2003 YoungArts Winners
FINALISTS
Cinematic Arts
Preston H. Burger Massapequa High School | Massapequa Park, NY
William Garrett Hamilton Russellville High School | Russellville, AR
Matthew Nicholas Hormann Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Pasadena, CA
Darnell Jones-Bey East Orange Campus High School | East Orange, NJ
Mikhail Leonidovich Mazor Germantown High School | Memphis, TN
Dance
Rosalie Cirio | Ballet Home School | Carlisle, PA
Archana Dittakavi | Other Centennial High School | Alpharetta, GA
Roderick Roylon George | Ballet High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Mia Catherine Leimkuhler | Ballet Terra Linda High School | San Rafael, CA
Alanna E. Morris | Modern Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | Brooklyn, NY
2003 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS Amber Lee Parker | Choreography Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | Brooklyn, NY
Shamel T. Pitts | Modern Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | Brooklyn, NY
Lucien O. Postlewaite | Ballet Pacific Northwest Ballet | Seattle, WA
Roger F. Prince | Modern Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | Brooklyn, NY
Ryan Hugh Rankine | Modern Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | Deer Park, NY
Victor Carl Reddick | Modern Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | Arverne, NY
Jacquelyn Jane Reyes | Ballet John Custis Christian School | Kenner, LA
Uma Sundari Tadepalli | Other Charles E Jordan High School | Durham, NC
Karell Laquan Williams | Modern New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Marcus Jarroll Willis | Modern Professional Performing Arts School | Bronx, NY
Jazz
Mahesh D. Balasooriya | Keyboard Hamilton High School Academy of Music | Los Angeles, CA
Philip Jason Dizack | Trumpet Milwaukee High School of the Arts | Glendale, WI
Zachary Allen Chester Harmon | Percussion Winneconne High School | Winneconne, WI
Gabe H. Noel | Double Bass New Trier Township High School | Wilmette, IL
Joris Roelofs | Saxophone Holland, FS
Music
2003 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS Timothy Hall Andres | Composition Home School | Washington, CT
Anna Katherine Barnett-Hart | Violin Fairview High School | Superior, CO
Stephen Carrington Cabell | Composition Interlochen Arts Academy | Owensboro, KY
Andrew Dubelsten | Trumpet Tualatin High School | Tualatin, OR
Jeannette H.L. Fang | Classical Piano Bridgewater-Raritan High School | Bridgewater, NJ
Mikiko Kay Fujiwara | Violoncello Parkway Central High School | Chesterfield, MO
Cynthia L. Gong | Classical Piano Westridge School for Girls | South Pasadena, CA
Carolyn Mae Jantsch | Tuba University of Michigan | Worthington, OH
Won-Jin Jo | Clarinet Lawrence Woodmere Academy | Malverne, NY
Rebecca Yoojin Kim | Violin Newport High School | Bellevue, WA
Yevgeniy Milyavskiy | Classical Piano Seton La Salle High School | Tarzana, CA
Dan Shapiro | Composition Conestoga Valley Senior High School | Ephrata, PA
Victor Alexander Sotelo | Violoncello Northwestern University Music Academy | Louisville, KY
Derric Gene-Hau Tay | Classical Piano Nova Senior High School | Cooper City, FL
Judy Marie White | Flute Flagstaff High School | Flagstaff, AZ
Photography
Janine Ann D’Agati Towson High School | Towson, MD
Erin Elizabeth Eriksen
2003 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS Episcopal High School | Houston, TX
Lily Serena Kerrigan Marlborough School | Los Angeles, CA
Christina Maria Rotondi Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD
Erin Michelle Stuhlsatz Xavier College Preparatory | Scottsdale, AZ
Theater
Celeste Nicole Arias | Spoken Only Ulysses S. Grant High School | Portland, OR
Nicole Tamara Browne | Spoken Only South Carolina Governor’s School for Arts and Humanities | Greenville, SC
Danielle Trina Burr | Spoken and Musical Theater Interlochen Arts Academy | Omaha, NE
Marisa Nicole Dargahi | Spoken and Musical Theater Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | New York, NY
Anna Rose Epstein | Spoken Only High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Matt Paul Hune | Spoken Only High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
John Francis Kern | Spoken Only Baltimore School for the Arts | Baltimore, MD
Sean Lynch | Spoken Only Tamalpais High School | Mill Valley, CA
Charity Miller | Spoken Only Miami Northwestern Senior High School | Miami, FL
Jennifer Levasseur Sheehan | Spoken and Musical Theater Kirkwood Senior High School | Kirkwood, MO
Drew Michael Shimomura | Spoken Only Grant High School | Portland, OR
Daniel Joseph Sykes | Spoken Only Dobson High School | Mesa, AZ
Jackson Corey Tobiska | Spoken Only Orange County High School | Santa Ana, CA
2003 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS Chantal Marie Varga | Spoken and Musical Theater Braulio Alonso High School | Tampa, FL
Jimmy David Walker-Pearson | Spoken Only Winston Churchill High School | San Antonio, TX
Visual Arts
Matthew Pittman Austin The Montgomery Academy | Montgomery, AL
Christopher Adam Bayerle Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL
Daniel R. Bina Kansas City Academy | Aurora, IL
Louisa M. Diliberti Pius XI High School | Milwaukee, WI
Rukmini Giridharadas Holton-Arms School | Chevy Chase, MD
Richard Barry Glucksberg Albert Einstein High School | North Potomac, MD
John Patrick Koppes Jefferson High School | Lafayette, IN
Kate Mezhibovskaya Edward R. Murrow High School | Brooklyn, NY
Taqiy Abdullah Muhammad Philadelphia High School for the Creative & Performing Arts | Philadelphia, PA
Samantha Marie Romage Douglass Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL
Leslie James Smith,III Albert Einstein High School | Silver Spring, MD
Patricia Suau New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Chat Travieso New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Jacobo Carrasco Walker Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Virginia Jo White
2003 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Voice
Kira Manette Austin-Young | Mezzo Soprano Interlochen Arts Academy | Dallas, TX
Sarah Jean Cozzi | Mezzo Soprano Interlochen Arts Academy | Ironwood, MI
Anna Fredericka Ellsaesser-Popov | Soprano Booker T. Washington, HSPVA | Dallas, TX
Vasil Garvanliev | Bass Downers Grove South | Bolingbrook, IL
Mayra I. Gutierrez Perez | Popular Voice Commonwealth High School | Bayamon, PR
Tracy Anne Labrecque | Soprano Interlochen Arts Academy | Seabrook, TX
John David Mansell | Baritone Clarksville High School | Clarksville, TN
Kevin Patrick Ray | Baritone Cornwall Central High School | Cornwall, NY
Samantha Anna Sidley | Popular Voice Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Christopher Alan Young | Popular Voice Oakland High School | Murfreesboro, TN
Writing
Amber Jewell Bard | Poetry Interlochen Arts Academy | East Leroy, MI
Olga Alexandrea Boyko | Expository Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Reisterstown, MD
Leah Alexandra Falk | Poetry Schenley High School | Pittsburgh, PA
Angeline Grace Gragasin | Expository The Prairie School | Racine, WI
2003 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS Nikki Rachel Grossman | Short Story Perpich Center for Arts Education | Golden Valley, MN
Branden Kemiah Jacobs-Jenkins | Poetry St. John’s College High School | Washington, DC
Elizabeth Williams John | Short Story Interlochen Arts Academy | Nashville, TN
Lisa Alana Locascio | Poetry Oak Park River Forest High School | River Forest, IL
Meghan Rose Maloney | Poetry School of the Arts | Rochester, NY
Essie L. Martsinkovsky | Short Story Milton Academy | Brookline, MA
Katherine Allison McGriff | Short Story Alabama School of Fine Arts | Hoover, AL
Reginald Jerome Powell | Short Story Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL
Kamala Kiyo Puligandla | Short Story Piedmont High School | Piedmont, CA
Annika Mae Rosenvinge | Poetry Roosevelt High School | Seattle, WA
Rebekah Lee Steely | Short Story Alabama School of Fine Arts | Pleasant Grove, AL
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Cinematic Arts
Nicholas Walter Baer Amherst Central High School | Amherst, NY
Scott Andrew Beck Bettendorf High School | Bettendorf, IA
Jack Thomas McKee Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Elysha Rae Schneider Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | Lake Worth, FL
2003 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS Brian Gordon Sizensky Trumbull High School | Trumbull, CT
Matt Van Doren Douglass Anderson School of the Arts | St. Augustine, FL
Devin Walsh Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Canoga Park, CA
Dance
Stacey Elizabeth Aung | Modern Sonora Senior High School | La Habra, CA
Jenni M. Bae | Other Van Nuys High School | Northridge, CA
Calvin C. Booker | Modern Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | Brooklyn, NY
Calvin C. Booker | Tap Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | Brooklyn, NY
Diane Norris Booth | Ballet Newport Harbor Senior High School | Newport Beach, CA
Christine Marie Comer | Other Carroll High School | Dayton, OH
Caroline Delores Fermin | Modern Mandeville High School | Mandeville, LA
Jorge Fuentes | Other Booker T. Washington, HSPVA | Dallas, TX
Jorge Fuentes | Choreography Booker T. Washington, HSPVA | Dallas, TX
Jorge Fuentes | Modern Booker T. Washington, HSPVA | Dallas, TX
Roderick Roylon George | Choreography High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Roderick Roylon George | Modern High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Coco Francesca Nikte Gonzalez | Ballet Clonlara School | Auburn, AL
Kyra J. Green | Modern
2003 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | New York, NY
Rebecca Innis | Ballet Our Lady of Nazareth | Lynnfield, MA
Whitney Nichole Kowalsky | Other John Carroll Senior High School | Ft. Pierce, FL
Aniana Maria Marban | Ballet New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Danielle Marie Minton | Ballet Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
Jacqueline Marie Moscicke | Ballet Milwaukee High School of the Arts | Sussex, WI
Christie Ann Nelson | Choreography Booker T. Washington, HSPVA | Richardson, TX
Traei-Ann Nichole Pearce | Jazz Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Kavita Laxmi Ramakrishnan | Other Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy | Naperville, IL
Akhila Takkallapalli | Other St. Andrew’s Episcopal School | Ridgeland, MS
LaQuet Sharnell Thompson | Modern Booker T. Washington, HSPVA | Dallas, TX
Amulya Laxmi Vanguri | Other Elsik High School | Houston, TX
Allison Marie Walsh | Ballet Walter Johnson High School | Bethesda, MD
Jillian Noelle Winke | Other Wauwatosa East High School | Wauwatosa, WI
Jazz
Zane Newman Carney | Guitar Alexander Hamilton Academy of Music | Studio City, CA
Tobin Chodos | Keyboard Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Tlacael Miguel Esparza | Percussion
2003 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Julien Vaughn Lane | Trombone Duke Ellington School of the Arts | Washington, DC
Marcos Varela | Double Bass High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Music
Ryu Cipris | Flute Millburn High School | Millburn, NJ
Josh Louis Firer | Bassoon Massapequa High School | Massapequa Park, NY
Sheila Beth Frankfurt | Harp Edina High School | Edina, MN
Amanda Lee Grezeszak | Saxophone South Brunswick High School | West Branch, MI
Jessica Marcia Hung | Violin University of Chicago Laboratory High School | Chicago, IL
Michael Lee Ippolito | Composition Brandon Senior High School | Brandon, FL
Ben Hubbard Jenson | Contrabass Worthington Kilbourne High School | Columbus, OH
Christie L. Jimenez | Classical Guitar Howard W. Blake Senior High School | Temple Terrace, FL
Bo-Ram Kim | Classical Piano South Hills High School | West Covina, CA
Gregory Daniel Kramer | Violoncello Walnut Hill School | Belle Terre, NY
Valerie Hoi-Ting Lau | Classical Piano Harvard-Westlake School | Northridge, CA
Darryl Craig Littman | Percussion Interlochen Arts Academy | Sunnyvale, CA
Marcus Macauley | Composition Mercer Island High School | Mercer Island, WA
Andrew Evans McManus | Composition Phillips Academy | North Andover, MA
2003 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS Victor Ch Ngo | Classical Piano Clark High SChool | Las Vegas, NV
Jessica Sue Ou | Classical Piano San Marino High School | San Marino, CA
Aaron David Parecki | Composition Portland Waldorf School | Portland, OR
Esther Jung-A Park | Classical Piano Ridgefield Park Junior Senior High School | Little Ferry, NJ
Sara Catherine Parulski | Oboe Kettle Moraine High School | Dousman, WI
Adam Kyle Peithman | Organ Thayer Central Community Schools | Hebron, NE
Zachary Michael Pfau | Saxophone Hellgate High School | Missoula, MT
Elizabeth Ann Phelps | Violin Hamden High School | Hamden, CT
Erin Esther Ponto | Harp City High School | Iowa City, IA
Kristin Nicole Rarick | Saxophone Eastview High School | Eagan, MN
Joy Paula Reeder | Classical Piano Caston High School | Twelve Mile, IN
David Requiro | Violoncello Walnut Hill School | Oakland, CA
Eric Arthur Roberts | Percussion Lake Braddock Secondary School | Burke, VA
Christopher Brandon Sales | Bassoon First Colonial High School | Virginia Beach, VA
Michael Brett Shane | Clarinet Interlochen Arts Academy | Greensboro, NC
Jonathan Gray Sherman | Flute Towson High School | Towson, MD
Kelly Austin Swaim | Flute Prairie High School | Brush Prairie, WA
Brandon Courtney Yarns | Clarinet Brevard High School | Pisgah Forest, NC
2003 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS Photography
Mira Lynn Atkinson Episcopal High School | Sugar Land, TX
Erin Therese Bauer Miami Palmetto Senior High School | Miami, FL
Eugenia Schambeau Clark Miami Palmetto Senior High School | Miami, FL
Jenna Kirby Clark Towson High School | Baltimore, MD
Katie Margaret Crestin Chandler High School | Chandler, AZ
Julie Hope Dembo Towson High School | Towson, MD
Alexa Rose Garvoille Interlochen Arts Academy | Spring Green, WI
Jillian Leigh Irvin Marlborough School | El Segundo, CA
Ian P. Jones Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | Bronx, NY
Yelena Jouravlev Abraham Lincoln High School | Brooklyn, NY
Katherine Leu Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | Forest Hills, NY
Nancy Marie Lupo South Brunswick High School | Flagstaff, AZ
Camille Alexandra Mattison Miami Palmetto Senior High School | Miami, FL
Kathleen Darmody McLane Towson High School | Baltimore, MD
Lauren Ashley Prats Miami Palmetto Senior High School | Miami, FL
James Alexander Whitworth Stratford Senior High School | Houston, TX
2003 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS Theater
Anne Elizabeth Allison | Spoken Only New Trier Township High School | Kenilworth, IL
Kate E. Aronsohn | Spoken and Musical Theater Las Vegas Academy of International Studies in the Arts | Las Vegas, NV
Blythe Chestin Auffarth | Spoken Only Arlington Senior High School | Pleasant Valley, NY
Tracy Jane Austria | Spoken Only James Bowie High School | Austin, TX
Catherine Stiling Babb | Spoken and Musical Theater Interlochen Arts Academy | Rockaway, NJ
Sy Hannan Bar-Sheshet | Spoken Only New Trier Township High School | Wilmette, IL
Rachel Leah Barthmaier | Spoken and Musical Theater State College Area High School | State College, PA
Brittany Hope Berkowitz | Spoken and Musical Theater Dillard Senior High School | Sunrise, FL
Christopher Bix Bettwy | Spoken and Musical Theater Patrick Henry High School | San Diego, CA
David Joseph Blondell | Spoken Only Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | Staten Island, NY
Bridgid Eileen Buckley | Spoken and Musical Theater Grayslake Community High School | Round Lake Beach, IL
Lauren Marie Connolly | Spoken and Musical Theater Boces Cultural Arts Center | Smithtown, NY
Abby Lynn Downing | Spoken and Musical Theater Interlochen Arts Academy | Zanesville, OH
Julia Maxine Gelb-Zimmerman | Spoken Only Marlborough School | Los Angeles, CA
Nicole Marie Grillos | Spoken and Musical Theater Poly Prep County Day School | Staten Island, NY
Samantha L. Grisafe | Spoken Only Redlands High School | Redlands, CA
Ilfenesh Spencer Hadera | Spoken Only Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | New York, NY
2003 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS Isaiah Daniel Harp | Spoken Only James Bowie High School | Austin, TX
Major R. Johnson | Spoken and Musical Theater High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Jonathan David Juarbe | Spoken and Musical Theater Coral Reef Senior High School | Miami, FL
Max Kumangai-McGee | Spoken and Musical Theater North Central Senior High School | Spokane, WA
Matthew August Leddy | Spoken and Musical Theater New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Jamieson Andrew Lindenburg | Spoken and Musical Theater Gibbs High School | Clearwater, FL
Courtney Quong Lovell | Spoken Only Sheboygan North High School | New York, NY
Jessica Rachel Manley | Spoken Only Athens High School | Athens, OH
Jessie Erin Meybin | Spoken and Musical Theater Saint Getrude High School | Midlothian, VA
William Joseph Misik | Spoken and Musical Theater Lake Zurich Senior High School | Lake Zurich, IL
Jillian Meredith Riley | Spoken Only High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Sugarland, TX
David Michael Rispoli | Spoken Only Dr. Phillips High School | Orlando, FL
Joshua Jacob Rouah | Spoken and Musical Theater South Plantation Senior High School | Plantation, FL
Christina Joy Sajous | Spoken and Musical Theater Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | New York, NY
Maya Turner Singh | Spoken and Musical Theater Lawrence Academy | Acton, MA
Nikka Olivia Wahl | Spoken and Musical Theater Western Senior High School | Davie, FL
Arnitris Angel Williams | Spoken and Musical Theater New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Finn Crowley Wittrack | Spoken Only Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Glendale, CA
2003 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS Visual Arts
Heather Lynne Bell New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Jeffrey Casem Buan Benjamin N. Cardozo High School | Bayside, NY
Olivia Dane Charbeneau Booker T. Washington, HSPVA | Dallas, TX
Abbott Dodson Deerfield Academy | Ashfield, MA
Kristina Govorovska Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy | Hoffman Estates, IL
Katrina Eleese Greene Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Owings Mills, MD
Ashley Elaine Jones Alva High School | Alva, OK
Dan McClannen Jefferson High School | Lafayette, IN
Elinor Yasmin Mossop Buxton School | Albany, NY
Eileen Marie Mueller Pius XI High School | Milwaukee, WI
Khatami Nahal Albert Einstein High School | Potomac, MD
Colin Joseph Prensky The Harrisburg Academy | Camp Hill, PA
Gabriel Joshua Sosa New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Jonathan R. Wasson Sky View High School | Smithfield, UT
Hila Wieser Manalapan High School | Manalapan, NJ
DJ William New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Joanna Wu
2003 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS Visual and Performin Arts High School Program | Jersey City, NJ
Voice
Amy Ione Alvarado | Popular Voice Miami Palmetto Senior High School | Miami, FL
Malaina Rene Beattie | Soprano Rush-Henrietta Senior High School | Rush, NY
Emily Katherine Brand | Soprano Preble High School | Green Bay, WI
Gabriella Noelle Cantwell | Popular Voice Henry W. Grady High School | Atlanta, GA
Danielle Sarah Cohen | Popular Voice High School in the Community | New Haven, CT
Jenny Cone | Popular Voice Landmark Christian School | Newnan, GA
Samantha Nicole Del Gatto | Soprano Fairfield High School | Fairfield, CT
Emily Richelle Fitzpatrick | Popular Voice Marion Harding High School | Caledonia, OH
Sarah Marie Flammer | Soprano Walled Lake Central High School | Commerce Township, MI
Julia Elaine Fox | Soprano The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Jessica Lynn French | Soprano Interlochen Arts Academy | Southfield, MI
Ian Patrick Gibb | Tenor Wichita Collegiate High School | Wichita, KS
Rebecca Dane Huval | Mezzo Soprano Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | Juno Beach, FL
Kathleen Christine Jasinskas | Soprano Sumner Academy of Arts & Sciences | Kansas City, KS
Jenna Annette Kennedy | Popular Voice Presentation Academy | Louisville, KY
Anna Elizabeth Markle | Popular Voice Labette County High School | Coffeyville, KS
2003 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS Julia Rachel Mintzer | Soprano Baldwin School | Wylmewood, PA
Claire Elizabeth Myers | Soprano Interlochen Arts Academy | Los Gatos, CA
Kathryn Emma Nestler | Mezzo Soprano Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Katelyn Mackenzie Osborne | Soprano Marion Harding High School | Marion, OH
Claire Plumb | Soprano Woodland High School | Woodland, CA
Jennifer Ann Rossetti | Soprano Neenah High School | Neenah, WI
Jennifer Neale Rueben | Mezzo Soprano Stillwater Area High School | Afton, MN
Jordan Wayne Segundo | Popular Voice Farrington High | Honolulu, HI
Joanne Megan Shea | Soprano Phillips Exeter Academy | Raymond, NH
Jennifer Levasseur Sheehan | Popular Voice Kirkwood Senior High School | Kirkwood, MO
Jennifer Levasseur Sheehan | Soprano Kirkwood Senior High School | Kirkwood, MO
William Hunter Starling | Baritone TC Roberson High School | Arden, NC
Chelsea Elizabeth Toledo | Soprano Interlochen Arts Academy | Atlanta, GA
Katherine Faith Uhle | Soprano High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Hockley, TX
Taraneh Rosanna Wilkinson | Soprano Highlands High School | Fort Thomas, KY
Christina Rae Woods | Soprano Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Pasadena, CA
Kevin Russell Wright | Baritone Bartlesville High School | Bartlesville, OK
2003 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS Writing
Matthew Marcott Ahlquist | Short Story Perpich Center for Arts Education | Minneapolis, MN
Hanna Ferebee Allen | Poetry South Carolina Governor’s School for Arts and Humanities | Taylors, SC
Hanna Ferebee Allen | Short Story South Carolina Governor’s School for Arts and Humanities | Taylors, SC
Daniel Scott Alterbaum | Short Story Great Neck South High School | Great Neck, NY
Ian Rolland Beardsley | Short Story Punahou School | Kailua, HI
Javier Cabrera | Poetry Breck School | Edina, MN
Maura Jeanne Capps | Expository South Carolina Governor’s School for Arts and Humanities | Greenville, SC
Maura Jeanne Capps | Short Story South Carolina Governor’s School for Arts and Humanities | Greenville, SC
Erin E. Carr | Short Story Danville Area High School | Danville, PA
Helen Rene Comber | Expository Clarkstown High School North | New City, NY
Josh Paul Cooley | Expository Isidore Newman Upper School | Jefferson, LA
Josh Paul Cooley | Short Story Isidore Newman Upper School | Jefferson, LA
Elizabeth Lyle Curry | Poetry Booker T. Washington Magnet High School | Montgomery, AL
Trisina Dickerson | Poetry Skyline High School | Sandy, UT
Emily June Eslami | Poetry Agoura High School | Calabasas Hills, CA
Becket Ming Flannery | Expository Rutgers Preparatory | New Brunswick, NJ
Louisa Gurley Flynn-Goodlett | Play or Script for Film/Video Interlochen Arts Academy | Nashville, TN
2003 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS Annelise Goldman | Poetry Little Falls High School | Little Falls, NY
Ben Joseph Gottlieb | Short Story Saint Ann’s School | New York, NY
Len Joshua Gutkin | Expository Pikesville High School | Baltimore, MD
Len Joshua Gutkin | Short Story Pikesville High School | Baltimore, MD
Andrew Carroll Hevia | Play or Script for Film/Video New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Lauren Kristen Holt | Expository Tamalpais High School | Mill Valley, CA
Andy James Hoover | Selection from Novel Upper Merion Area High School | King Of Prussia, PA
Branden Kemiah Jacobs-Jenkins | Short Story St. John’s College High School | Washington, DC
Katherine Warner Johnson | Expository Holton-Arms School | Chevy Chase, MD
Juliet Sarah Lamb | Short Story Nauset Regional High School | Brewster, MA
Hana Lee | Expository Hunter College High School | Rego Park, NY
Meghan Mimbres Lee | Poetry Charleston County School of the Arts | Isle Of Palms, SC
Marie Nicole LeVoir | Short Story Perpich Center for Arts Education | Maple Lake, MN
Regis Apollos Lewis | Expository South Carolina Governor’s School for Arts and Humanities | Goose Creek, SC
Christina Nichole Lincoln | Short Story Perpich Center for Arts Education | Shorewood, MN
Blake David Lynch | Poetry Shadyside Academy | New Castle, PA
Sarah Elizabeth McAbee | Poetry Howard W. Blake Senior High School | Lutz, FL
Carling P McManus | Poetry Milton Academy | Marblehead, MA
2003 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS Johanna Povirk-Znoy | Expository Deerfield Academy | Conway, MA
Reginald Jerome Powell | Poetry Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL
Theo Nicholas Reyna | Play or Script for Film/Video New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Jessica Faith Rosenberg | Short Story Abington Friends School | Rydal, PA
Krista Noel Ross | Short Story Girls Preparatory School | Chattanoogan, TN
Sava Rives Saylor | Poetry Charleston County School of the Arts | Isle Of Palms, SC
Sava Rives Saylor | Short Story Charleston County School of the Arts | Isle Of Palms, SC
Bela Shayevich | Poetry New Trier Township High School | Northfield, IL
Lauren Rebecca Shopp | Short Story Cedar Crest High School | Lebanon, PA
Rebekah Lee Steely | Poetry Alabama School of Fine Arts | Pleasant Grove, AL
Stephen Benjamin Tremaine | Short Story New Orleans Center for Creative Arts | Kenner, LA
Genevieve Marie Wanucha | Expository Medfield High School | Medfield, MA
Spencer Joseph Williams | Play or Script for Film/Video South Brunswick High School | Toluca Lake, CA
Marcelis Davis Wyatt | Poetry Young Chicago Authors | Oak Park, IL
Michelle Anne Zimmermann | Short Story School of the Arts | Rochester, NY
MERIT
Cinematic Arts
2003 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT Clint Bargers Jerritt Bargers Air Academy High School | Colorado Springs, CO
Brian Zachariah Danin Palmer High School | Manitou Springs, CO
Katherine Rose Doehring Oakwood School | Studio City, CA
Michael Kevin Dolan Robert E. Lee High School | San Antonio, TX
Andrew Carroll Hevia New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Jared Martin Mezzocchi Lawrence Academy | Hollis, NH
Ryan Bradley Phillips Robert E. Lee High School | San Antonio, TX
Robert Adam Sarnowski Westosha Central High School | Twin Lakes, WI
Zachary C. Sultan Berkeley High School | Berkeley, CA
Dance
Eowyn Emerald Barrett | Choreography Vancouver School of Arts and Academics | Vancouver, WA
Brandon Mathis Bieber | Choreography St. Louis University High School | Ballwin, MO
Kai Immanuel Braithwaite | Modern Frederick Douglas Academy | New York, NY
Antonio Addaryl Brown | Modern Cleveland School of the Arts | Cleveland, OH
Anjal D. Chande | Other Amos Alonzo Stagg High School | Palos Park, IL
Peter John Chursin | Ballet School of the Arts | Pacifica, CA
Peter John Chursin | Jazz School of the Arts | Pacifica, CA
Peter John Chursin | Modern
2003 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT School of the Arts | Pacifica, CA
Elisa Rose Davis | Choreography Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD
Jennifer Elaine Girtell | Choreography Denver School of the Arts | Aurora, CO
William Andrew Griffin | Choreography Norwich Free Academy | Norwich, CT
Lu Guo | Other Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | Flushing, NY
Shantelle Courvoisier Jackson | Modern Cleveland School of the Arts | Cleveland, OH
Colette Elaine Krogol | Modern New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Rachel Suzanne Lamb | Choreography Booker T. Washington, HSPVA | Plano, TX
Kristen Leigha Lawless | Tap West Essex Regional High School | North Caldwell, NJ
Jorge A. Leyva | Other Booker T. Washington, HSPVA | Dallas, TX
Thulinh France MacTruong | Modern Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | New York, NY
Samantha Jo Marcella | Modern Las Vegas Academy of International Studies in the Arts | North Las Vegas, NV
Gavin Mark McNally | Ballet Interlochen Arts Academy | Fort Wayne, IN
Zarahi Nazareth Nuñez | Modern New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Gabrielle Dawn Orcha | Choreography Sharon High School | Sharon, MA
Amber Lee Parker | Modern Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | Brooklyn, NY
Jennifer Miguelina Rojas | Modern Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | New York, NY
Tyrell Vernon Rolle | Modern Miami Northwestern Senior High School | Miami, FL
2003 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT Lauren Kathleen Rudowsky | Jazz West Milford High School | West Milford, NJ
Nicholas Steven Schultz | Ballet East Grand Rapids High School | Grand Rapids, MI
Garen Price Scribner | Ballet North Carolina School of the Arts | Arlington, VA
Olivia Renee Sharber | Jazz Lake Highland High School | Dallas, TX
Ashwin Krishnan Subramanian | Other DeMatha Catholic High School | Lanham, MD
LaQuet Sharnell Thompson | Jazz Booker T. Washington, HSPVA | Dallas, TX
MayAlice Catherine Wells | Modern Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | Queens, NY
Ricky LaMarr West | Jazz Suitland High School | Largo, MD
Viktor Shan Znidarsic-Bernardo | Tap Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | Staten Island, NY
Jazz
Kristian Robert Baarsvik | Saxophone Tabor Academy | Marion, MA
John Jason Byars | Saxophone San Rafael High School | San Rafael, CA
Eric Russell Fontaine | Saxophone Lakeside High School | Atlanta, GA
Matthew Joseph Gagliardo | Trumpet Bloomingdale Senior High School | Valrico, FL
Christopher Lee Gherman | Trumpet Marion Harding High School | Marion, OH
Laurel Ainsley Holloway | Keyboard Interlochen Arts Academy | St. Louis, MO
Marvin Troy House | Guitar Fine Arts Center | Pickens, SC
2003 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT Ryan Christopher Jacobi | Percussion John Hersey High School | Arlington Heights, IL
Keith Michael Karman | Double Bass Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Brian Douglas Kinsella | Composition South Brunswick High School | Seattle, WA
Brian Douglas Kinsella | Keyboard South Brunswick High School | Seattle, WA
Jerad C. Lippi | Percussion Valley View Jr./Sr. High School | Jessup, PA
Robby P. Marshall | Composition South Brunswick High School | Los Angeles, CA
Robby P. Marshall | Saxophone South Brunswick High School | Los Angeles, CA
Alex Joseph Nguyen | Trumpet Savannah Arts Academy | Savannah, GA
Fritz Joseph Schenker | Keyboard Hickman High School | Columbia, MO
Dan Shapiro | Composition Conestoga Valley Senior High School | Ephrata, PA
Jeremy Lee Sinclair | Trumpet Rockwall High School | Rockwall, TX
John Elmer Storie | Guitar Westview High School | Portland, OR
Richard Randall Winkelmann | Double Bass Walnut Hills High School | Cincinnati, OH
Music
Timothy Hall Andres | Classical Piano Home School | Washington, CT
Leah Elaine Arsenault | Flute North Carolina School of the Arts | Wells, ME
Jacob Anthony Barton | Bassoon First Colonial High School | Virginia Beach, VA
Monty Sandler Bloom | Violin
2003 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT New World School of the Arts | Biscayne Park, FL
Lola Sophia Bovell | Clarinet North Carolina School of the Arts | Coral Gables, FL
Marissa Ann Buschmohle | Oboe Eastlake High School | Sammamish, WA
Eoin Avery Clark | Classical Piano Booker T. Washington Magnet High School | Montgomery, AL
Todd A.W. Cope | Clarinet Plano West Senior High School | Dallas, TX
Philip John Cornell | Composition Huntsville High School | Huntsville, TX
Jason Anthony Denner | Clarinet Castle High School | Newburgh, IN
Lindsay Ann Deutsch | Violin Voyager Charter School | West Hills, CA
Wallace E. Easter, III | French Horn Blacksburg High School | Blacksburg, VA
Kathryn Rachel Elder | Viola Orange High School | Pepper Pike, OH
Christopher Reichart Falzone | Classical Piano Monacan High School | Richmond, VA
Andrea Kiyo Noelani Goss | Classical Piano Charles A. Sprague High School | Salem, OR
Jonathan Michael Graybill | Composition South Brunswick High School | Willow Street, PA
Ingrid Katherine Hagan | Bassoon Walnut Hill School | Perkinsville, VT
Brittany Hart | Harp Brighton High School | Sandy, UT
Andrew Wayne Holmes | Violin Home School | Lees Summit, MO
Hatty Hong | Harp Manhasset High School | Manhasset, NY
Jennifer Jia-Ann Hsiao | Classical Piano Hall High School | West Hartford, CT
2003 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT Jennifer Jia-Ann Hsiao | Violin Hall High School | West Hartford, CT
Frank Koa Huang | Classical Piano Newport High School | Bellevue, WA
Gareth Lailan Johnson | Violin Home School | Wellington, FL
Min-Jeong Kang | Violoncello Ridgefield Memorial High School | Ridgefield Park, NJ
Yevgeny Kutik | Violin Pittsfield High School | Pittsfield, MA
Kristen Lynn Langley | Clarinet Interlochen Arts Academy | Old Lyme, CT
Ashley Elizabeth Leland | Harp Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | Lantana, FL
Michael Aaron Levin | Violoncello Horizon High School | Scottsdale, AZ
Jannie Lo | Classical Piano San Domenico School | San Francisco, CA
Shan Shan Ma | Clarinet Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | Flushing, NY
Robert James Mitchell | Classical Piano Interlochen Arts Academy | Knoxville, TN
Elana Neches | Classical Piano Troy High School | Fullerton, CA
Joy Ann Payton-Stevens | Violoncello Interlochen Arts Academy | Los Angeles, CA
Paul Vincent Petrucelly | Clarinet Interlochen Arts Academy | Issaquah, WA
Rebecca Eve Povodator | Flute Fairfield High School | Fairfield, CT
Jonathan Michael Mason Raveneau | Composition South Brunswick High School | Dallas, TX
Elizabeth Barbara Schurgin | Bassoon Deerfield High School | Deerfield, IL
Amanda Gale Scott | Flute Auburn High School | Auburn, AL
2003 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT Laura Gailan Seay | Viola Colorado Academy | Denver, CO
Rosie Sherman | Classical Piano George Washington High School | Denver, CO
Erin Stacey Shorenstein | Oboe Lawrence High School | North Woodmere, NY
Benjamin Miller Smolen | Flute Myers Park High School | Charlotte, NC
Lisa Diane Snyder | Clarinet Dobson High School | Mesa, AZ
Mary Elizabeth Sutton | Composition Booker T. Washington, HSPVA | Garland, TX
Uma Sundari Tadepalli | Flute Charles E Jordan High School | Durham, NC
Jim Tai | Violin Desert Vista High School | Phoenix, AZ
Emily Frances Thomas | Flute Interlochen Arts Academy | Huntisville, AL
Joseph Gaetano Trapanese | Composition McNair Academic High School | Jersey City, NJ
Andrew Paul Vait | Saxophone Homer High School | Homer, AK
Christopher James Vazquez | Classical Guitar Baltimore School for the Arts | Baltimore, MD
Titus Andrew Vettrus | Classical Piano Mondovi Public High School | Mondovi, WI
Jeffrey Daniel Wessler | Flute Phillips Academy | Andover, MA
Andrew Hamilton Yeargin | Organ East Wake High School | Wendell, NC
Andrew Jonathan Yee | Violoncello South Brunswick High School | Fairfax, VA
Photography
Chris Scott Barnard
2003 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT Henry Harrison High School | Lafayette, IN
Kristen Haley Busold Miami Palmetto Senior High School | Miami, FL
Olivia Dane Charbeneau Booker T. Washington, HSPVA | Dallas, TX
Sarah Catherine Craig Episcopal High School | Houston, TX
Ari Cuenin Design & Architectural Senior High School | Miami, FL
Grace Doherty Rutherford High School | Rutherford, NJ
Emily Ruth Grenader The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Natalie Marie Guillen Miami Palmetto Senior High School | Miami, FL
Thomas Brandon Haller Towson High School | Baltimore, MD
Jade Hamilton Henderson Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | Gulf Stream, FL
Tonia Naleen Herrero Sandia Preparatory School | Sandia Park, NM
Rachel Nicole Hillery High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Richmond, TX
Jason Jorski Bishop McGuinness High School | Oklahoma City, OK
Josef Kristian Kissinger Andrews Academy | St. Joseph, MI
Zack B. Levey Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Reisterstown, MD
Stefanie Michelle Loeb Pine Bush High School | Pine Bush, NY
Sara Beth Nichol Perpich Center for Arts Education | Shoreview, MN
Amanda Marie Ortiz Lakeview High School | Chicago, IL
2003 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT Antonia Jasmine Pocock Hunter College High School | New York, NY
Ben Fink Shapiro Walnut Hills High School | Cincinnati, OH
Caitlin Lamdin Slaughter Towson High School | Lutherville, MD
Elisa Kimiko Sloan High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Lauren Nicole Travers New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Frank Xavier Traynor Miami Palmetto Senior High School | Miami, FL
Julianne Cribbs Zimmerman Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Upperco, MD
Theater
Laketa Shené Maria Anderson | Spoken Only Jones College Prep | Chicago, IL
Evelyn Mara Atkinson | Spoken Only Arcadia High School | Arcadia, CA
Erin Leigh Austin | Spoken and Musical Theater Howard W. Blake Senior High School | Odessa, FL
Brittany Marshall Bara | Spoken and Musical Theater Hebron High School | Carrollton, TX
Krystal Alyssa Bly | Spoken and Musical Theater John Marshall Senior High School | San Antonio, TX
Jesse Daniel Bonnell | Spoken Only Palmer High School | Colorado Springs, CO
Ashley Mills Brummitt | Spoken and Musical Theater Bettendorf High School | Bettendorf, IA
Amy Wyche Coenen | Spoken and Musical Theater Athens Academy | Athens, GA
Elizabeth Eileen Colson | Spoken Only Randolph School | Huntsville, AL
Michael Lockwood Crouch | Spoken and Musical Theater
2003 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT St. Stephen’s Episcopal School | Austin, TX
Kevin A. Emrick | Spoken Only Interlochen Arts Academy | Lakewood, CO
Marcie Christine Fanning | Spoken Only Woodland Park High School | Woodland Park, CO
Kenneth J. Fantry | Spoken Only Pennsbury High School | Morrisville, PA
Morgan Paige Fluss | Spoken and Musical Theater Boces Cultural Arts Center | Lynbrook, NY
Raina Helen Fraley | Spoken and Musical Theater High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Katherine Courtney Gleason | Spoken Only Buffalo Grove Senior High School | Arlington Heights, IL
Marqueketa Tranae Glenn | Spoken Only Jones College Prep | Chicago, IL
Jenny E Gottstein | Spoken Only Amador County High School | Volcano, CA
Ashley Nicole Grombol | Spoken and Musical Theater Dr. Phillips High School | Orlando, FL
Adam E. Guerra | Spoken Only Winston Churchill High School | San Antonio, TX
Peter Kristofer Gulsvig | Spoken Only Moorhead Senior High School | Moorhead, MN
Otto Herman Haardt | Spoken Only Foster High School | Rosenberg, TX
Joseph Slade Harper | Spoken Only James Madison Memorial High School | Madison, WI
Mara Jill Herman | Spoken and Musical Theater Herricks High School | Searingtown, NY
Tina Yvonne Himaya | Spoken and Musical Theater Boces Cultural Arts Center | Lindenhurst, NY
Antwayn Maurice Hopper | Spoken and Musical Theater Topeka West High School | Topeka, KS
Karla Lizbeth Ibarra | Spoken Only Jones College Prep | Chicago, IL
2003 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT Louisa B. Johnson | Spoken Only Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | Brooklyn, NY
Mark Allan Karafin | Spoken Only Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Owings Mills, MD
Kate Michele Kester | Spoken and Musical Theater Olathe South High School | Olathe, KS
Chase Tyler Kniffen | Spoken and Musical Theater Mills E. Godwin High School | Richmond, VA
Erich Thomas Lane | Spoken Only High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Joshua Raymond Lee | Spoken Only Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | South Pasadena, CA
Bikobi Njock Libii | Spoken Only R. Nelson Snider High School | Ft Wayne, IN
Kamisha McLean | Spoken Only Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | Bronx, NY
Susannah Lynn McLeod | Spoken and Musical Theater Augusta Preparatory Day School | Augusta, GA
Nicholas Steven McMann | Spoken Only Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | Lake Worth, FL
Stephanie Rosalyn Mitchell | Spoken and Musical Theater Interlochen Arts Academy | Los Angeles, CA
Alicia C. Palm | Spoken and Musical Theater Douglass Anderson School of the Arts | Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Marissa Renee Parness | Spoken and Musical Theater Interlochen Arts Academy | Miami, FL
Emily Tilson Ranii | Spoken Only William G. Enloe Senior High School | Raleigh, NC
Taylor Elizabeth Richardson | Spoken Only New Orleans Center for Creative Arts | New Orleans, LA
Stephen Charles Rosenberg | Spoken and Musical Theater Interlochen Arts Academy | Southington, CT
Jennifer Holmes Rugani | Spoken and Musical Theater University High School | Irvine, CA
Justin Matthew Sargent | Spoken and Musical Theater J. W.. Mitchell High School | New Port Richey, FL
2003 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT Cara Elyse Scharf | Spoken and Musical Theater George School | Yardley, PA
Christopher Matthew Schilder | Spoken and Musical Theater Fossil Ridge High School | Fort Worth, TX
Elizabeth Marie Shay | Spoken and Musical Theater Northmont Senior High School | Clayton, OH
Dylan Vandam | Spoken Only Westlake High School | Austin, TX
Pearce William Wegener | Spoken and Musical Theater Hickman High School | Columbia, MO
Kate Alison Weinberg | Spoken Only Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Owings Mills, MD
Cher Briana Westcott | Spoken and Musical Theater New Orleans Center for Creative Arts | Cgalmette, LA
Jonathan Cody White | Spoken and Musical Theater Augusta Preparatory Day School | Martinez, GA
Amile G. Wilson | Spoken Only Power Academic and Performing Arts Complex (APAC) | Jackson, MS
Mary Catherine Wiseman | Spoken Only Quince Orchard High School | Gaithersburg, MD
Visual Arts
Luis Humberto Angulo Belen Jesuit Preparatory | Miramar, FL
Dominique Ann Ardura New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Loriel Bernardo Beltran Design & Architectural Senior High School | Miami, FL
John H. Brannan Pius XI High School | Milwaukee, WI
Isabelle Allyn Brantley Deerfield Academy | Charlotte, NC
Geoffrey Benton Bund Georgetown Day High School | Bethesda, MD
Jennifer Leah Byers
2003 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT Andover High School | Andover, MA
Bryant Marvin Castro Design & Architectural Senior High School | Miami, FL
Chung-Shen Chang Walt Whitman High School | Bethesda, MD
Andrea Jean Crawford Los Angeles Baptist High School | Hacienda Heights, CA
Tran Bao Quoc Do Richardson High School | Dallas, TX
Edmund Halley Earle Walt Whitman High School | Bethesda, MD
Andrew Douglas Eaton Lafayette Jefferson High School | Lafayette, IN
Cathryn Faye English Jefferson High School | Lafayette, IN
Orion Dore Feeney Thousand Oaks High School | Thousand Oaks, CA
Nicole Angela Fernandez New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Elizabeth Anne Fisher Washington Waldorf School | Washington, DC
Cassidy Ace Fry Design & Architectural Senior High School | Miami, FL
Lauren Emily Funderburk Douglass Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL
Richard R. Galling Pius XI High School | Brookfield, WI
Themis Ariana Garcia Central de Artes Visuales | Bayamon, PR
Edlyn M. Garcia la Torre Colegio San Antonio de Rio Piedras | Trujillo Alto, PR
Sarah Grace Grothaus Eastside High School, Fine Arts Center | Greenville, SC
Melissa Ann Hackstein Pius XI High School | Burlington, WI
2003 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT Michael Lawrence Hanes Albert Einstein High School | Rockville, MD
Anne E. Harris Pius XI High School | Milwaukee, WI
Andrew Carroll Hevia New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Sophia Anna Knapp Oak Meadow School | San Francisco, CA
Wendy Pauline Linda Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | Bronx, NY
Victoria Anne Malone Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD
Tana Sue Maugham Sky View High School | Newton, UT
Noah Hershel Mostkoff Design & Architectural Senior High School | Miami Beach, FL
Karla Patricia Ortiz Central de Artes Visuales | Bayamón, PR
Ashley Michelle Polinski Alabama School of Fine Arts | Hoover, AL
Matthew Arthor Posorske Albert Einstein High School | Rockville, MD
Kiteka Q. Robertson Pine Forest Senior High School | Pensacola, FL
Omar David Santiago Peña Central de Artes Visuales | San Juan, PR
David N Schmitz Charles City Community High School | Ionia, IA
Michael Nathaniel Shevitz Albert Einstein High School | Rockville, MD
Earl Lambert Stimson Interlochen Arts Academy | Fairfield, IA
Grant Lawrence Stoops Jefferson High School | Lafayette, IN
David Vazquez Central de Artes Visuales | Toa Alta, PR
2003 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT Rachel Marie Ward Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltmiore, MD
Ricardo Ariel Zapata New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
Voice
Meghan Kareen Austinson | Soprano New Ulm Senior High | New Ulm, MN
Brittanie Beth Bagby | Soprano Liberty Senior High School | Liberty, MO
Jillian R. Bauman | Soprano Ursuline Academy | Pilesgrove, NJ
Caroline Denise Beaghler | Soprano Foxcroft School | Leesburg, VA
Marland Kofan Chang | Bass Wichita Collegiate High School | Wichita, KS
Christopher Michael Childress | Tenor High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Ayo Afi Codrington | Soprano High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Jason Lee Coffey | Baritone Allendale Public High School | Allendale, MI
Kelsey Taylor Cooke | Popular Voice Burbank High School | Burbank, CA
Whitney Nicole Corbett | Soprano Pebblebrook High Schol | Acworth, GA
Jorge Armando Espitia | Popular Voice Martin High School | Laredo, TX
Melanie Rose Flannery | Jazz Voice Appleton East High School | Appleton, WI
Julie Michelle Garte | Popular Voice Miami Palmetto Senior High School | Miami, FL
Jennifer Leah Goldsmith | Soprano Baltimore School for the Arts | Edgewater, MD
Erica Gonzaba | Popular Voice
2003 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT Incarnate Word High School | San Antonio, TX
John Marland Gooch | Baritone Ronald Reagan High School | San Antonio, TX
Cole Austin Grissom | Bass Carroll High School | Grapevine, TX
Stephanie Nicole Haymes | Soprano Sequoyah High School | Woodstock, GA
Daniel Frost Hernandez | Tenor George W. Brackenridge High School | San Antonio, TX
Meredith Miller Higgins | Soprano Episcopal School of Dallas | Dallas, TX
Allison Kimberly Holcomb | Soprano Louisiana School for Math, Science and Arts | Alexandria, LA
Lauren Dariana Jelencovich | Popular Voice Kings Academy | Wellington, FL
Rebecca Lynne Johnson | Soprano Northside High School | Robins Afb, GA
Katherine Elizabeth Johnston | Soprano Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD
Stephanie Diane Joiner | Soprano Lake Travis High School | Austin, TX
Kara Marie Kimmer | Popular Voice Durand Area High School | Durand, MI
Carly Elizabeth Kincannon | Soprano Park Tudor School | Indianapolis, IN
Jessica Erin Lyons | Soprano Dowling High School | West Des Moines, IA
Jazimina MacNeil | Mezzo Soprano Walnut Hill School | Lincoln, MA
Margaret Jean Marino | Mezzo Soprano Bishop Feehan High School | Plainville, MA
Meredith Jean Mecum | Soprano Lower Dauphin High School | Hershey, PA
Marco Antonio Melendez | Baritone San Angelo Central High School | San Angelo, TX
2003 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT Summer J. Mencher | Popular Voice Franklin Sr. High | Portland, OR
Jessie Erin Meybin | Mezzo Soprano Saint Getrude High School | Midlothian, VA
Kalina L. Miller | Soprano Hillsdale High School | Jeronesville, OH
Monica J. Montany | Jazz Voice St. Johnsbury Academy | Barnet, VT
Matthew Newbill | Popular Voice Beech High School | Hendersonville, TN
Amy Torgow O’Callaghan | Soprano Fairview High School | Louisville, CO
Julianne May Richards | Popular Voice South Brunswick High School | Georgetown, MA
Valerie Roberts | Soprano High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
Stephanie E. Rodriguez Barnum | Popular Voice Carondelet High School | Benicia, CA
Ella Mouria Seet | Soprano Lawrence Central Senior High School | Indianapolis, IN
Abigail DeAnn Shupe | Soprano Interlochen Arts Academy | Fort Wayne, IN
Samantha Anna Sidley | Jazz Voice Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Christine Leanne Silvera | Popular Voice American Christian Academy | West Sacramento, CA
Eric Allen Smith | Baritone Science Hill High School | Johnson City, TN
Sally Walcott Swallow | Soprano Carrabassett Valley Academy | Farmington, ME
Leigh C. Van-Koevering | Soprano H.H. Dow Senior High School | Midland, MI
Jessica Michelle Walkup | Soprano Bentonville High School | Bella Vista, AR
Michael Rees Weinberg | Baritone Annandale High School | Springfield, VA
2003 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT Kristin Leigh Williams | Soprano Grafton High School | Yorktown, VA
Michelle Willner | Soprano Danbury High School | Danbury, CT
Nicole Amber Zuraitis | Jazz Voice Holy Cross High School | Litchfield, CT
Writing
Daniel Scott Alterbaum | Expository Great Neck South High School | Great Neck, NY
Cailin Amanda Bryant | Poetry Placer High School | Auburn, CA
Ashley Marie Duggan | Poetry Booker T. Washington Magnet High School | Pike Road, AL
Ben Tyler Folsom | Short Story Thunderbird High School | Phoenix, AZ
Ann Marie Gaul | Expository Myers Park High School | Charlotte, NC
Anne McGivern Gessler | Short Story Poolesville High School | Beallsville, MD
Nyssa R Hanger | Poetry Howard W. Blake Senior High School | Tampa, FL
Lauren Renee Harrison | Expository Columbus Alternative High School | Columbus, OH
Lauren Renee Harrison | Poetry Columbus Alternative High School | Columbus, OH
Sarah Sue Hebl | Expository South Brunswick High School | Eau Claire, WI
Lara Naushon Henneman | Poetry Towson High School | Baltimore, MD
Alison Emilia Hennessee | Short Story North Springs High School | Atlanta, GA
Kristin Michele Kramer | Expository Rider High School | Wichita Falls, TX
Brenna Working Lemieux | Expository Towson High School | Lutherville, MD 2003 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT Gillian Chloe Levy | Poetry Great Neck North High School | Great Neck, NY
Regis Apollos Lewis | Short Story South Carolina Governor’s School for Arts and Humanities | Goose Creek, SC
Kathleen A. Lombard | Short Story Northwest Catholic High School | West Hartford, CT
Brendan Mackie | Short Story South Brunswick High School | Australia, FS
Brandon Keith Madsen | Short Story Westview High School | Portland, OR
Megan Denese Mealor | Short Story Douglass Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL
Caroline Anna Maria Murphy | Poetry Towson High School | Baltimore, MD
Benjamin Dean Phelps-Rohrs | Expository Winchester-Thurston School | Pittsburgh, PA
Anne Marie Rooney | Poetry Hunter College High School | New York City, NY
Annika Mae Rosenvinge | Play or Script for Film/Video Roosevelt High School | Seattle, WA
Trent Austin Sage | Poetry South Brunswick High School | Lawrenceville, NJ
Mary Rebecca W. Seltzer | Short Story Highland High | Blue Grass, VA
Catherine Ann Silvey | Poetry Nassau Boces Cultural Arts Center | Westburg, NY
Ruth Jackson Steinhardt | Poetry Sidwell Friends High School | Takoma Park, MD
Kira Danielle Taylor | Poetry E. O. Smith High School | Mansfield Center, CT
Jonathan Samson Tuttle | Play or Script for Film/Video Interlochen Arts Academy | Greensboro, NC
Shandy Walton | Poetry South Brunswick High School | Kendall Park, NJ
Joshua Drew Williams | Poetry Phillips Academy | Andover, MA
2003 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT