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2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
2016 YoungArts Winners
FINALISTS
Cinematic Arts
Coleman Andersen Ballard High School | Seattle, WA
Kayla Briët Cypress High School | Cypress, CA
Gabrielle Gorman New Roads School | Santa Monica, CA
Lauryn Henry Hun School of Princeton | Princeton, NJ
Chester Milton Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Griffin Olis Athens High School | Troy, MI
Nick Ramey New Orleans Center for Creative Arts | New Orleans, LA
Dance
Todd Baker | Modern Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Kalyn Berg | Modern Professional Children’s School | New York, NY
Madeline Bertoy | Modern Oak Ridge High School | El Dorado Hills, CA
Jared Brown | Modern Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
Treyden Chiaravalloti | Modern Henry B. Plant High School | Tampa, FL
Dylan Croy | Modern High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Evan DeBenedetto | Tap Saint Joseph High School | Trumbull, CT
Alaman Diadhiou | Tap Brentwood School | Los Angeles, CA
Isabella Franco | Ballet Marlborough School | Los Angeles, CA
Michael Garcia | Modern Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Alex Greenlee | Tap Natomas Charter School | Sacramento, CA
Madison Haschak | Jazz Temecula Valley High School | Temecula, CA
Whitney Hester | Ballet Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Lex Ishimoto | Ballet Homeschool | Irvine, California
Javon Jones | Modern Cass Technical High School | Detroit, MI
Taylor Kurtz | Jazz Great Oak High School | Temecula, CA
Maddie Murphy | Tap Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Pavithra Nagarajan | Classical Indian American High School | Fremont, CA
Dario Natarelli | Tap Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY
Athira Pratap | Classical Indian Moreau Catholic High School | Hayward, CA
Kuu Sakuragi | Ballet Keystone National High School | Bloomsburg, PA
Kaylin Sturtevant | Modern Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
Design
Tiarra Bell Science Leadership Academy | Philadelphia, PA
Joel Collins Atlee High School | Mechanicsville, VA
Zoe Elakman Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Diana Eusebio Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Nicholas Garcia Doral Academy Charter High School | Doral, FL
Samantha Ho Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
John Landry St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX
Marvin Lee Ward Melville High School | East Setauket, NY
Lexi Lehrman Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Cornelius Tulloch Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Nadia Wolff Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Elvis Zhang The Shipley School | Bryn Mawr, PA
Jazz
Abdulrahman Amer | Trombone Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY
Anthony Hervey | Trumpet Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL
Luca Mendoza | Keyboard Crossroads School | Santa Monica, CA
Philip Norris | Double Bass
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
Wake Forest High School | Wake Forest, NC
Brian Richburg, Jr. | Percussion New Orleans Center for Creative Arts | New Orleans, LA
James Robertson | Alto Saxophone Benjamin Mays High School | Atlanta, GA
Emmett Sher | Guitar Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY
Music
Nicholas Arredondo | Contrabass Vancouver School of Arts and Academics | Vancouver, WA
Torin Bakke | Clarinet Adlai E. Stevenson High School | Lincolnshire, IL
Michael Jon Bennett | Organ The Professional Performing Arts School | New York, NY
Martin Bernstein | Recorder Hunter College High School | New York, NY
Zlatomir Fung | Violoncello Oak Meadow School | Brattleboro, VT
Geneva Lewis | Violin Homeschool | Irvine, California
Adrian Liao | Piano Torrey Pines High School | San Diego, CA
Derek Louie | Violoncello Professional Children’s School | New York, NY
Anastasia Magamedova | Piano Waterford School | Sandy, UT
Laura Michael | Recorder Friends Seminary | New York, NY
Hana Mizuta | Piano Homestead High School | Cupertino, CA
Aubree Oliverson | Violin Mountain Heights Academy | West Jordan, UT
Evren Ozel | Piano Walnut Hill School for the Arts | Natick, MA
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
Elisabeth Pesavento | French Horn Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Charles Stacy | Composition Phillips Academy | Andover, MA
Derek Wang | Piano The Rivers School | Weston, MA
Yijin Wang | Clarinet Laurel Springs Academy | Ojai, CA
Katherine Woo | Violin Riverside High School | Greer, SC
Alexander “Sasha” Yakub | Composition Amherst Regional High School | Amherst, MA
Adria Ye | Piano Professional Children’s School | New York, NY
Kip Zimmerman | Oboe University High School | Tucson, AZ
Photography
Daveed Baptiste Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Carissa Chen Phillips Exeter Academy | Exeter, NH
Layla Cuilan High School of Fashion Industries | New York, NY
Lydia DeBevoise Fusion Academy Brooklyn | Brooklyn, NY
Lily Massee Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Alex Mediate Coronado High School | Henderson, NV
Lumia Nocito The Dalton School | New York, NY
Alisa Petrosova Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Rebeca Posadas-Nava
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
Wilbert Tucker Woodson High School | Fairfax, VA
Darren Ting Millburn High School | Millburn, NJ
Adam Vincent Spanish Fort High School | Spanish Fort, AL
Theater
Nick Aquilino American Heritage-Boca/Delray | Delray Beach, FL
Delia Cunningham Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY
Sekai Abeni Edwards Jefferson High School | Portland, OR
Julia Gutierrez Del Barrio Crossroads School | Santa Monica, CA
Catherine Hayman Tamalpais High School | Mill Valley, CA
Lauryn Hobbs Shaker Heights High School | Shaker Heights, OH
Katerina Mccrimmon New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Khandis Merritt New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Mia Pak North Monterey County High School | Castroville, CA
Nicholas Polonio Green Hope High School | Cary, NC
Julian Robertson Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL
William Aaron Robinson Bethlehem High School | Bardstown, KY
Ben Ross Santa Monica High School | Santa Monica, CA
Jack Samson Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
Kamari Saxon Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL
Joe Serafini Bethel Park High School | Bethel Park, PA
Lianah Sta. Ana Howell High School | Farmingdale, NJ
Jarrett Williams South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC
Maria Wirries Manatee School for the Arts | Palmetto, FL
Caitlin Witty Wilton High School | Wilton, CT
Daniel Zolghadri Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Visual Arts
Stephanie Aguayo Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Hanna Ali Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Courtney Allred Skyline High School | Sammamish, WA
Serena August Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Leonardo Bacan New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Daveed Baptiste Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Giselle Beltran New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Tyler Brunner Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Juan Cardona Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Glenn Espinosa G. Holmes Braddock High School | Miami, FL
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
Saxton Fisher High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Marlena Fleck Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Annabelle Hayford Princess Anne High School | Virginia Beach, VA
Catherine Labarca Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY
Cassidy Little Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Rachel London Albert Einstein High School | Kensington, MD
Titus Mcbeath Findlay High School | Findlay, OH
Terri Ogwulumba Arlington High School | Lagrangeville, NY
Hannah Taurins High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Cornelius Tulloch Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Christien Vargas Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Tammy Wei West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North | Plainsboro, NJ
Wade Winslow Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Nadia Wolff Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Shoshana Zhang Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science | Denton, TX
Voice
Tehillah Alphonso | Popular Voice Marian High School | Omaha, NE
Jasmine Bailey | Singer/Songwriter
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
Placer High School | Auburn, CA
Abigail Barlow | Popular Voice Valleydale Christian Academy | Birmingham, AL
Dyanna Bohorques | Mezzo Soprano Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY
Madeline Boreham | Popular Voice Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Madison Douglas | Singer/Songwriter Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Justine Garcia | Jazz Voice New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Liv Greene | Singer/Songwriter Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Matt Gumley | Singer/Songwriter Keystone National High School | Bloomsburg, PA
Cait Harris | Popular Voice New Orleans Center for Creative Arts | New Orleans, LA
AJ Hicks, II | Popular Voice New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Chea Young Kang | Soprano Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Anna Louise Martin | Soprano Lake Oswego High School | Lake Oswego, OR
James McCarthy | Bass Pleasantville High School | Pleasantville, NY
Jeannie Miller | Soprano Homeschool | Hudson Oaks, Texas
Forrest Nolan | Tenor Ruth Asawa School of the Arts | San Francisco, CA
Pascal Pahl | Jazz Voice Elk Grove High School | Elk Grove Village, IL
Sharada Shashidhar | Jazz Voice Corning-Painted Post High School | Corning, NY
Sam Siegel | Countertenor Ruth Asawa School of the Arts | San Francisco, CA
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
Jaylyn Simmons | Soprano Baltimore School for the Arts | Baltimore, MD
Matt Wang | Singer/Songwriter Lake Zurich Senior High School | Lake Zurich, IL
Paris Williams | Singer/Songwriter Sammamish High School | Bellevue, WA
Writing
Olivia Alger | Short Story Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Ruwanthi Ekanayake | Creative Non-Fiction Palos Verdes Peninsula High School | Rolling Hills Estates, CA
Lindsay Emi | Creative Non-Fiction Viewpoint School | Calabasas, CA
Caroline Fairey | Creative Non-Fiction South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC
Heather Finnegan | Creative Non-Fiction South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC
Antwon Funches | Spoken Word Simeon Career Academy | Chicago, IL
Ava Goga | Poetry Robert McQueen High School | Reno, NV
Ashley Gong | Poetry Newtown High School | Sandy Hook, CT
Simbaa Gordon | Spoken Word Miami Norland Senior High School | Miami, FL
Nick Hennessy | Short Story Amherst Regional High School | Amherst, MA
Rhiannon McGavin | Spoken Word Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Isabella Nilsson | Short Story Hathaway Brown School | Shaker Heights, OH
Nushrat Nur | Creative Non-Fiction Evans High School | Orlando, FL
Rachel Page | Short Story Woodrow Wilson Senior High School | Washington, DC
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
A.K. Payne | Play Or Script For Film Or Video Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts School | Pittsburgh, PA
Nesha Ruther | Spoken Word Montgomery Blair High School | Silver Spring, MD
Dylan Schifrin | Play Or Script For Film Or Video Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Polina Solovyeva | Short Story The Hotchkiss School | Lakeville, CT
Ksheeraja Sriram | Short Story Morgantown High School | Morgantown, WV
Caroline Waring | Short Story Hanford High School | Richland, WA
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Cinematic Arts
Catherine Chen Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Andres Gimenez Doral Performing Arts & Entertainment Academy | Doral, FL
Max Johnson Falls Church High School | Falls Church, VA
Mia Neumann New Trier High School | Winnetka, IL
Josh Ovalle Halstrom Academy Newport Beach | Irvine, CA
Wynter Rhys Mount Si High School | Snoqualmie, WA
Joey Schweitzer Bard High School Early College | New York, NY
Molly Simmons Hamilton Southeastern High School | Fishers, IN
Cristina Trabada West Broward High School | Pembroke Pines, FL
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Dance
Andrea Allmon | Ballet Ransom Everglades School | Coconut Grove, FL
Aishwarrya Arivudainambi | Classical Indian Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science at WPI | Worcester, MA
Sharanya Balaji | Classical Indian The Harker School | San Jose, CA
Jared Brown | Choreography Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Brandon Chang | Modern Coral Reef Senior High School | Miami, FL
Anju Cloud | Tap Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Dylan Croy | Choreography High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Amanda Davis | Jazz Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Jonah Delgado | Modern Glenbard South High School | Glen Ellyn, IL
Brendan Evans | Modern Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Mikayla Geier | Ballet Kirov Academy of Ballet of Washington D.C. | Washington, DC
Anabelle Gunderson | Ballet Harbor Springs Charter School | Temecula, CA
Ricardo Hartley | Modern Dekalb School of the Arts | Avondale Estates, GA
Whitney Hester | 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
Kennedy Huff | Modern Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Swathi Jaisankar | Classical Indian Hillsborough High School | Hillsborough, NJ
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Ausia Jones | Modern Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Ausia Jones | Choreography Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Sarah Jung | Ballet South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC
Julia Meister | Ballet Homeschool | Tampa, Florida
Danielle Perez | Jazz New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Evan Rapaport | Choreography Miami Palmetto Senior High School | Miami, FL
Sophia Silveria | Ballet Huntington Beach High School | Huntington Beach, CA
Ashley Simpson | Modern Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Gianna Theodore | Modern Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Deviga Valiyil | Classical Indian Richard Montgomery High School | Rockville, MD
Tess Voelker | Modern Walnut Hill School for the Arts | Natick, MA
Shayna Weintraub | Jazz Viewpoint School | Calabasas, CA
Emma Wylie | Tap Professional Children’s School | New York, NY
Design
Isabella Dunoyer Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Heather Hart Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Grace Lee Princeton Day School | Princeton, NJ
Justin Orlick Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Performing Arts | Bethlehem, PA
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Andrew Padilla Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Shelby Pogue Gibbs Senior High School | St. Petersburg, FL
Jazz
Evan Abounassar | Trumpet Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Roberto Acosta | Keyboard New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Joseph Bell | Guitar Princeton High School | Princeton, NJ
Ravi Campbell | Guitar San Marino High School | San Marino, CA
Alexander Flavell | Keyboard Valencia High School | Placentia, CA
Ben Forster | Percussion Riverdale Country School | Bronx, NY
Jerome Gillespie | Percussion High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Lucas Hahn | Keyboard Georgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory School | Santa Cruz, CA
Zachary Hernandez | Keyboard El Camino High School | Ventura, CA
Rico Jones | Tenor Saxophone Denver School of the Arts | Denver, CO
Christopher LaTona | Percussion James Hubert Blake High School | Silver Spring, MD
Alex Laurenzi | Alto Saxophone Mountain Lakes High School | Mountain Lakes, NJ
Avery Logan | Percussion Chapel Hill High School | Chapel Hill, NC
Christian McGhee | Percussion Westminster Christian Academy | Town And Country, MO
Eric Nakanishi | Alto Saxophone Northgate High School | Walnut Creek, CA
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Chris Palmer | Double Bass Agoura High School | Agoura Hills, CA
Joey Pearlman | Double Bass East High School | Denver, CO
Benjamin Ring | Percussion Piedmont High School | Piedmont, CA
Ethan Noel Santos | Trombone Floyd B. Buchanan High School | Clovis, CA
Kofi Shepsu | Percussion Appomattox Regional Goveners School for the Arts and Technology | Petersburg, VA
Alexander Smith | Percussion Westlake High School | Westlake Village, CA
Caleb Smith | Trombone Shaker Heights High School | Shaker Heights, OH
Immanuel Wilkins | Alto Saxophone Upper Darby High School | Drexel Hill, PA
Ayinde Williams | Keyboard Open High School | Richmond, VA
Daniel Winshall | Double Bass Boston Arts Academy | Boston, MA
Alex Yuwen | Tenor Saxophone Hamilton High School | Chandler, AZ
Music
Nadia Azzi | Piano The Professional Performing Arts School | New York, NY
Iona Batchelder | Violoncello University High School | Irvine, CA
Michael Jon Bennett | Composition The Professional Performing Arts School | New York, NY
Eli Berman | Composition Fox Chapel Area High School | Pittsburgh, PA
Jonathan Bodian | Classical Guitar Half Hollow Hills High School East | Dix Hills, NY
Anna Boonyanit | Piano Menlo School | Atherton, CA
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Brian Brown | Composition Lois Cowles Harrison Center for the Visual and Performing Arts | Lakeland, FL
Joshua Brown | Violin Homeschool | Gurnee, Illinois
Sarrah Bushara | Oboe Homeschool | Eden Prairie, Minnesota
Marlon Caro | Composition Coral Reef Senior High School | Miami, FL
Yulan Chen | Flute Aragon High School | San Mateo, CA
Audrey Cheng | Piano Homestead High School | Cupertino, CA
Alan Chiang | Piano South Burlington High School | South Burlington, VT
Ryan Chung | Violoncello Manhasset High School | Manhasset, NY
Deanna Cirielli | Harp The Cambridge School of Weston | Weston, MA
Charles Comiter | Percussion Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Tsutomu Copeland | Violin Henry M. Gunn High School | Palo Alto, CA
Morgan Davison | Bassoon Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Jessica Ding | Harp State College Area High School | State College, PA
Cristina Dougherty | Tuba Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Cassia Drake | Viola Homeschool | Naples, Florida
Forrest Eimold | Composition The Roxbury Latin School | West Roxbury, MA
Scott Feiner | Composition Roslyn High School | Roslyn Heights, NY
Ting Yan Fung | Piano Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Omar Gaidarov | Flute Torrey Pines High School | San Diego, CA
Sara Seungmin Han | Clarinet Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Serena Harnack | Violin Saint Francis High School | Wheaton, IL
Qianru He | Violin The High School Attached to Xinghai Conservatory | Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Nathan Holzberg | Percussion Ossining High School | Ossining, NY
Jessica Hong | Violoncello Holmdel High School | Holmdel, NJ
Daniel Huang | Violin Homestead High School | Cupertino, CA
Sharon Hurvitz | Composition Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Jennifer Minsoo Jo | Flute Amador Valley High School | Pleasanton, CA
Haeun Jung | Violin Union High School | Camas, WA
Leyla Kabuli | Piano Davis Senior High School | Davis, CA
Daniel Kaler | Violoncello New Trier High School | Winnetka, IL
Andrew Kim | Violin Regis High School | New York, NY
Daniel Kim | Violin Strath Haven High School | Wallingford, PA
Hojoon Kim | Piano Phillips Exeter Academy | Exeter, NH
Jennifer Kim | Classical Guitar Cypress High School | Cypress, CA
Sae Rheen Kim | Viola Packer Collegiate Institute | Brooklyn, NY
Valerie Kim | Violin Leonia High School | Leonia, NJ
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Kevin Knowles | Piano California Virtual Academy @ Los Angeles | Simi Valley, CA
Alina Kobialka | Violin Laurel Springs School | Ojai, CA
Jeremy Laureta | Viola Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Andrew Lavelle | Viola High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Nathan Le | Violoncello Sierra Canyon School | Chatsworth, CA
Minku Lee | Violoncello Henry M. Gunn High School | Palo Alto, CA
Sean Lim | Violin Ohio Connections Academy | Mason, OH
Alejandro Lombo | Flute American Heritage School | Plantation, FL
Qingxi Meng | Piano Professional Children’s School | New York, NY
Mary Monahan | Composition Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Alissa Mori | Violin Fieldston School | Bronx, NY
Andrew Moses | Composition Laurel Springs Academy | Ojai, CA
Natalie Nedvetsky | Piano Homeschool | Wilmette, Illinois
Bobby Nunes | Oboe Highland High School | Gilbert, AZ
Kaye Otake | Violoncello Millburn High School | Millburn, NJ
Isabella Palacpac | Violoncello Wilton High School | Wilton, CT
Rebecca Park | Flute Pine Creek High School | Colorado Springs, CO
John Peter Redmond | Composition Homeschool | Yonkers, New York
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Katya Richardson | Composition Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Andrew Rim | Violoncello Torrey Pines High School | San Diego, CA
Christopher Rogers-Beadle | Viola Walnut Hill School for the Arts | Natick, MA
Connor Rowe | Trombone Cabrillo High School | Lompoc, CA
Sara Scanlon | Violoncello Keystone National High School | Bloomsburg, PA
Karalyn Schubring | Composition Chandler Preparatory Academy | Chandler, AZ
Jessica Shand | Flute Discovery Canyon Campus High School | Colorado Springs, CO
Emily Shehi | Violin Olathe East High School | Olathe, KS
Roger Shen | Piano Phillips Exeter Academy | Exeter, NH
Noah Simon | Piano Crossroads School | Santa Monica, CA
Amir Siraj | Piano Brookline High School | Brookline, MA
Henry Smolen | Piano Hillsdale High School | San Mateo, CA
Mei Stone | Flute Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Sequoyah Sugiyama | Composition Homeschool | La Canada, California
Kevin Takeda | Piano Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Lucia Ticho | Violoncello Hinsdale Central High School | Hinsdale, IL
Emma Toh | Piano Hunter College High School | New York, NY
Megan Trach | Piccolo Westlake High School | Westlake Village, CA
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
SiHyun Uhm | Composition Walnut Hill School for the Arts | Natick, MA
Michael Won | Violoncello The Dalton School | New York, NY
Caleb Woo | Saxophone Ridge High School | Basking Ridge, NJ
Su Yang | Flute Mount Sinai High School | Mount Sinai, NY
Tristan Yang | Composition Monta Vista High School | Cupertino, CA
Alan Yao | Violin Scarsdale High School | Scarsdale, NY
Elizabeth Yeoh-Wang | Harp The Chapin School | New York, NY
Hanae Yoshida | Trombone Northwood High School | Irvine, CA
Veronica Zheng | Flute Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science | Denton, TX
Photography
Jillian Adams Navarre High School | Navarre, FL
Makara Blake Stivers School for the Arts | Dayton, OH
Oceania Eshraghi Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Ilan Friedland John Adams High School | South Bend, IN
Tessa Gomes Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Alexis Harris Palisades Charter High School | Pacific Palisade, CA
Lucy Jones Cardinal Mooney High School | Youngstown, OH
Roxy Kulynych Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Whitney Pieper Palos Verdes Peninsula High School | Palos Verdes Est, CA
Lunamar Ramirez Williamsburg Charter School | Brooklyn, NY
Andrea Reyes Chicago High School for the Arts | Chicago, IL
Renee Roth Perpich Center for Arts Education | Golden Valley, MN
Emma Scheinbaum Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Rekha Sharma Greenhill School | Addison, TX
Arianna Shooshani Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Patrick Toohey Upper Arlington High School | Upper Arlington, OH
Frances Tyska West High School | Madison, WI
Taiga Yamamoto Honolulu Waldorf School | Honolulu, HI
Hyungjun Yoon Bergen Catholic High School | Oradell, NJ
Maxwell Zengage Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Theater
Lucy Austin Haldane High School | Cold Spring, NY
Alexander Blanco New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Mikayla Cohen American Heritage School | Plantation, FL
Jaron Crawford Olympia High School | Olympia, WA
Brendan Eathorne Bloomfield Hills High School | Bloomfield Hills, MI
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Matthew Ferro New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Megan Fleischmann Santa Rosa High School | Santa Rosa, CA
Grace Olinski Westridge School | Pasadena, CA
Hayden Orr Vancouver School of Arts and Academics | Vancouver, WA
Alecsys Proctor-Turner Miami Killian Senior High School | Miami, FL
Emma Rothfield Glenelg High School | Glenelg, MD
Visual Arts
Natalie Alvarenga Cypress Bay High School | Weston, FL
Krystal Barrio Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Camila Bohan Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL
Allison Bouganim Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Madison Bucher Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Danielle Chua Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Anya Contreras New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Isabella Correa New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Katherine Craymer Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Lindsay Davis McKinney Boyd High School | Mckinney, TX
Nicholas D’Ornellas Innovation High School | Jersey City, NJ
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Julia Dotson Charleston County School of the Arts | N Charleston, SC
Lieschen du Plessis Nicolet High School | Glendale, WI
Brittany Duffy Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL
Jennifer Dupotey New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Johanna Engebrecht Walnut Hills High School | Cincinnati, OH
Alessandra Fernandez New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Emma Fielding High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Savannah Flores Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Max Hertz Crossroads School | Santa Monica, CA
Jessie Hodges Santa Fe Preparatory School | Santa Fe, NM
Hannah Kramer Montclair Kimberley Academy | Montclair, NJ
Bokeun Kwon The Hotchkiss School | Lakeville, CT
Yeji Lee Lexington High School | Lexington, MA
Yuchen Li Temple City High School | Temple City, CA
Nicole Lindner Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Robert Managad Howard W. Blake High School | Tampa, FL
Juan Marco Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Jessica Martinez New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Imran Nuri Dublin Scioto High School | Dublin, OH
Marissa Orlove Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Duairak Padungvichean Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Gabriella Pascual Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Ty Pawlowski Reynoldsburg High School | Reynoldsburg, OH
Alexander Reyes Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Jake Rotta Auburn High School | Rockford, IL
Isabel Schuler Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Jenna Tooley San Marin High School | Novato, CA
Kathleen Voight Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Rachel Zhang State College Area High School | State College, PA
Voice
Daniela Amaro | Jazz Voice Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL
Nick Aquilino | Popular Voice American Heritage-Boca/Delray | Delray Beach, FL
Georgia Belmont | Soprano Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY
Oliver Berliner | Baritone Culver City High School | Culver City, CA
Abigail Berry | Popular Voice Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Julian Carey | Jazz Voice East High School | Denver, CO
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
John Cooper | Tenor A.C. Flora High School | Columbia, SC
Shannon Corsi | Singer/Songwriter Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School | Rumson, NJ
Salem Davern | Singer/Songwriter Tamalpais High School | Mill Valley, CA
Amelia Eisenhauer | Popular Voice Nashville School of the Arts | Nashville, TN
Elizabeth Gaba | Popular Voice Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Julia Gomez | Singer/Songwriter Henry B. Plant High School | Tampa, FL
Alexander Granito | Baritone Santa Margarita Catholic High School | Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
Jessica Gu | Soprano Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Sara Hargrave | Soprano Walnut Hill School for the Arts | Natick, MA
Jessica Howard | Popular Voice Rock Ridge High School | Ashburn, VA
Ben Kessler | Singer/Songwriter Wissahickon High School | Ambler, PA
Hannah Klein | Mezzo Soprano The Cambridge School of Weston | Weston, MA
Pablo Laucerica | Tenor Coral Reef Senior High School | Miami, FL
Anna Lee | Soprano Homeschool | Madison, Alabama
Sofia Luetich | Popular Voice Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY
Samantha Lynagh | Popular Voice Christ Church Episcopal School | Greenville, SC
Niko Mancera | Bass Santa Margarita Catholic High School | Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
Morgan Mastrangelo | Tenor Ridgewood High School | Ridgewood, NJ
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Melanie Miller | Popular Voice Homeschool | Clear Brook, Virginia
Jordan Moses | Popular Voice Marion County Middle/High School | Buena Vista, GA
Karl Munroe | Singer/Songwriter Yarmouth High School | Yarmouth, ME
Hannah Oldfield | Jazz Voice Rio Americano High School | Sacramento, CA
Joseph Parrish | Baritone Baltimore School for the Arts | Baltimore, MD
Alexandra Prat | Mezzo Soprano San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts | San Diego, CA
Isabella Ramos | Popular Voice Coral Reef Senior High School | Miami, FL
Jonah Rawitz | Singer/Songwriter Adlai E. Stevenson High School | Lincolnshire, IL
Julianna Riccio | Singer/Songwriter J. K. Mullen High School| Denver, CO
Joi Roberson | Popular Voice Spring Valley High School | Columbia, SC
Samuel Dylan Rosner | Tenor Scarsdale High School | Scarsdale, NY
Zachary Seals | Singer/Songwriter Marriotts Ridge High School | Marriottsville, MD
Aaron Shealey | Popular Voice Auburn High School | Auburn, AL
Grace Sheene | Popular Voice Danville High School | Danville, KY
Emily Sheets | Mezzo Soprano New Orleans Center for Creative Arts | New Orleans, LA
Emily Sierra | Soprano Saint Ignatius College Prep | Chicago, IL
Keith Smith | Baritone Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL
Claire Soulier | Popular Voice Oak Ridge High School | El Dorado Hills, CA
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Matthew Straw | Tenor David H. Hickman High School | Columbia, MO
Jada Thomas | Popular Voice Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Gabrielle Timofeev López | Mezzo Soprano University Puerto Rico School | San Juan, PR
Vivian Valls | Popular Voice Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL
Hannah Vogelsang | Jazz Voice Haslett High School | Haslett, MI
Logan Wagner | Tenor Dixie Heights High School | Edgewood, KY
Kara Walton | Jazz Voice Papillion-La Vista High School | Papillion, NE
Rachel Webb | Popular Voice Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Victoria Wold | Singer/Songwriter Allendale Academy | Clearwater, FL
Alexander Wunder | Baritone Kettering Fairmont High School | Kettering, OH
Jordan Xidas | Singer/Songwriter New Trier High School | Winnetka, IL
Adam Yaron | Popular Voice Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Writing
Emmaline Bennett | Selection From Novel Oakwood High School | Dayton, OH
Sarah Benson | Creative Non-Fiction South County High School | Lorton, VA
Matilda Berke | Spoken Word Polytechnic School | Pasadena, CA
Michelle Chen | Poetry Hunter College High School | New York, NY
Olivia Dabich | Short Story George C. Marshall High School | Falls Church, VA
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Maya Dru | Spoken Word Jones College Prep High School | Chicago, IL
Griffin Blue Fay | Poetry Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Amanda Gorman | Selection From Novel New Roads School | Santa Monica, CA
Elisabeth Jahn-Morrissey | Creative Non-Fiction Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Michal Leibowitz | Poetry Yeshiva University High School | Hollis, NY
Maya Lew | Creative Non-Fiction ACES Educational Center for the Arts | New Haven, CT
Frani O’Toole | Short Story Latin School of Chicago | Chicago, IL
Matthew Ridley | Poetry Northeast High School | Philadelphia, PA
Gaelyn Smith | Spoken Word The Madeira School | Mclean, VA
Erin Stoodley | Poetry El Camino High School | Ventura, CA
Serena Zhang | Short Story Lake Oswego High School | Lake Oswego, OR
Lisa Zou | Poetry Homeschool | Chandler, Arizona
MERITS
Cinematic Arts
Cristian Aguiar G-Star School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
George Ayoub Buffalo Grove High School | Buffalo Grove, IL
Alex Burke Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD
Francisco Cabrera West Broward High School | Pembroke Pines, FL
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Isabella Cassandra-Newsam Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Benjamin Charnow Sir Francis Drake High School | San Anselmo, CA
John Chigas Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Ethan Dennis Jenks High School | Jenks, OK
Natalia Ferrara Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Jacqueline Demar Gunter Saint Mary’s Hall | San Antonio, TX
Bridger Hart Mira Costa High School | Manhattan Beach, CA
Ethan Hoffman-Sadka Fieldston School | Bronx, NY
Nikki Houston Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
William Lancaster Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Lily Lizotte Crossroads School | Santa Monica, CA
Cowboy Lynk Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Nicolas Page Colegio Institución Teresiana | Santiago, RM
Andrew Petersen George Ranch High School | Richmond, TX
Leo Pfeifer Ballard High School | Seattle, WA
Alexia Salingaros Saint Mary’s Hall | San Antonio, TX
Sho Schrock-Manabe Ballard High School | Seattle, WA
Lorraine Shaller Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Meagen Tajalle Ballard High School | Seattle, WA
Nate Trillo Midlothian High School | Midlothian, TX
Felipe Vargas Cypress Bay High School | Weston, FL
Mark Alex Vogt Saint Xavier High School | Louisville, KY
Sara Wittbold Araoz Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Gabriela Yadegari Catalina Foothills High School | Tucson, AZ
Grace Zhang Ward Melville High School | East Setauket, NY
Emily Zumchak Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Dance
Alyssa Allen | Modern Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Jaryd Farcon | Jazz Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY
Georgia Fuller | Ballet Saint Ursula Academy | Cincinnati, OH
Emily Higgins | Modern Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL
Sasha Lazarus | Ballet Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Naya Lovell | Modern Homeschool | Mount Vernon, New York
Tomas Matos | Modern Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY
Jordan Maurer | Modern Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Bronte Mayo | Modern Insight School of Washington | Tacoma, WA
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Garret McNally | Ballet University of North Carolina School of the Arts | Winston Salem, NC
Divya Nayar | Classical Indian Bridgewater-Raritan High School | Bridgewater, NJ
Karly Regueiferos | Jazz New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Kate Reyes | Modern Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY
Alexis Rosenstrauch | Tap Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Devin Ruth | Tap Ramapo High School | Franklin Lakes, NJ
Nicholas Samreth | Modern Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Michael Santomassimo | Modern Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY
Michael Santomassimo | Jazz Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY
Khadijah Siferllah-Griffin | Hip Hop Southwest High School | Minneapolis, MN
Tyler Singletary | Hip Hop Gibbs Senior High School | St. Petersburg, FL
Isaac Spector | Choreography Beverly Hills High School | Beverly Hills, CA
Amanda Sun | Modern Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Sita Vakkalanka | Classical Indian Bloomington High School | Bloomington, IL
Design
Isabella Klotz Pius XI High School | Milwaukee, WI
EliseAnne Koskelo Los Alamos High School | Los Alamos, NM
Giselle Lauway Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Leah Nasgowitz Pius XI High School | Milwaukee, WI
Luciano Picone Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Meredith Prouty-Due Huntingtown High School | Huntingtown, MD
Felix Reyes Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Rebecca Siqueiros Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Regina Vestuti Classical High School | Providence, RI
Jazz
Solomon Alber | Tenor Saxophone Amador Valley High School | Pleasanton, CA
Ariyan Brister | Double Bass St. Mary’s Academy | New Orleans, LA
Marcello Carelli | Percussion Fox Lane High School | Bedford, NY
Elijah Cole | Guitar Walter Johnson High School | Bethesda, MD
Isaiah Collier | Tenor Saxophone Chicago Academy for the Arts | Chicago, IL
Thomas Crandell | Percussion Mount Si High School | Snoqualmie, WA
Christian Cummings | Alto Saxophone Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL
Jamael Dean | Keyboard Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Anton Derevyanko | Tenor Saxophone Medfield High School | Medfield, MA
Justin Fossella | Percussion Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY
Julian Gomez | Double Bass
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Rodney James-Spann | Tenor Saxophone Talent Unlimited High School | New York, NY
John Kotze | Trombone Lincoln-Way North High School | Frankfort, IL
Alex Laurenzi | Composition Mountain Lakes High School | Mountain Lakes, NJ
Quin McIntire | Tenor Saxophone U.S Grant High School | Portland, OR
Luca Mendoza | Composition Crossroads School | Santa Monica, CA
Christopher Mondak | Double Bass Champaign Central High School | Champaign, IL
Jason Oberman | Guitar Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Robert Papacica | Guitar Carmel High School | Carmel, CA
Angel Perez | Keyboard Miami Beach Senior High School | Miami Beach, FL
Paul Perrilles | Percussion Metamora Township High School | Metamora, IL
Jordan Reifkind | Guitar Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Max Rubi | Trumpet New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Rashaan Salaam | Trombone Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL
Matthew Sewell | Guitar Ladue Horton Watkins High School | Saint Louis, MO
Emmett Sher | Composition Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY
Charlie Sothcott | Trombone Cary High School | Cary, NC
John Steele | Percussion San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts | San Diego, CA
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Nicholas Steele | Keyboard Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Benjamin Turner | Guitar Cherry Hill High School East | Cherry Hill, NJ
Victor Valdes | Percussion New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Brandon Woody | Trumpet Baltimore School for the Arts | Baltimore, MD
Evan Wright | Composition Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Austin Zhang | Alto Saxophone Plano West High School | Plano, TX
Music
Hamza Able | Percussion Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL
Rolando Alejandro | Piano Homeschool | Guaynabo, Guaynabo Municipio
Mike Bao | Piano Troy High School | Fullerton, CA
Lauren Bare | Composition Valley View Charter Prep | Stockton, CA
Ariyan Brister | Composition St. Mary’s Academy | New Orleans, LA
Evan Caplinger | Composition Scripps Ranch High School | San Diego, CA
Kebra Seyoun Charles | Contrabass New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Christine Cheng | Piano Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Jacqueline Ching | Piano Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Anthony Coniglio | Piano Homeschool | Davie, Florida
Michael Curcio | Composition Canyon Crest Academy | San Diego, CA
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Mairead Flory | Violoncello Homeschool | Nokesville, Virginia
Michael Gaspari | Composition Robbinsville High School | Robbinsville, NJ
David Geng | Piano West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South | West Windsor, NJ
David Godar | Piano Sycamore High School | Cincinnati, OH
Amer Hasan | Clarinet Carl Sandburg High School | Orland Park, IL
Yeama Ho | Flute Winston Churchill High School | Potomac, MD
Jolie Huang | Piano Granite Bay High School | Granite Bay, CA
Ryan Jung | Piano Ronald Wilson Reagan High School | Pfafftown, NC
Ayoun Kim | Violoncello New Trier High School | Winnetka, IL
Jacob Kline | Piano Acton-Boxborough Regional High School | Acton, MA
Corbin Krebs | Bassoon Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Mathew Lanning | Composition Tri-City Preparatory High School | Prescott, AZ
Evan Lee | Piano Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY
Katie Liu | Violin Mount Olive High School | Flanders, NJ
Vincent Liu | Piano Dougherty Valley High School | San Ramon, CA
Alexander Lu | Piano International Community School | Kirkland, WA
Gregor McGee | Harpsichord Discovery High School | Newton, NC
Paul Mekailian | Composition Arcadia High School | Arcadia, CA
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Hideto Mori | Piano George Walton Comprehensive High School | Marietta, GA
Logan Nelson | Composition Wichita High School East | Wichita, KS
David Norville | Oboe Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Paul Novak | Composition The Davidson Academy of Nevada | Reno, NV
Nicholas Politi | Composition Scarsdale High School | Scarsdale, NY
Jonathan Qi | Piano Westwood High School | Austin, TX
Nathan Qi | Piano Homeschool | Bronx, New York
Matthew Reichenberger | Piano Homeschool | Coral Springs, Florida
Christopher Richardson | Piano San Ramon Valley High School | Danville, CA
Daniel Rudin | Composition Half Hollow Hills High School West | Dix Hills, NY
David Sacks | Piano Stanford University Online High School | Stanford, CA
Mason Sangster | Clarinet Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Matthew Schultheis | Composition Potomac Falls High School | Potomac Falls, VA
Reuben Stern | Bassoon Boston University Academy | Boston, MA
Taiga Ultan | Flute Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Benjamin Wenzelberg | Composition Tenafly High School | Tenafly, NJ
Isabel Won | Violoncello Montgomery High School | Skillman, NJ
Amanda Zhang | Viola Savannah Arts Academy | Savannah, GA
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Jason Zhang | Piano Newman Smith High School | Carrollton, TX
Emily Zheng | Flute Arcadia High School | Arcadia, CA
Shawn Zheng | French Horn Central Magnet School | Murfreesboro, TN
Gabriel Ziaukas | Composition Santa Monica High School | Santa Monica, CA
Photography
Zola Anderson Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Ellie Brown Southwest High School | Minneapolis, MN
Tallis Cofta Pius XI High School | Milwaukee, WI
Aaron Cohen Monticello High School | Charlottesville, VA
Ty Davis Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL
Eli Dreyfuss G-Star School of the Arts | Chandler, Arizona
Alexandra Eason Howard W. Blake High School | Tampa, FL
Mira Fradkin Greenhill School | Addison, TX
Arno Goetz St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX
Natalya Gonzalez Saint John’s School | Houston, TX
Gabrielle Gordon Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Tamra Gould Edmond North High School | Edmond, OK
Bria Hamlett Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Lilianna Harris American Heritage School | Plantation, FL
Helen Healey Princeton Day School | Princeton, NJ
Clara Henderson The Sharon Academy | Sharon, VT
Beatrice Hood Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Alden James St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX
Nyanna Johnson Stivers School for the Arts | Dayton, OH
Duvit Kakunegoda Loyola High School | Los Angeles, CA
Bret Kaser Ridgefield High School | Ridgefield, CT
Simon Kingston Stivers School for the Arts | Dayton, OH
Elizabeth Kniffin Wauwatosa West High School | Wauwatosa, WI
Cameron Lam St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX
Shay Lari-Hosain The Harker School | San Jose, CA
Graham Manning Greens Farms Academy | Greens Farms, CT
Tayyab Maqsood Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD
Darion Owens Simeon Career Academy | Chicago, IL
Jamie Pearl Seattle Academy | Seattle, WA
Francesca Perticarini Faith Lutheran High School | Crystal Lake, IL
Jenni Pietromonaco Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Sophie Pobuda Stivers School for the Arts | Dayton, OH
Allison Rojas Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Ackeem Salmon Detroit School of Arts | Detroit, MI
Isaac Shaw Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School | West Chester, PA
Jesus Valencia Chicago Academy for the Arts | Chicago, IL
Lily Wilkins Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Madelyn Winchester Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Theater
Jake Anderson Eden Prairie High School | Eden Prairie, MN
Blaire Bilton American Heritage-Boca/Delray | Delray Beach, FL
Sheldon Donenberg Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Froylan Gutierrez Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Gabriel Kessler New Mexico School for the Arts | Santa Fe, NM
Jarod King South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC
Daniel Kunkel Appomattox Regional Goveners School for the Arts and Technology | Petersburg, VA
Maya Lagerstam Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Lee Metaxa Rozenfeld Leander High School | Leander, TX
Tanaka Muvavarirwa George C. Marshall High School | Falls Church, VA
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Jason Smith Montclair High School | Montclair, NJ
Joshua Strobl John Burroughs High School | Burbank, CA
Vida Talab New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Visual Arts
Elizabeth Adams Crystal Lake Central High School | Crystal Lake, IL
Madeleine Aguilar Jones College Prep High School | Chicago, IL
Brett Akop Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Elizabeth Anderson High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Sarah Armakan New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Ella Avery Albany High School | Albany, CA
Asa Benson-Core New Mexico School for the Arts | Santa Fe, NM
Dylan Borowski Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Zosia Chamera Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD
Carissa Chen Phillips Exeter Academy | Exeter, NH
DaEun Cho Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Yoon Jung Choi Bellevue Senior High School | Bellevue, WA
Carolyn Chu Torrey Pines High School | San Diego, CA
Caroline Clements Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Abraham Cone Chelsea High School | Chelsea, MI
Rachel Corren Marlborough School | Los Angeles, CA
Benjamin Cruz Idyllwild Arts Academy | Idyllwild, CA
Ivey Davis Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL
Marigny DeBlanc New Orleans Center for Creative Arts | New Orleans, LA
Thanh Do J. E. B. Stuart High School| Falls Church, VA
Alejandro Dominguez New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Chloe Doran Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD
Stephanie Dovale Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Alexandra Eason Howard W. Blake High School | Tampa, FL
Luna Elortegui Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Jierui Fang Plano West High School | Plano, TX
Aaron Feltman Huntington High School | Huntington, NY
Gabriela Fernandez Doral Performing Arts & Entertainment Academy | Doral, FL
Alessandra Ferrari-Wong Academy for Visual and Performing Arts | Hackensack, NJ
Aymee Figueredo Southwest Miami Senior High School | Miami, FL
Rafaella Fontenelle Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Lucy Freedman Packer Collegiate Institute | Brooklyn, NY
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Anna Fritz Atlanta International School | Atlanta, GA
JunSean Fung William L. Dickinson High School | Jersey City, NJ
Elizabeth Gilmore New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Claudia Gonzalez New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Emily Guo Peddie School | Hightstown, NJ
Huy Ha Albert Einstein High School | Kensington, MD
Angela He Oakton High School | Vienna, VA
Kathleen Hennessee Henrico High School | Richmond, VA
Zachary Houillion St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX
Lindsey Howard McKinney Boyd High School | McKinney, TX
Brittany Huang Glenbrook North High School | Northbrook, IL
Haifa Hubroman William L. Dickinson High School | Jersey City, NJ
Daniel Huerta High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Sophia Hullinger Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Geron Hurst Dupont Manual High School | Louisville, KY
Monica Ikegwu Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD
Grace Infante Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Keiji Ishida Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Sophia Jakobson Walnut Hill School for the Arts | Natick, MA
Anton Kalmysh Lincoln Academy | Newcastle, ME
Annabel Keelty Roland Park Country School | Baltimore, MD
Nick Kilner-Pontone Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD
Kyuri Celine Kim Deerfield Academy | Deerfield, MA
Min Jung Kim Bellevue Senior High School | Bellevue, WA
Sun Woo Kim Northern Valley Regional High School | Old Tappan, NJ
S. Beth Kimsey Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL
Grace Kwon Farragut High School | Knoxville, TN
Alena Lattik Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD
Anna Le Franklin Pierce High School | Tacoma, WA
Janett Lee Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD
Amanda Leon Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Dakota Lewis North Miami Senior High School | North Miami, FL
Brandon Lim Davis Senior High School | Davis, CA
Emily Lin-Wu Northwood High School | Irvine, CA
Mia Lockhart Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Mallory Lundquist Gibbs Senior High School | St. Petersburg, FL
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Sofiya Lypka Edward R. Murrow High School | Brooklyn, NY
Anastasia Magamedova Waterford School | Sandy, UT
Amanda Martinez Bellaire Senior High School | Bellaire, TX
Taylor Mauldin Fontainebleau High School | Mandeville, LA
Ellen Mei Montgomery High School | Skillman, NJ
Claire Motsinger New Mexico School for the Arts | Santa Fe, NM
Indigo Naar Gibbs Senior High School | St. Petersburg, FL
Sarah Nicita Francis W. Parker School | San Diego, CA
Sebastian Niculescu Hicksville Senior High School | Hicksville, NY
Tirza Ochrach-Konradi Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD
Anela Oh Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Cynthia Olivo Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Cheyenne Otocki Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Chae Young Park Crean Lutheran High School | Irvine, CA
Catherine Pasquarelli Riverdale Country School | Bronx, NY
Mackenzye Penn University High School Indiana | Carmel, IN
Lucy Plowe Dwight-Englewood School | Englewood, NJ
Dhruv Prasad St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Natalie Preston Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Emma Rasich Deep Run High School | Glen Allen, VA
Daniela Reyes Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Alexandra Rodriguez High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Brenda Rodriguez Homeschool | Silver Springs, Florida
Catherine Rosas-Huerta Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD
Eli Rosenblum-Stephens Mary McDowell Friends School | Brooklyn, NY
Fiona Schiro Pius XI High School | Milwaukee, WI
Erica Silver Bellevue Senior High School | Bellevue, WA
Rebecca Siqueiros Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Maren Speyer Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Shiqing Su Pius XI High School | Milwaukee, WI
Jennifer Tsogtsaikhan Denver School of the Arts | Denver, CO
Alexandra Venegas Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
Stephanie Verhelst Doral Performing Arts & Entertainment Academy | Doral, FL
Cassie Williamson Appomattox Regional Goveners School for the Arts and Technology | Petersburg, VA
Aiting Yan Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Wendi Yan Phillips Exeter Academy | Exeter, NH
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Justin Yee Ruth Asawa School of the Arts | San Francisco, CA
Yu Cheng Yeh Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Sherrill Zheng Perpich Center for Arts Education | Golden Valley, MN
Voice
Katherine Ahmann | Soprano Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Tajee Barnes | Popular Voice Tri-Cities High School | East Point, GA
Merissa Beddows | Soprano Yonkers Montessori Academy | Yonkers, NY
Anna Bishop | Popular Voice Brookfield High School | Brookfield, CT
Karlea Boswell-Edwards | Jazz Voice Howard W. Blake High School | Tampa, FL
Maya Charles | Jazz Voice Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY
Khaya Cohen | Singer/Songwriter The Beacon School | New York, NY
Claire Conway | Singer/Songwriter Charleston County School of the Arts | North Charleston, SC
Lorna Courtney | Jazz Voice Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY
Karina Fernandez | Popular Voice Our Lady of Lourdes Academy | Miami, FL
Haley Fishberger | Popular Voice Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL
Maria Giovanetti | Soprano Lakewood High School | Lakewood, CO
Maya Goell | Soprano Ruth Asawa School of the Arts | San Francisco, CA
Johanna Gordon | Jazz Voice Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Madison Green | Soprano Northville High School | Northville, MI
Zabrina Hay | Singer/Songwriter Vancouver Technical Secondary | Vancouver, British Columbia
Marie Herrington | Soprano Durham School of the Arts | Durham, NC
Gwen Howard | Popular Voice Laurel Springs Academy | Ojai, CA
Maren Huelsman | Singer/Songwriter North Central High School | Indianapolis, IN
Kalif Jones | Popular Voice Walt Whitman High School | Huntington Station, NY
Jai’Len Josey | Popular Voice Tri-Cities High School | East Point, GA
Grace Kinstler | Popular Voice Crystal Lake Central High School | Crystal Lake, IL
Jasmine Lee | Popular Voice Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Cole Linebarger | Singer/Songwriter Coram Deo Academy | Flower Mound, TX
Elizabeth Marella | Singer/Songwriter Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Emma Marhefka | Soprano William Allen High School | Allentown, PA
Christoph McFadden | Popular Voice Martha Ellen Stilwell School of the Arts | Jonesboro, GA
Sage Melcher | Singer/Songwriter Allendale Columbia School | Rochester, NY
Sheimyrah Mighty | Popular Voice Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY
Shereen Pimentel | Soprano Paramus Catholic High School | Paramus, NJ
Elizabeth Reynaud | Popular Voice Jesuit High School | Portland, OR
Asa Santos | Baritone Cooper High School | Abilene, TX
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Breanna Self | Popular Voice Baton Rouge Magnet High School | Baton Rouge, LA
Grace Sheene | Singer/Songwriter Danville High School | Danville, KY
Michael Shofi | Popular Voice Ridgefield High School | Ridgefield, CT
Joseph Silva | Popular Voice Notre Dame High School | Sherman Oaks, CA
Allena Sindler | Popular Voice Chicago Academy for the Arts | Chicago, IL
Miguel Soto | Singer/Songwriter Idyllwild Arts Academy | Idyllwild, CA
Benjamin St. John | Tenor Boylan Catholic High School | Rockford, IL
Princess Strickland | Popular Voice Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Emilie Suarez | Soprano Ruth Asawa School of the Arts | San Francisco, CA
Maggie Valdman | Popular Voice Malibu High School | Malibu, CA
Jessica Vanek | Jazz Voice Las Vegas Academy of the Arts | Las Vegas, NV
Paulina Villalon | Singer/Songwriter Veritas Preparatory Academy | Phoenix, AZ
Writing
Julia Adams | Spoken Word Sonoma Academy | Santa Rosa, CA
Stella Binion | Spoken Word Walter Payton College Preparatory High School | Chicago, IL
Alexa Bleasdale-Curnutte | Short Story Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Griffin Blue Fay | Spoken Word Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Amanda Gorman | Short Story New Roads School | Santa Monica, CA
2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Jacob Herman | Spoken Word New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Angelo Hernandez-Sias | Selection From Novel Muskegon High School | Muskegon, MI
Allison Huang | Poetry The Lawrenceville School | Lawrenceville, NJ
Tyra Jamison | Spoken Word Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts School | Pittsburgh, PA
Julia Joy | Poetry ACES Educational Center for the Arts | New Haven, CT
Annalise Kamegawa | Short Story Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Darby Levin | Selection From Novel Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD
Alexandria Mintah | Selection From Novel Homeschool | Amherst, Virginia
Emily Mondrus | Spoken Word Homeschool | New York, New York
Brynne Rebele-Henry | Selection From Novel Homeschool | Richmond, Virginia
Duncan Slagle | Spoken Word Main Street School of Performing Arts | Hopkins, MN
Lola Todman | Creative Non-Fiction Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Rosamaria Varona | Spoken Word T. Wingate Andrews High School | High Point, NC
Jordan Villegas | Selection From Novel Woodmore High School | Elmore, OH
Zhihan Wang | Short Story Hopkins School | New Haven, CT
Erintrude Wrona | Creative Non-Fiction South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Irvine, California
Annie Zheng | Short Story William Fremd High School | Palatine, IL