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2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS 2021 YoungArts Winners FINALISTS Classical Music Leah Amory | Violin Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY Carey Byron | Piano Indiana University High School | Bloomington, IN Rebecca Cho | Violoncello Jericho High School | Jericho, NY Jack Davisson | Guitar Henry M. Gunn High School | Palo Alto, CA Noah Godard | Composition Moorpark High School | Moorpark, CA Caroline Hsu | Piano Syosset High School | Syosset, NY Grace Huh | Violin Lynbrook High School | San Jose, CA Janice Hur | Harp Seoul Foreign School | Seoul, KR Kah’lin Jordan | Clarinet Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL Joseph Karz | Composition Brentwood School | Los Angeles, CA
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2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
2021 YoungArts Winners
FINALISTS
Classical Music
Leah Amory | Violin Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
Carey Byron | Piano Indiana University High School | Bloomington, IN
Rebecca Cho | Violoncello Jericho High School | Jericho, NY
Jack Davisson | Guitar Henry M. Gunn High School | Palo Alto, CA
Noah Godard | Composition Moorpark High School | Moorpark, CA
Caroline Hsu | Piano Syosset High School | Syosset, NY
Grace Huh | Violin Lynbrook High School | San Jose, CA
Janice Hur | Harp Seoul Foreign School | Seoul, KR
Kah’lin Jordan | Clarinet Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL
Joseph Karz | Composition Brentwood School | Los Angeles, CA
2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
Sebastian Kelzenberg | Oboe Cashmere High School | Cashmere, WA
Tyler Kim | Piano Temecula Valley High School | Temecula, CA
Malvyn Lai | Piano Mt. Everest Academy | San Diego, CA
Chelsie Lim | Violoncello Academy of the Holy Angels | Demarest, NJ
Zosia Los Leznicka | Flute Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Allison Park | Viola Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Jamie Park | Double Bass Hawken School | Gates Mills, OH
Stephen Savage | Viola Homeschool | Port St. Lucie, FL
Tyler Tan | Violin Cheshire High School | Cheshire, CT
Parker Van Ostrand | Piano C.K. McClatchy High School | Sacramento, CA
Seokhoon Henri Yoon | Violoncello Riverdale Country School | Bronx, NY
Dance
Jacob Alvarado | Ballet Homeschool | Irvine, CA
Shalini Basu | World Dance/Classical Indian Olentangy Liberty High School | Powell, OH
Christian Burse | Modern/Contemporary Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Courtney Chiu | Modern/Contemporary Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Joel Dichter | Ballet Homeschool | Eagan, MN
2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
Kyler Durrence | Choreography Opelika High School | Opelika, AL
Wyatt Florin | Jazz Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
Brooks Landegger | Ballet Professional Children’s School | New York, NY
Ashley Lew | Ballet California Connections Academy | San Juan Capistrano, CA
Kelsey Lewis | Modern/Contemporary Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
Leon Powell | Modern/Contemporary Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
Arya Pratap | World Dance/Classical Indian Saint Francis High School | Mountain View, CA
Charles Rosario | Modern/Contemporary Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
Luc Simpson | Modern/Contemporary iHigh Virtual Academy | San Diego, CA
Niya Smith | Modern/Contemporary Pebblebrook High School | Mableton, GA
Jeremy Villas | Modern/Contemporary Professional Performing Arts School | New York, NY
Bryant Wright | Hip Hop C. Milton Wright High School | Bel Air, MD
Avery Zerr | Choreography Kentwood High School | Covington, WA
Design Arts
Eva Soryn Call McIntosh High School | Peachtree City, GA
Joyce He Livingston High School | Livingston, NJ
Mabel Johnson Parkview High School | Springfield, MO
2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
Rachel Joohyun Lee Seoul International School | Gyeonggi-Do, KR
Kelly Lu Saint Francis High School | Mountain View, CA
Jessica McCann Fox Chapel Area High School | Pittsburgh, PA
Gonzalo Pena Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL
Clementine Smith Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Film
Shaman Aponte Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Mariah Barrera City High Middle School | Grand Rapids, MI
Tangier Dortch Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Ella Fields Charter High School of Arts-Multimedia and Performing | Van Nuys, CA
Alisha Heng Stuyvesant High School | New York, NY
Chloe Hoffmann Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
William Lula Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Audrey Yin Phillips Exeter Academy | Exeter, NH
Jazz
Kai Burns | Guitar Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Seth Finch | Piano Baton Rouge Magnet High School | Baton Rouge, LA
2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
Anton Edward Kot | Percussion Jonathan Law High School | Milford, CT
Ian Muñoz | Saxophone/Alto New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
John Murray | Double Bass San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts | San Diego, CA
Gianna Pedregon | Violin Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Andre Perlman | Trombone New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Jack Towse | Trumpet Friends Academy | Locust Valley, NY
Photography
Jason Babayev Pine Crest School | Fort Lauderdale, FL
Baxter Chelsom Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Sabine Croy Carroll High School | Fort Wayne, IN
Joshua Flowers Greenhill School | Addison, TX
Andrew Harris Middlesex School | Concord, MA
Addison Linck Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Alyvia Luong Carroll High School | Fort Wayne, IN
Andreas Rothbart Windward School | Los Angeles, CA
Diana Sinclair Homeschool | Clifton, NJ
Whitney Toutenhoofd Fairview High School | Boulder, CO
2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
Theater
Jordan Anderson Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Christian Arrubla Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Mikenzi Barrow Myers Park High School | Charlotte, NC
Isaiah Boozer South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities | Greenville, SC
Kaylah Copeland Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Evan Hoefer Shorecrest Preparatory School | St Petersburg, FL
Kate Louissaint Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
Marshall Mabry, IV Homeschool | Fairburn, GA
Ella Maguire Saint Augustine High School | Saint Augustine, FL
Emma Maloney Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Chloe Meinershagen Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Josiah Mitchell Tri-Cities High School | East Point, GA
Landon Robinson Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Chelsea Rose Durham School of the Arts | Durham, NC
Shelby Smith Riverdale High School | Murfreesboro, TN
Maya Sta Ana Howell High School | Farmingdale, NJ
Nicole Streger Bernards High School | Bernardsville, NJ
2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
Daisy Tye Huntington Beach High School | Huntington Beach, CA
Tyler Wesley South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities | Greenville, SC
Visual Arts
Nana Ampofo Los Angeles High School of the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Jebreel Bessiso Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL
Yuqi Bian Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Rabecca Bohanan Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Quoc Bui Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Kacey Kim Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Daniela Lopez New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Jalynn McDuffey Coral Reef Senior High School | Miami, FL
Gretsy Moreno Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL
Is Perlman Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL
Cherline Philogene New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Voice
Kevin Albinus | Classical Voice/Tenor University of North Carolina School of the Arts | Winston Salem, NC
Noga Cabo | Singer-Songwriter Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
Alexandria Carrington | Singer-Songwriter Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Caroline Carter | Classical Voice/Mezzo Soprano Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Caitlin Chisham | Classical Voice/Soprano Derby High School | Derby, KS
Meghna Das | Popular Voice John P. Stevens High School | Edison, NJ
Oliviana Marie Halus-Griep | Singer-Songwriter Laurel Springs School | Ojai, CA
Elizabeth Hanje | Classical Voice/Soprano Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Samuel Higgins | Classical Voice/Countertenor Milton High School | Milton, MA
Calvin Hinds | Singer-Songwriter Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Carynna Joseph | Popular Voice Coral Springs High School | Coral Springs, FL
Alison Kessler | Classical Voice/Soprano The Leffell School | Hartsdale, NY
Brooke Lambert | Jazz Voice Roosevelt High School | Seattle, WA
Dylan Leavitt | Singer-Songwriter Chesterton High School | Chesterton, IN
Christopher Leimgruber | Classical Voice/Tenor Newark High School | Newark, OH
Arden Lloyd | Singer-Songwriter Amherst-Pelham Regional High School | Amherst, MA
Michele Lu | Popular Voice Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Dana Mays | Classical Voice/Mezzo Soprano Homeschool | Spring, TX
Colin O’Connor | Jazz Voice GlenOak High School | Canton, OH
Gianna Stansell | Popular Voice Grandville Public Schools | Grandville, MI
2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
Writing
Spencer Chang | Poetry Taipei American School | Taipei, TW
Kate Choi | Play or Script Seoul Foreign School | Seoul, KR
Madelyn Dietz | Short Story Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Juliana Gabriel | Play or Script Batavia High School | Batavia, IL
Samuel Getachew | Creative Nonfiction Oakland Technical High School | Oakland, CA
Zoe Goldstein | Short Story Newton North High School | Newtonville, MA
Hannah Han | Short Story Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Elane Kim | Short Story Homeschool | Walnut Creek, CA
Sarah Mohammed | Poetry The Harker School | San Jose, CA
Sarina Patel | Spoken Word Carrollwood Day School | Tampa, FL
Cindy Phan | Creative Nonfiction Skyline High School | Salt Lake City, UT
Isabella Santoni | Spoken Word Paradise Valley High School | Phoenix, AZ
Charlotte Sedaka | Play or Script Viewpoint School | Calabasas, CA
Elizabeth Shvarts | Play or Script Staten Island Technical High School | Staten Island, NY
Maia Siegel | Creative Nonfiction Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Yejin Suh | Short Story Glen Rock High School | Glen Rock, NJ
Elyse Thomas | Poetry School for Advanced Studies - Wolfson | Miami, FL
2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
Katherine Vandermel | Poetry Bergen County Academies | Hackensack, NJ
Yash Wadwekar | Spoken Word Phoenix Country Day School | Paradise Valley, AZ
Alora Young | Spoken Word Hillsboro High School | Nashville, TN
Serrina Zou | Poetry BASIS Independent Silicon Valley | San Jose, CA
2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Classical Music
Gwenyth Aggeler | Guitar Denver School of the Arts | Denver, CO
Nicholas Boettcher | Double Bass Naperville North High School | Naperville, IL
William Chen | Piano Professional Children’s School | New York, NY
Christian Chiu | Piano Upper Saint Clair High School | Upper St Clair, PA
Daniel Colaner | Organ Seton Home Study School | Front Royal, VA
Myra Cui | Violin River Dell High School | Oradell, NJ
Matthew Davis | Euphonium McKinney North High School | Mckinney, TX
Solomon Ge | Composition Live Oak Academy | Santa Clara, CA
Solomon Ge | Piano Live Oak Academy | Santa Clara, CA
Giovanna Gioscia | Saxophone Somers High School | Somers, CT
Ellen Hayashi | Violin Cottonwood High School | Salt Lake City, UT
Kenneth He | Piano Princeton International School of Mathematics and Science | Princeton, NJ
Ben Hoang | Piano Live Oak Academy | Santa Clara, CA
Evelyn Hur | Flute Seoul International School | Gyeonggi-Do, KR
Brandon Hwang | Piano Ramsey High School | Ramsey, NJ
Weiran Jiang | Violin Liberal Arts and Science Academy | Austin, TX
2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Marco Jimenez | Organ Homeschool | St. Petersburg, FL
Apsara Kasiraman | Composition Stanford Online High School | Redwood City, CA
Ashley Kim | Piano New Trier High School | Winnetka, IL
Harrison Kim | Clarinet Branham High School | San Jose, CA
James Kim | Piano Walnut Hill School for the Arts | Natick, MA
Lauren Kim | Flute Ridgefield High School | Ridgefield, CT
Seohyun Kim | Viola Adlai E. Stevenson High School | Lincolnshire, IL
Adrian King | Piano Insight School of Washington | Tacoma, WA
Katherine Liu | Piano Wellesley High School | Wellesley, MA
Kyra Lombard | Piano Queensbury High School | Queensbury, NY
Alena Lu | Piano Winston Churchill High School | Potomac, MD
Katya Moeller | Violin Indiana University High School | Bloomington, IN
Jackson Naglick | Piano Homeschool | Rochester Hills, MI
Emily Park | Flute Hebron High School | Carrollton, TX
Maxine Park | Piano Phillips Exeter Academy | Exeter, NH
Abraham Schenck | Clarinet Mercer Island High School | Mercer Island, WA
Andrew Shi | Piano Diamond Bar High School | Diamond Bar, CA
Christopher Shin | Piano Cherry Hill High School East | Cherry Hill, NJ
2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Kevin Song | Violoncello Torrey Pines High School | San Diego, CA
London Stovall | French Horn Mustang High School | Yukon, OK
Lauren Swain | Harp Southern Fulton Junior/Senior High School | Warfordsburg, PA
Sophie Urban | Trumpet Coronado High School | Colorado Springs, CO
Aidan Vass | Composition Westlake High School | Westlake Village, CA
Justin Wahby | Piano Franklin High School | Elk Grove, CA
Yufang Wang | Clarinet Princeton Day School | Princeton, NJ
Christopher Zandieh | Piano Syosset High School | Syosset, NY
Cheryl Zhang | Flute Winston Churchill High School | Potomac, MD
Jessica Zhang | Piano Plano West Senior High School | Plano, TX
Yi Zhong | Saxophone Valley Christian High School | San Jose, CA
Kaleb Zhu | Oboe Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Dance
Maya Alvarez-Coyne | World Dance/Irish Step Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Miles Ashe | Modern/Contemporary Beaumont High School | Saint Louis, MO
Chelsea Correa | Modern/Contemporary Red Bank Catholic High School | Red Bank, NJ
Mason Evans | Modern/Contemporary Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Courtney McColley | Modern/Contemporary Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Carrington Moser | Ballet Homeschool | Cumming, GA
Shreya Ramanathan | World Dance/Classical Indian Liberal Arts and Science Academy | Austin, TX
Zackary Sommer | Modern/Contemporary Canyon Crest Academy | San Diego, CA
Anjali Talluru | World Dance/Classical Indian North Penn High School | Lansdale, PA
Clara Thiele | Ballet Pittsford Mendon High School | Pittsford, NY
Xavier Williams | Modern/Contemporary Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy | Grand Prairie, TX
Design Arts
Jebreel Bessiso Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL
Ryan Joongi Cho Choate Rosemary Hall | Wallingford, CT
Zoe Goldemberg Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL
Joshua Hamburg Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL
Madison Minisee Encore Junior & Senior High School for the Arts | Hesperia, CA
Anna Nickless Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL
Karina Rodriguez Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL
Edward Zhou Nikola Tesla STEM High School | Redmond, WA
Yuer Zhu Ames High School | Ames, IA
2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Film
Grace Conley Science Leadership Academy | Philadelphia, PA
Brody DeMoya Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Heidi Kafer G-Star School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Jessica Lin Carnegie Vanguard High School | Houston, TX
Mariel Mudrik Glenbrook North High School | Northbrook, IL
Emma Nebeker Westlake High School | Austin, TX
Tara Neil Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Hazel Sepenuk Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Amogh Thakkar River Hill High School | Clarksville, MD
Jazz
Edgar Byars | Saxophone/Tenor Walnut Hills High School | Cincinnati, OH
Nick Caldwell | Saxophone/Tenor San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts | San Diego, CA
Camden Carroll | Percussion Ferndale High School | Ferndale, WA
Riichiro Fujiki | Trombone Glenbrook South High School | Glenview, IL
Brenda Greggio | Composition San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts | San Diego, CA
Braxton Hart | Trombone Memphis University School | Memphis, TN
2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Isaiah Harwood | Piano Montclair Collegiate Academy of Arts and Science | Berkeley, CA
Sean Huang | Saxophone/Alto Foothill High School | Pleasanton, CA
Nate Jones | Trombone Belmont High School | Belmont, MA
Oliver Koenig | Saxophone/Alto Montclair High School | Montclair, NJ
Santiago Lopez | Saxophone/Tenor Los Alamitos High School | Los Alamitos, CA
Adam Lord | Saxophone/Tenor Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Ilai Macaggi | Trombone Green Valley High School | Henderson, NV
Connor MacLeod | Saxophone/Alto Plano West Senior High School | Plano, TX
Hannah Mayer | Composition Oakland School for the Arts | Oakland, CA
Hannah Mayer | Piano Oakland School for the Arts | Oakland, CA
Aidan McCarthy | Double Bass Bishop O’Dowd High School | Oakland, CA
Aidan McKeon | Saxophone/Tenor Bishop Eustace Preparatory School | Pennsauken, NJ
Ian Muñoz | Saxophone/Tenor New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Daiki Nakajima | Composition Prospect High School | Saratoga, CA
Daiki Nakajima | Flute Prospect High School | Saratoga, CA
Daiki Nakajima | Saxophone/Tenor Prospect High School | Saratoga, CA
Aaron Ouellette | Trumpet RHAM High School | Hebron, CT
Rufus Parenti | Saxophone/Tenor Oak Park and River Forest High School | Oak Park, IL
2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Stephen Park | Guitar Westfield Senior High School | Westfield, NJ
Alexander Perry | Piano San Francisco University High School | San Francisco, CA
Lucas Perry | Piano San Francisco University High School | San Francisco, CA
Satchel Peterson | Guitar Special Music School | New York, NY
Aidan Pratte | Double Bass Northgate High School | Walnut Creek, CA
Christian Ramirez | Double Bass Vancouver School of Arts and Academics | Vancouver, WA
Koleby Royston | Percussion Piscataway High School | Piscataway, NJ
Thomas Schinabeck | Saxophone/Alto Shaker Heights High School | Shaker Heights, OH
Gabriel Severn | Electric Bass Loyalsock Township Senior High School | Williamsport, PA
Vivian Shanley | Double Bass George Washington High School | Cedar Rapids, IA
Jacob Smith | Percussion Northfield Mount Hermon School | Mount Hermon, MA
Jackson Spellman | Trombone Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Adam Stein | Saxophone/Alto New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Leo Steinriede | Composition Lower Merion High School | Ardmore, PA
Ryoma Takenaga | Double Bass The Union County Academy for Information Technology | Scotch Plains, NJ
Oliver Tuttle | Trombone Oakland School for the Arts | Oakland, CA
Kenji Wagner | Trumpet Interlake High School | Bellevue, WA
Andrew Zhang | Trombone Lakeside School | Seattle, WA
2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Photography
Samantha Bohnsack Greens Farms Academy | Greens Farms, CT
Steve Dou Lynbrook High School | San Jose, CA
Thomas Hicks Fine Arts Center | Greenville, SC
Julia Isko Horace Mann School | Bronx, NY
Penelope Juarez Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Alice Lubin-Meyer Lawrence High School | Lawrence, KS
Travis Mann Greenhill School | Addison, TX
Alexia Marriott Waltham High School | Waltham, MA
Charles Nevins Crossroads School | Santa Monica, CA
Scarlett Pinkey Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Sheina-Ruth Skuy-Marcan David Posnack Jewish Day School | Davie, FL
Jerry Zhao Saint Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX
Theater
Kameron Askew Liberty High School | Frisco, TX
Ámbar Caldwell Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Noah Lash Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Kiara Lee Kennesaw Mountain High School | Kennesaw, GA
Cayden McCoy Clear Springs High School | League City, TX
Mia McManamy Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Virginia Richardson Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet High School | Nashville, TN
Tyla Uzo Ramón C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Tovah Zafrin Ramón C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Visual Arts
McKenna Christiansen Lovejoy High School | Lucas, TX
Haley Joyce Oliver Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL
Amy Riumbau New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Luis Sandoval Lovejoy High School | Lucas, TX
Lily Yang Saratoga High School | Saratoga, CA
Voice
Bradley Boatright | Classical Voice/Tenor Smithville High School | Smithville, TX
Megan Bober | Popular Voice Redwood High School | Larkspur, CA
Lily Bobrick | Classical Voice/Mezzo Soprano Independence High School | San Francisco, CA
Zoe Brooks | Classical Voice/Mezzo Soprano Saint Ann’s School | Brooklyn, NY
2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Ava Bryant | Popular Voice Klein Oak High School | Spring, TX
Zuri Crawford | Singer-Songwriter DeKalb School of the Arts | Avondale Estates, GA
Torie Davis | Classical Voice/Mezzo Soprano Perrysburg High School | Perrysburg, OH
Trinity Rose | Singer-Songwriter Malibu High School | Malibu, CA
Jameson Elton | Popular Voice On Track Academy | Spokane, WA
Hadley Granger | Popular Voice Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Asia Guzman | Popular Voice High Tech High School | Secaucus, NJ
Jack Hicks | Classical Voice/Tenor Bernards High School | Bernardsville, NJ
Skylar Hudson | Popular Voice Arizona College Prep Erie | Chandler, AZ
Rhiannon Hurst | Jazz Voice Rockport High School | Rockport, MA
Olivia Kay | Popular Voice Edmond Santa Fe High School | Edmond, OK
Mary Margaret Kinney | Jazz Voice Saint Charles North High School | Saint Charles, IL
Tessa Korver | Jazz Voice Roosevelt High School | Seattle, WA
Advika Krishnan | Singer-Songwriter Needham High School | Needham, MA
Michele Lu | Singer-Songwriter Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Analise Marin | Popular Voice Portsmouth High School | Portsmouth, NH
Nathaniel Mark | Popular Voice Westlake High School | Westlake Village, CA
Emma Mathew | Popular Voice Montgomery High School | Skillman, NJ
2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Kanade Motomura | Classical Voice/Mezzo Soprano Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Connor Munroe | Jazz Voice Ransom Everglades School | Coconut Grove, FL
Léa Nayak | Classical Voice/Soprano Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts | San Francisco, CA
Isabella Oliveira-Pazzia | Popular Voice Mira Costa High School | Manhattan Beach, CA
Xyzsa Pagaduan | Singer-Songwriter Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Leilani Patao | Singer-Songwriter Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Monique Ramirez | Popular Voice Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Christopher Santiago | Jazz Voice The King’s Academy | West Palm Beach, FL
Sara Shiff | Classical Voice/Soprano Robbinsdale Armstrong High School | Plymouth, MN
Sloane Simon | Singer-Songwriter Fox Chapel Area High School | Pittsburgh, PA
Akira Sky | Jazz Voice Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Akira Sky | Popular Voice Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Leland Smith | Classical Voice/Baritone Amador Valley High School | Pleasanton, CA
Daniel Song | Popular Voice Townsend Harris High School | Flushing, NY
Cora Stewart | Popular Voice Naperville North High School | Naperville, IL
Miles Tobel | Singer-Songwriter Santa Monica High School | Santa Monica, CA
Hannah Trauscht | Singer-Songwriter HomeLife Academy | Jackson, TN
Bradley Wolf | Popular Voice Brookline High School | Brookline, MA
2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Writing
Khaled Abdo | Spoken Word Plainfield East High School | Plainfield, IL
Lukas Bacho | Short Story San Francisco University High School | San Francisco, CA
Christian Butterfield | Creative Nonfiction Bowling Green High School | Bowling Green, KY
Nazani Cassidy | Spoken Word Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Emma Chan | Poetry Kent Place School | Summit, NJ
Jolin Chan | Novel Sage Hill School | Newport Coast, CA
Laura Anne Chen | Novel Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Amarachi Chimezie | Play or Script Central Bucks High School East | Doylestown, PA
Owen Dudney | Novel Francis Parker School | Chicago, IL
Samuel Getachew | Spoken Word Oakland Technical High School | Oakland, CA
May Hathaway | Creative Nonfiction Stuyvesant High School | New York, NY
Isabella Jiang | Play or Script Cresskill High School | Cresskill, NJ
Kea Kamiya | Play or Script State College of Florida Manatee-Sarasota | Bradenton, FL
Elane Kim | Spoken Word Homeschool | Walnut Creek, CA
Divyasri Krishnan | Poetry Acton-Boxborough Regional High School | Acton, MA
Corinne Leong | Poetry Windward School | Los Angeles, CA
Jessica Lin | Novel Carnegie Vanguard High School | Houston, TX
2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Katelyn Lu | Play or Script Wissahickon High School | Ambler, PA
Ife Martin | Spoken Word West Bloomfield High School | West Bloomfield, MI
Charlotte McCombs | Play or Script Fayetteville High School | Fayetteville, AR
Laurel Mora | Play or Script Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Marley Noel | Play or Script Harper Middle College High School | Charlotte, NC
Ayush Noori | Creative Nonfiction Phillips Exeter Academy | Exeter, NH
Aiko Offner | Creative Nonfiction Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Chinonye Omeirondi | Creative Nonfiction Cypress High School | Cypress, CA
Is Perlman | Spoken Word Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL
Felicity Phelan | Spoken Word Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Zoe Reay-Ellers | Spoken Word Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Clarise Reichley | Creative Nonfiction Denver School of the Arts | Denver, CO
Maxwell Robison | Short Story International Leadership of Texas, Keller-Saginaw High School | Fort Worth, TX
Sylvie Shure | Novel Flintridge Preparatory School | La Cañada, CA
Grace Song | Poetry William A. Shine Great Neck South High School | Great Neck, NY
Cheyenne Terborg | Creative Nonfiction California Connections Academy | San Juan Capistrano, CA
Kathleen Turk | Creative Nonfiction Germantown Friends School | Philadelphia, PA
Grace Wang | Play or Script Phillips Academy | Andover, MA
2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Grace Warren-Page | Creative Nonfiction South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities | Greenville, SC
Arden Yum | Creative Nonfiction Trinity School | New York, NY
Ava Zamora-Wiley | Creative Nonfiction The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | Brownsville, TX
Alena Zeng | Poetry BASIS Independent Silicon Valley | San Jose, CA
2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
MERIT
Classical Music
Antonio Ajero | Piano Nacogdoches High School | Nacogdoches, TX
Jacob Alford | Tuba Lafayette High School | Lexington, KY
Roel Arazo | Euphonium New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Andrew Burhans | French Horn Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Stephanie Chang | Piano Greenwich High School | Greenwich, CT
Laura Anne Chen | Piano Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Sophia Cheng | Flute Houston High School | Germantown, TN
Joshua Choi | Clarinet Palisades Park Junior Senior High School | Palisades Park, NJ
Melody Choi | Violin Valley Christian High School | San Jose, CA
Natalie Chow | Piano Livingston High School | Livingston, NJ
Jadelyn Ding | Harp State College Area High School | State College, PA
Sarah Goldberg | Trombone Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Eli Goldberger | Clarinet William A. Shine Great Neck South High School | Great Neck, NY
Lydia Hanje | Trumpet Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Eugene Hong | Piano Waldorf School of Garden City | Garden City, NY
Marco Jimenez | Piano Homeschool | St. Petersburg, FL
2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Noah Jung | Clarinet Oak Crest Academy for Gifted Education | Los Angeles, CA
Matthew Kaminski | Composition Mountainside High School | Beaverton, OR
Ensley Kim | Violin Bergen County Academies | Hackensack, NJ
Gerald Kim | Violin Fairfield Ludlowe High School | Fairfield, CT
Kayleigh Kim | Violin Oakton High School | Vienna, VA
Matthew Kim | Flute White Station High School | Memphis, TN
Nicholas Kim | Clarinet Agoura High School | Agoura Hills, CA
Raunak Kumar | Violin Walnut Hill School for the Arts | Natick, MA
Carolyn Lau | Flute Herricks High School | New Hyde Park, NY
Julia Lee | Violoncello Valley Christian High School | Cerritos, CA
Lauren Lee | Flute West Ranch High School | Valencia, CA
Charles Li | Piano Lakeside High School | Evans, GA
Brian Lin | Saxophone Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Jacqueline Liu | Viola Plano West Senior High School | Plano, TX
Emma Lo | Piano The Shipley School | Bryn Mawr, PA
Sarah Ma | Violin Garden City High School | Garden City, NY
Kevin Miura | Violin Northwood High School | Irvine, CA
Sophia Molina | Violin New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Alexander Nam | Piano Saint Ann’s School | Brooklyn, NY
Philip Rawlinson | Viola Fine Arts Center | Greenville, SC
Timothy Rinehart | Double Bass Chapel Hill High School | Chapel Hill, NC
Taki Salameh | Composition Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Yelim Song | Oboe Walnut Hill School for the Arts | Natick, MA
Keshav Srinivasan | Violin Liberal Arts and Science Academy | Austin, TX
Lucas Sterling | Composition Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Naomi Sun | Harp Leigh High School | San Jose, CA
Meghan Tan | Piano Westford Academy | Westford, MA
Evan Tsai | Double Bass Phillips Academy | Andover, MA
Luke Turner | Piano Mountain Brook High School | Mountain Brook, AL
Emily Wang | Piano Monroe Woodbury High School | Central Valley, NY
Erica Wang | Flute Canyon Crest Academy | San Diego, CA
Julia Wang | Violin Homestead High School | Cupertino, CA
Sean Wang | Trombone Foothill High School | Pleasanton, CA
Shiv Yajnik | Piano Saint Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX
Naomi Yamaguchi | Piano Acton-Boxborough Regional High School | Acton, MA
Alicia Yang | Viola BASIS Chandler | Chandler, AZ
2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Andrew Yang | Violin The Seven Hills School | Cincinnati, OH
Audrey Yang | Flute Princeton High School | Princeton, NJ
Elizabeth Yang | Piano Montgomery High School | Skillman, NJ
Erin Yu | Piano Valley Christian High School | San Jose, CA
Natalie Zhang | Piano Weston High School | Weston, MA
Dance
Jordan Apodaca | Modern/Contemporary Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Leronnie Bussey | Modern/Contemporary Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL
Brenan Gonzalez | Modern/Contemporary Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Selena Hamilton | Modern/Contemporary John Glenn High School | Norwalk, CA
Josie Jacks | Jazz Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy | Grand Prairie, TX
Xavier Logan | Ballet North Springs Charter High School | Sandy Springs, GA
Jemoni Powe | Modern/Contemporary Desert Oasis High School | Las Vegas, NV
Andrew Wang | Ballet Northview High School | Duluth, GA
Angela Watson | Ballet Laurel Springs School | Ojai, CA
Alexis Workowski | Ballet Circle Christian School | Winter Park, FL
Eliette Yammine-Nuñez | World Dance/Flamenco Miami Country Day School | Miami, FL
2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Design Arts
Julianna Barrenos Fairfax High School | Los Angeles, CA
Raquel Buriani John A. Ferguson Senior High School | Miami, FL
Jeanie Chang Northwest High School | Germantown, MD
Alexander Emery Saint Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX
Gabrielle Manion Oakland School for the Arts | Oakland, CA
Asen Kim Ou Cate School | Carpinteria, CA
Yongjin Park Deerfield Academy | Deerfield, MA
Abel Reyes Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL
Laura Sternbach Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
Lilou Tauban Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL
Victoria Tennant Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL
Paolo Vacala Maine South High School | Park Ridge, IL
Alexa Wells The Westminster Schools | Atlanta, GA
Yeajin Yoo Valencia High School | Valencia, CA
Film
Elizabeth Arceneaux Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL
John Barnes H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program | Arlington, VA
2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Richard Dombrowski Clayton Valley Charter High School | Concord, CA
Daniella Edwards Ballard High School | Seattle, WA
Raúl Falcón Colegio San José | San Juan, PR
Cayla Kushner Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
Anne Lee Yongsan International School of Seoul | Seoul, KR
Faith Nguyen North Allegheny Senior High School | Wexford, PA
Paola Silva Lizárraga Centro de Enseñanza Técnica y Superior | El Lago, Tijuana, Baja California, MX
Lucca Vieira Cypress Bay High School | Weston, FL
Jazz
Elijah Alexander | Composition Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
James Anderson | Percussion Valley Christian High School | San Jose, CA
Gabriel Barnard | Double Bass New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Maxwell Barnes | Saxophone/Tenor Red Hook High School | Red Hook, NY
Ethan Buck | Saxophone/Alto Iowa City West High School | Iowa City, IA
Tyler Bullock | Piano Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet High School | Nashville, TN
Kai Burns | Composition Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Oliver D’Avolio | Piano Trinity School | New York, NY
2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Lemuel Disselkoen Ignacio | Guitar Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Benjamin Dunham | Percussion Tarpon Springs High School | Tarpon Springs, FL
Joaquin Eaton Sharon | Double Bass Idyllwild Arts Academy | Idyllwild, CA
V’shoi Emanuel | Double Bass Martha Ellen Stilwell School of the Arts | Jonesboro, GA
Matthew Fu | Percussion Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Marwan Ghonima | Double Bass Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Kellin Hanas | Trumpet Wheaton North High School | Wheaton, IL
Jackson Hanks | Percussion Hoover High School | Hoover, AL
William Hill | Piano Detroit School of Arts | Detroit, MI
Derek Janoff | Saxophone/Tenor West Boca Raton Community High School | Boca Raton, FL
Joshua Jennings | Trumpet Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School | Brooklyn, NY
Zebedee Jewell-Alibhai | Saxophone/Tenor Durham Academy | Durham, NC
Aidan Johnston | Guitar Miami Beach Senior High School | Miami Beach, FL
Denali Kauffman | Composition University High School | Tucson, AZ
Denali Kauffman | Trombone University High School | Tucson, AZ
Talli Kimani | Piano Edmonds-Woodway High School | Edmonds, WA
Samuel Korn | Saxophone/Alto Haynes Academy for Advanced Studies | Metairie, LA
Andrew Li | Saxophone/Alto Westside High School | Omaha, NE
2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Stefan Loest | Saxophone/Tenor Glenbard South High School | Glen Ellyn, IL
John Lybbert | Percussion Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Maximillian Melo | Double Bass School for Advanced Studies - North | Miami, FL
Satchel Moore | Guitar Wachusett Regional High School | Holden, MA
Sonje Moore | Electric Bass Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center | Columbus, OH
Hazam Muhammad | Saxophone/Alto Alexander Hamilton High School | Los Angeles, CA
Connor Munroe | Saxophone/Tenor Ransom Everglades School | Coconut Grove, FL
Cody Nakatsukasa | Double Bass Northwood High School | Irvine, CA
Lucas Netto | Saxophone/Tenor New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Asher Pereira | Composition Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Alexander Perry | Composition San Francisco University High School | San Francisco, CA
Lucas Perry | Composition San Francisco University High School | San Francisco, CA
Gage Quinn | Saxophone/Tenor Barrington High School | Barrington, IL
Benjamin Rubie | Violin Special Music School | New York, NY
Dereck Sanguino | Guitar Ronald W. Reagan Doral Senior High School | Doral, FL
Scott Schaffer | Trombone New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
William Schwartzman | Piano Santa Monica High School | Santa Monica, CA
Claudio Silva | Percussion New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Samuel Streeter | Composition Apple Valley High School | Apple Valley, MN
Aidan Taylor | Double Bass Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Evan Taylor | Guitar Walnut Hills High School | Cincinnati, OH
Owen Thorndike | Trumpet D.H. Conley High School | Greenville, NC
Bruno Tzinas | Trombone New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Ian Wacksman | Percussion Henry J. Kaiser High School | Honolulu, HI
Robert Wallace | Trombone Haynes Academy for Advanced Studies | Metairie, LA
Ace Williams | Trumpet Whitmore School | Morgantown, WV
Evan Wohlrabe | Double Bass McKinley Classical Leadership Academy High School | Saint Louis, MO
Joshua Wong | Composition Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Isaac Yi | Saxophone/Tenor Bergen County Technical High School | Teterboro, NJ
Adam Zilberman | Saxophone/Baritone Westlake High School | Westlake Village, CA
Henry Zuccarello | Composition Belmont High School | Belmont, MA
Eli Zukor-Zimmermann | Double Bass Washburn High School | Minneapolis, MN
Photography
Dawn Bangi Oakton High School | Vienna, VA
Aiden Blakeley Francis Parker School | San Diego, CA
2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Ayden Chi Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Aaliyah Dempsey Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet High School | Nashville, TN
Kendal Duff Deerfield Academy | Deerfield, MA
Therese Enriquez Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Tiffany Johnson George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD
Sami Khan Greenhill School | Addison, TX
Ryleigh Leon Lawrence High School | Lawrence, KS
Allison Liang Princeton Day School | Princeton, NJ
Stevia Ndoe Walter Payton College Preparatory High School | Chicago, IL
Blair Reeves Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Jaela Robinson Stivers School for the Arts | Dayton, OH
Ashley Shan Greenhill School | Addison, TX
Julie Song Bergen County Academies | Hackensack, NJ
Hami Trinh University of North Carolina School of the Arts | Winston Salem, NC
Dominic Wiharso Scituate High School | North Scituate, RI
Theater
Maya Ben-Harush Howell High School | Farmingdale, NJ
2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Bridget Byrnes Archbishop Williams High School | Braintree, MA
Collin Flanagan Madison High School | Madison, NJ
Allison Guerrini Rancho Mirage High School | Rancho Mirage, CA
Junah Jang Phillips Academy | Andover, MA
Madeline Kimmel California School of the Arts San Gabriel Valley | Duarte, CA
Evan Klein Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Lauren Mei Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Tachynel Merveille Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
Sophia Pollono Chaminade College Preparatory | West Hills, CA
Grace Reid-Vensel Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center | Midland, PA
Charlee Rubino Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Schnadè Saintil Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Sadie Shea Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School | Austin, TX
Alexa Smith South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities | Greenville, SC
Rebekah Uyleman Tuacahn High School for the Arts | Ivins, UT
Ava Wilson Columbiana High School | Columbiana, OH
Andrea Yagher Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Visual Arts
Hyewon Ahn Henry M. Gunn High School | Palo Alto, CA
Lory Charles Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL
Quinn Erickson Westlake High School | Austin, TX
Shui Hu Lexington High School | Lexington, MA
Emma Kimmel George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD
Tova Kleiner Stanford Online High School | Redwood City, CA
Michael Laurito Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Camille Levy Ramón C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Jacqueline Liu Weston High School | Weston, MA
Kristina Marshall Lovejoy High School | Lucas, TX
Jaden McGuire South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities | Greenville, SC
Yeon Joo Nam Leland High School | San Jose, CA
Tiffany Qiu George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD
Violet Schubert Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Alexandra Slabakis Marymount School of New York | New York, NY
Alyssa Underwood Classen School of Advanced Studies High School at Northeast | Oklahoma City, OK
Yewon Yun Seoul International School | Gyeonggi-Do, KR
2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Zhou Zhang Highland Park High School | Highland Park, NJ
Tyshaun Zollicoffer Nicholas Senn High School | Chicago, IL
Voice
Amelia Aguilar | Popular Voice Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Amelia Aguilar | Classical Voice/Soprano Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Valerie Alonso | Popular Voice TERRA Environmental Research Institute | Miami, FL
Zachary Bridges | Singer-Songwriter Ocean Grove Charter School | Placerville, CA
Ellah Brown | Jazz Voice Rutherford High School | Rutherford, NJ
Ava Bryant | Singer-Songwriter Klein Oak High School | Spring, TX
Evelyn Carr | Classical Voice/Soprano Ridgefield High School | Ridgefield, CT
Samantha Chacko | Classical Voice/Mezzo Soprano Plano West Senior High School | Plano, TX
Sydney Copeland | Popular Voice Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL
Jessica Detor | Singer-Songwriter Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Guinevere Draut | Singer-Songwriter Denver School of the Arts | Denver, CO
Isabella Dussias | Singer-Songwriter Notre Dame High School | Lawrenceville, NJ
Grace Elliott | Jazz Voice North Allegheny Senior High School | Wexford, PA
Anika Erickson | Singer-Songwriter Polytechnic School | Pasadena, CA
2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Jameson Falconer | Popular Voice Ladue Horton Watkins High School | Saint Louis, MO
Sean Faletti | Singer-Songwriter Timber Creek High School | Orlando, FL
Ada Fender | Singer-Songwriter Theodore Roosevelt High School | Des Moines, IA
Danielle Finn | Popular Voice Jean and Jerry Friedman Shalhevet High School | Los Angeles, CA
Elijah Frechtman | Singer-Songwriter Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
Sophie Garrigus | Singer-Songwriter Marlborough School | Los Angeles, CA
Ava Goldfarb | Singer-Songwriter Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Zaryah Gourgel | Classical Voice/Mezzo Soprano Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Grace Gramins | Singer-Songwriter Bronxville High School | Bronxville, NY
Olivia Gubel | Singer-Songwriter Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Isabella Gueck | Singer-Songwriter Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy | Grand Prairie, TX
Noyonika Gupta | Popular Voice Montgomery High School | Skillman, NJ
Hana Hafeez | Popular Voice The Westminster Schools | Atlanta, GA
Lila Hasenstab | Singer-Songwriter Saint Ann’s School | Brooklyn, NY
Jarrett Hazelton | Classical Voice/Tenor West Bloomfield High School | West Bloomfield, MI
Lauren Howard | Singer-Songwriter Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Lucas Hunter | Singer-Songwriter Ronald W. Reagan Doral Senior High School | Doral, FL
Leo Jergovic | Singer-Songwriter Menlo School | Atherton, CA
2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Alexa Jimenez | Popular Voice Bergen County Academies | Hackensack, NJ
Leila Johnson | Popular Voice Charter High School of Arts-Multimedia and Performing | Van Nuys, CA
Christopher Kelly | Singer-Songwriter Monticello High School | Charlottesville, VA
Emma Kirsch | Singer-Songwriter Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
Paige Klemenhagen | Classical Voice/Soprano Stillwater Area High School | Stillwater, MN
Erika Kolseth | Singer-Songwriter Blue Valley High School | Stilwell, KS
Benjamin Krieger | Singer-Songwriter Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Isabella Lopez | Classical Voice/Soprano Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts | San Francisco, CA
Natalie Mastali | Classical Voice/Soprano Dr. Phillips High School | Orlando, FL
Victoria McDonald | Singer-Songwriter Shiloh High School | Snellville, GA
Maya McGuire | Classical Voice/Soprano Duke Ellington School of the Arts | Washington, DC
Douglas Mills, Jr. | Popular Voice Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Geraldine Monsalve | Popular Voice Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL
Emily Mulva | Classical Voice/Mezzo Soprano Saint Andrew’s Episcopal School | Austin, TX
Emma Ogier | Singer-Songwriter Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Esther Okai-Tetteh | Singer-Songwriter Ensworth School | Nashville, TN
Olivia Park | Singer-Songwriter Biotechnology High School | Freehold, NJ
Leilani Patao | Popular Voice Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Jack Pavlina | Singer-Songwriter Del Mar High School | San Jose, CA
Riley Pembleton | Classical Voice/Baritone Gardner Edgerton High School | Gardner, KS
Anaïs Reno | Jazz Voice Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
Wyatt Rhinehart | Singer-Songwriter Homeschool | Escondido, CA
Mary Ruane | Singer-Songwriter Lincoln-Way Central High School | New Lenox, IL
Will Ryan III | Jazz Voice New Trier High School | Winnetka, IL
Amaqui Sanchez-Warner | Popular Voice Professional Performing Arts School | New York, NY
Wrayne Simmons | Popular Voice Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Akira Sky | Singer-Songwriter Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Lani Sosa | Popular Voice Homeschool | Jacksonville, FL
Lula Talenfeld | Singer-Songwriter Nyack High School | Nyack, NY
Carmen Thomassiny | Singer-Songwriter Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL
Sophia Vanella | Popular Voice Desert Mountain High School | Scottsdale, AZ
Alexis Ward | Singer-Songwriter University of North Carolina School of the Arts | Winston Salem, NC
Victoria Whatley | Popular Voice Baldwin County Virtual Secondary School | Robertsdale, AL
John Whitney | Singer-Songwriter Mira Costa High School | Manhattan Beach, CA
Nicole Wildy | Singer-Songwriter Glenelg High School | Glenelg, MD
Audrey Yin | Singer-Songwriter Phillips Exeter Academy | Exeter, NH
2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Anqi Zhang | Classical Voice/Mezzo Soprano Memorial Senior High School | Houston, TX
Writing
Arushi Avachat | Novel Foothill High School | Pleasanton, CA
Hannah Bambach | Play or Script Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Dana Blatte | Poetry Sharon High School | Sharon, MA
Elyza Bruce | Short Story Nonnewaug High School | Woodbury, CT
Christian Butterfield | Spoken Word Bowling Green High School | Bowling Green, KY
Jennifer Chiu | Short Story White Station High School | Memphis, TN
Melody Choi | Poetry Valley Christian High School | San Jose, CA
Kieran Chung | Novel Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Caroline Coen | Novel Pacific Grove High School | Pacific Grove, CA
Meera Dasgupta | Spoken Word Stuyvesant High School | New York, NY
Jordan Davidson | Novel Colorado Academy | Denver, CO
Katherine Davis | Creative Nonfiction South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities | Greenville, SC
Marion Deal | Creative Nonfiction Downers Grove North High School | Downers Grove, IL
Taylor Fang | Poetry Logan High School | Logan, UT
Jordan Ferdman | Creative Nonfiction Professional Children’s School | New York, NY
2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Asher Hansen | Spoken Word Davidson Academy | Reno, NV
Corine Huang | Poetry Stevenson School | Pebble Beach, CA
Connie Jiang | Creative Nonfiction Palo Alto High School | Palo Alto, CA
Emma Kerkman | Short Story Realms of Inquiry | Taylorsville, UT
Felix Killingsworth | Poetry South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities | Greenville, SC
Wyatt Layton | Spoken Word Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
James Lee | Play or Script Glenbrook North High School | Northbrook, IL
Justin Li | Creative Nonfiction The Pingry School | Basking Ridge, NJ
Kyra Li | Creative Nonfiction The Pingry School | Basking Ridge, NJ
Emily Liu | Poetry Neuqua Valley High School | Naperville, IL
Erin Loftus-Reid | Spoken Word Lexington High School | Lexington, MA
Charlotte Lokey | Play or Script Lick Wilmerding High School | San Francisco, CA
Sophie Main | Poetry Nightingale-Bamford School | New York, NY
Adar Marcus | Play or Script Repertory Company High School for Theatre Arts | New York, NY
Uma Menon | Spoken Word Winter Park High School | Winter Park, FL
Sofia Miller | Short Story Westview High School | San Diego, CA
John Nguyen | Creative Nonfiction Harding Senior High School | Saint Paul, MN
Katherine Oung | Spoken Word Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Kristen Park | Poetry High Technology High School | Lincroft, NJ
Lana Perice | Novel President Grover Cleveland High School | Portland, OR
Arianna Peró | Spoken Word New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Michael Pincus | Creative Nonfiction Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Michelle Qiao | Spoken Word Leland High School | San Jose, CA
Gayatri Rajan | Poetry Phillips Academy | Andover, MA
Isabella Ramirez | Spoken Word Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Artemisio Romero y Carver | Spoken Word New Mexico School for the Arts | Santa Fe, NM
Poem Schway | Short Story Homeschool | Las Vegas, NV
Elizabeth Shvarts | Spoken Word Staten Island Technical High School | Staten Island, NY
Yejin Suh | Creative Nonfiction Glen Rock High School | Glen Rock, NJ
Esther Sun | Poetry Los Gatos High School | Los Gatos, CA
Jonathan Truong | Short Story Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Cielo Valenzuela-Lara | Spoken Word California School of the Arts San Gabriel Valley | Duarte, CA
Jennifer Xiang | Poetry Mission San Jose High School | Fremont, CA
