2012 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
2012 YoungArts Winners
FINALISTS
Cinematic Arts
Naomi Joyce Bensen Homeschool | Fort Worth, Texas
Isaiah Corey Homeschool | Mountlake Terrace, Washington
Sarah Eileen Devlin New Orleans Center Creative Arts | New Orleans, Louisiana
Jesse Terenia Einhorn-Johnson Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, Michigan
Daniel Michael Frantz Downingtown High School West Campus | Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Danial Gebreili Jenks High School | Jenks, Oklahoma
Andrew James Wilson McKinney High School | Mckinney, Texas
Dance
Manaswini Avvari | Classical Indian Mission San Jose High School | Fremont, California
Nadine Lynn Barton | Ballet Ronald W. Reagan Doral Senior High School | Doral, Florida
Skylar Mackenzie Boykin | Modern Plano West Senior High School | Plano, Texas
Colin Fuller | Modern
2012 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
Homeschool | New York, New York
Amanda Lynn Krische | Modern Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, New York
Smriti Bharadwaj Krishnan | Classical Indian Spain Park High School | Birmingham, Alabama
Gregory Lau | Modern Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, New York
Victor Thomas Lozano | Modern High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, Texas
Norika Matsuyama | Ballet Palos Verdes Peninsula High School | Rolling Hills Estates, California
Hanss Mujica | Other Benito Juarez-Abraham Lincoln High School | Mission, Texas
Danica Paulos | Modern Professional Performing Arts School | New York, New York
Hanish Polavarapu | Classical Indian Saint Joseph High School | Metuchen, New Jersey
Izumi Donniae Presberry | Tap Penn Hills Senior High School | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Kristin Ava Ramirez | Tap Marvin Ridge High School | Waxhaw, North Carolina
Taylor Ann Rodman | Choreography Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, Texas
Karissa Leeandra Royster | Tap James Madison High School | San Antonio, Texas
Jose Tena | Hip Hop Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, New York
Brianna Elyse Torres | Modern Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, New York
Stephanie Anne Troyak | Choreography Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, Texas
Christian Alexander Warner | Modern High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, Texas
Bryn Noelle Watkins | Ballet El Modena High School | Orange, California
2012 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
Joshua David Yarbrough | Hip Hop Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, Florida
Jazz
Patrick Bartley | Alto Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Kai Devitt-Lee | Guitar Healdsburg High School | Healdsburg, California
Martin Robert Jaffe | Double Bass Northfield Mount Hermon | Mount Hermon, Massachusetts
Antonio Omar Madruga | Keyboard New World School of the Arts | Miami, Florida
Josh Shpak | Trumpet Northgate High School | Walnut Creek, California
Music
Alex Paul Beyer | Piano Fairfield Warde High School | Fairfield, Connecticut
Bryan Russell Duerfeldt | Recorder Thomas Jefferson Senior High School | Bloomington, Minnesota
Noah Luke Dugan | Trumpet New School for the Arts | Tempe, Arizona
Dominic Gregory Giardino | Clarinet Key West High School | Key West, Florida
Kimberly Jaling Hou | Piano Homeschool | Arlington, Virginia
Sirena Huang | Violin Loomis Chaffee School | Windsor, Connecticut
Grant Sawyer Jameson | Euphonium Dublin Coffman High School | Dublin, Ohio
Samuel Nicholas Jones | Trumpet St. Petersburg Collegiate High School | St Petersburg, Florida
Mayumi Kanagawa | Violin Crossroads School For Arts & Sciences | Santa Monica, California
2012 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
Eleanor Trier Kirk | Harp Evanston Township High School | Evanston, Illinois
John Francis Lee | Violoncello Delbarton School | Morristown, New Jersey
Anna María Litvinenko | Violoncello New World School of the Arts | Miami, Florida
Kate Liu | Piano New Trier Township High School | Winnetka, Illinois
Christine Adams Murphy | Flute Maine Township High School South | Park Ridge, Illinois
Devon Nicole Naftzger | Viola Adlai E. Stevenson High School | Lincolnshire, Illinois
Shelby Pauline Nugent | French Horn Waterloo Senior High School | Waterloo, Illinois
Juan Ricardo Ringor | Percussion Northside College Preperatory High School | Chicago, Illinois
Gabriel Edward Slesinger | Trumpet Walt Whitman High School | Bethesda, Maryland
Rieko Tsuchida | Piano Tamalpais High School | Mill Valley, California
Theodore Joseph Van Dyck | Trumpet Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, Michigan
Jeff Zhang | Piano Wayzata High School | Plymouth, Minnesota
Photography
Minh Ngoc Bui Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, California
Brannon Jacob Hardy Dorsey Appomattox Regional Governor’s School for the Arts And Technology | Petersburg, Virginia
Jacqueline Rose Langelier San Francisco University High School | San Francisco, California
Jessica Smith Hilton Head Island High School | Hilton Head Isl, South Carolina
Carolina Vogt
2012 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, Florida
Theater
Dallas Edward Akins | Spoken Only Winston Churchill High School | San Antonio, Texas
Michelle Ang | Spoken Only School of the Arts | San Francisco, California
Kathleen Marie Burke | Spoken Only Denver School of the Arts | Denver, Colorado
Nadia Helen Cook-Loshilov | Spoken Only Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, New York
Kayla Marie Eilers | Spoken and Musical New Albany High School | New Albany, Indiana
Mitchell Thomas Ferguson | Spoken and Musical Creekview High School | Carrollton, Texas
Brandon Flynn | Spoken Only New World School of the Arts | Miami, Florida
Ema Helena Horvath | Spoken Only Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, Michigan
Rebecca Marie Hurd | Spoken and Musical Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists | St. Paul, Minnesota
Wonza Johnson | Spoken Only South Carolina Governor’s School For the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, South Carolina
Justin Jones | Spoken Only Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, New York
Connor Montague Lawhorn | Spoken Only Punahou School | Honolulu, Hawaii
Michael John Leadbetter | Spoken and Musical Greece Athena High School | Rochester, New York
Heather Jeannine Mcdonald | Spoken and Musical Natomas Charter School Performing and Fine Arts Academy | Sacramento, California
Mary Louise Mondlock | Spoken and Musical Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, Michigan
Fiona Mae Robberson | Spoken Only Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, Texas
2012 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
Jasmine Sinclair Sabino | Spoken Only Plano West Senior High School | Plano, Texas
Nicholas Adam Sacks | Spoken Only Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, Florida
Gina Mckee Santare | Spoken and Musical Cab Calloway School of the Arts | Wilmington, Delaware
Luke Steinhauer | Spoken and Musical Mount Lebanon High School | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Brinie Serene Wallace | Spoken and Musical Charter Oak High School | Covina, California
Ross Yoder | Spoken and Musical Glastonbury High School | Glastonbury, Connecticut
Visual Arts
Matthew Harrison Adelberg George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Towson, Maryland
Adam Corey Amram Chattahoochee High School | Alpharetta, Georgia
Mary Amelia Archibald Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, Alabama
Andrew David Bennett Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, Florida
Nikolas Gregory Bentel Chaminade High School | Mineola, New York
Cidgy Bossuet Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers | Boston, Massachusetts
Maximilliano Brito Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, Texas
Liza Hays Butts Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, Alabama
Randy De La Cruz Design & Architecture Senior High School | Miami, Florida
Devin Chandler Dukes, Jr. Charleston County School of the Arts | North Charleston, South Carolina
Sophie Helene Eichner
2012 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
Deep Run High School | Glen Allen, Virginia
Caroline Sue Erb Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, Alabama
Ashley Ferro Design & Architecture Senior High School | Miami, Florida
Daniel Joseph Gatenio Packer Collegiate Institute | Brooklyn, New York
Ardis Graham, II St. Mark`s School of Texas | Dallas, Texas
Victoria Marie Heuston West Shore Junior-Senior High School | Melbourne, Florida
Patricia Michelle Humphrey Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy | Chicago, Illinois
Brianna Marie Kromrey Pius XI High School | Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Amanda Lee Kuhn Design & Architecture Senior High School | Miami, Florida
Kelsey Lee Palos Verdes High School | Palos Verdes Est, California
Joyce Eugenia Lin Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, Alabama
Kaylynn Tia Marie Olmstead Lois Cowles Harrison Center for the Visual and Performing Arts | Lakeland, Florida
Wilton James Porter St. Mark`s School of Texas | Dallas, Texas
Sade` Lashay Rowe Stivers School for the Arts | Dayton, Ohio
Drew James Shields Pius XI High School | Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Jessica Suhr New World School of the Arts | Miami, Florida
Lathan Scott Vargason Hancock County High School | Lewisport, Kentucky
Omar Josue Villeta Design & Architecture Senior High School | Miami, Florida
2012 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
Voice
Evan Joseph Abeling | Tenor Heritage High School | Vancouver, Washington
Jaylon Genarrio Ballard | Popular Voice New World School of the Arts | Miami, Florida
John Theodore Brakatselos | Baritone Manhasset High School | Manhasset, New York
David Moshe Buzaglo | Baritone Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, Michigan
Emma Caroline Davis | Jazz Voice West Linn High School | West Linn, Oregon
Virginia Grace De Las Pozas | Popular Voice New World School of the Arts | Miami, Florida
Nia Amour Drummond | Jazz Voice Brooklyn High School of the Arts | Brooklyn, New York
India Eloise Fields | Soprano Baltimore School for the Arts | Baltimore, Maryland
Michael Alexander Gonzalez | Tenor Walnut Hill School for the Arts | Natick, Massachusetts
Evan Christopher Hines | Tenor Clements High School | Sugar Land, Texas
Adrianna Christine Jackson | Popular Voice Tri-Cities High School | East Point, Georgia
Chandler Isaiah Johnson | Tenor Baltimore School for the Arts | Baltimore, Maryland
Jasmine D`Auntel Johnson | Mezzo Soprano James E. Taylor High School | Katy, Texas
Kelley Alexis Kessell | Popular Voice New World School of the Arts | Miami, Florida
Kelsey Lauren Lauritano | Mezzo Soprano School of the Arts | San Francisco, California
Elissa Ann Pfaender | Soprano Arrowhead Union High School | Hartland, Wisconsin
Allison Lorraine Porter | Soprano
2012 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
Suitland High School | Forestville, Maryland
Laila Marie Smith | Jazz Voice Marin School of the Arts at Novato High School | Novato, California
David Manuel Stewart | Popular Voice Cardinal Gibbons High School | Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Jermaine Otis Woodard Jr. | Baritone I. C. Norcom High School | Portsmouth, Virginia
Writing
Nicole Elizabeth Acton | Short Story Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, Michigan
Stephanie Bronfein | Short Story George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Towson, Maryland
Christina Maria Bull | Short Story Berkeley High School | Berkeley, California
Kelly Clare | Short Story Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, Michigan
Emily Sheera Cutler | Short Story Indian Springs School | Indian Springs, Alabama
Hannah Gillespie | Creative Non-Fiction Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, Alabama
Kamry Sadra-Briana Goodwin | Short Story South Carolina Governor’s School For the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, South Carolina
Alina Frances Grabowski | Short Story Commonwealth School | Boston, Massachusetts
Hannah Elizabeth Grace | Poetry Milton Academy | Milton, Massachusetts
Kamden Ishmael Hilliard | Creative Non-Fiction Punahou School | Honolulu, Hawaii
Christine Veronica Janumala | Short Story Orange County High School of the Arts | Santa Ana, California
Charles Ramsay McCrory | Short Story Florence High School | Florence, Mississippi
Nia Michelle Milner | Short Story Sandy Creek High School | Tyrone, Georgia
2012 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Da`Shawn Kahili Mosley | Creative Non-Fiction South Carolina Governor’s School For the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, South Carolina
Emily Bacot Nason | Poetry South Carolina Governor’s School For the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, South Carolina
Lillian Rose Porter | Creative Non-Fiction Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, Alabama
Sarah Ruth Murphy Rhu | Poetry South Carolina Governor’s School For the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, South Carolina
Daniele Rothschild | Creative Non-Fiction Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, Michigan
Emma Honour Mae Townley-Smith | Short Story Orange County High School of the Arts | Santa Ana, California
Sophia Margarette Wiltrout | Creative Non-Fiction South Carolina Governor’s School For the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, South Carolina
Dalia Wolfson | Short Story Hunter College High School | New York, New York
Maggie Zhang | Poetry Fayetteville-Manlius High School | Manlius, New York
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Cinematic Arts
Brannon Jacob Hardy Dorsey Appomattox Regional Governor’s School for the Arts And Technology | Petersburg, Virginia
Morgan Elizabeth Dupeire St. Joseph’s Academy | Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Taylor Ambrose Gonzalez Robert E. Lee High School | San Antonio, Texas
Mercedes Lakatos La Salle High School | Pasadena, California
William Thomas Merrick Homeschool | Los Angeles, California
Jazzmin Jaleasa Smith Edward R. Murrow High School | Brooklyn, New York
Nicolas Weinfeld Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, Michigan
2012 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Jihoon Woo Northern Valley Regional High School | Old Tappan, New Jersey
Dance
Emily Ann Bernet | Choreography Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, Texas
Skylar Mackenzie Boykin | Choreography Plano West Senior High School | Plano, Texas
Maximiliano Chavez | Other Benito Juarez-Abraham Lincoln High School | Mission, Texas
Harrison Henry Coll | Ballet Professional Children’s School | New York, New York
Joseph Michael Columbus | Tap Warren Township High School | Gurnee, Illinois
Alaysia R. Corley | African Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, New York
Amrita Tushar Doshi | Classical Indian Whitney High School | Cerritos, California
Colin Fuller | Ballet Homeschool | New York, New York
Gbari Denzel Gilliam | African Berkeley High School | Berkeley, California
Dominica Safia Greene | Modern Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, California
Gregory Lau | Ballet Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, New York
Summer Rayann Myatt | Ballet Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, Texas
Olivia Antico Russo | Tap Arlington Catholic High School | Arlington, Massachusetts
Lorena Jazmin Sanchez | Modern Saint Ignatius College Prep | Chicago, Illinois
Ainsley Campbell Sorenson | Ballet Laurel Springs School | Ojai, California
Emma Catherine Stratton | Ballet
2012 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Provost Academy Central | Columbia, South Carolina
Marshall Whiteley | Ballet Charter School of San Diego | San Diego, California
Jill Mackenzie Wilson | Choreography Harvard-Westlake School | North Hollywood, California
Iain Robertson Young | Jazz Clonlara School | Ann Arbor, Michigan
Jazz
Cory Wynn Boris | Trombone Kingston High School | Kingston, New York
Jacob David Chapman | Other Harvard-Westlake School | North Hollywood, California
Phillip Charles Golub | Composition Crossroads School For Arts & Sciences | Santa Monica, California
Russell Alexander Hall | Double Bass Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Lake Ryan Jiroudek | Guitar Idyllwild Arts Academy | Idyllwild, California
Thomas John Kelley | Alto Canton Junior-Senior High School | Collinsville, Connecticut
Chase Edward Morrin | Keyboard Canyon Crest Academy | San Diego, California
Chase Edward Morrin | Composition Canyon Crest Academy | San Diego, California
Sterling Overshown | Keyboard High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, Texas
Tree Alexander Palmedo | Trumpet Oregon Episcopal School | Portland, Oregon
Music
Douglas Jefferson Aliano | Contrabass Wheatley School | Old Westbury, New York
2012 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Sitan Chen | Piano Northview High School | Duluth, Georgia
Soo Jin Hannah Cho | Violin Professional Children’s School | New York, New York
Monica Edith Czausz | Organ Chicopee High School | Chicopee, Massachusetts
Nicholas Warren Davies | Clarinet Walnut Hill School for the Arts | Natick, Massachusetts
Andrew Shockley Du Comb | French Horn Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, Michigan
Abigail Ruth Fayette | Violin Shoreham Wading River High School | Shoreham, New York
Thomas Feng | Composition Mission San Jose High School | Fremont, California
Zachary Ryan Goldstein | Classical Guitar Keystone National High School | Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
Meera Sandra Gudipati | Flute La Canada High School | La Canada, California
Adela Heera Kim | Clarinet Horace Mann School | Bronx, New York
Ji Na Kim | Piano Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, Alabama
Arianna Isabel KöRting | Piano West Geauga High School | Chesterland, Ohio
Dong Won Lee | Piano Interlake High School | Bellevue, Washington
Sam Lesnick | Composition James A. Garfield High School | Seattle, Washington
Jeremy Betsy Odell | French Horn McCallum High School & Fine Arts Academy | Austin, Texas
Laura Park | Violin Homeschool | Des Plaines, Illinois
Eric Gregory Segerstrom | Composition Bethlehem Central High School | Delmar, New York
Kevin Sherwin | Classical Guitar Roslyn High School | Roslyn Heights, New York
2012 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Jessica Anne Stewart | Flute Stafford Senior High School | Falmouth, Virginia
Photography
Mary Elizabeth Becker Cypress Ranch High School | Cypress, Texas
Emily Rose Bonani Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, Florida
Christen Elizabeth Chiosi Baltimore School for the Arts | Baltimore, Maryland
Emma Louise Debany Ridgefield High School | Ridgefield, Connecticut
Caroline Ruth Fahey Wellesley High School | Wellesley, Massachusetts
Taylor Dawn Fortune Woodlands High School | The Woodlands, Texas
Daniel Joseph Gatenio Packer Collegiate Institute | Brooklyn, New York
Jordana Gluckow Saint Ann’s School | Brooklyn, New York
Kaitlin Elizabeth Maxwell Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, Florida
Elizabeth Lucile Newberry Design & Architecture Senior High School | Miami, Florida
Erin Ashley Ordakowski Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, Florida
Rena Xinyin Rong Columbia-Rock Bridge Senior High School | Columbia, Missouri
Allegra Sussman Packer Collegiate Institute | Brooklyn, New York
Alexandria Telfer University of Nebraska-Lincoln Independent Study High School | Lincoln, Nebraska
Claire Dominique Valera Kinkaid School | Houston, Texas
2012 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Theater
Brianna Gabriella Barnes | Spoken and Musical Mansfield Christian School | Mansfield, Ohio
Jordon Anthony Bolden | Spoken and Musical Seattle Academy | Seattle, Washington
Alexandra Giulia Cockrell | Spoken Only Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, Michigan
Ciara Mashea Curran | Spoken and Musical Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, Michigan
Colby Jordan Dezelick | Spoken and Musical Westfield High School | Chantilly, Virginia
Maureen Patrice Fenninger | Spoken and Musical High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, Texas
Johann Michael George | Spoken and Musical Choate Rosemary Hall | Wallingford, Connecticut
Monica Rae Summers Gonzalez | Spoken Only Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, New York
Aaron Simon Gross | Spoken and Musical Professional Children’s School | New York, New York
Jacob Thomas Horowitz | Spoken Only Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, New York
Allison Joy Lewis | Spoken and Musical Santa Barbara High School | Santa Barbara, California
Maeve Coleen Moynihan | Spoken and Musical Edina High School | Edina, Minnesota
Caroline Murrah | Spoken and Musical Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, Michigan
Thomas Harvey Prast | Spoken and Musical Trinity Preparatory School | Winter Park, Florida
Elizabeth Elise Romero | Spoken and Musical Huntington Beach High School | Huntington Beach, California
Isadora Lillian Sales | Spoken Only Professional Performing Arts School | New York, New York
Julia Cassandra Smith | Spoken and Musical
2012 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Branson School | Ross, California
David Manuel Stewart | Spoken and Musical Cardinal Gibbons High School | Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Visual Arts
Bronsin Pierce Ablon Greenhill School | Addison, Texas
Victor Agbeo Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. College Preparatory High School | Chicago, Illinois
Michael Pierce Anderson Landon School | Bethesda, Maryland
Jazmin Elizabet Arevalo Green Valley High School | Henderson, Nevada
Tristan Braman Shaker Heights High School | Shaker Heights, Ohio
Sabrina Leslie Buchanan Eugene Ashley High School | Wilmington, North Carolina
Joseph Shelby Bush St. Mark`s School of Texas | Dallas, Texas
Tristan Macpherson Cannan Webster Schroeder High School | Webster, New York
Dakota Wesley Ceneta Albert Einstein High School | Kensington, Maryland
Marshall Banks Childs Albert Einstein High School | Kensington, Maryland
Micaela Elaine Cottman Stivers School for the Arts | Dayton, Ohio
Breanna Leigh Durst Patapsco High School and Center for Arts | Baltimore, Maryland
Taylor Renee Fourt Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, Alabama
Johnny Daniel Friend Cy-Fair Senior High School | Cypress, Texas
Sabrina Granados New World School of the Arts | Miami, Florida
2012 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Caroline Haldeman-Emmerling New World School of the Arts | Miami, Florida
Heesun Han Jericho Senior High School | Jericho, New York
Kelsey Rose Isaacs Oakwood School | North Hollywood, California
Timothy Han Jiang Newton South High School | Newton Center, Massachusetts
Thomas Patrick Kelly High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, Texas
Jean Kyung Kim Orange County High School of the Arts | Santa Ana, California
Vanessa Leiva Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, Florida
Sarah Lo Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, New York
Alison Catherine Lynch George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Towson, Maryland
Ketty Merino Design & Architecture Senior High School | Miami, Florida
Celine Park Wissahickon High School | Ambler, Pennsylvania
Stuart Connor Perry Wellesley High School | Wellesley, Massachusetts
Marjorie Anna Rawle New Orleans Center Creative Arts | New Orleans, Louisiana
Rena Xinyin Rong Columbia-Rock Bridge Senior High School | Columbia, Missouri
Brandon Kento Saisho York School | Monterey, California
Daniel Santa New World School of the Arts | Miami, Florida
Celine Nicole Schmidt Hereford High School | Parkton, Maryland
Megan Ann Schmunk Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, Florida
2012 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Erin Leah Schwagerl Perpich Center for Arts Education | Golden Valley, Minnesota
Emily Samantha Souers Homeschool | Chicago, Illinois
Reese Sun Clements High School | Sugar Land, Texas
Travis James Waller Stivers School for the Arts | Dayton, Ohio
Garrett Steven Watumull St. Mark`s School of Texas | Dallas, Texas
Mary Emily Wirtes Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, Michigan
Melissa Anne Woolridge Wauconda High School | Wauconda, Illinois
Voice
Kerilynn Grace Adams | Soprano Junipero Serra High School | San Juan Capistr, California
John Byoungku An | Baritone Walt Whitman High School | Bethesda, Maryland
Teresana Barabba | Jazz Voice Chicago Academy for the Arts | Chicago, Illinois
Jordon Anthony Bolden | Popular Voice Seattle Academy | Seattle, Washington
Javier Alfonso Castellanos | Tenor John A. Ferguson Senior High School | Miami, Florida
Katherine Melinda Cotten | Jazz Voice J. J. Pearce High School | Richardson, Texas
Allison Kathleen Decrescenzo | Popular Voice Frank Sinatra School of the Arts | Astoria, New York
Clare Therese Demer | Soprano University High School | Tucson, Arizona
Nia Amour Drummond | Soprano Brooklyn High School of the Arts | Brooklyn, New York
Emilie Alexandra Faiella | Soprano
2012 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
San Dimas High School | San Dimas, California
Tyné Angela Freeman | Popular Voice Richland Northeast High School | Columbia, South Carolina
Haley Katherine Gehrke | Jazz Voice Chicago Academy for the Arts | Chicago, Illinois
Zane Ransom Hill | Tenor Cinco Ranch High School | Katy, Texas
Theo Rosenfeld Hoffman | Baritone Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, New York
Sophia Therese Kaminski | Soprano Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, California
Daniel Brooks McRath | Tenor Normandy High School | St Louis, Missouri
Sara Marie Munson | Soprano Morris Knolls High School | Rockaway, New Jersey
Alison Marie Schiller | Popular Voice South Bay Faith Academy | Redondo Beach, California
Cassandra Elise Sherwood | Soprano Walnut Hills High School | Cincinnati, Ohio
Laila Marie Smith | Popular Voice Marin School of the Arts at Novato High School | Novato, California
Carter John Soso | Popular Voice Miramonte High School | Orinda, California
Writing
Samantha Taylor Alliston | Short Story Mississippi School of the Arts | Brookhaven, Mississippi
Sage Marie Behr | Short Story City High School | Iowa City, Iowa
Jessica Leigh Blum | Short Story George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Towson, Maryland
Maya Colette Bradford | Short Story South Carolina Governor’s School For the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, South Carolina
Nicolette Kaylee Chamberlain-Simon | Creative Non-Fiction
2012 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Deerfield High School | Deerfield, Illinois
Sara Ann Connor | Short Story Del Norte County Unified High School | Crescent City, California
Haris A. Durrani | Short Story Staples High School | Westport, Connecticut
Elizabeth Rachel Francis | Short Story Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, Texas
Mckenzie Rae Hightower | Short Story Trinity Valley School | Ft Worth, Texas
Emily Ruth Hittner-Cunningham | Poetry Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, Michigan
Jasmine Ciskei Jones | Selection from Novel Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, Alabama
Maxine Aurielle Joselow | Short Story The Derryfield School | Manchester, New Hampshire
Charles Ramsay McCrory | Poetry Florence High School | Florence, Mississippi
Da`Shawn Kahili Mosley | Poetry South Carolina Governor’s School For the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, South Carolina
Emily Bacot Nason | Creative Non-Fiction South Carolina Governor’s School For the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, South Carolina
Sarah Ruth Murphy Rhu | Creative Non-Fiction South Carolina Governor’s School For the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, South Carolina
Renee Noel Richard | Play or Script for Film or Video Walnut Hill School for the Arts | Natick, Massachusetts
Lena Louise Rollenhagen | Short Story Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, Michigan
Lena Louise Rollenhagen | Creative Non-Fiction Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, Michigan
Sophia Margarette Wiltrout | Poetry South Carolina Governor’s School For the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, South Carolina
Dalia Wolfson | Creative Non-Fiction Hunter College High School | New York, New York
Stephanie Zgouridi | Short Story Troy High School | Fullerton, California
2012 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Yan Zhang | Creative Non-Fiction Millard West High School | Omaha, Nebraska
MERIT
Cinematic Arts
Renee Angela Faundo Laguna Creek High School | Elk Grove, California
George Connor Hall Jenks High School | Jenks, Oklahoma
Nathan Daniel Holland Sky View High School | Smithfield, Utah
Derek Horton Murry Bergtraum High School | New York, New York
Tahiel Jimenez Perpich Center for Arts Education | Golden Valley, Minnesota
Jeffrey William Kasanoff Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, Michigan
Jenny Lam New York City Lab School for Collaborative Studies | New York, New York
Dexter Jabril Mack Alpharetta High School | Alpharetta, Georgia
Jean Carlo Ramirez G-Star School of the Arts for Motion Pictures and Broadcasting | West Palm Beach, Florida
Alexandra Paige Savramis Maret School | Washington, District of Columbia
Cole Edward Wagner Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, California
Dance
Sofia Alexandra Arencibia | Ballet Our Lady of Lourdes Academy | Miami, Florida
Maheetha Chandramouli Bharadwaj | Classical Indian Thomas Jefferson School | St Louis, Missouri
2012 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Skylar Mackenzie Boykin | Jazz Plano West Senior High School | Plano, Texas
Lorrin Russel Brubaker | Jazz Dr. Phillips High School | Orlando, Florida
Kelsey Veronica Byrne | Ballet Orange County High School of the Arts | Santa Ana, California
Itzel Esmeralda De Leon | Other Palmview High School | Mission, Texas
Sinthuja Devarajan | Classical Indian Seven Lakes High School | Katy, Texas
Callie Lee Gullickson | Jazz Cardinal Newman High School | West Palm Beach, Florida
Alex Jacob Hathaway | Ballet Clonlara School | Ann Arbor, Michigan
Alex Jacob Hathaway | Jazz Clonlara School | Ann Arbor, Michigan
Sandhya Rani Kal | Classical Indian Glendora High School | Glendora, California
Nivedita Keshav | Classical Indian Santa Susana High School | Simi Valley, California
Jaime Jovanny Medina | Other Palmview High School | Mission, Texas
Joshika Money | Classical Indian Northview High School | Duluth, Georgia
Sunameeka Panigrahy | Classical Indian Naperville Central High School | Naperville, Illinois
Neha Pathmanaban | Classical Indian Bridgewater-Raritan Regional High School | Bridgewater, New Jersey
Tyler Matthew Roberts | Jazz North Branford High School | North Branford, Connecticut
Sivan Isabel Roth | Ballet Oakland Mills High School | Columbia, Maryland
Shriya Shruti Srinivasan | Classical Indian Strongsville High School | Strongsville, Ohio
Aarthy Sundar | Classical Indian Plano East Senior High School | Plano, Texas
2012 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Sruti Uppuluri | Classical Indian Winston Churchill High School | Potomac, Maryland
Gabrielle Abrahao Ursine | Other Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, Florida
Juan Noe Villegas | Other Palmview High School | Mission, Texas
Kira Kathryn Viola | Ballet El Paso High School | El Paso, Texas
Katherine Maurer Webb | Ballet Appomattox Regional Governor’s School for the Arts And Technology | Petersburg, Virginia
Ashlee Charice Williams | African Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, Florida
Cassidy Marie Wolf | Jazz Great Oak High School | Temecula, California
Jazz
Matthew Simon Dunietz | Percussion Evanston Township High School | Evanston, Illinois
Phillip Charles Golub | Keyboard Crossroads School For Arts & Sciences | Santa Monica, California
Graham Bennett Jacobson | Alto Glenelg High School | Glenelg, Maryland
Lex Samuel Korten | Keyboard High School for Math, Science & Engineering at City College | New York, New York
David Armando Leon | Alto New World School of the Arts | Miami, Florida
David Alan Milazzo | Alto Bow High School | Bow, New Hampshire
Jared Michael Mulcahy | Double Bass Skaneateles High School | Skaneateles, New York
Miles Rutherford Napier | Keyboard San Marcos High School | Santa Barbara, California
Jorge Eduardo Roldan | Alto New World School of the Arts | Miami, Florida
2012 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Andrew Nolan Sneed | Percussion High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, Texas
George Donald Spackman | Percussion Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, Michigan
Kyle Anthony Swan | Percussion Jones College Preperatory | Chicago, Illinois
Samuel Adelman Torres | Alto Horace Mann School | Bronx, New York
Samuel Aaron Weiser | Violin Staples High School | Westport, Connecticut
Music
Sara Aratake | Clarinet Chapel Hill High School | Chapel Hill, North Carolina
James Dion Blanchard | Flute Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, Michigan
Stephanie Anne Block | Viola Barrington Community High School | Barrington, Illinois
Rachel Boehl | French Horn Westhampton Beach High School | Westhampton Beach, New York
Benjamin Kern Darneille | Tuba Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, Michigan
David John Davani | Clarinet North Shore High School | Glen Head, New York
Daniel Turner Ellis | Oboe Platteville High School | Platteville, Wisconsin
Ari Evan | Violoncello Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, New York
Roy Femenella | French Horn Saint Ann’s School | Brooklyn, New York
Brandon Richard Garbot | Violin Shaker Heights High School | Shaker Heights, Ohio
Joshua Nathan Halpern | Violoncello Oakwood High School | Dayton, Ohio
Brian Joonwoo Hong | Violin
2012 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
James W. Robinson, Jr. Secondary School | Fairfax, Virginia
Russell Julian Houston | Violoncello Greenhill School | Addison, Texas
Kevin Jang | Piano Homeschool | Edison, New Jersey
Matthew Kimura | Violin Syosset High School | Syosset, New York
Isabel Frances Lau | Violoncello Mercy High School | San Francisco, California
Kevin Lee | Piano Watchung Hills Regional High School | Warren, New Jersey
Shir Victoria Levy | Violin Professional Children’s School | New York, New York
Taylor Guy Manning | Tuba New World School of the Arts | Miami, Florida
Samuel Grant Nemiroff | French Horn Pine Crest School | Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Ryan Frederick Norville | Flute Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, Michigan
Charles G. M. Overton | Harp Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, Michigan
Tyrone Jermaine Page, Jr. | Saxophone Baltimore School for the Arts | Baltimore, Maryland
Christopher Tanh Trimmer | Classical Guitar Orange County High School of the Arts | Santa Ana, California
T.J. Keanu Tario | Piano Kamehameha High School | Honolulu, Hawaii
Christine Minda Wu | Piano Troy High School | Troy, Michigan
Min Joo Yi | Piano Newport High School | Bellevue, Washington
Photography
Lindsay Baer
2012 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Park School of Baltimore | Brooklandville, Maryland
Margot Margot Beauchamp Greenhill School | Addison, Texas
Jessica Anne Bernstein Riverwood High School | Atlanta, Georgia
Irene Ushuaia Buettner-Salido St. Paul Academy and Summit School | Saint Paul, Minnesota
Holly Maria Fischer Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy | Melbourne, Florida
Alyssa Marie Fiumefreddo Pius XI High School | Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Vaninna Zurit Garcia Design & Architecture Senior High School | Miami, Florida
Maeve Elizabeth Gonder George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Towson, Maryland
Arpi Lilit Grigorian The Awty International School | Houston, Texas
Nicholas Lee Gutowski Pius XI High School | Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Julianna Taylor Jackson Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, Alabama
Tahiel Jimenez Perpich Center for Arts Education | Golden Valley, Minnesota
Taylor Marie Krutina Pius XI High School | Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Amanda Lee Kuhn Design & Architecture Senior High School | Miami, Florida
Adam Macalister Newton South High School | Newton Center, Massachusetts
Daniel Kalman Matyas Greenhill School | Addison, Texas
Will Harrison Mayer Northport High School | Northport, New York
Baylie Grace Marie McBeth Cypress Ranch High School | Cypress, Texas
2012 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Colleen Brynn McLaren Pius XI High School | Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Amanda Rosalina Musacchia Design & Architecture Senior High School | Miami, Florida
Samantha Clare Newby Marlborough School | Los Angeles, California
Allison Marie Parssi Wellington High School | Wellington, Florida
Hanna Elizabeth Peterson Perpich Center for Arts Education | Golden Valley, Minnesota
Leo Park Purman Nicolet High School | Glendale, Wisconsin
Sam Rogers Kinkaid School | Houston, Texas
Richard Albert Siegel Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, Michigan
Saige Simon Mayo High School | Rochester, Minnesota
Sophie Elizabeth Turner Harvard-Westlake School | North Hollywood, California
Lerina Eve Winter Dos Pueblos High School | Goleta, California
Chloe Lynn Wolfe W. E. Boswell High School | Fort Worth, Texas
Perry Louis Wu East Lyme High School | East Lyme, Connecticut
Emily Marie Wuetcher Woodford County High School | Versailles, Kentucky
Victoria Ashley Young Baltimore School for the Arts | Baltimore, Maryland
Theater
Alana Raquel Bowers | Spoken Only Baltimore School for the Arts | Baltimore, Maryland
Cecily Louise Breaux | Spoken Only
2012 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Woodlands High School | The Woodlands, Texas
Jacob Edward Brinskele | Spoken and Musical Sonoma Academy | Santa Rosa, California
Mary Louisa Britt | Spoken and Musical Cave Spring High School | Roanoke, Virginia
Jessica Eleanor Chanliau | Spoken Only Novato High School | Novato, California
Daniel Chavarriaga | Spoken Only New World School of the Arts | Miami, Florida
Lissa Deguzman | Spoken and Musical Divine Savior-Holy Angels High School | Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Kelsey Lashae` Delemar | Spoken Only Baltimore School for the Arts | Baltimore, Maryland
Katleen Monique Dugas | Spoken and Musical Coronado High School | Coronado, California
Katie Fay Francis | Spoken and Musical Logan High School | Logan, Utah
Sarah Anne Goldrainer | Spoken and Musical Saint Ursula Academy | Cincinnati, Ohio
Cody Allen Gunn | Spoken Only Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, Michigan
Kelley Kessell | Spoken and Musical New World School of the Arts | Miami, Florida
Christina Elsie-Lynne Kidd | Spoken and Musical Homeschool | Fairfax Station, Virginia
Heather Knobel | Spoken and Musical New World School of the Arts | Miami, Florida
Adam Josef Levy | Spoken and Musical Orange County High School of the Arts | Santa Ana, California
Nysa Noelle Loudon | Spoken Only Lusher Charter School | New Orleans, Louisiana
Darius Jamal Manuel | Spoken and Musical Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Skyler Grayson Millican | Spoken Only CHAMPS Charter High School of the Arts - Multimedia and Performing | Van Nuys, California
2012 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Ryan James Monroe | Spoken and Musical Gibbs High School | St. Petersburg, Florida
Tlalliaztlan Elizabeth Moya-Smith | Spoken Only Piedmont High School | Piedmont, California
Preston Lee Richard | Spoken Only Ronald Reagan High School | San Antonio, Texas
Bailey Nicole Roper | Spoken Only Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, Texas
Bailey Rose | Spoken and Musical duPont Manual High School | Louisville, Kentucky
Joel Maclean Sims | Spoken Only Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, New York
Pascale Smith | Spoken Only 21st Century Cyber Charter School | Exton, Pennsylvania
Jaimie Sprouls | Spoken and Musical Dr. Phillips High School | Orlando, Florida
Cassia Noelle Thompson | Spoken Only Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, Texas
Jacob Neil Wagner | Spoken Only Winston Churchill High School | San Antonio, Texas
Mina Krasney Walker | Spoken and Musical Lusher Charter School | New Orleans, Louisiana
Alexa Frost Yeames | Spoken Only North Carolina School of Arts | Winston Salem, North Carolina
Visual Arts
Hannah Berger Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, Florida
Alexander Brandon Bethea Jersey City Arts High School Program in Henry Snyder High School | Jersey City, New Jersey
Cara Deming Butler High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, Texas
Valentina Ignacia Cabezas Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, Florida
Yanglin Cai
2012 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Thomas Worthington High School | Worthington, Ohio
Juan Andres Chacin Clements High School | Sugar Land, Texas
Paul Robert Cronan Baltimore School for the Arts | Baltimore, Maryland
Adelle Mae Deriquito Albert Einstein High School | Kensington, Maryland
Aisyle Mae Deriquito Albert Einstein High School | Kensington, Maryland
Francesca Addy Facciola Northern Highlands Regional High School | Allendale, New Jersey
Connor William Hersey Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, Florida
Ali Abbas Jafri Henry Snyder High School | Jersey City, New Jersey
Miri Kim Chariho Regional High School | Wood River Jct, Rhode Island
Madeleine Eve Kunkle Walter Johnson High School | Bethesda, Maryland
Hollace Leigh Kutay Lancaster Catholic High School | Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Kaitlynn Grace Larkins Randallstown High | Randallstown, Maryland
Jake Andrew Lazovick Visual Arts Center at Albert Einstein High School | Kensington, Maryland
Esme` Ann McFerrin Osceola County School for Arts | Kissimmee, Florida
Teagan Belle McLarnan Oak Ridge High School | El Dorado Hills, California
Kate Graham Mcmillan Kinkaid School | Houston, Texas
Justin Kenji Noel Palisades Charter High School | Pacific Palisades, California
Esme Camille O`Brien Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, Texas
2012 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Malkia Sylvie Saint-Albin Design & Architecture Senior High School | Miami, Florida
Anja Sofia Salonen Latymer Upper School | London, International Applicant - Not Applicable
Carolyn Haewon Shin Weston High School | Weston, Massachusetts
Erika Suhr New World School of the Arts | Miami, Florida
Crystal Sun William P. Clements High School | Sugar Land, Texas
Molly Moran Swyers Albert Einstein High School | Kensington, Maryland
Shawn Gabriel Ward Stivers School for the Arts | Dayton, Ohio
Therese Taehee Whang Columbia-Rock Bridge Senior High School | Columbia, Missouri
Martha Anna Wirkijowski Central Bucks High School East | Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Voice
Jacob Thomas Angel | Tenor Texas City High School | Texas City, Texas
Katherine Barnes | Soprano Kinkaid School | Houston, Texas
Jessie Caitlyn Barnett | Mezzo Soprano South Carolina Governor’s School For the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, South Carolina
Kathryn Sara Barr | Soprano Manhasset High School | Manhasset, New York
Timothy Ezell Boone Jr | Popular Voice Milwaukee High School Arts | Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Michael John Boyas | Baritone Upper Saint Clair High School | Upper St Clair, Pennsylvania
Terrence Antwon Britt | Baritone Suitland High School | Forestville, Maryland
Damien Yudel Cayro | Bass
2012 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
New World School of the Arts | Miami, Florida
Rosemarie Louise Chandler | Soprano National Cathedral School | Washington, District of Columbia
Ana Collado | Soprano New World School of the Arts | Miami, Florida
Frances Ana Collins | Soprano New World School of the Arts | Miami, Florida
Jose Esteban Contreras | Tenor New World School of the Arts | Miami, Florida
Kristin Sommer Daines | Soprano Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, Michigan
Christa Marie Dalmazio | Soprano Ranney School | Tinton Falls, New Jersey
Rachael Marissa Edwards | Soprano Baltimore School for the Arts | Baltimore, Maryland
Amanda Nicole Emilio | Popular Voice Connetquot High School | Bohemia, New York
John Angelo Espino | Popular Voice Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts | Los Angeles, California
Adia Ilena Evans | Soprano Baltimore School for the Arts | Baltimore, Maryland
Samuel Rafael Garcia | Tenor Pingree School | South Hamilton, Massachusetts
Jaclyn Olivia Gessert | Mezzo Soprano Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, Michigan
Andrew Michael Gilstrap | Bass Pope John Paul II High School | Hendersonville, Tennessee
Reginald Shawn-Lee Gravette | Baritone Baltimore School for the Arts | Baltimore, Maryland
Morgan Rae Griffith | Soprano Lenape High School | Medford, New Jersey
Cory Jay Gross | Tenor Byram Hills High School | Armonk, New York
Geoffrey Clark Hahn | Baritone Santa Barbara High School | Santa Barbara, California
2012 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Imani A`Ni Handy | Soprano McKinney Boyd High School | Mckinney, Texas
Tiffany Crystal Houghton | Popular Voice Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, Texas
Esme Elizabeth Hurlburt | Soprano Saint Andrew’s School | Boca Raton, Florida
Yasmin Shannon Kelly | Mezzo Soprano Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, New York
Katherine Louise Koester | Soprano Shorewood High School | Shorewood, Wisconsin
Emily Anne Leidy | Soprano Norfolk Academy | Norfolk, Virginia
Justin Brandon Lewis | Baritone Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, California
Nicolas Ariel Lizcano-Knittle | Jazz Voice Chicago Academy for the Arts | Chicago, Illinois
Danielle Alexis Long | Soprano O`Fallon Township High School | Ofallon, Illinois
Gabrielle Emma Lowell | Mezzo Soprano William A. Shine Great Neck South High School | Great Neck, New York
Madelaine April Thomas Matej | Soprano Tamalpais High School | Mill Valley, California
Victoria Xochil Matthews | Popular Voice San Diego School of Creatve and Performing Arts | San Diego, California
William Ronphael McChriston | Tenor Ridgeway Senior High School | Memphis, Tennessee
De`Ron Monte McDaniel | Baritone Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, Ohio
Mary Claire Landolfo Miskell | Popular Voice Professional Performing Arts School | New York, New York
Nydia Veronica Molina | Soprano St. Agnes Academy | Houston, Texas
Aishwarya Narayan | Mezzo Soprano Radnor High School | Radnor, Pennsylvania
Catherine Estefania Ochoa | Popular Voice Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, New York
2012 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Allyson Elnora Omesiete | Popular Voice Frank Sinatra School of the Arts | Astoria, New York
Samantha Kate Piccirilli | Soprano Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, Florida
Ruby Leigh Pierce | Soprano East High School | Denver, Colorado
Samantha Grace Pollino | Soprano Baltimore School for the Arts | Baltimore, Maryland
Holly Ann Reckers | Soprano Mother of Mercy High School | Cincinnati, Ohio
Daniela Rivera | Mezzo Soprano Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, New York
Manuel Angel Rodriguez | Baritone Coral Reef Senior High School | Miami, Florida
Laura Corina Sanders | Soprano Saint Ignatius College Preparatory | San Francisco, California
Belina Letesus Seare | Popular Voice Edmonds-Woodway High School | Edmonds, Washington
Eva Magdalena Siegel | Soprano Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, California
Russell Tillman Sparks | Baritone Heritage High School | Maryville, Tennessee
Addy Morgan Sterrett | Soprano Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, Michigan
Diamond Jabri`S Thomas | Soprano Baltimore School for the Arts | Baltimore, Maryland
Ashley Danielle Traughber | Soprano High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, Texas
Maya Janee Turner | Soprano Baltimore School for the Arts | Baltimore, Maryland
Denise Francesca Ward | Mezzo Soprano High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, Texas
Abigail Katherine White | Soprano Homeschool | Waynesburg, Kentucky
Madeline Marie Whitesell | Soprano Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, Michigan
2012 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Tyesha Elesa Wilder | Soprano Wauwatosa East High School | Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
Jacob Henry Wilder-Smith | Tenor Walnut Hill School for the Arts | Natick, Massachusetts
Christopher Lloyd Williams | Popular Voice Tri-Cities High School | East Point, Georgia
Writing
Nicole Elizabeth Acton | Play or Script for Film or Video Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, Michigan
Julia Alison Bach | Short Story Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, Alabama
Mary Rose Bedell | Poetry George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Towson, Maryland
Mary Rose Bedell | Short Story George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Towson, Maryland
Hannah Taylor Bowlus | Poetry Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, Florida
Lauren Alyssa Cooper | Poetry Baldwin School | Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Hannah Gillespie | Short StoryMarin Academy | San Rafael, California
Sarah Nicole Knapp | Poetry The Bishop’s School | La Jolla, California
Rebecca Elena Kurtz | Short Story High Technology High School | Lincroft, New Jersey
Michelle Yue Ma | Short Story Phillips Academy | Andover, Massachusetts
Kristy Marrie Maier | Short Story Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, Michigan
Scarlett Scarlett McCarthy | Short Story Idyllwild Arts Academy | Idyllwild, California
Nicholas John Mecikalski | Play or Script for Film or Video Bob Jones High School | Madison, Alabama
Emily Bacot Nason | Short Story South Carolina Governor’s School For the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, South Carolina
2012 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Brittany St. John Newell | Short Story Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, Michigan
Dorothy Quincy Pierce | Short Story South Carolina Governor’s School For the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, South Carolina
Hadley Elizabeth Preganz | Poetry Charleston County School of the Arts | North Charleston, South Carolina
Allic Trevor-Scott Rennie | Short Story Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, Michigan
Lena Louise Rollenhagen | Poetry Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, Michigan
Sienna Elizabeth Schuth | Short Story Perpich Center for Arts Education | Golden Valley, Minnesota
Brittany Michelle Soder | Poetry Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, Florida
Imani Edna Michelle Spence | Creative Non-Fiction George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Towson, Maryland
Emma Rose Sunog | Short Story Commonwealth School | Boston, Massachusetts
Berenice Linda Sylverain | Short Story John A. Ferguson Senior High School | Miami, Florida
Hannah Marie Toke | Short Story The Fine Arts Center | Greenville, South Carolina
Laura Grace Wanamaker | Short Story Walnut Hill School for the Arts | Natick, Massachusetts
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