlanta, GA
Rachel Giuffrida | Popular Voice Howell High School | Farmingdale, NJ
Amari Green | Singer-Songwriter Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Jessie Groot | Classical/Mezzo Soprano Homeschool Program | Placentia, CA
Karlia Gutierrez | Popular Voice Arthur P. Schalick High School | Pittsgrove, NJ
Alexander Harrelson | Classical/Tenor Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy | Mooresboro, NC
Sophia Heinz | Classical/Soprano Tahoma Senior High School | Maple Valley, WA
Joseph Hutchison | Classical/Baritone Rockhurst High School | Kansas City, MO
Leo Jergovic | Singer-Songwriter Menlo School | Atherton, CA
2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Ginger Johnson | Classical/Mezzo Soprano Lake Orion High School | Lake Orion, MI
Brooke Jones | Classical/Soprano Hickory High School | Chesapeake, VA
Mina Kaldi | Singer-Songwriter Dos Pueblos High School | Goleta, CA
Savanna Kirby | Popular Voice Florence High School | Florence, AL
Joshua Klein | Classical/Bass Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Advika Krishnan | Jazz Voice Needham High School | Needham, MA
Adrian LiPuma Chabla | Singer-Songwriter Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
Calum MacDermid | Classical/Baritone Lick-Wilmerding High School | San Francisco, CA
Christian Mathews | Classical/Baritone Friendswood High School | Friendswood, TX
Dalia Medovnikov | Classical/Soprano Amity High School | Woodbridge, CT
Erin Mullen | Classical/Soprano Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI
Alix Page | Singer-Songwriter Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Aileen Park | Singer-Songwriter Syosset High School | Syosset, NY
Gloriya Plenkina | Popular Voice Bellevue High School | Bellevue, WA
Summerlyn Powers | Singer-Songwriter Fairhope High School | Fairhope, AL
Katelyn Robinson | Jazz Voice Cerritos High School | Cerritos, CA
Alexandra Salort | Popular Voice Columbia High School | Maplewood, NJ
Laura Santamaria-Mendez | Classical/Soprano Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Lauren Smith | Jazz Voice Sylvania Northview High School | Sylvania, OH
Daisy Stephens | Popular Voice Sir Francis Drake High School | San Anselmo, CA
Brian Wacker | Classical/Baritone East High School | Cheyenne, WY
Keith Walker | Popular Voice DeSoto High School | Desoto, TX
Ronell Warmuth | Classical/Baritone Strongsville High School | Strongsville, OH
Ellie Williams | Singer-Songwriter Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Yemie Woo | Popular Voice Pascack Hills High School | Montvale, NJ
Lucas Wurman | Singer-Songwriter Crossroads School | Santa Monica, CA
Audrey Yin | Singer-Songwriter Phillips Exeter Academy | Exeter, NH
Writing
Leyah Barris | Play or Script Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Daniel Blokh | Poetry The Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL
Eliza Browning | Poetry Tolland High School | Tolland, CT
Elsa Chung | Play or Script Riverdale Country School | Bronx, NY
Aliza Cosgrove | Play or Script Nathan Hale High School | Seattle, WA
Brenden Dahl | Play or Script Germantown Friends School | Philadelphia, PA
Haley Gavin | Short Story South Carolina Governor’s School for Arts and Humanities | Greenville, SC
2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Samuel Getachew | Spoken Word Oakland Technical High School | Oakland, CA
India Gray | Play or Script NYC iSchool | New York, NY
Anna Herrera | Spoken Word Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Catherine Ji | Poetry Capital High School | Boise, ID
Rukmini Kalamangalam | Spoken Word Andrew Carnegie Vanguard High School | Houston, TX
Malavika Kannan | Novel Seminole High School | Sanford, FL
Eunice Lee | Short Story Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Youngseo Lee | Creative Non-Fiction Basis Chandler | Chandler, AZ
Justin Li | Creative Non-Fiction The Pingry School | Basking Ridge, NJ
Qingying Li | Poetry Deerfield Academy | Deerfield, MA
Zahra Linsky | Novel San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts | San Diego, CA
Laura Liu | Poetry Conestoga High School | Berwyn, PA
Laine Marshall | Play or Script Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Kiani Pope | Spoken Word Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center | Providence, RI
Auréane Roullier | Novel The Chicago High School for the Arts | Chicago, IL
Jocelyn Royalty | Short Story New Haven Academy | New Haven, CT
Cleo Shine | Play or Script Nicholas Senn High School | Chicago, IL
Izabella Sifuentes | Poetry High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
2019 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Simisola Situ | Play or Script Downingtown STEM Academy | Downingtown, PA
Magdalena Smith | Spoken Word Homeschool Program | Ithaca, NY
Lily Wancewicz | Short Story The Harker Upper School | San Jose, CA
Anna Wang | Poetry Adlai E. Stevenson High School | Lincolnshire, IL
Kaitlyn Wang | Poetry Saratoga High School | Saratoga, CA
Sacha Waters | Novel St. John’s School | Houston, TX
Laila Wilson | Play or Script Baldwin High School | Baldwin, NY