2021 YoungArts Winners FINALISTS Classical Music Leah Amory | Violin Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY Carey Byron | Piano Indiana University High School | Bloomington, IN Rebecca Cho | Violoncello Jericho High School | Jericho, NY Jack Davisson | Guitar Henry M. Gunn High School | Palo Alto, CA Noah Godard | Composition Moorpark High School | Moorpark, CA Caroline Hsu | Piano Syosset High School | Syosset, NY Grace Huh | Violin Lynbrook High School | San Jose, CA Janice Hur | Harp Seoul Foreign School | Seoul, KR Kah’lin Jordan | Clarinet Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL Joseph Karz | Composition Brentwood School | Los Angeles, CA 2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS Sebastian Kelzenberg | Oboe Cashmere High School | Cashmere, WA Tyler Kim | Piano Temecula Valley High School | Temecula, CA Malvyn Lai | Piano Mt. Everest Academy | San Diego, CA Chelsie Lim | Violoncello Academy of the Holy Angels | Demarest, NJ Zosia Los Leznicka | Flute Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI Allison Park | Viola Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA Jamie Park | Double Bass Hawken School | Gates Mills, OH Stephen Savage | Viola Homeschool | Port St. Lucie, FL Tyler Tan | Violin Cheshire High School | Cheshire, CT Parker Van Ostrand | Piano C.K. McClatchy High School | Sacramento, CA Seokhoon Henri Yoon | Violoncello Riverdale Country School | Bronx, NY Dance Jacob Alvarado | Ballet Homeschool | Irvine, CA Shalini Basu | World Dance/Classical Indian Olentangy Liberty High School | Powell, OH Christian Burse | Modern/Contemporary Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX Courtney Chiu | Modern/Contemporary Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA Joel Dichter | Ballet Homeschool | Eagan, MN 2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS Kyler Durrence | Choreography Opelika High School | Opelika, AL Wyatt Florin | Jazz Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY Brooks Landegger | Ballet Professional Children’s School | New York, NY Ashley Lew | Ballet California Connections Academy | San Juan Capistrano, CA Kelsey Lewis | Modern/Contemporary Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY Leon Powell | Modern/Contemporary Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY Arya Pratap | World Dance/Classical Indian Saint Francis High School | Mountain View, CA Charles Rosario | Modern/Contemporary Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY Luc Simpson | Modern/Contemporary iHigh Virtual Academy | San Diego, CA Niya Smith | Modern/Contemporary Pebblebrook High School | Mableton, GA Jeremy Villas | Modern/Contemporary Professional Performing Arts School | New York, NY Bryant Wright | Hip Hop C. Milton Wright High School | Bel Air, MD Avery Zerr | Choreography Kentwood High School | Covington, WA Design Arts Eva Soryn Call McIntosh High School | Peachtree City, GA Joyce He Livingston High School | Livingston, NJ Mabel Johnson Parkview High School | Springfield, MO 2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS Rachel Joohyun Lee Seoul International School | Gyeonggi-Do, KR Kelly Lu Saint Francis High School | Mountain View, CA Jessica McCann Fox Chapel Area High School | Pittsburgh, PA Gonzalo Pena Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL Clementine Smith Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA Film Shaman Aponte Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA Mariah Barrera City High Middle School | Grand Rapids, MI Tangier Dortch Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA Ella Fields Charter High School of Arts-Multimedia and Performing | Van Nuys, CA Alisha Heng Stuyvesant High School | New York, NY Chloe Hoffmann Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA William Lula Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA Audrey Yin Phillips Exeter Academy | Exeter, NH Jazz Kai Burns | Guitar Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA Seth Finch | Piano Baton Rouge Magnet High School | Baton Rouge, LA 2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS Anton Edward Kot | Percussion Jonathan Law High School | Milford, CT Ian Muñoz | Saxophone/Alto New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL John Murray | Double Bass San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts | San Diego, CA Gianna Pedregon | Violin Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA Andre Perlman | Trombone New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL Jack Towse | Trumpet Friends Academy | Locust Valley, NY Photography Jason Babayev Pine Crest School | Fort Lauderdale, FL Baxter Chelsom Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA Sabine Croy Carroll High School | Fort Wayne, IN Joshua Flowers Greenhill School | Addison, TX Andrew Harris Middlesex School | Concord, MA Addison Linck Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL Alyvia Luong Carroll High School | Fort Wayne, IN Andreas Rothbart Windward School | Los Angeles, CA Whitney Toutenhoofd Fairview High School | Boulder, CO Diana Welch Homeschool | Clifton, NJ 2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS Theater Jordan Anderson Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA Christian Arrubla Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX Mikenzi Barrow Myers Park High School | Charlotte, NC Isaiah Boozer South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities | Greenville, SC Kaylah Copeland Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA Evan Hoefer Shorecrest Preparatory School | St Petersburg, FL Kate Louissaint Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY Marshall Mabry, IV Homeschool | Fairburn, GA Ella Maguire Saint Augustine High School | Saint Augustine, FL Emma Maloney Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA Chloe Meinershagen Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX Josiah Mitchell Tri-Cities High School | East Point, GA Landon Robinson Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX Chelsea Rose Durham School of the Arts | Durham, NC Shelby Smith Riverdale High School | Murfreesboro, TN Maya Sta Ana Howell High School | Farmingdale, NJ Nicole Streger Bernards High School | Bernardsville, NJ 2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS Daisy Tye Huntington Beach High School | Huntington Beach, CA Tyler Wesley South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities | Greenville, SC Visual Arts Nana Ampofo Los Angeles High School of the Arts | Los Angeles, CA Jebreel Bessiso Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL Yuqi Bian Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI Rabecca Bohanan Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI Quoc Bui Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI Kacey Kim Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA Daniela Lopez New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL Jalynn McDuffey Coral Reef Senior High School | Miami, FL Gretsy Moreno Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL Is Perlman Design and Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL Cherline Philogene New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL Voice Kevin Albinus | Classical Voice/Tenor University of North Carolina School of the Arts | Winston Salem, NC Noga Cabo | Singer-Songwriter Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY 2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS Alexandria Carrington | Singer-Songwriter Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX Caroline Carter | Classical Voice/Mezzo Soprano Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX Caitlin Chisham | Classical Voice/Soprano Derby High School | Derby, KS Meghna Das | Popular Voice John P. Stevens High School | Edison, NJ Oliviana Marie Halus-Griep | Singer-Songwriter Laurel Springs School | Ojai, CA Elizabeth Hanje | Classical Voice/Soprano Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI Samuel Higgins | Classical Voice/Countertenor Milton High School | Milton, MA Calvin Hinds | Singer-Songwriter Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI Carynna Joseph | Popular Voice Coral Springs High School | Coral Springs, FL Alison Kessler | Classical Voice/Soprano The Leffell School | Hartsdale, NY Brooke Lambert | Jazz Voice Roosevelt High School | Seattle, WA Dylan Leavitt | Singer-Songwriter Chesterton High School | Chesterton, IN Christopher Leimgruber | Classical Voice/Tenor Newark High School | Newark, OH Arden Lloyd | Singer-Songwriter Amherst-Pelham Regional High School | Amherst, MA Michele Lu | Popular Voice Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA Dana Mays | Classical Voice/Mezzo Soprano Homeschool | Spring, TX Colin O’Connor | Jazz Voice GlenOak High School | Canton, OH Gianna Stansell | Popular Voice Grandville Public Schools | Grandville, MI 2021 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS Writing Spencer Chang | Poetry Taipei American School | Taipei, TW Kate Choi | Play or Script Seoul Foreign School | Seoul, KR Madelyn Dietz | Short Story Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI Juliana Gabriel | Play or Script Batavia High School | Batavia, IL Samuel Getachew | Creative Nonfiction Oakland Technical High School | Oakland, CA Zoe Goldstein | Short Story Newton North High School | Newtonville, MA Hannah Han | Short Story Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA Elane Kim | Short Story Homeschool | Walnut Creek, CA Sarah Mohammed | Poetry