2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS

2017 YoungArts Winners

FINALISTS

Cinematic Arts

John Andreas Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Nilo Batle Ruth Asawa School of the Arts | San Francisco, CA

Jayden Gillespie Canyon Crest Academy | San Diego, CA

Harry Goldstein Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Jessica McCallum D. W. Daniel High School | Central, SC

Andrew Petersen George Ranch High School | Richmond, TX

Wynter Rhys Mount Si High School | Snoqualmie, WA

Sophia Stills Viewpoint School | Calabasas, CA

Classical Music

Qing Yu Chen | Violin The Dalton School | New York, NY

2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS

Karisa Chiu | Violin Indiana University High School | Bloomington, IN

Deanna Cirielli | Harp The Cambridge School of Weston | Weston, MA

Cristina Dougherty | Tuba Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Salvador Flores | Saxophone Galena Park High School | Galena Park, TX

Mairead Flory | Violoncello Homeschool | Nokesville, VA

Andrew Guo | Composition Homeschool | Chicago, IL

Noah Lee | Violoncello Don Bosco Preparatory High School | Ramsey, NJ

Alexander Lu | Piano International Community School | Kirkland, WA

John Peter Redmond | Composition Homeschool | Yonkers, NY

David Sacks | Piano Stanford Online High School | Stanford, CA

John Schindler | Piano eAchieve Academy - Wisconsin | Waukesha, WI

Jessica Shand | Flute Discovery Canyon Campus High School | Colorado Springs, CO

Amir Siraj | Piano Brookline High School | Brookline, MA

Ayana Terauchi | FluteHerbert Henry Down High School | Midland, MI

James Vaughen | Trumpet University Laboratory High School | Urbana, IL

Siyumeng Wang | Piano St. Francis Preparatory School | Fresh Meadows, NY

Cameron Wilson | Percussion John S. Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School | Augusta, GA

2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS

Elliot Wuu | Piano Valley Christian High School | San Jose, CA

Hanae Yoshida | Trombone Northwood High School | Irvine, CA

Shawn Zheng | French Horn Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Dance

Gabrielle Booker | Tap Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX

Sydney Burtis | Tap Homeschool | Kissimmee, FL

Tamere Chambers | Hip Hop Passaic County Technical Institute | Wayne, NJ

Nicholas Cummings | Modern Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX

Derric Gobourne | Hip Hop Manatee High School | Bradenton, FL

Stephanie Godsave | Modern Allen High School | Allen, TX

Maddison Goodman | Ballet Homeschool | New Bern, NC

Ricardo Hartley | Modern Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX

Darius Hickman | Modern Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Kaylin Maggard | Modern Rock Bridge High School | Columbia, MO

Joseph Markey | Ballet Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL

Bronte Mayo | Modern Insight School of Washington | Tacoma, WA

Ally McGuire | Modern Central High School | Burlington, IL

2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS

Noah Miller | Ballet El Toro High School | Lake Forest, CA

Juliana Missano | Ballet Keystone National High School | Bloomsburg, PA

Stephen Myers | Modern Appomattox Regional Governor’s School for the Arts and Technology | Petersburg, VA

Isabella Pete | Choreography Hoover High School | North Canton, OH

Arthur Richardson, III | Hip Hop Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Kele Roberson | Ballet The Austin School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Austin, TX

Wander Sanchez | Modern Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | New York, NY

Elizabeth Shupe | Choreography Plano West Senior High School | Plano, TX

Shaylee Yamashita | Choreography Kamehameha Schools Maui | Makawao, HI

Design

Ezekiel Binns Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Julia Dotson Charleston County School of the Arts | North Charleston, SC

James Dundon High School of Art and Design | New York, NY

Dylan Etienne-Ramsay Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Korri Lampedusa Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Christian McClain St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX

Hunter Schafer University of North Carolina School of the Arts | Winston Salem, NC

2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS

Nicole Stebbins Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Robert Thomas St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX

Regina Vestuti Classical High School | Providence, RI

Jazz

Joseph Block | Keyboard Germantown Friends School | Philadelphia, PA

Giveton Gelin | Trumpet Windsor Preparatory School | Nassau, Bahamas

Morgan Guerin | Tenor Saxophone Westlake High School | Atlanta, GA

John Kotze | Trombone Lincoln-Way North High School | Frankfort, IL

Gabriel Rupe | Double Bass Denver School of the Arts | Denver, CO

Kofi Shepsu | Percussion Appomattox Regional Governor’s School for the Arts | Petersburg, VA

Photography

Claudia D’Auria Nichols School | Buffalo, NY

Kali Duffy New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Diego Gabaldon Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL

Torrance Hall Deep Run High School | Glen Allen, VA

Bria Hamlett George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD

2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS

Jesse Hudson Arbor View High School | Las Vegas, NV

Katelin Hudson Edmond North High School | Edmond, OK

Michelle Leung Princeton Day School | Princeton, NJ

Andrea Reyes Chicago High School for the Arts | Chicago, IL

Arianna Shooshani Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA

Maxwell Zengage Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Theater

Roman Banks Parkview High School | Lilburn, GA

Yvonne Barnett Natomas Charter School | Sacramento, CA

Blaire Bilton American Heritage School-Boca/Delray | Delray Beach, FL

Julia Cooper Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School | Midland, PA

Ari Dalbert Homeschool | Honolulu, HI

Micaela Diamond Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | New York, NY

Alexis Dobynes Riverbend High School | Fredericksburg, VA

Sheldon Donenberg Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Haile Ferrier Athens High School | The Plains, OH

Daniel Germino-Watnick Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School | Bethesda, MD

2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS

Jeremy Gill Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Aaron Greenberg Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | New York, NY

Christine Hwang Minnetonka High School | Minnetonka, MN

Luke Klein Leland Public School | Leland, MI

Zarius LeGrand Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | New York, NY

Mark Mitrano Greece Athena High School | Rochester, NY

Saige Rodriguez Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | New York, NY

Charles Smith Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL

Cam’Ron Stewart South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC

Meghan Wright Thomas Sprigg Wootton High School | Rockville, MD

Visual Arts

Panteha Abareshi Arizona Connections Academy | Gilbert, AZ

Grace Abbott Southwest High School | Minneapolis, MN

Krystal Barrio Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Allison Bouganim Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Demetri Burke Martha Ellen Stilwell School of the Arts | Jonesboro, GA

2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS

Catherine Camargo New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Alberto Checa New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

David Correa New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Elle Cox The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Adriana De La Torre New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Ciamara Donawa West Hempstead High School | West Hempstead, NY

Dylan Etienne-Ramsay Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Monica Ikegwu George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD

Talya Krupnick Albert Einstein High School | Kensington, MD

Jessica Martinez New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Andrea Medina Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School | Richmond, VA

Wilson Miller The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Angelique Nagovskaya Winston Churchill High School | Potomac, MD

Isabel Oliva New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Kenneth Parker New Orleans Center for Creative Arts | New Orleans, LA

Ackeem Salmon Detroit School of Arts | Detroit, MI

Aidan Schaffert Gibbs Senior High School | St. Petersburg, FL

2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS

Kathryn Stenberg Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Emily Zhang Lambert High School | Suwanee, GA

Sherrill Zheng Perpich Center for the Arts Education | Golden Valley, MN

Voice

Cole Bellamy | Baritone Olathe North High School | Olathe, KS

Abigail Berry | Jazz Voice Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Shreya Bhadriraju | Soprano Elkins High School | Missouri City, TX

Jarren Blair | Singer/Songwriter Beech High School | Hendersonville, TN

William Brandt | Jazz Voice Alexander Hamilton High School | Los Angeles, CA

Aaron Crouch | Tenor Suitland High School | Forestville, MD

Matteo Debole | Singer/Songwriter Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Charlie Dworsky-Hickey | Singer/Songwriter Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Elizabeth Gaba | Popular Voice Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA

Ricky Goodwyn, Jr. | Baritone Windsor High School | Windsor, VA

Luisa Hidalgo | Mezzo Soprano Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | New York, NY

Ben Kessler | Singer/Songwriter Wissahickon High School | Ambler, PA

Anilee List | Popular Voice Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS

Madelyn Paquette | Singer/Songwriter Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School | Sudbury, MA

Lindsey Reynolds | Soprano New Orleans Center for Creative Arts | New Orleans, LA

Emilie Suarez | Soprano Ruth Asawa School of the Arts | San Francisco, CA

Vivian Valls | Popular Voice Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL

Kara Walton | Jazz Voice Papillion-La Vista Senior High School | Papillion, NE

Rachel Webb | Popular Voice Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX

Benjamin Wenzelberg | Soprano Tenafly High School | Tenafly, NJ

Francesca Winer | Jazz Voice Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL

Writing

Priyanka Aiyer | Poetry Singapore American School | Singapore

Alexa Curnutte | Short Story Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Katherine Du | Creative Non-Fiction Greenwich Academy | Greenwich, CT

Samuel Gee | Creative Non-Fiction South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC

Julia Gourary | Short Story The Nightingale Bamford School | New York, NY

Jacqueline He | Short Story The Harker School | San Jose, CA

Christina Im | Poetry Sunset High School | Portland, OR

2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS

Maxime Kawawa-Beaudan | Short Story Redwood High School | Larkspur, CA

Reyhan Lalaoui | Selection from Novel Penn Foster High School | Scranton, PA

Jamiya Leach | Creative Non-Fiction South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC

Maya Lew | Short Story ACES Educational Center for the Arts | New Haven, CT

Patricia Liu | Poetry Edmond North High School | Edmond, OK

Annalise Lozier | Poetry Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Margaret Lu | Creative Non-Fiction Waubonsie Valley High School | Aurora, IL

Amber Magnuson | Poetry The Fine Arts Center | Greenville, SC

Erin O’Malley | Poetry West York Area High School | York, PA

Meilan Steimle | Short Story The Harker School | San Jose, CA

Priya Thomas | Selection from Novel Henry M. Gunn High School | Palo Alto, CA

Alisha Yi | Poetry Ed W. Clark High School | Las Vegas, NV

Beatrice Zhang | Creative Non-Fiction Lusher Charter School | New Orleans, LA

Lily Zhou | Poetry Aragon High School | San Mateo, CA

Lily Zhou | Short Story Aragon High School | San Mateo, CA

2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Cinematic Arts

Catherine Chen Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Mason Fyfe Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL

Bridger Hart Mira Costa High School | Manhattan Beach, CA

Audrey Hobert Palisades Charter High School | Pacific Palisade, CA

Claire Imler Woodbridge High School | Irvine, CA

Skala Leake Ballard High School | Seattle, WA

Tatum Lenberg Dougherty Valley High School | San Ramon, CA

Miranda Poedtke Jones College Prep High School | Chicago, IL

David Smith Chino Valley High School | Chino Valley, AZ

Joaquin Sosa Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Riley Street Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Cole Tatham Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Adia Weaver Lawrenceville School | Lawrenceville, NJ

Caleb Wild Ambassador Christian Academy | Tampa, FL

Max Wu Mission San Jose High School | Fremont, CA

Charles Wyson Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

Classical Music

Elena Ariza | Violoncello Menlo School | Atherton, CA

Nadia Azzi | Piano Professional Performing Arts School | New York, NY

Jenny Bahk | Violoncello Homeschool | Los Angeles, CA

Emily Bear | Composition Clonlara School | Ann Arbor, MI

Tyler Berns | Percussion Newfield High School | Selden, NY

Anna Boonyanit | Piano Menlo School | Atherton, CA

Zachary Catron | Composition West Morris Mendham High School | Mendham, NJ

Stacy Chang | Piano Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Tiffany Chang | Violin Corona del Sol High School | Tempe, AZ

Daniel Charif | Flute Lynbrook High School | San Jose, CA

Eden Chen | Piano Diamond Bar High School | Diamond Bar, CA

Anthony Choi | Violoncello High School for Math, Science and Engineering at City College | New York, NY

Derek Chung | Piano Adlai E. Stevenson High School | Lincolnshire, IL

Ryan Chung | Violoncello Manhasset High School | Manhasset, NY

Ethan Cobb | Violoncello Riverdale Country School | Bronx, NY

Alistair Coleman | Composition Walt Whitman High School | Bethesda, MD

2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

Andrew Cone | Violoncello Williamsville East High School | East Amherst, NY

Isabelle Durrenberger | Violin Upper Arlington High School | Upper Arlington, OH

Michael Gaspari | Composition Robbinsville High School | Robbinsville, NJ

Kimberly Han | Piano Lake Forest High School | Lake Forest, IL

Serena Harnack | Violin Saint Francis High School | Wheaton, IL

Amer Hasan | Clarinet Carl Sandburg High School | Orland Park, IL

Kingston Ho | Violin Union County Academy for Allied Health Sciences | Scotch Plains, NJ

Ria Honda | Violin New Trier High School | Winnetka, IL

David Hou | Piano Adlai E. Stevenson High School | Lincolnshire, IL

Simon Housner | Violoncello Homeschool | Cherry Hill, NJ

Alena Hove | Violin Issaquah High School | Issaquah, WA

Gabrielle Hsu | Piano Cherry Hill High School East | Cherry Hill, NJ

Daniel Huang | Violin Homestead High School | Cupertino, CA

Andrew Hughes | Viola Northern Valley Regional High School | Old Tappan, NJ

Annie Hyung | Violoncello Arnold O. Beckman High School | Irvine, CA

Freya Irani | Viola Homestead High School | Mequon, WI

Dongxu Jin | Piano Professional Children’s School | New York, NY

2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

Leyla Kabuli | Piano Davis Senior High School | Davis, CA

Benjamin Keating | Trumpet Southside High School | Fort Smith, AR

Andrew Kim | Violin Regis High School | New York, NY

Ayoun Kim | Violoncello New Trier High School | Winnetka, IL

Alexander Koller | Viola Dr. Phillips High School | Orlando, FL

Nathan Le | Violoncello Sierra Canyon School | Chatsworth, CA

Andrew Lee | Violin Los Altos High School | Los Altos, CA

Andrew Li | Piano Lexington High School | Lexington, MA

Samantha Liu | Violoncello Herricks Senior High School | New Hyde Park, NY

Vincent Liu | Piano Dougherty Valley High School | San Ramon, CA

Angelica Lorenzo | Percussion Loyola Academy | Wilmette, IL

Olivia Marckx | Violoncello Interlake High School | Bellevue, WA

Mai Matsumoto | Violin Cupertino High School | Cupertino, CA

Paul Mekailian | Composition Arcadia High School | Arcadia, CA

Nicholas Mendez | Piano Verdugo Academy | La Crescenta, CA

Jacob Miller | Composition The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Nathan Mo | Violoncello William Fremd High School | Palatine, IL

2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

Mary Monahan | Composition Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Andrew Moses | Composition Laurel Springs School | Ojai, CA

Jonah Murphy | Flute Homeschool | Brooklyn, NY

Paul Novak | Composition The Davidson Academy of Nevada | Reno, NV

Samuel Ostroff | Composition The Branson School | Ross, CA

Kaye Otake | Violoncello Millburn High School | Millburn, NJ

Sang-O Park | Violoncello Harriton High School | Bryn Mawr, PA

Robin Park | Violoncello West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North | Plainsboro, NJ

Anders Peterson | Clarinet Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Nicholas Politi | Composition Scarsdale High School | Scarsdale, NY

Angela Scates | Oboe Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Jakob Schoenfeld | Percussion Paul J. Hagerty High School | Oviedo, FL

Roger Shen | Piano Phillips Exeter Academy | Exeter, NH

Runa Shuda | Flute Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts School | Pittsburgh, PA

Goeun Sim | Violin Columbus High School | Columbus, GA

Noah Simon | Piano Crossroads School | Santa Monica, CA

Dawn Song | Violoncello Northern Valley Regional High School | Old Tappan, NJ

2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

Clayton Stephenson | Piano The Dalton School | New York, NY

Sebastian Stoger | Violoncello Professional Children’s School | New York, NY

Andrew Sung | Piano Esperanza High School | Anaheim, CA

Jarrett Takaki | Piano New Trier High School | Winnetka, IL

Allison To | Piano Pacific Academy - Irvine | Irvine, CA

Alan Tolbert | Trumpet Shippensburg Area Senior High School | Shippensburg, PA

Ethan Treiman | Composition Crossroads School | Santa Monica, CA

Jason Vassiliou | Violin Conestoga High School | Berwyn, PA

Infinity Willner | Guitar George Washington University Online | Ashburn, VA

Isabel Won | Violoncello Montgomery High School | Skillman, NJ

Esther Yu | Violoncello Rye High School | Rye, NY

Dance

Londyn Alexander | Modern Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX

Renuka Belwalkar | Classical Indian Lynbrook High School | San Jose, CA

Victoria Biro | Jazz Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX

Erin Blair | Scottish Highland Capistrano Connections Academy | San Juan Capistrano, CA

Kaylee Brown | Irish Step St. Thomas Aquinas High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL

2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

Abby Castora | Modern Shepton High School | Plano, TX

Jackson Clayton | Tap Arlington High School | Arlington, MA

Georgia Fuller | Ballet Saint Ursula Academy | Cincinnati, OH

Sofia Gonzalez | Modern New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Samyuktha Hari | Classical Indian John Cooper School | The Woodlands, TX

Swathi Jaisankar | Classical Indian Hillsborough High School | Hillsborough, NJ

Payton Johnson | Jazz Louisiana State University Laboratory School | Baton Rouge, LA

Vedya Konda | Classical Indian Archbishop Mitty High School | San Jose, CA

Sasha Lazarus | Modern Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Joseph Markey | Modern Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL

Melanie Martinez | Modern New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Shreyah Mohanselvan | Classical Indian Columbus Academy | Gahanna, OH

Tyeri Morrison | Modern Brockton High School | Brockton, MA

Isha Parupudi | Classical Indian Clear Springs High School | League City, TX

Danielle Perez | Modern New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Isabella Pete | JazzHoover High School | North Canton, OH

Alexandra Policaro | Modern Professional Performing Arts School | New York, NY

2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

Daisia Pulz | Choreography Homeschool | West Palm Beach, FL

Tatum Ramsey | Jazz Paloma Valley High School | Menifee, CA

Daniel Rodriguez | Mexican Folkloric Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Evan Sagadencky | Choreography Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Jeron Sanders | Jazz New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Shoshana Sklar | Modern New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Isaac Spector | Choreography Beverly Hills High School | Beverly Hills, CA

Design

Theo Neil Blones Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Victoria Escobar Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Beckner Jones Herron High School | Indianapolis, IN

Carmen Lopez Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Nanette Turner-Trujillo Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Jazz

Anna Abondolo | Double Bass Crossroads School | Santa Monica, CA

Evan Abounassar | Trumpet Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Hank Allen-Barfield | Percussion Folsom High School | Folsom, CA

2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

Abdias Armenteros | Tenor Saxophone New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Emily Bear | Composition Clonlara School | Ann Arbor, MI

Joseph Block | Composition Germantown Friends School | Philadelphia, PA

Marcello Carelli | Percussion Fox Lane High School | Bedford, NY

Benjamin Cohen | Baritone Saxophone Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | New York, NY

Elijah Cole | Guitar Walter Johnson High School | Bethesda, MD

Shane Dahler | Percussion Brookline High School | Brookline, MA

Isaac de Vera | Guitar Monterey High School | Monterey, CA

Anton Derevyanko | Tenor Saxophone Medfield High School | Medfield, MA

Cosimo Fabrizio | Guitar Newark Academy | Livingston, NJ

Benjamin Feldman | Double Bass Garfield High School | Seattle, WA

Alexander Flavell | Keyboard Valencia High School | Placentia, CA

Justin Fossella | Percussion Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | New York, NY

Jerome Gillespie | Percussion The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Joseph Giordano | Trombone Guilderland High School | Guilderland Center, NY

Tyler Henderson | Keyboard The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Zachary Hernandez | Keyboard El Camino High School | Ventura, CA

2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

Bryant Hunter | Percussion The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Rodney James-Spann | Tenor Saxophone Talent Unlimited High School | New York, NY

Christopher Latona | Percussion James Hubert Blake High School | Silver Spring, MD

James Lesky | Double Bass Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL

Christian McGhee | Keyboard Westminster Christian Academy | Town And Country, MO

Christian McGhee | Percussion Westminster Christian Academy | Town And Country, MO

Matanda Rath-Keyes | Percussion Skyline High School | Oakland, CA

Jordan Reifkind | Guitar Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Luca Rodoni | Trumpet Bozeman High School | Bozeman, MT

Maxwell Rohde | Double Bass Mira Costa High School | Manhattan Beach, CA

Jake Sasfai | Keyboard Montclair Kimberley Academy | Montclair, NJ

Matthew Sewell | Guitar Ladue Horton Watkins High School | Saint Louis, MO

Ravi Sharma | Guitar Roosevelt High School | Seattle, WA

Santosh Sharma | Tenor Saxophone Roosevelt High School | Seattle, WA

Owen Storey | Double Bass Berkeley High School | Berkeley, CA

Noam Tanzer | Double Bass The Charles E. Smith Jerusalem High School for the Arts | Jerusalem, Israel

Sam Towse | Keyboard Friends Academy | Locust Valley, NY

2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

Brandon Woody | Trumpet Baltimore School for the Arts | Baltimore, MD

Alex Yuwen | Tenor Saxophone Hamilton High School | Chandler, AZ

Photography

Jack Adam NYC iSchool | New York, NY

Amanata Adams The Hewitt School | New York, NY

Walker Bankson New Hanover High School | Wilmington, NC

Allie Fischer Lawrence High School | Lawrence, KS

Colin Jones Lutheran High School Northwest | Rochester Hills, MI

Alejandra Loor Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Margaret Mullooly Pius XI High School | Milwaukee, WI

William Murnighan North Shore Country Day School | Winnetka, IL

Ryan Parks Loyola High School | Los Angeles, CA

Jordan Semprevivo The Buckley School | Sherman Oaks, CA

Maya Tripathi Davis Senior High School | Davis, CA

Theater

Hannah Ellowitz American Heritage School | Plantation, FL

2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

Madison Kiernan Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL

Arjang Mahdavi Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Sasha-Raphael Prissert Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Sarah Schulz Moorhead High School | Moorhead, MN

Joshua SimpsonSouth Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC

Owen Smith Milton High School | Milton, GA

Mimi Viglietti North High School | Sheboygan, WI

Visual Arts

Austin Abistado Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL

Ptah Amissah-Aidoo Stivers School for the Arts | Dayton, OH

Caley Buck Bay Port High School | Green Bay, WI

Brian Buckenham St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX

Andrew Chuka St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX

Benjamin Cruz Idyllwild Arts Academy | Idyllwild, CA

Isaac Drickhamer John Cooper School | The Woodlands, TX

Grehan Edmunds Cooper City High School | Cooper City, FL

Luna Elortegui Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

Lily Ertel George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD

Asha Farmer Martha Ellen Stilwell School of the Arts | Jonesboro, GA

Gabriela Fernandez Doral Performing Arts Academy | Doral, FL

Karina Fonseca New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Rafaella Fontenelle Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Chloe Friend Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Ryan Haney New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Keiji Ishida Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Eloise Janssen Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Isabella Kopeck George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD

Sofiya Kuzmina Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL

Logan Larsen Mckinney Boyd High School | McKinney, TX

Ariel Lowenstern Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Logan Magee Lusher Charter School | New Orleans, LA

Robert Managad Howard W. Blake High School | Tampa, FL

Richard Medina, Jr. Homeschool | Palatine, IL

Kelly Micca Parkland High School | Allentown, PA

2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

Jennifer Oguagha Baldwin Senior High School | Baldwin, NY

Cornelia Rubenson Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Junet Sara The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Jordin Simpson Martha Ellen Stilwell School of the Arts | Jonesboro, GA

Thalia Suri Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Dalton Taylor Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Samantha Thiele Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Isabella Vivas Plano West Senior High School | Plano, TX

Michelle Voight Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Flynn Walkinshaw George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD

Lily Wilkins Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Jennifer Xu Lynbrook High School | San Jose, CA

Wendi Yan Phillips Exeter Academy | Exeter, NH

Voice

Colin Aikins | Tenor Central Catholic High School | Pittsburgh, PA

Kathryn Baer | Singer/Songwriter Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Kaylah Baker | Popular Voice William B. Travis High School | Richmond, TX

2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

Daniel Burston | Baritone Baltimore School for the Arts | Baltimore, MD

Taylor Christmon | Popular Voice Carl Albert Senior High School | Midwest City, OK

Carlyle Cooney | Mezzo Soprano Homeschool | Kirkland, WA

Lillian Davis | Popular Voice Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL

Emily Dietz | Popular Voice Vistamar School | El Segundo, CA

Ryan Doyle | Popular Voice Ruth Asawa School of the Arts | San Francisco, CA

Joseph Farber | Popular Voice Hunter College High School | New York, NY

Makayla Forgione | Jazz Voice Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Maya Goell | Soprano Ruth Asawa School of the Arts | San Francisco, CA

Alexander Harrelson | Tenor Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy | Mooresboro, NC

Emma Hedrick | Jazz Voice Carmel High School | Carmel, IN

Hannah Klein | Mezzo Soprano The Cambridge School of Weston | Weston, MA

Sophie Knight | SopranoInterlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Evan Lazdowski | Baritone Moultonborough Academy | Moultonborough, NH

Kira Levin | Jazz Voice Mira Costa High School | Manhattan Beach, CA

Ally Lubera | Singer/Songwriter Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Sofia Luetich | Popular Voice Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | New York, NY

2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

Niko Mancera | Bass Santa Margarita Catholic High School | Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

Ethan Mooney | Popular Voice Tates Creek Senior High School | Lexington, KY

Hannah Oldfield | Jazz Voice Rio Americano High School | Sacramento, CA

Connor Ouly | Baritone Bishop McDevitt High School | Harrisburg, PA

John Paciga | Singer/Songwriter Delbarton School | Morristown, NJ

Alexandra Prat | Mezzo Soprano San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts | San Diego, CA

Candace Rhodes | Popular Voice Eastside High School | Gainesville, FL

Madeleine Rosenthal | Popular Voice Westfield High School | Westfield, NJ

Zachary Seals | Popular Voice Marriotts Ridge High School | Marriottsville, MD

Grace Sheene | Popular Voice Danville High School | Danville, KY

Amanda Snow | Popular Voice Timberlane Regional High School | Plaistow, NH

Claire Soulier | Popular Voice Oak Ridge High School | El Dorado Hills, CA

Jessica Vanek | Jazz Voice Las Vegas Academy of the Arts | Las Vegas, NV

Jordyn Warren | Popular Voice Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Writing

Nina Afremov | Selection from Novel Perpich Center for the Arts Education | Golden Valley, MN

Julia Dupuis | Short Story Sage Hill School | Newport Coast, CA

2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Kathryn Hargett | Poetry Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL

Jordan Harper | Creative Non-Fiction Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL

Jing Thong Hsiao | Poetry Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Tiffany Liu | Creative Non-Fiction The College Preparatory School | Oakland, CA

Cathy Nie | Creative Non-Fiction Livingston High School | Livingston, NJ

Isibeal Owens | Spoken Word Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL

Annie Zheng | Short Story William Fremd High School | Palatine, IL

MERIT

Cinematic Arts

Marquel Alexander Denver School of the Arts | Denver, CO

Isabella Barbieri Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Diego Bateman Denver School of the Arts | Denver, CO

Luke Broyles Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Arianna Cadeddu Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX

Lucas Camusso Ronald W. Reagan/Doral High School | Doral, FL

John Chigas Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Connor Devore Lois Cowles Harrison Center for the Visual and Performing Arts | Lakeland, FL

2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Luke Aron Ebora Loyola High School | Los Angeles, CA

Chelsea Eisen Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Natalia Ferrara Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Noah Frazier iLEAD Charter School | Seal Beach, CA

Simon Geisker Sleepy Hollow High School | Sleepy Hollow, NY

Alexander Huang Leland High School | San Jose, CA

William Lancaster Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

James Lee Brophy College Preparatory | Phoenix, AZ

Ruhi Mansey American Heritage School | Plantation, FL

Matthew Manyak Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL

Deeksha Marla Viewpoint School | Calabasas, CA

Matthew Nadel Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Lan Nguyen International Community School | Kirkland, WA

Brian Niles Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Derrick Ostolaza Clover High School | Clover, SC

Reyna Rivas New Orleans Center for Creative Arts | New Orleans, LA

Hannah Saidiner Campbell Hall | North Hollywood, CA

2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Alexia Salingaros Saint Mary’s Hall | San Antonio, TX

Brianna Seaberg Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Devon Solwold Moorhead High School | Moorhead, MN

Daniel Sorkin Ethical Culture Fieldston School | Bronx, NY

Janssen Swent Homeschool | Mandeville, LA

Amelia Yessayantz Lycée International de Los Angeles | Burbank, CA

Michelle Yu Cresskill High School | Cresskill, NJ

Classical Music

Omri Barak | Trumpet Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts School | Pittsburgh, PA

Kayla Behforouz | Composition Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Eli Berman | Composition Fox Chapel Area High School | Pittsburgh, PA

Andrew Boosalis | Percussion St. Ignatius College Preparatory | San Francisco, CA

Zachary Brandon | Violin Homeschool | Battle Creek, MI

Joshua Brown | Violin Homeschool | Gurnee, IL

Maya Anjali Buchanan | Violin Homeschool | Rapid City, SD

Baron Cao | Piano State College Area High School | State College, PA

Emma Cardon | Composition Logan High School | Logan, UT

2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Benjamin Champion | Composition Idyllwild Arts Academy | Idyllwild, CA

Samantha Choo | Violin Plano West Senior High School | Plano, TX

Michael Curcio | Composition Canyon Crest Academy | San Diego, CA

Andrew Edwards | Piano Troy High School | Fullerton, CA

Elizabeth Egan | Composition The Chapin School | New York, NY

Forrest Eimold | Composition Phillips Academy | Andover, MA

Olivia Elerson | Flute Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Sedona Farber | Guitar Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Margaret Foster | Harp Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Ting Yan Fung | Piano Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Camilo Gonzalez-Sol | Composition Richard Montgomery High School | Rockville, MD

Heather Gu | Piano Troy High School | Troy, MI

Nathaniel Heyder | Composition Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Yeama Ho | Flute Winston Churchill High School | Potomac, MD

Caroline Ho | Piano Santa Monica High School | Santa Monica, CA

Katherine Holmes | Guitar Homeschool | Phenix City, AL

Sharon Hurvitz | Composition Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Brian Isaacs | Viola Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | New York, NY

Mason Johnston | Composition University of North Carolina School of the Arts | Winston Salem, NC

Joseph Jordan | Composition Elisabeth Irwin High School | New York, NY

Derek Kartalian | Percussion Potomac School | McLean, VA

Kristi Kim | Violoncello Laurel Springs School | Ojai, CA

Isaiah Kim | Violoncello Strath Haven High School | Wallingford, PA

Mya King | Piano Insight School of Washington | Tacoma, WA

Mathew Lanning | Composition Tri-City Preparatory High School | Prescott, AZ

Paris Lavidis | Composition Saint Ann’s School | Brooklyn, NY

Sooyong Lee | Clarinet Plano West Senior High School | Plano, TX

Spencer Lemann | Composition Windward School | Los Angeles, CA

Gabrielle Li | Violoncello Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology | Alexandria, VA

Kevin Lin | Flute Canyon Crest Academy | San Diego, CA

Eaton Lin | Viola West Linn High School | West Linn, OR

William McGregor | Double Bass Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School | West Chester, PA

Griffin Miller | Percussion Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Fumika Mizuno | Violin Tualatin High School | Tualatin, OR

2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Javier Morales-Martinez | Clarinet Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Jonah Murphy | Composition Homeschool | Brooklyn, NY

Nicholas Padmanabhan | Guitar Palo Alto Senior High School | Palo Alto, CA

Isaac Pross | CompositionCrossroads School | Santa Monica, CA

Jonathan Qi | Piano Westwood High School | Austin, TX

Nathan Qi | Piano eAchieve Academy - Wisconsin | Waukesha, WI

Juanito Riveros | Harp Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Avik Sarkar | Composition Buckingham Browne & Nichols School | Cambridge, MA

Mei Stone | Flute Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

SiHyun Uhm | Composition Walnut Hill School | Natick, MA

Grace Wang | Piano Richard Montgomery High School | Rockville, MD

Benjamin Wenzelberg | Composition Tenafly High School | Tenafly, NJ

Johnathan Wu | Violin Texas Tech University High School | Lubbock, TX

Tiffany Xu | Piano Waterford School | Sandy, UT

Justin Zeitlinger | Composition Bergen County Technical High School | Teterboro, NJ

Dance

Tea Devereaux | Modern Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX

2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Jahnavi Kalyan | Classical Indian Cleveland High School | Reseda, CA

Jack Liang | Hip Hop Richard Montgomery High School | Rockville, MD

Juliette Martinez | Modern Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Isabella Pete | Modern Hoover High School | North Canton, OH

Jeron Sanders | Modern New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Tessa Wilkinson | Modern Insight Academy of Arizona | Phoenix, AZ

Jack Wolff | Tap Professional Performing Arts School | New York, NY

Design

Xavier Carr Crossroads School | Santa Monica, CA

Clara CollinsImmaculate Heart High School | Los Angeles, CA

Abbey Franklin Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Anna Fritz Atlanta International School | Atlanta, GA

Cameron Galley Urban School of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA

Joshua Lookatch Homestead High School | Mequon, WI

Victoria Rodriguez Varela Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Angelica Salgado Pius XI High School | Milwaukee, WI

Adam Subel St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX

2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Kathryn Super Atlee High School | Mechanicsville, VA

Samantha Torres Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

James Tortorelli Homeschool | Gaithersburg, MD

Maria Useche Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Benjamin Wang Saint Andrews Episcopal School | Potomac, MD

Jazz

Solomon Alber | Tenor Saxophone Amador Valley High School | Pleasanton, CA

Augustus Allen | Double Bass The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Julian Archer | Percussion Denver School of the Arts | Denver, CO

Maxwell Beck | Double Bass Campbell Hall | North Hollywood, CA

Owen Boxwell | Guitar Garfield High School | Seattle, WA

Andrew Brems | Guitar Canyon Crest Academy | San Diego, CA

Julian Briones | Composition Lakeland Senior High School | Shrub Oak, NY

Gabriel Carpenter | Percussion Rio Americano High School | Sacramento, CA

Ari Chais | Keyboard Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Jason Charos | Composition Gibbs Senior High School | St. Petersburg, FL

Ethan Chilton | Trumpet Golden Valley High School | Merced, CA

2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Elijah Cole | Keyboard Walter Johnson High School | Bethesda, MD

Zachary Davis | Trumpet Saint Ann’s School | Brooklyn, NY

James Day | Alto Saxophone Los Alamitos High School | Los Alamitos, CA

Anthony Golden | Double Bass Denver School of the Arts | Denver, CO

Joshua Green | Percussion The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

James Haddad | Trumpet Saint Ann’s School | Brooklyn, NY

Kieran Hitsman | Tenor Saxophone Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL

Craig Jackson | Tenor Saxophone Stivers School for the Arts | Dayton, OH

Donavon Johnson | Percussion Detroit Country Day School | Beverly Hills, MI

Kameron Johnson | Keyboard Detroit Country Day School | Beverly Hills, MI

Benjamin Jones | Trombone Roosevelt High School | Seattle, WA

Austin Kim | Percussion Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Spencer Lemann | Composition Windward School | Los Angeles, CA

Spencer Lemann | Guitar Windward School | Los Angeles, CA

David Mason | Alto Saxophone Gibbs Senior High School | St. Petersburg, FL

Henry Mermer | Percussion Briarcliff High School | Briarcliff Manor, NY

Ethan Moffitt | Double Bass Verdugo Academy | La Crescenta, CA

2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Benjamin Oglesby-Davis | Guitar Benjamin E. Mays High School | Atlanta, GA

Kevin Oliver, Jr. | Alto Saxophone Westlake High School | Atlanta, GA

Jasim Perales | Trombone Berkeley High School | Berkeley, CA

Robert Picard | Percussion St. Edward High School | Lakewood, OH

Micah Preite | Guitar CIS Academy | Pasadena, CA

Samuel Reid | Keyboard The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Griffin Ross | Tenor Saxophone Cedar Ridge High School | Hillsborough, NC

Ethan Noel Santos | Trombone Floyd B. Buchanan High School | Clovis, CA

Alec Schulman | Keyboard Crossroads School | Santa Monica, CA

Michael Schwartz | Tenor Saxophone Redwood High School | Larkspur, CA

Michael Shapira | Percussion George W. Hewlett High School | Hewlett, NY

Evan Siegel | Guitar Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX

Arlo Sims | Guitar Cambridge Rindge and Latin School | Cambridge, MA

John Steele | Percussion San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts | San Diego, CA

Jeremy Stepansky | Composition Montclair High School | Montclair, NJ

Matthew Stevens | Alto Saxophone New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Matthew Stoloff | Percussion Berkeley High School | Berkeley, CA

2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Kyra Teboe | Keyboard Brunswick High School | Brunswick, ME

Addison Vogt | Percussion Woodside Priory School | Portola Valley, CA

Alex Yoo | Percussion Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | New York, NY

Alex Yuwen | Composition Hamilton High School | Chandler, AZ

Austin Zhang | Alto Saxophone Plano West Senior High School | Plano, TX

Austin Zhang | Tenor Saxophone Plano West Senior High School | Plano, TX

Photography

MaKara Blake Stivers School for the Arts | Dayton, OH

Hannah Bone Waynesville High School | Waynesville, OH

Richard Lee Choate Rosemary Hall | Wallingford, CT

Rey Londres Mater Virtual Academy | Hialeah, FL

Clara Schoenbeck Pius XI High School | Milwaukee, WI

Theater

Joshua Johnson Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL

Natasha Partnoy Francis W. Parker School | San Diego, CA

Alison Whitwell Arizona School for the Arts | Phoenix, AZ

2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Visual Arts

Chris Barboi Latin School of Chicago | Chicago, IL

Morgan Betsill Dupont Manual High School | Louisville, KY

Truman Cervenka The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Chang Cho Northern Valley Regional High School | Old Tappan, NJ

Caroline Clements Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Cameron Collins Chicago High School for the Arts | Chicago, IL

Alexandra Crampton Rham High School | Hebron, CT

Jackson Daughety Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX

Maya Dixon Ethical Culture Fieldston School | Bronx, NY

Gunner Dongieux New Orleans Center for Creative Arts | New Orleans, LA

Alexandra Eason Howard W. Blake High School | Tampa, FL

Claudia Garcia-Quinones The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Shyheem Gordon George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD

Chan Yong Lee The Hotchkiss School | Lakeville, CT

Sandy Li Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Joseph McFadden George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD

2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Derek Min Homeschool | Palisades Park, NJ

Parker MorenoLoyola High School | Los Angeles, CA

Isabella Ortiz John F. Kennedy Catholic High School | Burien, WA

Amelia Polyviou Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Sophie Ruiz New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Sophia Rumbarger Vista Ridge High School | Cedar Park, TX

Min Jung Seo Homeschool | Closter, NJ

Sophia Simmons Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Jeanette Wells Northport High School | Northport, NY

Gene Whang Palos Verdes Peninsula High School | Rolling Hills Estates, CA

Sung Won Yoon Tenafly High School | Tenafly, NJ

Voice

Emily Acosta | Popular Voice Florida Christian School | Miami, FL

Jeremy Adler | Jazz Voice Palos Verdes High School | Palos Verdes Estates, CA

Dario Amador-Lage | Baritone Coral Reef Senior High School | Miami, FL

Cheyenne Arroyo | Popular Voice John Burroughs High School | Burbank, CA

2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Gabriella Atkinson | Popular Voice The Sharon Academy | Sharon, VT

Jennifer Barnett | Jazz Voice Haslett High School | Haslett, MI

Anna Bishop | Popular Voice Brookfield High School | Brookfield, CT

Chloe Borthwick | Singer/Songwriter Warwick Valley High School | Warwick, NY

Charisma Carson | Popular Voice Milwaukee High School of the Arts | Milwaukee, WI

Audrey Chu | Singer/Songwriter Howell High School | Farmingdale, NJ

Amalia Crevani | Soprano Delaware Valley Regional High School | Frenchtown, NJ

Alexandra Cusumano | Popular Voice Howell High School | Farmingdale, NJ

Sydney Dardis | Soprano Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Salem Davern | Singer/Songwriter Tamalpais High School | Mill Valley, CA

Emily Dietz | Jazz Voice Vistamar School | El Segundo, CA

Alexandria du Buclet | Singer/Songwriter University of Chicago Laboratory High School | Chicago, IL

Jenna Elsenheimer | Popular Voice Traverse City Central High School | Traverse City, MI

Haley Fishberger | Popular Voice Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL

Hannah French | Popular Voice Georgia Connections Academy | Duluth, GA

Yancy Garcia | Popular Voice Gramercy Arts High School | New York, NY

Brianna Garcon | Jazz Voice Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL

2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Avery Gipson | Singer/Songwriter The Lovett School | Atlanta, GA

Johanna Gordon | Jazz Voice Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | New York, NY

Kierra Gray | Singer/Songwriter Richland Two Charter High School | Columbia, SC

Jessica Harper | Popular Voice Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Nia Ashleigh Harris | Popular Voice Saint Vincent Academy | Newark, NJ

Angelo Hernandez-Sias | Singer/Songwriter Muskegon High School | Muskegon, MI

Kaycee Hubbard | Popular Voice Chantilly High School | Chantilly, VA

Sarah Kingsbury | Popular Voice Chicago High School for the Arts | Chicago, IL

Grace Kinstler | Popular Voice Crystal Lake Central High School | Crystal Lake, IL

Alison Lee | Popular Voice Dougherty Valley High School | San Ramon, CA

Grace Lee | Singer/Songwriter Rochester Adams High School | Rochester Hills, MI

Jasmine Lee | Jazz Voice Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Jasmine Lee | Popular Voice Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Anilee List | Jazz Voice Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Bianca Maniglia | Soprano John F. Kennedy Catholic High School | Somers, NY

Elizabeth Marella | Singer/Songwriter Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Kopano Muhammad | Jazz Voice Whitney M. Young Magnet High School | Chicago, IL

2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Madelyn Murphy | Popular Voice Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | New York, NY

Anna Musgrove | Singer/Songwriter Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX

Giana Poppo | Popular Voice Byram Hills High School | Armonk, NY

Mazie Preite | Popular Voice Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Veronica Prieto | Popular Voice John A. Ferguson Senior High School | Miami, FL

Nivedita Ravi | Soprano Scarsdale High School | Scarsdale, NY

Ernando Recendez | Popular Voice Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Emily Sangder | Popular Voice South Eugene High School | Eugene, OR

Annie Schindel | Singer/Songwriter The Archer School for Girls | Los Angeles, CA

Juliet Schlefer | Soprano Edward R. Murrow High School | Brooklyn, NY

Emily Sheets | Mezzo Soprano New Orleans Center for Creative Arts | New Orleans, LA

Joseph Silva | Popular Voice Notre Dame High School | Sherman Oaks, CA

Lauren Smith | Jazz Voice Sylvania Southview High School | Sylvania, OH

Megan Stephens | Popular Voice Pusch Ridge Christian Academy | Tucson, AZ

James Stevens | Baritone South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC

Brighton Thomas | Popular Voice John Burroughs High School | Burbank, CA

Ljuliana Thomas | Jazz Voice Central High School | Memphis, TN

2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Traivonn Ventriglio | Popular Voice Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL

Lauren Weintraub | Singer/Songwriter Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School | Sudbury, MA

Jared Werlein | Baritone San Ramon Valley High School | Danville, CA

Emma Will | Soprano Tesoro High School | Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

Alexander Wunder | Baritone Kettering Fairmont High School | Kettering, OH

Olivia Youngman-Mihovch | Soprano

Point Pleasant Borough High School | Point Pleasant, NJ

Writing

Sara Abou Rashed | Spoken Word Centennial High School | Columbus, OH

Renee Chen | Short Story Howell High School | Farmingdale, NJ

Helen Coats | Creative Non-Fiction South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC

Elena DeBre | Short Story Marlborough School | Los Angeles, CA

Julia Dupuis | Creative Non-Fiction Sage Hill School | Newport Coast, CA

Aidan Forster | Short Story South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC

Patricia Frazier | Spoken Word Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy | Chicago, IL

Mary Gillespie | Selection from Novel Grassfield High School | Chesapeake, VA

Kathryn Hargett | Creative Non-Fiction Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL

Ananya Kumar-Banerjee | Creative Non-Fiction Horace Mann School | Bronx, NY

2017 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Katherine Liu | Creative Non-Fiction Adlai E. Stevenson High School | Lincolnshire, IL

Jesse Ludington | Creative Non-Fiction ACES Educational Center for the Arts | New Haven, CT

Alyssa Mazzoli | Short Story South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC

Jessica Sommerville | Poetry William Mason High School | Mason, OH

Priya Thomas | Short Story Henry M. Gunn High School | Palo Alto, CA

Alisa Wadsworth | Short StoryTenafly High School | Tenafly, NJ

Emma Wilson | Poetry Community High School District 99 North High School | Downers Grove, IL

Mariceli Wu | Spoken Word The Davidson Academy of Nevada | Reno, NV

Chuqi Zheng | Short Story Hinsdale Central High School | Hinsdale, IL

Lisa Zou | Poetry Hamilton High School | Chandler, AZ