2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS

2016 YoungArts Winners

FINALISTS

Cinematic Arts

Coleman Andersen Ballard High School | Seattle, WA

Kayla Briët Cypress High School | Cypress, CA

Gabrielle Gorman New Roads School | Santa Monica, CA

Lauryn Henry Hun School of Princeton | Princeton, NJ

Chester Milton Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Griffin Olis Athens High School | Troy, MI

Nick Ramey New Orleans Center for Creative Arts | New Orleans, LA

Dance

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

Kalyn Berg | Modern Professional Children’s School | New York, NY

Madeline Bertoy | Modern Oak Ridge High School | El Dorado Hills, CA

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

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS

Treyden Chiaravalloti | Modern Henry B. Plant High School | Tampa, FL

Dylan Croy | Modern High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Evan DeBenedetto | Tap Saint Joseph High School | Trumbull, CT

Alaman Diadhiou | Tap Brentwood School | Los Angeles, CA

Isabella Franco | Ballet Marlborough School | Los Angeles, CA

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

Alex Greenlee | Tap Natomas Charter School | Sacramento, CA

Madison Haschak | Jazz Temecula Valley High School | Temecula, CA

Whitney Hester | Ballet Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX

Lex Ishimoto | Ballet Homeschool | Irvine, California

Javon Jones | Modern Cass Technical High School | Detroit, MI

Taylor Kurtz | Jazz Great Oak High School | Temecula, CA

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

Pavithra Nagarajan | Classical Indian American High School | Fremont, CA

Dario Natarelli | Tap Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY

Athira Pratap | Classical Indian Moreau Catholic High School | Hayward, CA

Kuu Sakuragi | Ballet Keystone National High School | Bloomsburg, PA

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

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS

Design

Tiarra Bell Science Leadership Academy | Philadelphia, PA

Joel Collins Atlee High School | Mechanicsville, VA

Zoe Elakman Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Diana Eusebio Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Nicholas Garcia Doral Academy Charter High School | Doral, FL

Samantha Ho Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA

John Landry St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX

Marvin Lee Ward Melville High School | East Setauket, NY

Lexi Lehrman Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Cornelius Tulloch Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Nadia Wolff Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Elvis Zhang The Shipley School | Bryn Mawr, PA

Jazz

Abdulrahman Amer | Trombone Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY

Anthony Hervey | Trumpet Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL

Luca Mendoza | Keyboard Crossroads School | Santa Monica, CA

Philip Norris | Double Bass

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS

Wake Forest High School | Wake Forest, NC

Brian Richburg, Jr. | Percussion New Orleans Center for Creative Arts | New Orleans, LA

James Robertson | Alto Saxophone Benjamin Mays High School | Atlanta, GA

Emmett Sher | Guitar Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY

Music

Nicholas Arredondo | Contrabass Vancouver School of Arts and Academics | Vancouver, WA

Torin Bakke | Clarinet Adlai E. Stevenson High School | Lincolnshire, IL

Michael Jon Bennett | Organ The Professional Performing Arts School | New York, NY

Martin Bernstein | Recorder Hunter College High School | New York, NY

Zlatomir Fung | Violoncello Oak Meadow School | Brattleboro, VT

Geneva Lewis | Violin Homeschool | Irvine, California

Adrian Liao | Piano Torrey Pines High School | San Diego, CA

Derek Louie | Violoncello Professional Children’s School | New York, NY

Anastasia Magamedova | Piano Waterford School | Sandy, UT

Laura Michael | Recorder Friends Seminary | New York, NY

Hana Mizuta | Piano Homestead High School | Cupertino, CA

Aubree Oliverson | Violin Mountain Heights Academy | West Jordan, UT

Evren Ozel | Piano Walnut Hill School for the Arts | Natick, MA

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS

Elisabeth Pesavento | French Horn Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Charles Stacy | Composition Phillips Academy | Andover, MA

Derek Wang | Piano The Rivers School | Weston, MA

Yijin Wang | Clarinet Laurel Springs Academy | Ojai, CA

Katherine Woo | Violin Riverside High School | Greer, SC

Alexander “Sasha” Yakub | Composition Amherst Regional High School | Amherst, MA

Adria Ye | Piano Professional Children’s School | New York, NY

Kip Zimmerman | Oboe University High School | Tucson, AZ

Photography

Daveed Baptiste Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Carissa Chen Phillips Exeter Academy | Exeter, NH

Layla Cuilan High School of Fashion Industries | New York, NY

Lydia DeBevoise Fusion Academy Brooklyn | Brooklyn, NY

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

Alex Mediate Coronado High School | Henderson, NV

Lumia Nocito The Dalton School | New York, NY

Alisa Petrosova Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Rebeca Posadas-Nava

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS

Wilbert Tucker Woodson High School | Fairfax, VA

Darren Ting Millburn High School | Millburn, NJ

Adam Vincent Spanish Fort High School | Spanish Fort, AL

Theater

Nick Aquilino American Heritage-Boca/Delray | Delray Beach, FL

Delia Cunningham Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY

Sekai Abeni Edwards Jefferson High School | Portland, OR

Julia Gutierrez Del Barrio Crossroads School | Santa Monica, CA

Catherine Hayman Tamalpais High School | Mill Valley, CA

Lauryn Hobbs Shaker Heights High School | Shaker Heights, OH

Katerina Mccrimmon New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Khandis Merritt New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Mia Pak North Monterey County High School | Castroville, CA

Nicholas Polonio Green Hope High School | Cary, NC

Julian Robertson Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL

William Aaron Robinson Bethlehem High School | Bardstown, KY

Ben Ross Santa Monica High School | Santa Monica, CA

Jack Samson Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS

Kamari Saxon Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL

Joe Serafini Bethel Park High School | Bethel Park, PA

Lianah Sta. Ana Howell High School | Farmingdale, NJ

Jarrett Williams South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC

Maria Wirries Manatee School for the Arts | Palmetto, FL

Caitlin Witty Wilton High School | Wilton, CT

Daniel Zolghadri Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Visual Arts

Stephanie Aguayo Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Hanna Ali Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Courtney Allred Skyline High School | Sammamish, WA

Serena August Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Leonardo Bacan New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Daveed Baptiste Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Giselle Beltran New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Tyler Brunner Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Juan Cardona Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Glenn Espinosa G. Holmes Braddock High School | Miami, FL

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS

Saxton Fisher High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Marlena Fleck Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Annabelle Hayford Princess Anne High School | Virginia Beach, VA

Catherine Labarca Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY

Cassidy Little Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Rachel London Albert Einstein High School | Kensington, MD

Titus Mcbeath Findlay High School | Findlay, OH

Terri Ogwulumba Arlington High School | Lagrangeville, NY

Hannah Taurins High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Cornelius Tulloch Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Christien Vargas Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Tammy Wei West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North | Plainsboro, NJ

Wade Winslow Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Nadia Wolff Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Shoshana Zhang Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science | Denton, TX

Voice

Tehillah Alphonso | Popular Voice Marian High School | Omaha, NE

Jasmine Bailey | Singer/Songwriter

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS

Placer High School | Auburn, CA

Abigail Barlow | Popular Voice Valleydale Christian Academy | Birmingham, AL

Dyanna Bohorques | Mezzo Soprano Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY

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

Madison Douglas | Singer/Songwriter Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Justine Garcia | Jazz Voice New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Liv Greene | Singer/Songwriter Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Matt Gumley | Singer/Songwriter Keystone National High School | Bloomsburg, PA

Cait Harris | Popular Voice New Orleans Center for Creative Arts | New Orleans, LA

AJ Hicks, II | Popular Voice New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Chea Young Kang | Soprano Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Anna Louise Martin | Soprano Lake Oswego High School | Lake Oswego, OR

James McCarthy | Bass Pleasantville High School | Pleasantville, NY

Jeannie Miller | Soprano Homeschool | Hudson Oaks, Texas

Forrest Nolan | Tenor Ruth Asawa School of the Arts | San Francisco, CA

Pascal Pahl | Jazz Voice Elk Grove High School | Elk Grove Village, IL

Sharada Shashidhar | Jazz Voice Corning-Painted Post High School | Corning, NY

Sam Siegel | Countertenor Ruth Asawa School of the Arts | San Francisco, CA

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS

Jaylyn Simmons | Soprano Baltimore School for the Arts | Baltimore, MD

Matt Wang | Singer/Songwriter Lake Zurich Senior High School | Lake Zurich, IL

Paris Williams | Singer/Songwriter Sammamish High School | Bellevue, WA

Writing

Olivia Alger | Short Story Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Ruwanthi Ekanayake | Creative Non-Fiction Palos Verdes Peninsula High School | Rolling Hills Estates, CA

Lindsay Emi | Creative Non-Fiction Viewpoint School | Calabasas, CA

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

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

Antwon Funches | Spoken Word Simeon Career Academy | Chicago, IL

Ava Goga | Poetry Robert McQueen High School | Reno, NV

Ashley Gong | Poetry Newtown High School | Sandy Hook, CT

Simbaa Gordon | Spoken Word Miami Norland Senior High School | Miami, FL

Nick Hennessy | Short Story Amherst Regional High School | Amherst, MA

Rhiannon McGavin | Spoken Word Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Isabella Nilsson | Short Story Hathaway Brown School | Shaker Heights, OH

Nushrat Nur | Creative Non-Fiction Evans High School | Orlando, FL

Rachel Page | Short Story Woodrow Wilson Senior High School | Washington, DC

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

A.K. Payne | Play Or Script For Film Or Video Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts School | Pittsburgh, PA

Nesha Ruther | Spoken Word Montgomery Blair High School | Silver Spring, MD

Dylan Schifrin | Play Or Script For Film Or Video Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA

Polina Solovyeva | Short Story The Hotchkiss School | Lakeville, CT

Ksheeraja Sriram | Short Story Morgantown High School | Morgantown, WV

Caroline Waring | Short Story Hanford High School | Richland, WA

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Cinematic Arts

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

Andres Gimenez Doral Performing Arts & Entertainment Academy | Doral, FL

Max Johnson Falls Church High School | Falls Church, VA

Mia Neumann New Trier High School | Winnetka, IL

Josh Ovalle Halstrom Academy Newport Beach | Irvine, CA

Wynter Rhys Mount Si High School | Snoqualmie, WA

Joey Schweitzer Bard High School Early College | New York, NY

Molly Simmons Hamilton Southeastern High School | Fishers, IN

Cristina Trabada West Broward High School | Pembroke Pines, FL

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

Dance

Andrea Allmon | Ballet Ransom Everglades School | Coconut Grove, FL

Aishwarrya Arivudainambi | Classical Indian Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science at WPI | Worcester, MA

Sharanya Balaji | Classical Indian The Harker School | San Jose, CA

Jared Brown | Choreography Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX

Brandon Chang | Modern Coral Reef Senior High School | Miami, FL

Anju Cloud | Tap Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Dylan Croy | Choreography High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Amanda Davis | Jazz Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Jonah Delgado | Modern Glenbard South High School | Glen Ellyn, IL

Brendan Evans | Modern Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Mikayla Geier | Ballet Kirov Academy of Ballet of Washington D.C. | Washington, DC

Anabelle Gunderson | Ballet Harbor Springs Charter School | Temecula, CA

Ricardo Hartley | Modern Dekalb School of the Arts | Avondale Estates, GA

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

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

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

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

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

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

Ausia Jones | Choreography Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX

Sarah Jung | Ballet South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC

Julia Meister | Ballet Homeschool | Tampa, Florida

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

Evan Rapaport | Choreography Miami Palmetto Senior High School | Miami, FL

Sophia Silveria | Ballet Huntington Beach High School | Huntington Beach, CA

Ashley Simpson | Modern Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Gianna Theodore | Modern Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Deviga Valiyil | Classical Indian Richard Montgomery High School | Rockville, MD

Tess Voelker | Modern Walnut Hill School for the Arts | Natick, MA

Shayna Weintraub | Jazz Viewpoint School | Calabasas, CA

Emma Wylie | Tap Professional Children’s School | New York, NY

Design

Isabella Dunoyer Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Heather Hart Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Grace Lee Princeton Day School | Princeton, NJ

Justin Orlick Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Performing Arts | Bethlehem, PA

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

Andrew Padilla Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Shelby Pogue Gibbs Senior High School | St. Petersburg, FL

Jazz

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

Roberto Acosta | Keyboard New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Joseph Bell | Guitar Princeton High School | Princeton, NJ

Ravi Campbell | Guitar San Marino High School | San Marino, CA

Alexander Flavell | Keyboard Valencia High School | Placentia, CA

Ben Forster | Percussion Riverdale Country School | Bronx, NY

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

Lucas Hahn | Keyboard Georgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory School | Santa Cruz, CA

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

Rico Jones | Tenor Saxophone Denver School of the Arts | Denver, CO

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

Alex Laurenzi | Alto Saxophone Mountain Lakes High School | Mountain Lakes, NJ

Avery Logan | Percussion Chapel Hill High School | Chapel Hill, NC

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

Eric Nakanishi | Alto Saxophone Northgate High School | Walnut Creek, CA

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

Chris Palmer | Double Bass Agoura High School | Agoura Hills, CA

Joey Pearlman | Double Bass East High School | Denver, CO

Benjamin Ring | Percussion Piedmont High School | Piedmont, CA

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

Kofi Shepsu | Percussion Appomattox Regional Goveners School for the Arts and Technology | Petersburg, VA

Alexander Smith | Percussion Westlake High School | Westlake Village, CA

Caleb Smith | Trombone Shaker Heights High School | Shaker Heights, OH

Immanuel Wilkins | Alto Saxophone Upper Darby High School | Drexel Hill, PA

Ayinde Williams | Keyboard Open High School | Richmond, VA

Daniel Winshall | Double Bass Boston Arts Academy | Boston, MA

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

Music

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

Iona Batchelder | Violoncello University High School | Irvine, CA

Michael Jon Bennett | Composition The Professional Performing Arts School | New York, NY

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

Jonathan Bodian | Classical Guitar Half Hollow Hills High School East | Dix Hills, NY

Anna Boonyanit | Piano Menlo School | Atherton, CA

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

Brian Brown | Composition Lois Cowles Harrison Center for the Visual and Performing Arts | Lakeland, FL

Joshua Brown | Violin Homeschool | Gurnee, Illinois

Sarrah Bushara | Oboe Homeschool | Eden Prairie, Minnesota

Marlon Caro | Composition Coral Reef Senior High School | Miami, FL

Yulan Chen | Flute Aragon High School | San Mateo, CA

Audrey Cheng | Piano Homestead High School | Cupertino, CA

Alan Chiang | Piano South Burlington High School | South Burlington, VT

Ryan Chung | Violoncello Manhasset High School | Manhasset, NY

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

Charles Comiter | Percussion Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Tsutomu Copeland | Violin Henry M. Gunn High School | Palo Alto, CA

Morgan Davison | Bassoon Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Jessica Ding | Harp State College Area High School | State College, PA

Cristina Dougherty | Tuba Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Cassia Drake | Viola Homeschool | Naples, Florida

Forrest Eimold | Composition The Roxbury Latin School | West Roxbury, MA

Scott Feiner | Composition Roslyn High School | Roslyn Heights, NY

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

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

Omar Gaidarov | Flute Torrey Pines High School | San Diego, CA

Sara Seungmin Han | Clarinet Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

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

Qianru He | Violin The High School Attached to Xinghai Conservatory | Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Nathan Holzberg | Percussion Ossining High School | Ossining, NY

Jessica Hong | Violoncello Holmdel High School | Holmdel, NJ

Daniel Huang | Violin Homestead High School | Cupertino, CA

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

Jennifer Minsoo Jo | Flute Amador Valley High School | Pleasanton, CA

Haeun Jung | Violin Union High School | Camas, WA

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

Daniel Kaler | Violoncello New Trier High School | Winnetka, IL

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

Daniel Kim | Violin Strath Haven High School | Wallingford, PA

Hojoon Kim | Piano Phillips Exeter Academy | Exeter, NH

Jennifer Kim | Classical Guitar Cypress High School | Cypress, CA

Sae Rheen Kim | Viola Packer Collegiate Institute | Brooklyn, NY

Valerie Kim | Violin Leonia High School | Leonia, NJ

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

Kevin Knowles | Piano California Virtual Academy @ Los Angeles | Simi Valley, CA

Alina Kobialka | Violin Laurel Springs School | Ojai, CA

Jeremy Laureta | Viola Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Andrew Lavelle | Viola High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Nathan Le | Violoncello Sierra Canyon School | Chatsworth, CA

Minku Lee | Violoncello Henry M. Gunn High School | Palo Alto, CA

Sean Lim | Violin Ohio Connections Academy | Mason, OH

Alejandro Lombo | Flute American Heritage School | Plantation, FL

Qingxi Meng | Piano Professional Children’s School | New York, NY

Mary Monahan | Composition Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Alissa Mori | Violin Fieldston School | Bronx, NY

Andrew Moses | Composition Laurel Springs Academy | Ojai, CA

Natalie Nedvetsky | Piano Homeschool | Wilmette, Illinois

Bobby Nunes | Oboe Highland High School | Gilbert, AZ

Kaye Otake | Violoncello Millburn High School | Millburn, NJ

Isabella Palacpac | Violoncello Wilton High School | Wilton, CT

Rebecca Park | Flute Pine Creek High School | Colorado Springs, CO

John Peter Redmond | Composition Homeschool | Yonkers, New York

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

Katya Richardson | Composition Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Andrew Rim | Violoncello Torrey Pines High School | San Diego, CA

Christopher Rogers-Beadle | Viola Walnut Hill School for the Arts | Natick, MA

Connor Rowe | Trombone Cabrillo High School | Lompoc, CA

Sara Scanlon | Violoncello Keystone National High School | Bloomsburg, PA

Karalyn Schubring | Composition Chandler Preparatory Academy | Chandler, AZ

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

Emily Shehi | Violin Olathe East High School | Olathe, KS

Roger Shen | Piano Phillips Exeter Academy | Exeter, NH

Noah Simon | Piano Crossroads School | Santa Monica, CA

Amir Siraj | Piano Brookline High School | Brookline, MA

Henry Smolen | Piano Hillsdale High School | San Mateo, CA

Mei Stone | Flute Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Sequoyah Sugiyama | Composition Homeschool | La Canada, California

Kevin Takeda | Piano Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Lucia Ticho | Violoncello Hinsdale Central High School | Hinsdale, IL

Emma Toh | Piano Hunter College High School | New York, NY

Megan Trach | Piccolo Westlake High School | Westlake Village, CA

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

SiHyun Uhm | Composition Walnut Hill School for the Arts | Natick, MA

Michael Won | Violoncello The Dalton School | New York, NY

Caleb Woo | Saxophone Ridge High School | Basking Ridge, NJ

Su Yang | Flute Mount Sinai High School | Mount Sinai, NY

Tristan Yang | Composition Monta Vista High School | Cupertino, CA

Alan Yao | Violin Scarsdale High School | Scarsdale, NY

Elizabeth Yeoh-Wang | Harp The Chapin School | New York, NY

Hanae Yoshida | Trombone Northwood High School | Irvine, CA

Veronica Zheng | Flute Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science | Denton, TX

Photography

Jillian Adams Navarre High School | Navarre, FL

Makara Blake Stivers School for the Arts | Dayton, OH

Oceania Eshraghi Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA

Ilan Friedland John Adams High School | South Bend, IN

Tessa Gomes Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Alexis Harris Palisades Charter High School | Pacific Palisade, CA

Lucy Jones Cardinal Mooney High School | Youngstown, OH

Roxy Kulynych Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

Whitney Pieper Palos Verdes Peninsula High School | Palos Verdes Est, CA

Lunamar Ramirez Williamsburg Charter School | Brooklyn, NY

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

Renee Roth Perpich Center for Arts Education | Golden Valley, MN

Emma Scheinbaum Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Rekha Sharma Greenhill School | Addison, TX

Arianna Shooshani Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA

Patrick Toohey Upper Arlington High School | Upper Arlington, OH

Frances Tyska West High School | Madison, WI

Taiga Yamamoto Honolulu Waldorf School | Honolulu, HI

Hyungjun Yoon Bergen Catholic High School | Oradell, NJ

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

Theater

Lucy Austin Haldane High School | Cold Spring, NY

Alexander Blanco New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Mikayla Cohen American Heritage School | Plantation, FL

Jaron Crawford Olympia High School | Olympia, WA

Brendan Eathorne Bloomfield Hills High School | Bloomfield Hills, MI

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

Matthew Ferro New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Megan Fleischmann Santa Rosa High School | Santa Rosa, CA

Grace Olinski Westridge School | Pasadena, CA

Hayden Orr Vancouver School of Arts and Academics | Vancouver, WA

Alecsys Proctor-Turner Miami Killian Senior High School | Miami, FL

Emma Rothfield Glenelg High School | Glenelg, MD

Visual Arts

Natalie Alvarenga Cypress Bay High School | Weston, FL

Krystal Barrio Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Camila Bohan Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL

Allison Bouganim Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Madison Bucher Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Danielle Chua Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Anya Contreras New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

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

Katherine Craymer Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Lindsay Davis McKinney Boyd High School | Mckinney, TX

Nicholas D’Ornellas Innovation High School | Jersey City, NJ

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

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

Lieschen du Plessis Nicolet High School | Glendale, WI

Brittany Duffy Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL

Jennifer Dupotey New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Johanna Engebrecht Walnut Hills High School | Cincinnati, OH

Alessandra Fernandez New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Emma Fielding High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

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

Max Hertz Crossroads School | Santa Monica, CA

Jessie Hodges Santa Fe Preparatory School | Santa Fe, NM

Hannah Kramer Montclair Kimberley Academy | Montclair, NJ

Bokeun Kwon The Hotchkiss School | Lakeville, CT

Yeji Lee Lexington High School | Lexington, MA

Yuchen Li Temple City High School | Temple City, CA

Nicole Lindner Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

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

Juan Marco Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

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

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

Imran Nuri Dublin Scioto High School | Dublin, OH

Marissa Orlove Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Duairak Padungvichean Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Gabriella Pascual Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Ty Pawlowski Reynoldsburg High School | Reynoldsburg, OH

Alexander Reyes Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Jake Rotta Auburn High School | Rockford, IL

Isabel Schuler Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Jenna Tooley San Marin High School | Novato, CA

Kathleen Voight Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Rachel Zhang State College Area High School | State College, PA

Voice

Daniela Amaro | Jazz Voice Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL

Nick Aquilino | Popular Voice American Heritage-Boca/Delray | Delray Beach, FL

Georgia Belmont | Soprano Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY

Oliver Berliner | Baritone Culver City High School | Culver City, CA

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

Julian Carey | Jazz Voice East High School | Denver, CO

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

John Cooper | Tenor A.C. Flora High School | Columbia, SC

Shannon Corsi | Singer/Songwriter Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School | Rumson, NJ

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

Amelia Eisenhauer | Popular Voice Nashville School of the Arts | Nashville, TN

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

Julia Gomez | Singer/Songwriter Henry B. Plant High School | Tampa, FL

Alexander Granito | Baritone Santa Margarita Catholic High School | Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

Jessica Gu | Soprano Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Sara Hargrave | Soprano Walnut Hill School for the Arts | Natick, MA

Jessica Howard | Popular Voice Rock Ridge High School | Ashburn, VA

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

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

Pablo Laucerica | Tenor Coral Reef Senior High School | Miami, FL

Anna Lee | Soprano Homeschool | Madison, Alabama

Sofia Luetich | Popular Voice Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY

Samantha Lynagh | Popular Voice Christ Church Episcopal School | Greenville, SC

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

Morgan Mastrangelo | Tenor Ridgewood High School | Ridgewood, NJ

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

Melanie Miller | Popular Voice Homeschool | Clear Brook, Virginia

Jordan Moses | Popular Voice Marion County Middle/High School | Buena Vista, GA

Karl Munroe | Singer/Songwriter Yarmouth High School | Yarmouth, ME

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

Joseph Parrish | Baritone Baltimore School for the Arts | Baltimore, MD

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

Isabella Ramos | Popular Voice Coral Reef Senior High School | Miami, FL

Jonah Rawitz | Singer/Songwriter Adlai E. Stevenson High School | Lincolnshire, IL

Julianna Riccio | Singer/Songwriter J. K. Mullen High School| Denver, CO

Joi Roberson | Popular Voice Spring Valley High School | Columbia, SC

Samuel Dylan Rosner | Tenor Scarsdale High School | Scarsdale, NY

Zachary Seals | Singer/Songwriter Marriotts Ridge High School | Marriottsville, MD

Aaron Shealey | Popular Voice Auburn High School | Auburn, AL

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

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

Emily Sierra | Soprano Saint Ignatius College Prep | Chicago, IL

Keith Smith | Baritone Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL

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

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

Matthew Straw | Tenor David H. Hickman High School | Columbia, MO

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

Gabrielle Timofeev López | Mezzo Soprano University Puerto Rico School | San Juan, PR

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

Hannah Vogelsang | Jazz Voice Haslett High School | Haslett, MI

Logan Wagner | Tenor Dixie Heights High School | Edgewood, KY

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

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

Victoria Wold | Singer/Songwriter Allendale Academy | Clearwater, FL

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

Jordan Xidas | Singer/Songwriter New Trier High School | Winnetka, IL

Adam Yaron | Popular Voice Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA

Writing

Emmaline Bennett | Selection From Novel Oakwood High School | Dayton, OH

Sarah Benson | Creative Non-Fiction South County High School | Lorton, VA

Matilda Berke | Spoken Word Polytechnic School | Pasadena, CA

Michelle Chen | Poetry Hunter College High School | New York, NY

Olivia Dabich | Short Story George C. Marshall High School | Falls Church, VA

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Maya Dru | Spoken Word Jones College Prep High School | Chicago, IL

Griffin Blue Fay | Poetry Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Amanda Gorman | Selection From Novel New Roads School | Santa Monica, CA

Elisabeth Jahn-Morrissey | Creative Non-Fiction Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Michal Leibowitz | Poetry Yeshiva University High School | Hollis, NY

Maya Lew | Creative Non-Fiction ACES Educational Center for the Arts | New Haven, CT

Frani O’Toole | Short Story Latin School of Chicago | Chicago, IL

Matthew Ridley | Poetry Northeast High School | Philadelphia, PA

Gaelyn Smith | Spoken Word The Madeira School | Mclean, VA

Erin Stoodley | Poetry El Camino High School | Ventura, CA

Serena Zhang | Short Story Lake Oswego High School | Lake Oswego, OR

Lisa Zou | Poetry Homeschool | Chandler, Arizona

MERITS

Cinematic Arts

Cristian Aguiar G-Star School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

George Ayoub Buffalo Grove High School | Buffalo Grove, IL

Alex Burke Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD

Francisco Cabrera West Broward High School | Pembroke Pines, FL

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Isabella Cassandra-Newsam Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Benjamin Charnow Sir Francis Drake High School | San Anselmo, CA

John Chigas Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Ethan Dennis Jenks High School | Jenks, OK

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

Jacqueline Demar Gunter Saint Mary’s Hall | San Antonio, TX

Bridger Hart Mira Costa High School | Manhattan Beach, CA

Ethan Hoffman-Sadka Fieldston School | Bronx, NY

Nikki Houston Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

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

Lily Lizotte Crossroads School | Santa Monica, CA

Cowboy Lynk Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Nicolas Page Colegio Institución Teresiana | Santiago, RM

Andrew Petersen George Ranch High School | Richmond, TX

Leo Pfeifer Ballard High School | Seattle, WA

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

Sho Schrock-Manabe Ballard High School | Seattle, WA

Lorraine Shaller Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Meagen Tajalle Ballard High School | Seattle, WA

Nate Trillo Midlothian High School | Midlothian, TX

Felipe Vargas Cypress Bay High School | Weston, FL

Mark Alex Vogt Saint Xavier High School | Louisville, KY

Sara Wittbold Araoz Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Gabriela Yadegari Catalina Foothills High School | Tucson, AZ

Grace Zhang Ward Melville High School | East Setauket, NY

Emily Zumchak Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Dance

Alyssa Allen | Modern Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Jaryd Farcon | Jazz Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY

Georgia Fuller | Ballet Saint Ursula Academy | Cincinnati, OH

Emily Higgins | Modern Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL

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

Naya Lovell | Modern Homeschool | Mount Vernon, New York

Tomas Matos | Modern Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY

Jordan Maurer | Modern Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

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

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Garret McNally | Ballet University of North Carolina School of the Arts | Winston Salem, NC

Divya Nayar | Classical Indian Bridgewater-Raritan High School | Bridgewater, NJ

Karly Regueiferos | Jazz New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Kate Reyes | Modern Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY

Alexis Rosenstrauch | Tap Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Devin Ruth | Tap Ramapo High School | Franklin Lakes, NJ

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

Michael Santomassimo | Modern Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY

Michael Santomassimo | Jazz Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY

Khadijah Siferllah-Griffin | Hip Hop Southwest High School | Minneapolis, MN

Tyler Singletary | Hip Hop Gibbs Senior High School | St. Petersburg, FL

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

Amanda Sun | Modern Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Sita Vakkalanka | Classical Indian Bloomington High School | Bloomington, IL

Design

Isabella Klotz Pius XI High School | Milwaukee, WI

EliseAnne Koskelo Los Alamos High School | Los Alamos, NM

Giselle Lauway Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Leah Nasgowitz Pius XI High School | Milwaukee, WI

Luciano Picone Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Meredith Prouty-Due Huntingtown High School | Huntingtown, MD

Felix Reyes Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Rebecca Siqueiros Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Regina Vestuti Classical High School | Providence, RI

Jazz

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

Ariyan Brister | Double Bass St. Mary’s Academy | New Orleans, LA

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

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

Isaiah Collier | Tenor Saxophone Chicago Academy for the Arts | Chicago, IL

Thomas Crandell | Percussion Mount Si High School | Snoqualmie, WA

Christian Cummings | Alto Saxophone Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL

Jamael Dean | Keyboard Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

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

Justin Fossella | Percussion Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY

Julian Gomez | Double Bass

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

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

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

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

Alex Laurenzi | Composition Mountain Lakes High School | Mountain Lakes, NJ

Quin McIntire | Tenor Saxophone U.S Grant High School | Portland, OR

Luca Mendoza | Composition Crossroads School | Santa Monica, CA

Christopher Mondak | Double Bass Champaign Central High School | Champaign, IL

Jason Oberman | Guitar Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA

Robert Papacica | Guitar Carmel High School | Carmel, CA

Angel Perez | Keyboard Miami Beach Senior High School | Miami Beach, FL

Paul Perrilles | Percussion Metamora Township High School | Metamora, IL

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

Max Rubi | Trumpet New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Rashaan Salaam | Trombone Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL

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

Emmett Sher | Composition Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY

Charlie Sothcott | Trombone Cary High School | Cary, NC

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

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Nicholas Steele | Keyboard Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA

Benjamin Turner | Guitar Cherry Hill High School East | Cherry Hill, NJ

Victor Valdes | Percussion New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

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

Evan Wright | Composition Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

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

Music

Hamza Able | Percussion Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL

Rolando Alejandro | Piano Homeschool | Guaynabo, Guaynabo Municipio

Mike Bao | Piano Troy High School | Fullerton, CA

Lauren Bare | Composition Valley View Charter Prep | Stockton, CA

Ariyan Brister | Composition St. Mary’s Academy | New Orleans, LA

Evan Caplinger | Composition Scripps Ranch High School | San Diego, CA

Kebra Seyoun Charles | Contrabass New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Christine Cheng | Piano Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Jacqueline Ching | Piano Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Anthony Coniglio | Piano Homeschool | Davie, Florida

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

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Mairead Flory | Violoncello Homeschool | Nokesville, Virginia

Michael Gaspari | Composition Robbinsville High School | Robbinsville, NJ

David Geng | Piano West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South | West Windsor, NJ

David Godar | Piano Sycamore High School | Cincinnati, OH

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

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

Jolie Huang | Piano Granite Bay High School | Granite Bay, CA

Ryan Jung | Piano Ronald Wilson Reagan High School | Pfafftown, NC

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

Jacob Kline | Piano Acton-Boxborough Regional High School | Acton, MA

Corbin Krebs | Bassoon Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

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

Evan Lee | Piano Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY

Katie Liu | Violin Mount Olive High School | Flanders, NJ

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

Alexander Lu | Piano International Community School | Kirkland, WA

Gregor McGee | Harpsichord Discovery High School | Newton, NC

Paul Mekailian | Composition Arcadia High School | Arcadia, CA

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Hideto Mori | Piano George Walton Comprehensive High School | Marietta, GA

Logan Nelson | Composition Wichita High School East | Wichita, KS

David Norville | Oboe Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

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

Nicholas Politi | Composition Scarsdale High School | Scarsdale, NY

Jonathan Qi | Piano Westwood High School | Austin, TX

Nathan Qi | Piano Homeschool | Bronx, New York

Matthew Reichenberger | Piano Homeschool | Coral Springs, Florida

Christopher Richardson | Piano San Ramon Valley High School | Danville, CA

Daniel Rudin | Composition Half Hollow Hills High School West | Dix Hills, NY

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

Mason Sangster | Clarinet Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Matthew Schultheis | Composition Potomac Falls High School | Potomac Falls, VA

Reuben Stern | Bassoon Boston University Academy | Boston, MA

Taiga Ultan | Flute Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Benjamin Wenzelberg | Composition Tenafly High School | Tenafly, NJ

Isabel Won | Violoncello Montgomery High School | Skillman, NJ

Amanda Zhang | Viola Savannah Arts Academy | Savannah, GA

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Jason Zhang | Piano Newman Smith High School | Carrollton, TX

Emily Zheng | Flute Arcadia High School | Arcadia, CA

Shawn Zheng | French Horn Central Magnet School | Murfreesboro, TN

Gabriel Ziaukas | Composition Santa Monica High School | Santa Monica, CA

Photography

Zola Anderson Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Ellie Brown Southwest High School | Minneapolis, MN

Tallis Cofta Pius XI High School | Milwaukee, WI

Aaron Cohen Monticello High School | Charlottesville, VA

Ty Davis Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL

Eli Dreyfuss G-Star School of the Arts | Chandler, Arizona

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

Mira Fradkin Greenhill School | Addison, TX

Arno Goetz St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX

Natalya Gonzalez Saint John’s School | Houston, TX

Gabrielle Gordon Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Tamra Gould Edmond North High School | Edmond, OK

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

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Lilianna Harris American Heritage School | Plantation, FL

Helen Healey Princeton Day School | Princeton, NJ

Clara Henderson The Sharon Academy | Sharon, VT

Beatrice Hood Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Alden James St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX

Nyanna Johnson Stivers School for the Arts | Dayton, OH

Duvit Kakunegoda Loyola High School | Los Angeles, CA

Bret Kaser Ridgefield High School | Ridgefield, CT

Simon Kingston Stivers School for the Arts | Dayton, OH

Elizabeth Kniffin Wauwatosa West High School | Wauwatosa, WI

Cameron Lam St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX

Shay Lari-Hosain The Harker School | San Jose, CA

Graham Manning Greens Farms Academy | Greens Farms, CT

Tayyab Maqsood Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD

Darion Owens Simeon Career Academy | Chicago, IL

Jamie Pearl Seattle Academy | Seattle, WA

Francesca Perticarini Faith Lutheran High School | Crystal Lake, IL

Jenni Pietromonaco Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Sophie Pobuda Stivers School for the Arts | Dayton, OH

Allison Rojas Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Ackeem Salmon Detroit School of Arts | Detroit, MI

Isaac Shaw Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School | West Chester, PA

Jesus Valencia Chicago Academy for the Arts | Chicago, IL

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

Madelyn Winchester Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Theater

Jake Anderson Eden Prairie High School | Eden Prairie, MN

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

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

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

Gabriel Kessler New Mexico School for the Arts | Santa Fe, NM

Jarod King South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC

Daniel Kunkel Appomattox Regional Goveners School for the Arts and Technology | Petersburg, VA

Maya Lagerstam Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Lee Metaxa Rozenfeld Leander High School | Leander, TX

Tanaka Muvavarirwa George C. Marshall High School | Falls Church, VA

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Jason Smith Montclair High School | Montclair, NJ

Joshua Strobl John Burroughs High School | Burbank, CA

Vida Talab New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Visual Arts

Elizabeth Adams Crystal Lake Central High School | Crystal Lake, IL

Madeleine Aguilar Jones College Prep High School | Chicago, IL

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

Elizabeth Anderson High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Sarah Armakan New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Ella Avery Albany High School | Albany, CA

Asa Benson-Core New Mexico School for the Arts | Santa Fe, NM

Dylan Borowski Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Zosia Chamera Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD

Carissa Chen Phillips Exeter Academy | Exeter, NH

DaEun Cho Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Yoon Jung Choi Bellevue Senior High School | Bellevue, WA

Carolyn Chu Torrey Pines High School | San Diego, CA

Caroline Clements Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Abraham Cone Chelsea High School | Chelsea, MI

Rachel Corren Marlborough School | Los Angeles, CA

Benjamin Cruz Idyllwild Arts Academy | Idyllwild, CA

Ivey Davis Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL

Marigny DeBlanc New Orleans Center for Creative Arts | New Orleans, LA

Thanh Do J. E. B. Stuart High School| Falls Church, VA

Alejandro Dominguez New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Chloe Doran Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD

Stephanie Dovale Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

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

Luna Elortegui Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Jierui Fang Plano West High School | Plano, TX

Aaron Feltman Huntington High School | Huntington, NY

Gabriela Fernandez Doral Performing Arts & Entertainment Academy | Doral, FL

Alessandra Ferrari-Wong Academy for Visual and Performing Arts | Hackensack, NJ

Aymee Figueredo Southwest Miami Senior High School | Miami, FL

Rafaella Fontenelle Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Lucy Freedman Packer Collegiate Institute | Brooklyn, NY

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Anna Fritz Atlanta International School | Atlanta, GA

JunSean Fung William L. Dickinson High School | Jersey City, NJ

Elizabeth Gilmore New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Claudia Gonzalez New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Emily Guo Peddie School | Hightstown, NJ

Huy Ha Albert Einstein High School | Kensington, MD

Angela He Oakton High School | Vienna, VA

Kathleen Hennessee Henrico High School | Richmond, VA

Zachary Houillion St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX

Lindsey Howard McKinney Boyd High School | McKinney, TX

Brittany Huang Glenbrook North High School | Northbrook, IL

Haifa Hubroman William L. Dickinson High School | Jersey City, NJ

Daniel Huerta High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

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

Geron Hurst Dupont Manual High School | Louisville, KY

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

Grace Infante Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

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

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Sophia Jakobson Walnut Hill School for the Arts | Natick, MA

Anton Kalmysh Lincoln Academy | Newcastle, ME

Annabel Keelty Roland Park Country School | Baltimore, MD

Nick Kilner-Pontone Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD

Kyuri Celine Kim Deerfield Academy | Deerfield, MA

Min Jung Kim Bellevue Senior High School | Bellevue, WA

Sun Woo Kim Northern Valley Regional High School | Old Tappan, NJ

S. Beth Kimsey Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL

Grace Kwon Farragut High School | Knoxville, TN

Alena Lattik Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD

Anna Le Franklin Pierce High School | Tacoma, WA

Janett Lee Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD

Amanda Leon Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Dakota Lewis North Miami Senior High School | North Miami, FL

Brandon Lim Davis Senior High School | Davis, CA

Emily Lin-Wu Northwood High School | Irvine, CA

Mia Lockhart Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Mallory Lundquist Gibbs Senior High School | St. Petersburg, FL

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Sofiya Lypka Edward R. Murrow High School | Brooklyn, NY

Anastasia Magamedova Waterford School | Sandy, UT

Amanda Martinez Bellaire Senior High School | Bellaire, TX

Taylor Mauldin Fontainebleau High School | Mandeville, LA

Ellen Mei Montgomery High School | Skillman, NJ

Claire Motsinger New Mexico School for the Arts | Santa Fe, NM

Indigo Naar Gibbs Senior High School | St. Petersburg, FL

Sarah Nicita Francis W. Parker School | San Diego, CA

Sebastian Niculescu Hicksville Senior High School | Hicksville, NY

Tirza Ochrach-Konradi Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD

Anela Oh Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Cynthia Olivo Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Cheyenne Otocki Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL

Chae Young Park Crean Lutheran High School | Irvine, CA

Catherine Pasquarelli Riverdale Country School | Bronx, NY

Mackenzye Penn University High School Indiana | Carmel, IN

Lucy Plowe Dwight-Englewood School | Englewood, NJ

Dhruv Prasad St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Natalie Preston Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Emma Rasich Deep Run High School | Glen Allen, VA

Daniela Reyes Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Alexandra Rodriguez High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Brenda Rodriguez Homeschool | Silver Springs, Florida

Catherine Rosas-Huerta Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD

Eli Rosenblum-Stephens Mary McDowell Friends School | Brooklyn, NY

Fiona Schiro Pius XI High School | Milwaukee, WI

Erica Silver Bellevue Senior High School | Bellevue, WA

Rebecca Siqueiros Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Maren Speyer Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Shiqing Su Pius XI High School | Milwaukee, WI

Jennifer Tsogtsaikhan Denver School of the Arts | Denver, CO

Alexandra Venegas Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL

Stephanie Verhelst Doral Performing Arts & Entertainment Academy | Doral, FL

Cassie Williamson Appomattox Regional Goveners School for the Arts and Technology | Petersburg, VA

Aiting Yan Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Wendi Yan Phillips Exeter Academy | Exeter, NH

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Justin Yee Ruth Asawa School of the Arts | San Francisco, CA

Yu Cheng Yeh Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

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

Voice

Katherine Ahmann | Soprano Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Tajee Barnes | Popular Voice Tri-Cities High School | East Point, GA

Merissa Beddows | Soprano Yonkers Montessori Academy | Yonkers, NY

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

Karlea Boswell-Edwards | Jazz Voice Howard W. Blake High School | Tampa, FL

Maya Charles | Jazz Voice Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY

Khaya Cohen | Singer/Songwriter The Beacon School | New York, NY

Claire Conway | Singer/Songwriter Charleston County School of the Arts | North Charleston, SC

Lorna Courtney | Jazz Voice Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY

Karina Fernandez | Popular Voice Our Lady of Lourdes Academy | Miami, FL

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

Maria Giovanetti | Soprano Lakewood High School | Lakewood, CO

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

Johanna Gordon | Jazz Voice Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Madison Green | Soprano Northville High School | Northville, MI

Zabrina Hay | Singer/Songwriter Vancouver Technical Secondary | Vancouver, British Columbia

Marie Herrington | Soprano Durham School of the Arts | Durham, NC

Gwen Howard | Popular Voice Laurel Springs Academy | Ojai, CA

Maren Huelsman | Singer/Songwriter North Central High School | Indianapolis, IN

Kalif Jones | Popular Voice Walt Whitman High School | Huntington Station, NY

Jai’Len Josey | Popular Voice Tri-Cities High School | East Point, GA

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

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

Cole Linebarger | Singer/Songwriter Coram Deo Academy | Flower Mound, TX

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

Emma Marhefka | Soprano William Allen High School | Allentown, PA

Christoph McFadden | Popular Voice Martha Ellen Stilwell School of the Arts | Jonesboro, GA

Sage Melcher | Singer/Songwriter Allendale Columbia School | Rochester, NY

Sheimyrah Mighty | Popular Voice Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art And Performing Arts | New York, NY

Shereen Pimentel | Soprano Paramus Catholic High School | Paramus, NJ

Elizabeth Reynaud | Popular Voice Jesuit High School | Portland, OR

Asa Santos | Baritone Cooper High School | Abilene, TX

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Breanna Self | Popular Voice Baton Rouge Magnet High School | Baton Rouge, LA

Grace Sheene | Singer/Songwriter Danville High School | Danville, KY

Michael Shofi | Popular Voice Ridgefield High School | Ridgefield, CT

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

Allena Sindler | Popular Voice Chicago Academy for the Arts | Chicago, IL

Miguel Soto | Singer/Songwriter Idyllwild Arts Academy | Idyllwild, CA

Benjamin St. John | Tenor Boylan Catholic High School | Rockford, IL

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

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

Maggie Valdman | Popular Voice Malibu High School | Malibu, CA

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

Paulina Villalon | Singer/Songwriter Veritas Preparatory Academy | Phoenix, AZ

Writing

Julia Adams | Spoken Word Sonoma Academy | Santa Rosa, CA

Stella Binion | Spoken Word Walter Payton College Preparatory High School | Chicago, IL

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

Griffin Blue Fay | Spoken Word Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Amanda Gorman | Short Story New Roads School | Santa Monica, CA

2016 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Jacob Herman | Spoken Word New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Angelo Hernandez-Sias | Selection From Novel Muskegon High School | Muskegon, MI

Allison Huang | Poetry The Lawrenceville School | Lawrenceville, NJ

Tyra Jamison | Spoken Word Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts School | Pittsburgh, PA

Julia Joy | Poetry ACES Educational Center for the Arts | New Haven, CT

Annalise Kamegawa | Short Story Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA

Darby Levin | Selection From Novel Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD

Alexandria Mintah | Selection From Novel Homeschool | Amherst, Virginia

Emily Mondrus | Spoken Word Homeschool | New York, New York

Brynne Rebele-Henry | Selection From Novel Homeschool | Richmond, Virginia

Duncan Slagle | Spoken Word Main Street School of Performing Arts | Hopkins, MN

Lola Todman | Creative Non-Fiction Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Rosamaria Varona | Spoken Word T. Wingate Andrews High School | High Point, NC

Jordan Villegas | Selection From Novel Woodmore High School | Elmore, OH

Zhihan Wang | Short Story Hopkins School | New Haven, CT

Erintrude Wrona | Creative Non-Fiction South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities | Irvine, California

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