2018 YoungArts Winners FINALISTS Cinematic Arts Lillian Benkoil (17) Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY Perry Chen (17) Canyon Crest Academy | San Diego, CA Athena Chu (17) Buckingham Browne & Nichols School | Watertown, MA Chelsea Eisen (18) Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA) | Los Angeles, CA Nathan Ginter (18) Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI Claire Imler (18) Woodbridge High School | Irvine, CA Brian Niles (17) Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA) | Los Angeles, CA Sequoia Sherriff (17) Culver City High School | Culver City, CA Wylie Soltes (18) Ballard High School | Seattle, WA Henry Spritz (16) Waynflete High School | Portland, ME Riley Street (18) Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA) | Los Angeles, CA 2018 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS Classical Music Max Bobby (17) | Violoncello Mamaroneck High School | Mamaroneck, NY Benjamin Champion (17) | Composition Idyllwild Arts Academy | Idyllwild, CA Andrew Chang (16) | Clarinet Diamond Bar High School | Diamond Bar, CA Anthony Choi (16) | Violoncello The High School for Math, Science and Engineering at The City College of New York | New York, NY Gabriel Costache (17) | Percussion Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI Audrey Emata (16) | Flute Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School | West Chester, PA David Hou (17) | Piano Adlai E. Stevenson High School | Lincolnshire, IL Annette Lee (16) | Harp Polytechnic School | Pasadena, CA Anne Liu (16) | Piano Canyon Crest Academy | San Diego, CA William McGregor (17) | Double Bass Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School | West Chester, PA Oliver Neubauer (18) | Violin The Dalton School | New York, NY Anders Peterson (18) | Clarinet Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI Anoush Pogossian (15) | Clarinet Verdugo Academy | La Crescenta, CA Julian Rhee (17) | Violin Brookfield East High School | Brookfield, WI Benjamin Rossen (15) | Piano Great Neck South High School | Great Neck, NY Adrian Steele (17) | Violin James A. Garfield High School | Seattle, WA Ray Ushikubo (16) | Piano Summit View School | Riverside, CA 2018 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS Lauren Vandervelden (17) | Composition Tamalpais High School | Mill Valley, CA Joshua Williams (17) | Tuba Tri-Cities High School | East Point, GA Yige Xue (18) | Piano Brookline High School | Brookline, MA Esther Yu (17) | Violoncello Rye High School | Rye, NY Dance Margarita Armas (17) | Ballet American High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL Jaden Barba (15) | Jazz Temecula Valley High School | Temecula, CA Aaron Choate (17) | Modern/Contemporary Lafayette Senior High School | Lexington, KY Jordan Coutts (15) | Ballet Laurel Springs School | Ojai, CA Willow DuBose (17) | Modern/Contemporary Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX Alexa Flores (17) | Modern/Contemporary New World School of the Arts (NWSA) | Miami, FL Sofia Gonzalez (16) | Choreography New World School of the Arts (NWSA) | Miami, FL Vako Gvelesiani (17) | Hip Hop Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY Harrison Knostman (17) | Modern/Contemporary Poudre School District Global Academy | Fort Collins, CO Joseph Lesher-Liao (16) | Tap Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA Eleni Loving (17) | Modern/Contemporary Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX Chloe Misseldine (15) | Ballet Lake Highland Preparatory School | Orlando, FL 2018 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS Shreyah Mohanselvan (17) | Classical Indian Columbus Academy | Gahanna, OH Elijah Muhammad (17) | Hip Hop Miami Northwestern Senior High School | Miami, FL Shruti Parthasarathy (15) | Classical Indian Middleton High School | Middleton, WI Payton Primer (17) | Modern/Contemporary Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX Luke Romanzi (17) | Choreography Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY Christian Smith (17) | Modern/Contemporary Las Vegas Academy of the Arts | Las Vegas, NV Olufunmilayo Sofola (16) | Tap Homeschool | Carnation, WA Zane Unger (18) | Modern/Contemporary Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX Akhilesh Vadari (15) | Classical Indian Eastlake High School | Sammamish, WA Luke Westerman (17) | Ballet Homeschool | Houston, TX Jace Weyant (17) | Choreography University of North Carolina School of the Arts | Winston-Salem, NC Design Arts Helen Chen (15) Amador Valley High School | Pleasanton, CA Sean Cheng (18) Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI Leila Gordon (17) Design and Architecture Senior High School (DASH) | Miami, FL Roxy Jamin (16) Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA) | Los Angeles, CA Lauren Lam (18) The Hotchkiss School | Lakeville, CT 2018 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS Leanne Lin (17) Design and Architecture Senior High School (DASH) | Miami, FL Perry Naseck (17) Saint Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX Ashia Shelton (17) Pine Bluff High School | Pine Bluff, AR Cynthia Zhou (16) Leland High School | San Jose, CA Jimmy Zhu (17) Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL Jazz Benjamin Cohen (18) | Saxophone (Baritone) Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY Joseph Curreri (17) | Trumpet Alexander Hamilton High School | Los Angeles, CA Joseph Giordano (18) | Trombone Guilderland High School | Guilderland Center, NY Joshua Green (17) | Percussion The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX Tyler Henderson (16) | Keyboard The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX Veronica Leahy (16) | Saxophone (Alto) Charlotte Latin School | Charlotte, NC Ethan Moffitt (17) | Double Bass Verdugo Academy | La Crescenta, CA Photography Amanata Adams (18) Hewitt School | New York, NY Sudeep Bhargava (17) Greenhill School | Addison, TX Xavier Lightfoot (17) Pius XI High School | Milwaukee, WI 2018 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS Jonathan Maldonado (18) Essex Street Academy | New York, NY Selena Pesantez (17) Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL Jessica Sharif (17) Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School | Miami, FL Jessica Simpson (18) Martha Ellen Stilwell School of the Arts | Jonesboro, GA Felipe Urrutia (17) Ransom Everglades School | Coconut Grove, FL Liza Wimbish (17) Midlothian High School | Midlothian, VA Alexander Wong (18) Jamaica College | Kingston, JAMAICA Theater Marie-Josée Bourelly (17) Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI Willem Butler (18) Virgil I Grissom High School | Huntsville, AL Juliana Cuevas (17) Lakeside High School | Lake Elsinore, CA Zoe D’Andrea (17) Santa Monica High School | Santa Monica, CA Jenna Giordano (18) Shawnee High School | Medford, NJ Elena Gonzalez (17) New World School of the Arts (NWSA) | Miami, FL Ishmael Gonzalez (17) New World School of the Arts (NWSA) | Miami, FL Amanda Gross (17) Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School | Midland, PA Lucy Hall (16) Millburn High School | Millburn, NJ 2018 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS Brandon Harrell (18) Cooperative Arts & Humanities High School | New Haven, CT Christopher Jensen (17) Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA) | Los Angeles, CA Cecillia Koueth (18) Osceola County School for the Arts | Kissimmee, FL Maya Lagerstam (18) Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI Freedom Martin (16) Chicago High School for the Arts | Chicago, IL Liam Oh (17) New Trier High School | Winnetka, IL Natasha Partnoy (18) Francis W. Parker School | San Diego, CA Emir Price (17) Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX Ethan Riordan (17) Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY Henry Thrasher (18) Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY Rachel Wolff (17) The Austin School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Austin, TX Joshua Wyatt (17) The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX Visual Arts Andie Aylsworth (17) Design and Architecture Senior High School (DASH) | Miami, FL James Balo (17) Design and Architecture Senior High School (DASH) | Miami, FL Gaia Barracca (18) New World School of the Arts (NWSA) | Miami, FL Sarah Becker (18) Design and Architecture Senior High School (DASH) | Miami, FL 2018 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS Cyan D’Anjou (17) The Westminster Schools | Atlanta, GA Maya Dixon (17) Fieldston School | Bronx, NY Marie-Yolande Fanouvi (18) Albert Einstein High School | Kensington, MD Melissa Fernandez-Flores (17) New World School of the Arts (NWSA) | Miami, FL Sebrina Gao (16) Communications High School | Wall Township, NJ Kate Goodvin (16) Iowa City High School | Iowa City, IA Julia Gould (18) George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD Amal Haddad (17) Albert Einstein High School | Kensington, MD Kevin Hopkins (17) South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities | Greenville, SC Megan Hostetler (18) Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL Bryce Landingham (17) McEachern High School | Powder Springs, GA Sanna Legan (17) New Roads School | Santa Monica, CA Claire Manning (17) Boise High School | Boise, ID Christopher McCready (17) Design and Architecture Senior High School (DASH) | Miami, FL Ameya Okamoto (17) Catlin Gabel School | Portland, OR Francesca Peralta (17) Design and Architecture Senior High School (DASH) | Miami, FL Ashley Prather (17)