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