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2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
2020 YoungArts Winners
FINALISTS
Classical Music
Lucas Amory | Piano Stuyvesant High School | New York, NY
Caleb Borick | Piano Homeschool | Charleston, SC
Laura Futamura | Flute High Technology High School | Lincroft, NJ
Albert Gang | Violin Sage Hill School | Newport Coast, CA
Meagan Hipsky | Violoncello Homeschool | Guilford, IN
Masha Lakisova | Violin NorthStar Academy | Southaven, MS
Alice McDonald | Clarinet Monument Mountain Regional High School | Great Barrington, MA
Jane Meenaghan | Composition Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Orion Miller | Double Bass Special Music School | New York, NY
Clara Neubauer | Violin The Dalton School | New York, NY
2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
Mychal Nishimura | French Horn Tamalpais High School | Mill Valley, CA
Andy Park | Viola Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences | Santa Monica, CA
Katherine Pieschala | Composition Polytechnic School | Pasadena, CA
Gracie Potter | Trombone Arizona School for the Arts | Phoenix, AZ
Spencer Rubin | Oboe Syosset High School | Syosset, NY
Kasey Shao | Piano Walnut Hills High School | Cincinnati, OH
Dylan Shih Wu | Violoncello Manhasset Secondary School | Manhasset, NY
Cole Turkel | Clarinet Oak Crest Academy | Los Angeles, CA
Eric Wang | Guitar Valley Christian High School | San Jose, CA
Lanxin Xu | Accordion Walnut Hill School | Walnut, CA
Jessica Zhang | Piano Corona del Sol High School | Tempe, AZ
Dance
Tomoe Carr | Hip Hop High Tech High School | Secaucus, NJ
Rush Carson | Choreography New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Nicholas Khoa Dao | Modern/Contemporary Willow Glen High School | San Jose, CA
Emanuel Dostine | Modern/Contemporary Michigan Great Lakes Virtual Academy | Manistee, MI
Joziah German | Modern/Contemporary Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
Andre Imanishi | Tap The Urban Assembly Gateway School for Technology | New York, NY
Jacqueline Jankovsky | Modern/Contemporary Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Nouhoum Koita | Modern/Contemporary Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
Claire Lucas | Modern/Contemporary Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Aidan Lynch | Hip Hop Christ Presbyterian Academy | Nashville, TN
Lucas Marinetto | Tap University of Nebraska High School | Lincoln, NE
Lindy Mesmer | Ballet Laurel Springs School | Ojai, CA
Keara Nichols | Ballet Cabrillo Point Academy | El Cajon, CA
Amelie Or | Tap Oak Ridge High School | El Dorado Hills, CA
Tyrone Reese | Ballet W. P. Davidson High School | Mobile, AL
Sydney Revennaugh | Modern/Contemporary Marion High School | Marion, IN
Alina Taratorin | Ballet Palo Alto Senior High School | Palo Alto, CA
Kailey Worontsoff | Modern/Contemporary Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Design Arts
Coco Angelo Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Beatrix Begler Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Maria Carpenter The Governor’s Academy | Byfield, MA
2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
Carly Chan Leland High School | San Jose, CA
Nicholas Ferguson Poolesville High School | Poolesville, MD
Jonah Ginsburg The Masters School | Dobbs Ferry, NY
Ramya Iyer Westside High School | Omaha, NE
David Rodriguez Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL
Kyle Ventura Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL
Ariel Weinberg Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL
Film
Dusan Brown Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Sage Croft Windermere High School | Windermere, FL
Miles Dixon Churchill High School | Eugene, OR
Grace Gallagher Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Jared Goudsmit Kirkwood High School | Kirkwood, MO
Anthony Hsu Taipei American School | Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Anthony Kelly Roadstead Montessori High School | Norfolk, VA
Teddy Alvarez-Nissen Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Theodore Taplitz Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
Kai Tomizawa Ulysses S. Grant High School | Portland, OR
Jazz
Jason Arkins | Saxophone/Baritone Carmel High School | Carmel, NY
Graeham Guerin | Double Bass Westlake High School | Westlake, OH
Sophia Kickhofel | Saxophone/Alto Apple Valley High School | Apple Valley, MN
Miles Lennox | Piano Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL
Emmanuel Michael | Guitar Washington High School | Sioux Falls, SD
Ethan Pires | Trumpet Northgate High School | Walnut Creek, CA
Miguel Russell | Percussion Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL
Photography
Caitlin Chung Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Kyle Fisher St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX
Kayla Leon Venice High School | Los Angeles, CA
Ryan McCord St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX
Chiemeka Offor Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Amira Oguntoyinbo University of North Carolina School of the Arts | Winston Salem, NC
Kleo Pope The Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center | Providence, RI
2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
Jayson Rodriguez The Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center | Providence, RI
Santiago Salazar Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Adali Schell Ramón C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Zoe Vassiliou Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
Theater
Savannah Lee Birdsong Professional Performing Arts School | New York, NY
Kyle Branch Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Catarina de Luca Figueiredo New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Simon Dollinger Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Amari Dyson Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL
Miles Elliot Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Thomas Fitzgerald Rocky Hill Country Day School | East Greenwich, RI
Dwany Guzman Professional Performing Arts School | New York, NY
David Iacono Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
Mia Kendell Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI
William Ngong Ballard High School | Louisville, KY
Ulises Otero Jr. New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
Jordan Rice Homeschool | Dacula, GA
Mallorie Sievert Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL
Arethabelle Smith River Hill High School | Clarksville, MD
Zoë Stewart TEC Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School | East Walpole, MA
Alyssa Sunew Seven Lakes High School | Katy, TX
Madison Uphoff Madison West High School | Madison, WI
Daniel Velez Ramón C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Jater Webb Chaminade College Preparatory | West Hills, CA
Remsen Welsh New Haven Academy | New Haven, CT
Visual Arts
Olivia Bigtree Manlius Pebble Hill School | Syracuse, NY
Amanda Blanca Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL
Nichole Hernandez New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Samuel Jorge New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Austin Kim Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Martin Mbuguah South Side High School | Ft Wayne, IN
Oscar Montanez Garay Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Destiny Moore
2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Nicolas Ouporov Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Andrew Spielvogel State College Area High School | State College, PA
Nicholas Turgeon Wade Hampton High School | Greenville, SC
John Wright, II South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities | Greenville, SC
Voice
Anthony Arya | Singer-Songwriter Georgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory School | Santa Cruz, CA
Sarah Butler | Classical Soprano Duluth East High School | Duluth, MN
Karina Constantinides | Popular Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Talia Dalton | Singer-Songwriter The Dalton School Global Online Academy | Seattle, WA
Ethan Danto | Singer-Songwriter Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Martin Finks | Singer-Songwriter Memphis University School | Memphis, TN
Calista Garcia | Singer-Songwriter The H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program | Arlington, VA
Emma Gonzalez | Jazz Enloe Magnet High School | Raleigh, NC
Anthony Josep | Classical Baritone New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Sarah Grace Kimberly | Popular Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Adrian LiPuma Chabla | Singer-Songwriter Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
Lauren Maynus | Classical Soprano
2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
Ursuline Academy | Blue Ash, OH
Sage McNeely | Popular John Burroughs High School | Burbank, CA
Madison Perry | Classical Soprano Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School | Dumfries, VA
Pablo Rubin-Jurado | Classical Tenor Homeschool | New York, NY
Vuyiswa Sigadi | Classical Soprano Emmett J. Conrad High School | Dallas, TX
Georgianna Stafford | Jazz Fryeburg Academy | Fryeburg, ME
Aron Stornaiuolo | Jazz University of North Carolina School of the Arts | Winston Salem, NC
Gabrielle Turgeon | Classical Soprano Korah Collegiate and Vocational School | Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, CAN
Ronell Warmuth | Classical Baritone Strongsville High School | Strongsville, OH
Writing
Isabella Cho | Poetry North Shore Country Day School | Winnetka, IL
Kaya Dierks | Play or Script The Branson School | Ross, CA
Kaya Dierks | Short Story The Branson School | Ross, CA
Emma Rose Gowans | Creative Nonfiction South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities | Greenville, SC
Katie Grierson | Novel Bishop Gorman High School | Las Vegas, NV
Ana Maria Griffin Morimoto | Creative Nonfiction Special Music School | New York, NY
Mosab Hamid | Spoken Word The Berkeley Carroll School | Brooklyn, NY
Esmé Kaplan-Kinsey | Short Story
2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS
Credo High School | Rohnert Park, CA
Yasmeen Khan | Short Story Grand Oaks High School | Spring, TX
Sarah Lao | Poetry The Westminster Schools | Atlanta, GA
Youngseo Lee | Creative Nonfiction BASIS Chandler Charter School | Chandler, AZ
Jeffrey Liao | Poetry Livingston High School | Livingston, NJ
Frances McKittrick | Play or Script Saint Ann’s School | Brooklyn, NY
Marjan Naderi | Spoken Word Hayfield Secondary School | Alexandria, VA
Semilore Ola | Spoken Word Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Nia Sampson | Novel Bellaire High School | Bellaire, TX
Vivien Song | Poetry Amador Valley High School | Pleasanton, CA
Kerri Stephenson | Play or Script North Gwinnett High School | Suwanee, GA
Olivia Treynor | Short Story Woodside Priory School | Portola Valley, CA
Jieyan Wang | Short Story Moscow High School | Moscow, ID
Lydia Wei | Poetry Richard Montgomery High School | Rockville, MD
Eleanor Mary Wikstrom | Spoken Word Skyline High School | Oakland, CA
Aidan Wohl | Play or Script Harrison High School | Harrison, NY
Erika Yip | Play or Script Milton Academy | Milton, MA
2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Classical Music
Nathaniel Abreu | Violoncello Middlesex Community College | Middletown, CT
Gabriela Beltran | Flute La Costa Canyon High School | Carlsbad, CA
Kyle Chen | Piano Wayland High School | Wayland, MA
William Chen | Piano Special Music School | New York, NY
Christian Chiu | Piano Upper St. Clair High School | Upper St Clair, PA
Christy Choi | Violoncello Tenafly High School | Tenafly, NJ
Christopher Correa | Oboe Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI
Gabriel Crist | Piano Homeschool | Durham, NC
Roger Dahlin | Trombone Damascus High School | Damascus, MD
Eriko Darcy | Piano Latin School of Chicago | Chicago, IL
Alexander Fried | Violin Verdugo Academy | La Crescenta, CA
Solomon Ge | Piano Live Oak Academy | Santa Clara, CA
Noam Ginsparg | Violoncello The Hotchkiss School | Lakeville, CT
Justin Gruber | Tuba Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School | Parkland, FL
Mei Hotta | Violoncello Golden Valley Charter School | Ventura, CA
Evan Hu | Piano
2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Montgomery Blair High School | Silver Spring, MD
Jenny Jiang | Violoncello The Spence School | New York, NY
Marco Jimenez | Piano Homeschool | St. Petersburg, FL
Marco Jimenez | Organ Homeschool | St. Petersburg, FL
Marco Jimenez | Composition Homeschool | St. Petersburg, FL
Maya Johnson | Composition Homeschool | Salt Lake City, UT
Thomas Kaminsky | Flute Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI
Ipek Karataylioglu | Flute Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI
Aram Kim | Violin Homeschool | Latham, NY
Joshua Kim | Violin Homeschool | Buchon, Gyounggido, SK
Soomin Kim | Violoncello The Bergen County Academies | Hackensack, NJ
Subee Kim | Flute Homeschool | Plano, TX
Tyler Kim | Piano Temecula Valley High School | Temecula, CA
Adrian King | Piano Insight School of Washington | Tacoma, WA
Na Koh | Violoncello Cresskill High School | Cresskill, NJ
Eilene Lee | Violin The Bergen County Academies | Hackensack, NJ
Jessica Lee | Violoncello Palos Verdes Peninsula High School | Rolling Hills Estates, CA
Chelsie Lim | Violoncello Academy of the Holy Angels | Demarest, NJ
2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Brian Lin | Saxophone Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Katherine Liu | Piano The Rivers School | Weston, MA
Soren Lorentzen | Viola McCoy High School | Medicine Hat, Alberta, CAN
Angeline Ma | Piano Conestoga High School | Berwyn, PA
Michael McCann | Flute Stivers School for the Arts | Dayton, OH
Griffin Miller | Percussion Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Zechariah Mo | Viola William Fremd High School | Palatine, IL
Audrey Park | Violin West Ranch High School | Valencia, CA
Yoona Park | Viola Paramus High School | Paramus, NJ
Scott Quirk | Flute Monte Vista School | Simi Valley, CA
John Robert Santiago | Flute Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Andrew Shi | Piano Diamond Bar High School | Diamond Bar, CA
Mi-Hyun Suh | Piano Diamond Bar High School | Diamond Bar, CA
Carys Sutherland | French Horn Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI
Sarah Tindall | Violoncello Souderton Area High School | Souderton, PA
Brandon Trent | Saxophone Roane County High School | Kingston, TN
Karina Tseng | Piano Carlmont High School | Belmont, CA
Smrithi Upadhyayula | Flute Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science | Denton, TX
2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Josef Viramontes | Saxophone Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI
Sean Wang | Trombone Foothill High School | Pleasanton, CA
Chelsea Xia | Violin Hunter College High School | New York, NY
Roger Xia | Piano Davis Senior High School | Davis, CA
Audrey Yang | Flute Princeton High School | Princeton, NJ
Sean Yu | Violoncello Rye High School | Rye, NY
Delia Zaleski | Flute Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI
Jessica Zhang | Piano Hamilton High School | Chandler, AZ
John Zhao | Piano Hillcrest High School | Midvale, UT
Helen Zhu | Flute Westview High School | San Diego, CA
Dance
Maya Alvarez-Coyne | World Dance/Irish Step Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Atticus Dobbie | Modern/Contemporary Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
Ashton Edwards | Ballet Flint Southwestern Classical Academy | Flint, MI
Aydin Eyikan | Jazz The Keystone School | Bloomsburg, PA
Brenan Gonzalez | Modern/Contemporary Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Krupa Hegde | World Dance/Classical Indian The Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science | Bowling Green, KY
2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Irene Kim | Modern/Contemporary Crean Lutheran High School | Irvine, CA
Janiya Pearson | World Dance/African Professional Performing Arts School | New York, NY
Arya Pratap | World Dance/Classical Indian Saint Francis High School | Mountain View, CA
Design Arts
Melissa Donaldson Cypress Bay High School | Weston, FL
Elva Dong High School of Art and Design | New York, NY
Sofia Hernandez Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL
Santiago Krossler Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL
Sarah Leiva Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL
Allison Li Academic Magnet High School | North Charleston, SC
Shannon Lin Henry M. Gunn High School | Palo Alto, CA
Sarah Swanson Pius XI Catholic High School | Milwaukee, WI
Sofia Vera Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL
Melody Yu Western Sierra Collegiate Academy | Rocklin, CA
Film
Mariah Barrera City High Middle School | Grand Rapids, MI
Branden Garcia Veritas Academy | Flushing, NY
2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Dexter Gardner Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Youning Jiang Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Anthony Jones Shawnee High School | Lima, OH
Esmeralda Martinez Ánimo Venice Charter High School | Venice, CA
Emma Nebeker Westlake High School | Austin, TX
Sarah Williams Marshall Fundamental Secondary School | Pasadena, CA
Jazz
Jason Arkins | Saxophone/Alto Carmel High School | Carmel, NY
Mark Beebe | Saxophone/Alto Idyllwild Arts Academy | Idyllwild, CA
Nicholas Beltramini | Saxophone/Alto King Philip Regional High School | Wrentham, MA
Benjamin Conn | Trombone Agoura High School | Agoura Hills, CA
Lasse Corson | Piano Southwest High School | Minneapolis, MN
Nicolas Daglio Fine | Composition Lexington High School | Lexington, MA
Oliver D’Avolio | Piano Trinity School | New York, NY
Christopher Ferrari | Saxophone/Tenor Denver School of the Arts | Denver, CO
Seth Finch | Piano Baton Rouge Magnet High School | Baton Rouge, LA
Garrett Frees | Saxophone/Tenor Naperville North High School | Naperville, IL
2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Gavin Gray | Double Bass William H. Hall High School | West Hartford, CT
Kellin Hanas | Trumpet Wheaton North High School | Wheaton, IL
Bryce Hayashi | Composition Northgate High School | Walnut Creek, CA
William Hazlehurst | Double Bass Enloe Magnet High School | Raleigh, NC
Nate Jones | Trombone Belmont High School | Belmont, MA
Adam Lord | Saxophone/Tenor Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Jace Mason | Composition Walnut Hill School | Natick, MA
Aidan McCarthy | Double Bass Bishop O’Dowd High School | Oakland, CA
Luca Moretti | Piano Newark Academy | Livingston, NJ
Ian Muñoz | Saxophone/Alto New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Connor Munroe | Saxophone/Tenor Ransom Everglades School | Coconut Grove, FL
John Murray | Double Bass San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts | San Diego, CA
Aaron Ouellette | Trumpet Rham High School | Hebron, CT
Cole Palensky | Saxophone/Tenor Papillion-La Vista South High School | Papillion, NE
Asher Pereira | Composition Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Alexander Perry | Piano San Francisco University High School | San Francisco, CA
Lucas Perry | Piano San Francisco University High School | San Francisco, CA
Aidan Pratte | Double Bass Northgate High School | Walnut Creek, CA
2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Christian Ramirez | Double Bass Vancouver School of Arts and Academics | Vancouver, WA
Michael Ramos | Double Bass Florida Christian School | Miami, FL
Joseph Ranieri | Double Bass William Fremd High School | Palatine, IL
Charles Reichert Powell | Guitar Oak Park and River Forest High School | Oak Park, IL
Benjamin Rubie | Violin Special Music School | New York, NY
Zachary Shubert | Piano Carlmont High School | Belmont, CA
Jacob Smith | Percussion Northfield Mount Hermon School | Mount Hermon, MA
Eric Stern | Piano Edward R. Murrow High School | Brooklyn, NY
Luca Stine | Composition Florida Virtual School | Orlando, FL
Vittorio Stropoli | Piano The Masters School | Dobbs Ferry, NY
Evan Taylor | Guitar Walnut Hills High School | Cincinnati, OH
Robert Varon | Guitar Pittsford Mendon High School | Pittsford, NY
Makoto Yorihiro | Saxophone/Tenor Century Academy High School | Thousand Oaks, CA
Photography
Vincent Alban The Masters School | Dobbs Ferry, NY
Sarah Branch Arlington Heights High School | Fort Worth, TX
Justin Clarke Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL
2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Ari Cox State College Area High School | State College, PA
Simon Downes Toney The Met Sacramento High School | Sacramento, CA
Reneé Simone Hayes Medgar Evers College Preparatory School | Brooklyn, NY
Alexandra Hogue Durham Academy Upper School | Durham, NC
Abe Kaye Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Alice Lubin Meyer Lawrence High School | Lawrence, KS
Stevia Ndoe Walter Payton College Preparatory High School | Chicago, IL
Nicolas Ouporov Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Chloe Powers The Archer School for Girls | Los Angeles, CA
Maia Rauh Pius XI Catholic High School | Milwaukee, WI
Ajaya Shelton Stivers School for the Arts | Dayton, OH
Yishi Wang Princeton Day School | Princeton, NJ
Frances Weger Westerville South High School | Westerville, OH
Jessie Wu The SMIC Private School Shanghai | Shanghai, CHN
Theater
Anire Amoda Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
Jordan Anderson Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Sabina Arcila New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Helena Chuang Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts | San Francisco, CA
Alaysia Duncan Central High School | Saint Paul, MN
Olivia Foght Waunakee Community High School | Waunakee, WI
Joilynn Green A. N. McCallum High School | Austin, TX
Mackenzie Holley Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI
Joshua Lewis New Manchester High School | Douglasville, GA
Logan Lopez Montverde Academy | Montverde, FL
Marshall Mabry IV Homeschool | Fairburn, GA
Jaylon Muchison Belleville West High School | Belleville, IL
Oluchi Nwaokorie Murrah High School | Jackson, MS
Virginia Richardson Hume-Fogg Academic High School | Nashville, TN
Schneider Saintil Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Shelby Smith Riverdale High School | Murfreesboro, TN
Maya Sta. Ana Howell High School | Farmingdale, NJ
Laila Stewart Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Victoria Strong Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School | Miami, FL
2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Visual Arts
Luis Aleman New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Madison Burton The Masters School | Dobbs Ferry, NY
Alex Hernandez Coral Reef Senior High School | Miami, FL
Sarah Hwang Seoul International School | Sujeong-Gu, Gyeonggi-Do, SK
Kate Lim Amador Valley High School | Pleasanton, CA
Katherine Miller Lovejoy High School | Lucas, TX
Maximus Oppenheimer Ramón C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Nayla Vasquez Chicago High School for the Arts | Chicago, IL
Voice
Angelica Alvarez | Popular Coral Reef Senior High School | Miami, FL
Kiana Ardoin | Jazz Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Anthony Arya | Popular Georgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory School | Santa Cruz, CA
Lily Bobrick | Classical Mezzo Soprano Independence High School | San Francisco, CA
Ellah Brown | Jazz Rutherford High School | Rutherford, NJ
June Marie Cavlan | Jazz Soquel High School | Soquel, CA
Margaret Cubillos | Popular Mira Costa High School | Manhattan Beach, CA
2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Jameson Elton | Popular Lewis and Clark High School | Spokane, WA
Emma Gerson | Popular Los Gatos High School | Los Gatos, CA
Avery Gipson | Singer-Songwriter The Lovett School | Atlanta, GA
Asia Guzman | Popular High Tech High School | Secaucus, NJ
Samuel Higgins | Classical Countertenor Milton High School | Milton, MA
Marley Howard | Jazz Manchester High School | Manchester, CT
Elena Izquierdo | Popular Williamsville East High School | East Amherst, NY
Akira Sky Kassulke | Popular Brighton Hall School | Burbank, CA
Olivia Katz | Popular Latin School of Chicago | Chicago, IL
Jessica Kodsi | Classical Mezzo Soprano Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI
Isabella Koster | Popular John Burroughs School | Saint Louis, MO
Advika Krishnan | Jazz Needham High School | Needham, MA
Kalista Lewis | Popular Marietta High School | Marietta, GA
Breezy Love | Singer-Songwriter Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI
Michele Lu | Popular Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Cora-Melin Mikat | Classical Soprano Brighton Hall School | Brighton, MI
Lea Nayak | Classical Soprano Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts | San Francisco, CA
Grace Nyberg | Popular Homeschool | Brea, CA
2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Colin O’Connor | Jazz GlenOak High School | Canton, OH
Isabella Oliveira-Pazzia | Popular Mira Costa High School | Manhattan Beach, CA
Alixandra Page | Singer-Songwriter Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Alasdair Payten | Classical Tenor Independence High School | San Francisco, CA
Piatt Pund | Singer-Songwriter Mission Bay High School | San Diego, CA
Rebecca Ramirez | Jazz Downey High School | Downey, CA
Georgia Ryan | Singer-Songwriter Ramón C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Laura Santamaria-Mendez | Classical Soprano Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Jacob Schroeder | Popular Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Leland Smith | Classical Baritone Amador Valley High School | Pleasanton, CA
Matilda Smolij | Classical Mezzo Soprano Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Gianna Stansell | Popular Grandville High School | Grandville, MI
Georgia Starnes | Popular Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Cora Stewart | Popular Naperville North High School | Naperville, IL
Miles Tobel | Singer-Songwriter Santa Monica High School | Santa Monica, CA
Hannah Trauscht | Singer-Songwriter HomeLife Academy | Jackson, TN
Yemie Woo | Popular Pascack Hills High School | Montvale, NJ
Samuel Wood | Singer-Songwriter Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Writing
Daniel Blokh | Spoken Word Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL
Ollie Dupuy | Poetry Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Emma Rose Gowans | Poetry South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities | Greenville, SC
Mosab Hamid | Creative Nonfiction The Berkeley Carroll School | Brooklyn, NY
Anna Herrera | Spoken Word Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Alexander Inagamov | Play or Script Frank Sinatra School of the Arts High School | Astoria, NY
Esther Lee | Poetry Irvine High School | Irvine, CA
Justin Li | Creative Nonfiction The Pingry School | Basking Ridge, NJ
Frances McKittrick | Short Story Saint Ann’s School | Brooklyn, NY
Uma Menon | Spoken Word Winter Park High School | Winter Park, FL
Eliza Moore | Short Story Chattanooga High School Center for Creative Arts | Chattanooga, TN
Cindy Phan | Creative Nonfiction Skyline High School | Salt Lake City, UT
Sylvie Shure | Novel Flintridge Preparatory School | La Canada, CA
Anaka Srinivas | Creative Nonfiction Middleton High School | Middleton, WI
Jovana Tankou | Spoken Word Hollywood High School | Los Angeles, CA
Grace Wang | Short Story Columbus North High School | Columbus, IN
Ilia Wayans | Play or Script Viewpoint School | Calabasas, CA
2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS
Alyssa Wilson | Creative Nonfiction South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities | Greenville, SC
Anouk Yeh | Spoken Word Saratoga High School | Saratoga, CA
Sophia Young | Creative Nonfiction South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities | Greenville, SC
Arden Yum | Creative Nonfiction Trinity School | New York, NY
2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
MERIT
Classical Music
Gwenyth Aggeler | Guitar Denver School of the Arts | Denver, CO
Kathryn Amaral | Violin Great Books Academy | Colorado Springs, CO
Samantha Anderson | Flute Valencia High School | Valencia, CA
Kelly Avila | Viola Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI
Olivia Bennett | Composition Homeschool | Springfield, MO
Nicholas Boettcher | Double Bass Naperville North High School | Naperville, IL
Dean Brady | Flute Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI
Andrew Burhans | French Horn Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI
Katherine Butler | Violin Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Joshua Cai | Viola Mount Sinai High School | Mount Sinai, NY
Sonya Carrillo | Trumpet New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Catherine Carson | Violin Shattuck-St. Mary’s School | Faribault, MN
Carrie Chen | Piano The Bergen County Academies | Hackensack, NJ
Kristy Chen | Violin West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North | Plainsboro, NJ
Noah Chen | Violoncello K12 International Academy | Herndon, VA
Cameron Chiu | Violoncello William Fremd High School | Palatine, IL
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Kevin Cho | Piano West Ranch High School | Valencia, CA
Catherine Choi | Violoncello Monta Vista High School | Cupertino, CA
Hyuntae Choi | Piano Middlesex School | Concord, MA
Melody Choi | Violin Valley Christian High School | San Jose, CA
Renee Choi | Violin Northern Valley Regional High School | Demarest, NJ
Natalie Chow | Piano Livingston High School | Livingston, NJ
Stacey Chung | Violoncello Oak Crest Academy | Los Angeles, CA
Natalie Colegrove | Euphonium Cupertino High School | Cupertino, CA
Khoi Dinh | Flute Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Andrew Do | Violoncello Northwood High School | Irvine, CA
Caroline Durham | Violin Skyline High School | Salt Lake City, UT
Joshua Flores | Saxophone Heritage High School | Frisco, TX
Iris Fu | Flute Crescent Valley High School | Corvallis, OR
Sofia Gilchenok | Viola Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School | West Chester, PA
Priyanka Gohal | Harp Homeschool | Jamestown, IN
Bryan Han | Violoncello Plano West Senior High School | Plano, TX
Clayton Hancock | Violin Laurel Springs School | Ojai, CA
Kenneth He | Piano Princeton International School of Mathematics and Science | Princeton, NJ
2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Colin Hill | Violoncello George C. Marshall High School | Falls Church, VA
Matthew Ho | Violin St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX
Ben Hoang | Piano Live Oak Academy | Santa Clara, CA
Grace Huh | Violin Lynbrook High School | San Jose, CA
Barbara Juminaga | Violin Homeschool | Highland Park, IL
Yuki Kanazawa | Violin Hunter College High School | New York, NY
Sebastian Kelzenberg | Oboe Cashmere High School | Cashmere, WA
Ashley Kim | Piano New Trier Township High School | Winnetka, IL
Hannah Kim | Violin Sage Hill School | Newport Coast, CA
Jeannette Kim | Piano Ridgefield High School | Ridgefield, CT
Jeehoon Kim | Oboe Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI
Minchae Kim | Flute Alhambra High School | Alhambra, CA
Nicholas Kim | Clarinet Agoura High School | Agoura Hills, CA
Asha Kline | Bassoon Centennial High School | Ellicott City, MD
Heechan Ku | Violoncello The Bergen County Academies | Hackensack, NJ
Leo Kubota | Violoncello Corona del Sol High School | Tempe, AZ
Joanna Lau | Flute Herricks High School | New Hyde Park, NY
Irene Lee | Violoncello Northern Highlands Regional High School | Allendale, NJ
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Yeasol Lee | Piano Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
Abigail Leong | Violoncello The King’s Academy | Sunnyvale, CA
Annie Li | Piano Portola High School | Irvine, CA
Ivy Liang | Flute Montgomery Blair High School | Silver Spring, MD
Thomas Lim | Violoncello Saratoga High School | Saratoga, CA
Angelina Lim | Flute Marriotts Ridge High School | Marriottsville, MD
Phoebe Lin | Flute Lynbrook High School | San Jose, CA
Kaylin Liu | Violin Metea Valley High School | Aurora, IL
Emma Lo | Piano The Shipley School | Bryn Mawr, PA
Ian Maloney | Violoncello International Connections Academy | Columbia, MD
Sean Mori | Violin School for Independent Learners | Los Altos, CA
Jackson Naglick | Piano Indiana University High School | Bloomington, IN
Noelle Naito | Violin The Keystone School | Bloomsburg, PA
Jeremy Nohel | Piano Whitney Young Magnet High School | Chicago, IL
Conor Padmanabhan | Guitar Palo Alto Senior High School | Palo Alto, CA
Jamie Park | Double Bass Hawken School | Gates Mills, OH
Stephanie Petinaux | Piano Seneca Valley Senior High School | Harmony, PA
Nita Qiu | Piano Trinity School at River Ridge | Eagan, MN
2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Richard Qiu | Piano Newbury Park High School | Newbury Park, CA
Timothy Rinehart | Double Bass Chapel Hill High School | Chapel Hill, NC
Will Robles | Violoncello Polytechnic School | Pasadena, CA
Faith Shim | Flute Bergen County Technical High School | Teterboro, NJ
Daniel Son | Viola Ridgewood High School | Ridgewood, NJ
Lia Stallmann | Viola Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Evan Tsai | Double Bass Phillips Academy Andover | Andover, MA
Aidan Vass | Composition Westlake High School | Westlake Village, CA
Audrey Wang | Violin Pinnacle High School | Phoenix, AZ
James Wang | Saxophone Montgomery High School | Skillman, NJ
Joseph Wang | Viola Deerfield Academy | Deerfield, MA
Charlotte Wong | Piano Aragon High School | San Mateo, CA
Alexandra Woroniecka | Violin Ward Melville High School | East Setauket, NY
Shuen Wu | Piano Homeschool | Woodbury, MN
Andrew Yang | Violin The Seven Hills School | Cincinnati, OH
Elizabeth Yang | Piano Montgomery High School | Skillman, NJ
Davis You | Violoncello Palo Alto Senior High School | Palo Alto, CA
Ethan Yuen | Piano Henry M. Gunn High School | Palo Alto, CA
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Dance
Deven Ayambem | Hip Hop Downingtown STEM Academy | Downingtown, PA
Joseph Boswell | Ballet James Madison High School | Norcross, GA
Victoria Chapa | World Dance/Mexican Folkloric Valley View High School | Pharr, TX
Angelina Diaz | Choreography Miami Beach Senior High School | Miami Beach, FL
Jau’mair Garland | Modern/Contemporary Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts | Pittsburgh, PA
Rosie Granito | Choreography Denver School of the Arts | Denver, CO
Shashank Iswara | World Dance/Classical Indian Flower Mound High School | Flower Mound, TX
Demetrius Lee | Modern/Contemporary Cleveland School of the Arts | Cleveland, OH
Francesca Levita | Modern/Contemporary Saint Charles North High School | Saint Charles, IL
Jeremiah Moorehead | Modern/Contemporary Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL
Julian Sanchez | Modern/Contemporary New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Nyoka Wotorson | Modern/Contemporary Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
Design Arts
Tenu Ahn James A. Garfield High School | Seattle, WA
Carlos Cepeda Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL
Kelly Lu Saint Francis High School | Mountain View, CA
Madison Minisee Encore High School for the Arts – Hesperia | Hesperia, CA
2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Alexander Soukakos The Northwest School | Seattle, WA
Russell Wilner St. Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX
Yasmin Yanez Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL
Film
Lauren Bongco Mililani High School | Mililani, HI
Zayd Ezzeldine Irvine High School | Irvine, CA
Cole Fletchall-Silva Burlingame High School | Burlingame, CA
Eli Golding George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD
Marlo Irani Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI
Julian Jordan Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Margaret Leonard Wilson Central High School | Lebanon, TN
Jackson Little Viewpoint School | Calabasas, CA
William Lula Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Andrew Martinez Yorba Linda High School | Yorba Linda, CA
Anthony Rodriguez Cushman High School | Miami, FL
Max Rogoff Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Michelle Saguinsin Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL
2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Greggory Santizo Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Ananya Singh Neuqua Valley High School | Naperville, IL
Molly Smith Montverde Academy | Montverde, FL
Lucca Vieira Cypress Bay High School | Weston, FL
Jazz
Kitty Amaral | Violin Great Books Academy | Colorado Springs, CO
Dario Bizio | Double Bass Alexander Hamilton High School | Los Angeles, CA
William Buckser-Schulz | Guitar Edgemont Junior/Senior High School | Scarsdale, NY
Gabriel Burns | Saxophone/Alto Long Beach Polytechnic High School | Long Beach, CA
Kai Burns | Guitar Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Kai Burns | Composition Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Cameron Campbell | Piano St. Mary’s School | Worcester, MA
Ivan Cuevas | Guitar Downey High School | Downey, CA
Destiny Diggs-Pinto | Double Bass West Orange High School | West Orange, NJ
Jesse Eads | Electric Bass Mira Costa High School | Manhattan Beach, CA
David Galli | Saxophone/Alto Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Marwan Ghonima | Double Bass Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Burton Hall | Saxophone/Tenor Shaker Heights High School | Shaker Heights, OH
William Hill | Piano Detroit School of Arts | Detroit, MI
Declan Houlihan | Percussion Alexander Hamilton High School | Los Angeles, CA
Derek Janoff | Saxophone/Tenor West Boca Raton Community High School | Boca Raton, FL
Daniela Jimenez Ochoa | Piano New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Ayden Johnson | Saxophone/Alto Las Vegas Academy of the Arts | Las Vegas, NV
Evan Kappelman | Saxophone/Tenor Olathe East High School | Olathe, KS
Jaden Kim | Trombone Vista Murrieta High School | Murrieta, CA
Richard Kirk | Piano Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Anton Kot | Percussion Jonathan Law High School | Milford, CT
Jonah Kreitner | Violin Hunter College High School | New York, NY
Miles Lennox | Composition Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL
Alex Lui | Flute Venice High School | Los Angeles, CA
John Lybbert | Percussion Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Leo Major | Composition Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences | Santa Monica, CA
Cooper Malanowski | Trombone Farmingdale High School | Farmingdale, NY
Hannah Mayer | Piano Oakland School for the Arts | Oakland, CA
Hannah Mayer | Composition Oakland School for the Arts | Oakland, CA
2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Ahmed McLemore | Double Bass Plano West Senior High School | Plano, TX
Rudi Neubrander | Percussion Baton Rouge Magnet High School | Baton Rouge, LA
Eli Pace | Double Bass Dublin Jerome High School | Dublin, OH
Satchel Peterson | Guitar Special Music School | New York, NY
Timothy Picard | Guitar Westlake High School | Westlake, OH
Gage Quinn | Saxophone/Tenor Barrington High School | Barrington, IL
Alexander Romano-Silverstein | Composition Novato High School | Novato, CA
Thomas Schinabeck | Saxophone/Alto Shaker Heights High School | Shaker Heights, OH
Claudio Silva | Percussion New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Jonah Smith | Piano Millbrook High School | Raleigh, NC
Joseph St. Jules | Saxophone/Alto Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI
Adam Stein | Saxophone/Tenor New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Daniel Stephens | Composition School for Creative and Performing Arts | Cincinnati, OH
Kalman Strauss | Violin Homeschool | Chicago, IL
Kalman Strauss | Composition Homeschool | Chicago, IL
Alec Streete | Percussion Denver School of the Arts | Denver, CO
Darsan Swaroop Bellie | Percussion Lexington High School | Lexington, MA
Aidan Taylor | Double Bass Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Mogi Taylor-Sheinman | Saxophone/Alto Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Emre Tekmen | Saxophone/Alto Enloe Magnet High School | Raleigh, NC
Jack Towse | Trumpet Friends Academy | Locust Valley, NY
Adithya Vaidhyan | Saxophone/Tenor Raleigh Charter High School | Raleigh, NC
Antonio Vergara | Saxophone/Alto South Lake High School | Groveland, FL
Filip Vizitiu | Trumpet Summit High School | Summit, NJ
Joshua Wong | Composition Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Joshua Wong | Piano Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Isaac Yi | Saxophone/Tenor Bergen County Technical High School | Teterboro, NJ
Kenneth Zayas | Saxophone/Alto San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts | San Diego, CA
Photography
Angel Ahabue Parkview High School | Lilburn, GA
Jazmine Baca Hialeah Gardens High School | Hialeah Gardens, FL
Rah-San Bailey Venice High School | Los Angeles, CA
Teresa Becket 21st Century Cyber Charter School | West Chester, PA
Joshua Cho Pacific Grove High School | Pacific Grove, CA
Kristian Craig Hammond High School | Columbia, MD
2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Reanna Holicek Pius XI Catholic High School | Milwaukee, WI
Penelope Juarez Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Rachel Joohyun Lee Seoul International School | Sujeong-Gu, Gyeonggi-Do, SK
Georgia Minnis Liberated Learners | Sunderland, MA
Kennede Oninku Stivers School for the Arts | Dayton, OH
Natalie Park Greenhill School | Addison, TX
Isabella Premo Bentley School | Lafayette, CA
Sabrina Proano New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Ariya Selvakumar Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Thomas Wang Phillips Exeter Academy | Exeter, NH
Theater
Joshua Bowman Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Alana Bright Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Mia Cusianovic Options for Youth San Gabriel School | San Gabriel, CA
Simone De La Torre New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Brooklyn Durs duPont Manual High School | Louisville, KY
Logan Gould Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Ted Guzman Egg Harbor Township High School | Egg Harbor Towns, NJ
Mosab Hamid The Berkeley Carroll School | Brooklyn, NY
Bailey James Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy | Grand Prairie, TX
Elsa Keefe Lowell High School | Lowell, MA
Nina Lardi Miami Country Day School | Miami, FL
Madison Meadows Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Samuel Noll Rouse Hill High School | Rouse Hill, New South Wales, AU
Grace Riedy Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI
Nicole Streger Bernards High School | Bernardsville, NJ
Visual Arts
Kaya Abramson George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD
Piper Bangs Legacy of Educational Excellence High School | San Antonio, TX
Jackson Bein New Orleans Center for Creative Arts | New Orleans, LA
Ana Belcher Culver City High School | Culver City, CA
Leah Clemons Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Xinyi Gui The Spence School | New York, NY
Tuesday Hadden Lafayette High School | Lexington, KY
2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Madeline Hazouri Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL
Hae-Min Kim Northwood High School | Irvine, CA
Amanda Lindsay The Peddie School | Hightstown, NJ
Zonelys Martinez New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Roman Miller Ramón C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Aniya Morris Highland Springs High School | Highland Springs, VA
Aneesa Razak Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
David Rodriguez Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL
Christine Wang Lexington High School | Lexington, MA
Taylor Wang Issaquah High School | Issaquah, WA
Hailey Winn Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Voice
Amelia Aguilar | Popular Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Sophia Baete | Classical Mezzo Soprano duPont Manual High School | Louisville, KY
Andrea Bejar | Popular Florida Virtual School | Orlando, FL
Jessy Blackman | Singer-Songwriter Redondo Union High School | Redondo Beach, CA
Bradley Boatright | Classical Tenor Smithville High School | Smithville, TX
2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Lucy Calaway | Classical Soprano University of North Carolina School of the Arts | Winston Salem, NC
Meghna Das | Singer-Songwriter John P. Stevens High School | Edison, NJ
Elijah Delgado | Singer-Songwriter The Austin School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Austin, TX
Matthew Dexter | Classical Bass McKinney High School | Mckinney, TX
Ava DiSimone | Jazz Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI
Caroline Duers | Popular Edwin O. Smith High School | Storrs, CT
Filopatir Ebid | Popular Dougherty Valley High School | San Ramon, CA
Michael Fazio | Classical Bass Burlington High School | Burlington, MA
Caleb Foral | Classical Tenor Edmond Memorial High School | Edmond, OK
Emma Gerson | Singer-Songwriter Los Gatos High School | Los Gatos, CA
Reed Gnepper | Classical Baritone School for Creative and Performing Arts | Cincinnati, OH
Grace Gramins | Singer-Songwriter Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
Logan Green | Popular South Broward High School | Hollywood, FL
Madison Holmes | Classical Soprano Suitland High School | Forestville, MD
Lucas Hunter | Singer-Songwriter Ronald W. Reagan/Doral Senior High School | Doral, FL
Akira Sky Kassulke | Jazz Brighton Hall School | Burbank, CA
Akira Sky Kassulke | Singer-Songwriter Brighton Hall School | Burbank, CA
Brooke Lambert | Jazz Roosevelt High School | Seattle, WA
2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Natalie Leclair | Jazz Pittsford Sutherland High School | Pittsford, NY
Andre-Christopher Marana | Popular Old Bridge High School | Matawan, NJ
Serena Miller | Singer-Songwriter Rye High School | Rye, NY
Isabella Morcote | Singer-Songwriter Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI
Erin Mullen | Classical Soprano Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI
Catherine O’Connor | Popular Loyola Academy | Wilmette, IL
Claire O’Shaughnessy | Classical Soprano The Wellington School | Columbus, OH
Xyzsa Pagaduan | Singer-Songwriter Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Anaïs Reno | Jazz Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
Katelyn Robinson | Jazz Cerritos High School | Cerritos, CA
Rebekah Rotman | Popular Cypress Bay High School | Weston, FL
Will Ryan III | Jazz New Trier Township High School | Winnetka, IL
Liliann Shires | Jazz School for Creative and Performing Arts | Cincinnati, OH
Shayna Singer | Classical Soprano North Broward Preparatory School | Coconut Creek, FL
Morgen Smith | Singer-Songwriter Oasis High School | Aptos, CA
Aniye Strachan | Jazz Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL
Jessica Taylor | Singer-Songwriter Weaver Academy for Performing and Visual Arts and Advanced Technologies | Greensboro, NC
Sidra Villacorta | Singer-Songwriter Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Chelsea Ward | Popular Dillard High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL
John Whitney | Jazz Mira Costa High School | Manhattan Beach, CA
Victoria Wilson | Popular Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
Lorenzo Wood | Singer-Songwriter Alameda High School | Alameda, CA
Writing
Devin Andrada | Play or Script West Orange High School | West Orange, NJ
Arushi Avachat | Novel Foothill High School | Pleasanton, CA
Taylor Bechtel | Play or Script Northern Highlands Regional High School | Allendale, NJ
Kelsie Bennett | Spoken Word Emsley A. Laney High School | Wilmington, NC
Alexandra Brandt | Play or Script Spruce Creek High School | Port Orange, FL
Emory Brinson | Poetry South Mecklenburg High School | Charlotte, NC
Catherine Bui | Novel Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Annika Clark | Short Story Homeschool | Fountain Hills, AZ
Marion Deal | Creative Nonfiction Downers Grove North High School | Downers Grove, IL
Magdalena Deniz | Short Story Northern Highlands Regional High School | Allendale, NJ
Samuel Getachew | Spoken Word Oakland Technical High School | Oakland, CA
Madyson Grant | Creative Nonfiction South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities | Greenville, SC
2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Hannah Han | Short Story Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Kelly Hui | Poetry Lexington High School | Lexington, MA
Isabella Jiang | Play or Script Cresskill High School | Cresskill, NJ
Haley Johnston | Creative Nonfiction Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Malavika Kannan | Novel Seminole High School | Sanford, FL
Tyler Kellogg | Creative Nonfiction South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities | Greenville, SC
Felix Killingsworth | Creative Nonfiction South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities | Greenville, SC
Sabrina Kim | Poetry Homestead High School | Cupertino, CA
Kate Li | Poetry Naperville Central High School | Naperville, IL
Cynthia Lu | Poetry Belmont High School | Belmont, MA
Charlotte McCombs | Play or Script Fayetteville High School | Fayetteville, AR
Christina Miles | Spoken Word Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Laurel Mora | Play or Script Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
Semilore Ola | Poetry Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
Katherine Oung | Spoken Word Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Camila Pernisco | Play or Script Los Angeles High School of the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Arianna Peró | Spoken Word New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Daze Purcell | Short Story Newton North High School | Newtonville, MA
2020 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT
Clarise Reichley | Creative Nonfiction Denver School of the Arts | Denver, CO
Nathaniel Sheehan | Play or Script Walnut Hill School | Natick, MA
Kioni Shropshire-Maina | Poetry The Upper School at Rye Country Day School | Rye, NY
Esther Sun | Poetry Los Gatos High School | Los Gatos, CA
Olivia Treynor | Creative Nonfiction Woodside Priory School | Portola Valley, CA
Lily Wancewicz | Short Story The Harker School | San Jose, CA
Anna Wang | Poetry Adlai E. Stevenson High School | Lincolnshire, IL
Derek Weinstock | Short Story New Roads School | Santa Monica, CA
Andrea Yagher | Play or Script Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
Alexis Yang | Short Story Smithtown High School East | Saint James, NY
Krystal Yang | Short Story BASIS Independent Silicon Valley | San Jose, CA
Pen Zuleger | Novel The Fine Arts Center | Greenville, SC