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