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YO U N G A R T S B A C K YA R D B A L L
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Isaak Hernandez
1995 Winner in Visual Arts
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Sarah Lamb
1998 Winner in Dance and
U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts
For those of you who are new to YoungArts, we are an organization
founded in 1981 by visionaries Ted and Lin Arison. We identify and
support the most promising young artists in the visual, literary, design and
performing arts, assisting them at critical junctures in their educational
and professional development. The direct impact YoungArts has on the
artistic development and career success of each of our young artists is
notable, as is evident from our many successful alumni, including Desmond
Richardson, Josh Groban, Kerry Washington, Andrew Rannells, Doug
Aitken, Terence Blanchard, Zuzanna Szadkowski, and so many more.
W E LCO M E TO N ATI O N A L YO U N GA RT S W E E K
Welcome to the most important week for the National YoungArts
Foundation! This YoungArts Week kicks off the organization’s 35th
Anniversary. We are extremely proud to have identified and nurtured
more than 20,000 of the most talented young artists in America.
This year, we are here to showcase and celebrate the 168 finalists
from across the country who have been selected from over 12,000
applications. Our unique mission is notable and meaningful.
YoungArts plays an invaluable role in the lives of young artists. Our master
classes, led by legends such as Rosie Perez, Robert Wilson, Sarah Lamb,
Tony Yazbeck, and Carrie Mae Weems, are once-in-a-lifetime experiences
for our winners and, in a YoungArts winner’s words, “open doors to
extraordinary opportunities” (Justice Smith, 2013 Winner in Theater). In
addition, YoungArts is the sole nominating agency for U.S. Presidential
Scholars in the Arts, an honor bestowed to artistically talented high school
seniors by the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars.
YoungArts is a beautiful family to be a part of. As Wynter Rhys, a
2016 Winner in Cinematic Arts said, “It is beautifully overwhelming
that I have been noticed from my rainy little town based on the
work that I do, and will have a chance to connect with such brilliant
minds.” I hope you enjoy this week’s performances, exhibitions, and
concluding Gala, all happening in Miami… all happening because of our
extraordinarily promising young artists and our YoungArts supporters.
Sincerely,
Richard Kohan
Chair, Board of Trustees
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Lamont Taylor
2000 Winner in Jazz
A BO U T T H E N ATI O N A L
YO U N GA RT S FO U N DATI O N
The National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts) was established in 1981 by
Lin and Ted Arison to identify and support the next generation of artists in
the visual, literary, design and performing arts; assist them at critical junctures
in their educational and professional development; and raise appreciation
for the arts in American society. Each year, there are approximately 11,000
applications—and in 2015, a record-breaking 12,000+ applications—from the
nation’s most promising young artists ages 15-18 (or grades 10-12). From these,
approximately 800 winners are selected to participate in programs in Miami,
New York, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.; take master classes with worldrenowned artists; perform and exhibit in the most prestigious venues in the
country; receive cash awards of up to $10,000; get access to scholarships;
become eligible for nomination as U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts; and
receive a lifetime of professional support.
To date, YoungArts has honored more than 20,000 young artists with
over $12 million in monetary awards—including Terence Blanchard, Doug
Aitken, Naomi Wolf, Josh Groban and Kerry Washington—and has enabled
its participants to work with master teachers who are among the most
distinguished artists in their fields, such as Mikhail Baryshnikov, Plácido
Domingo, Zaha Hadid, Wynton Marsalis, Robert Redford, Jeff Koons and
Carrie Mae Weems.
YoungArts alumni who have gone on to become leading professionals in
their fields include actresses Anna Gunn and Viola Davis; Broadway stars Raúl
Esparza, Andrew Rannells and Billy Porter; recording artists Chris Young and
Judith Hill; Metropolitan Opera star Eric Owens; musicians Gerald Clayton
and Jennifer Koh; choreographer Desmond Richardson; visual artists Daniel
Arsham and Hernan Bas; and New York Times bestselling author Sam Lipsyte.
For more information, visit youngarts.org.
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Daniel Arsham, 1999 Winner in Visual Arts
at the Future Was Written opening, fall 2015
Acquired in 2012 and since transformed by architect Frank Gehry, the YoungArts
campus, which sits at the nexus of the Wynwood Arts District, Arts &
Entertainment District and Edgewater neighborhood, is active year-round with
a constellation of happenings. YoungArts launched its season with the unveiling
of The Future Was Written exhibition by alumnus Daniel Arsham (1999 Winner in
Visual Arts) in the YoungArts Gallery, while the newly polished Jewel Box building
serves as a platform for dance classes, workshops, talks and receptions alike.
YOU NGARTS BRINGS TH E
N ATI O N ’ S B E ST A RTI ST S TO YO U
The National YoungArts Foundation is bringing the work of young, emerging and
renowned artists to a growing number of audiences and cultural institutions across
the country—and, perhaps most remarkably, to you at this very moment during
YoungArts Week in Miami. Whether at New World Center or YoungArts’ campus,
we take pride in helping winners and alumni grace the stage and exhibit at firstclass institutions. The uniqueness of this artistic experience is matched only by
viewers’ unparalleled access to the arts and made possible because of YoungArts.
Outside the Box—a family-friendly series that brings multidisciplinary
performances to the YoungArts Plaza—most recently featured new works
by Tony Award-nominated performer Desmond Richardson (1986 Winner in
Modern Dance, U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) and leading choreographer
Dwight Rhoden of Complexions Contemporary Ballet. Made possible through
a generous grant from ArtPlace America, the event captured the artistic
excellence that YoungArts brings to the local community in an open-air and
inspired setting. The upcoming Outside the Box featuring alumnus Jason Moran
takes a page from his groundbreaking performance at the Kennedy Center,
which blends jazz music, skateboarding and new media.
The YoungArts Salon Series, sponsored by John S. and James L. Knight
Foundation, offers intimate conversations with internationally recognized
artists such as Marina Abramović, Justin Peck and Sufjan Stevens, Robert
Redford, Joshua Bell, Ben Folds, Lil Buck, Edwidge Danticat, and most recently,
with hip hop legend Fab 5 Freddy.
The newest addition to YoungArts’ calendar is Pairings @ Ted’s, which pairs
world-class performances by alumni and local creatives with a themed culinary
experience by STARR Catering Group. A contemporary take on the traditional
dinner and show format, headliners include mezzo-soprano Amanda Crider of
IlluminArts and Seraphic Fire, jazz percussionist Jake Goldbas (2007 YoungArts
Winner in Jazz) and, soon, 21st century orchestra Nu Deco Ensemble led by
Jacomo Bairos (1994 Winner in Music). From dance and theater to classical
fusion, poetry and cinematic arts, Pairings @ Ted’s celebrates the many art
forms of YoungArts in a way that is both accessible and social.
Come visit us. More information about our events is available
online at youngarts.org.
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Julia McDermott
2014 Winner in Theater and
We believe in the arts, our youth and their dreams. The encouragement
of our young artists is an investment in a future rich in culture. Your
contribution to the National YoungArts Foundation helps us create
experiences for students that last a lifetime – moving the nation’s
most talented young artists a little closer to their dreams. Over the
last 35 years, more than 20,000 young artists have benefited from the
opportunities that were given to them through YoungArts’ programs.
We are proud of our role as a springboard to vibrant artistic careers. Our
alumni have gone on to distinguished careers in their fields, becoming
principal dancers in major companies, members of prominent orchestras
and recognizable faces on stage and screen. Their books are on The
New York Times Best Seller list, their artwork hangs in the world’s most
distinguished museums and they have received Oscar, Emmy, Grammy,
and Tony awards and nominations.
CHANGING A LIFE IS LIFE-CHANGING
Supporting YoungArts with a contribution is an investment in the next
generation of artists.
YoungArts programs rely on the contributions of generous corporations,
foundations and individuals like you!
There are many ways to support these artists, and they all start with you
taking action.
Donating to our annual fund is a notable way to make a difference and
become more involved. YoungArts offers access to future masters in the
visual, literary, design and performing arts and exposure to a passionate
group of people interested in Miami’s artistic culture. It’s a way for you
to stay connected to the variety of innovative programs, education and
outreach, interdisciplinary workshops and community happenings that
we offer each season.
To learn more about our vision, we invite you to take a tour of our
historic campus and discuss how you can become more involved in
supporting YoungArts, our artists and our programs.
For more information, please contact the Development Department at
(305) 377-1140 or [email protected].
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YOU NGARTS 2016 HONOR E E S
Each year, the culmination of YoungArts Week is the annual YoungArts
Backyard Ball, our largest and most significant fundraiser, through which we
raise funds necessary to identify and support the next generation of artists.
This year’s Gala Co-Chairs are Tracey and Bruce Berkowitz and Margarita
and Armando Codina. The evening will feature performance vignettes by
YoungArts alumni, directed by Tony Award-nominated actor, singer, dancer
and YoungArts alumnus Tony Yazbeck (1997 Winner in Theater). Tony and
Grammy Award-winning singer, composer, actor, playwright and director
Billy Porter (1987 Winner in Theater), will serve as Master of Ceremonies. The
Presenting Sponsor of the 2016 YoungArts Backyard Ball is Max Mara, and the
VIP Host Sponsor is UBS Financial Services, Inc.
We are pleased to recognize the 2016 Arison Award honorees for their
achievements, contributions and commitment to the arts.
RO S I E P E R E Z | 2 0 1 6 A R I S O N AWA R D H O N O R E E
Rosie Perez has been stealing eyes with riveting dramatic performances
since the 90s. On the big screen, her performance in Peter Weir’s Fearless
garnered her a Golden Globe and Academy Award nomination. Perez’s film
credits include Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing, Andrew Bergman’s It Could
Happen to You, Ron Shelton’s White Men Can’t Jump, and Peter Weir’s
Fearless, among many others. She received rave reviews for her performance
in The Ritz and made her Broadway debut in the hit revival of Terence
McNally’s Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune. This year she returned to
Broadway for the highly successful Fish in the Dark with Larry David.
Perez received critical acclaim for her directorial debut, Yo Soy Boricua
Pa’que Tu Lo Sepas!, a documentary that celebrates Puerto Rican pride.
Throughout her career, Perez has been a vocal activist for a number of
causes and serves as the Artistic Board Chair for Urban Arts Partnership.
Rosie details her childhood upbringing and career in her book, Handbook
for an Unpredictable Life: How I Survived Sister Renata and My Crazy
Mother, and Still Came Out Smiling (with Great Hair).
RO B E RT W I L S O N | 2 0 1 6 A R I S O N AWA R D H O N O R E E
Robert Wilson is among the world’s foremost theater and visual artists.
His works for the stage unconventionally integrate a wide variety of
artistic media, including dance, movement, lighting, sculpture, music and
text. His images are aesthetically striking and emotionally charged, and his
productions have earned the acclaim of audiences and critics worldwide.
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Wilson has been honored with numerous awards for excellence, including
a Pulitzer Prize nomination, two Premio Ubu awards, the Golden Lion of
the Venice Biennale and an Olivier Award. He was elected to the American
Academy of Arts and Letters, as well as the German Academy of the Arts.
France pronounced him Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters
(2003) and Officer of the Legion of Honor (2014) and Germany awarded him
the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit (2014). Wilson is the founder and
Artistic Director of The Watermill Center, a laboratory for the Arts in Water
Mill, New York.
YOU NGARTS 2016 HONOR E E S
Wilson’s drawings, paintings and sculptures have been presented around
the world in hundreds of solo and group showings, and his works are held in
private collections and museums throughout the world.
TO N Y YA Z B E C K | 2 0 1 6 A R I S O N A L U M N I AWA R D H O N O R E E
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Tony Yazbeck is a YoungArts alumnus, master teacher and former panelist.
He has also served as assistant director for Bill T. Jones for several concerts
at YoungArts. As a performer, Tony recently concluded his run as Gabey in
the critically acclaimed revival of On The Town on Broadway. He earned the
2015 Tony, Drama League and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations as well
as the Fred Astaire Award for his performance. He also recently collaborated
with Hal Prince and Susan Stroman on Prince of Broadway, which made its
premiere in Japan in fall 2015.
His other Broadway credits include Chicago (Billy Flynn), Irving Berlin’s White
Christmas (Phil Davis), Gypsy with Patti LuPone (Tulsa, Outer Critics Circle
nominee), A Chorus Line (Al), Oklahoma!, Never Gonna Dance, and Gypsy
with Tyne Daly. His off-Broadway credits include Fanny Hill at the York, and
Little Me, On the Town, Gypsy, The Apple Tree, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
and Pardon My English for City Center Encores!. Tony has also starred in Kiss
Me Kate at the Royal Albert Hall in London. He was seen in NBC’s Smash, the
feature documentary Every Little Step, and in his own song and dance show,
The Floor Above Me. His debut album will be released in February 2016.
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201 6 YOU N GARTS WE E K S PO N SO R S
We are most grateful to the sponsors and friends
who make YoungArts Week 2016 possible:
National Premier Sponsor
Performance Sponsor
Support for YoungArts Week is provided by the Miami-Dade County Department of
Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and
Board of County Commissioners; and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division
of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture.
C I N E M ATI C A RT S
1982 Winner in
Cinematic Arts
during YoungArts Week
C I N E M ATI C A RT S WI N N E R S
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FINALIST
1 | CO L E M A N A N D E R S E N
Ballard High School* | Seattle, WA
2 | K AY L A B R I Ë T
Cypress High School* | Cypress, CA
3 | GABRIELLE GORMAN
New Roads School | Santa Monica, CA
4 | L AU RY N H E N RY
Hun School Of Princeton | Princeton, NJ
5 | C H E S T E R M I LTO N Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
6 | GRIFFIN OLIS
Athens High School | Troy, MI
7 | N I C K R A M E Y
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts* | New Orleans, LA
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C AT H E R I N E C H E N | Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts |
West Palm Beach, FL
A N D R E S G I M E N E Z | Doral Performing Arts Academy | Doral, FL
M A X J O H N S O N | Falls Church High School* | Falls Church, VA
M I A N E U M A N N | New Trier High School | Winnetka, IL
J O S H OVA L L E | Halstrom Academy - Newport Beach | Irvine, CA
W Y N T E R R H YS | Mount Si High School | Snoqualmie, WA
J O E Y S C H W E I T Z E R | Bard High School Early College |
New York, NY
M O L LY S I M M O N S | Hamilton Southeastern High School |
Fishers, IN
C R I S T I N A T R A BA DA | West Broward High School* |
Pembroke Pines, FL
HONORABLE MENTION
MERIT
C R I S T I A N AG U I A R | G-Star School of the Arts |
West Palm Beach, FL
G E O R G E AYO U B | Buffalo Grove High School | Buffalo Grove, IL
A L E X B U R K E | George Washington Carver Center for Arts and
Technology | Baltimore, MD
F R A N C I S CO C A B R E R A | West Broward High School |
Pembroke Pines, FL
I SA B E L L A C A S SA N D R A - N E WSA M | Los Angeles County High
School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
B E N JA M I N C H A R N OW | Sir Francis Drake High School |
San Anselmo, CA
J O H N C H I G A S | Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
E T H A N D E N N I S | Jenks High School | Jenks, OK
N ATA L I A F E R R A R A | Los Angeles County High School for the Arts |
Los Angeles, CA
JACQ U E L I N E G U N T E R | Saint Mary’s Hall | San Antonio, TX
B R I D G E R H A RT | Mira Costa High School | Manhattan Beach, CA
E T H A N H O F F M A N - SA D K A | Fieldston School* | Bronx, NY
N I K K I H O U S TO N | Orange County School of the Arts |
Santa Ana, CA
W I L L I A M L A N C A S T E R | Los Angeles County High School for the
Arts | Los Angeles, CA
L I LY L I ZOT T E | Crossroads School | Santa Monica, CA
COW B OY LY N K | Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
N I CO L A S PAG E | Colegio Institución Teresiana | Santiago, Chile
A N D R E W P E T E R S E N | George Ranch High School | Richmond, TX
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L E O P F E I F E R | Ballard High School | Seattle, WA
A L E XI A SA L I N G A RO S | Saint Mary’s Hall | San Antonio, TX
S H O S C H RO C K- M A N A B E | Ballard High School* | Seattle, WA
LO R R A I N E S H A L L E R | Orange County School of the Arts* |
Santa Ana, CA
M E AG E N TA JA L L E | Ballard High School | Seattle, WA
N AT E T R I L LO | Midlothian High School | Midlothian, TX
F E L I P E VA R G A S | Cypress Bay High School | Weston, FL
M A R K VO G T | Saint Xavier High School | Louisville, KY
SA R A W I T T B O L D A R AOZ | Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the
Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
G A B R I E L A YA D E G A R I | Catalina Foothills High School |
Tucson, AZ
G R AC E Z H A N G | Ward Melville High School | East Setauket, NY
E M I LY Z U M C H A K | Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
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C I N E M ATI C A RT S PA N E L + FACU LT Y
D O U G B L U S H | National Selection Panelist | 1984 YoungArts Winner in
Cinematic Arts | Doug Blush is an award-winning director, producer, editor,
writer and cinematographer whose credits include the 2013 Oscar-winning 20
Feet From Stardom, for which he also received the ACE Eddie Award for Best
Documentary Editing. He is Editor and Associate Producer of the 2012 Oscarnominated and multiple Emmy Award-winning documentary The Invisible
War and the new documentary The Hunting Ground, which aired on CNN in
fall 2015. His credits include more than 50 other documentary and narrative
features and television shows. His film Of Two Minds, co-directed with his
wife Lisa, is an intimate look at three people living with bipolar disorder. It
won both the 2013 EIC Prism Award and SAHMSA Voice Award for excellence
in films on mental health. Doug has taught at Northwestern University, USC,
UCLA and Syracuse University, as well as in Indonesia and Brazil. He currently
runs MadPix, Inc.
S H A R I LY N E T T E C A R P E N T E R | National Selection Panelist | Shari
Lynette Carpenter is a born storyteller. Starting her film career as a script
supervisor, some of the A-list directors, producers, directors of photography
and actors she has worked with include Spike Lee, Ridley Scott, Jonathan
Demme, Forest Whitaker, Halle Berry, Denzel Washington and Robert
DeNiro. While script supervising, Shari began making her own awardwinning short films, including Since Lisa and Eye Wonder, and music videos.
Her feature directorial debut, Kali’s Vibe, was a national and international
festival favorite that garnered several Jury, Audience and Vision awards.
Shari was commissioned to direct a PSA for Proctor and Gamble’s “My Black
is Beautiful” campaign specially created to air during BET’s Black Girls Rock
awards show. She is a Rockefeller grant nominee, a Gordon Parks award
nominee, a Black American Cinema Society and Black Filmmakers Hall of
Fame award winner, an ABC Writer Development Fellow, an ABC Daytime
Directing Apprentice and an IFP Project Involve: NY Fellow.
S H E E M A G O L BA BA | National Reviewer | 2010 YoungArts Winner in
Cinematic Arts | By age sixteen, Sheema saw one of her documentary films
air on C-Span. Since then, more of her films exploring international politics,
lost history and identity perplexity have screened in various venues. Most
recently, she has been credited on films such as Kirby Dick’s The Hunting
Ground (2015) and The Invisible War (2012). Sheema graduated from Harvard
University with a joint BA in Sociology and Visual Studies.
L U C A S L E Y VA | National Reviewer | 2005 YoungArts Winner in Writing |
As the founder and director of Miami’s Borscht Corp, Lucas Leyva has
“legitimized the once-absurd premise of filmmaking in Miami.” He developed
dozens of short films that had an unprecedented run of success screening at
over 200 festivals worldwide (including five consecutive years at Sundance),
at museums such as the Guggenheim and MoMA, and garnering millions of
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online views and dozens of jury and audience awards. All the while, Lucas
was simultaneously building the Borscht Film Festival—“the weirdest film
festival on the planet” and “Miami’s best film festival”—from the ground up.
As a writer/director, Lucas is one of Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 New Faces of
Independent Film” and is currently developing episodic content with MTV
and Time Warner.
M A RY A N N M A R I N O | National Reviewer | Mary Ann Marino found
herself on My Own Private Idaho at age 21. With mentor Laurie Parker, she
developed projects with Jane Campion, Alison MacLean and Gus Van Sant
while sharpening her production skills on Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, The
Dark Half, and Rough Magic. Mary Ann leapt to Warner Bros.’ Tim Burton
Productions as the Senior V.P. of Production and Associate Producer of
Mars Attacks. Her career then flourished when renowned director and
cinematographer Lance Acord and partner Jackie Kelman-Bisbee invited
her to run the LA operation of Park Pictures where she led ParkLA from a
boutique shop to a top industry contender. Famously, The Force charmed
millions and their recent Misunderstood for Apple won an Emmy.
I A I N M CC R AY M A RT I N | Discipline Coordinator | Iain McCray Martin is
a freelance production coordinator and independent filmmaker. Originally
from the coast of Maine, Iain holds a film degree from Atlanta’s Emory
University and is creator of the documentary Life by Lobster.
J I L L I A N M AY E R | National Reviewer | Through videos, online experiences,
photography, telephone numbers, performance, sculpture and installation,
Jillian Mayer’s work explores how technology affects our identities, lives
and experiences. Her video works and performances have premiered at
galleries and museums such as MoMA, MoCA:NoMi, BAM, Bass Museum, the
Contemporary Museum of Montreal with the Montreal Biennial (2014), the
Guggenheim Museum and film festivals such as Sundance, SXSW and the
New York Film Festival. Her work has been featured in several publications,
ichael Arden Art Papers, ArtNews, Huffington Post and ArtForum. Jillian
is a recipient of the Creative Capital Fellowship, South Florida Cultural
Consortium’s Visual/Media Artists Fellowship and Cintas Foundation
Fellowship 2012, and was named one of the “25 New Faces of Independent
Film” by Filmmaker Magazine. She is also a fellow of the Sundance New
Frontiers Lab Program for 2014 and a recipient of a Harpo Grant and the
Zentrum Paul Klee Fellowship in Bern, Switzerland.
M A R K M O O R M A N N | National Selection Panelist | Mark Moormann
is a producer, director and director of photography with documentary,
commercial, music video and television show credits. His documentary
work includes the Grammy-nominated Tom Dowd & The Language of
Music and For Once In My Life, winner of a SXSW Film Festival Audience
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K U RT N O RTO N | National Reviewer | Kurt Norton is a documentary
filmmaker who co-produced and shot the award-winning film Also Ran. Kurt
also co-directed and co-produced These Amazing Shadows in 2011, which
premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and aired on PBS. Currently, he is
producing the documentaries Being George Clooney (2016), The S Word
(2016) and The Legend of Swee’ Pea (2016).
Award and an IDA Music Award. Mark’s films have screened at major film
festivals (Sundance, Toronto), museums (Experience Music Project in Seattle,
Coca-Cola in Atlanta, and Skirball Cultural Center in L.A.) and large-scale
events (George Lucas’ Skywalker Ranch and Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame 25th
Anniversary Show at Madison Square Garden). His recent work includes
cinematography on the Showtime series The Years of Living Dangerously,
and directing and producing the feature-length music documentary The
Record Man.
J U L I A P OT T | National Reviewer | Julia Pott is a British animator and
illustrator whose films have played at festivals worldwide, including
Sundance and SXSW. She currently has a short in development at
Cartoon Network.
DA N I E L YA N K I V E R | Discipline Coordinator | Daniel Yankiver has been
producing creative projects for over a decade. After finding his passion
for filmmaking, Daniel went to NYU where he produced award-winning
short content. After school, he went on to produce films, music videos,
documentaries and commercials. Daniel also runs a monthly screening series
in Brooklyn called Cinema Club that has been operating on a grassroots
level for almost five years. Daniel is also one of the Founding Partners and
an executive board member of Pictured, a start-up boutique distribution
company that provides tailored solutions and strategies to maximize a film’s
audience worldwide. He currently works with an array of filmmakers, dancers,
performers, photographers, musicians and other creatives on projects as a
director, producer, cinematographer and writer.
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C I N E M ATI C A RT S M E N TO R S
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YO U N G A RT S WO U L D L I K E TO T H A N K T H E F O L LOW I N G
T E ACH E R S/M E N TO R S , N A M E D BY O U R WI N N E R S , F O R
T H E I R S U P P O R T O F T H I S Y E A R ’ S C I N E M AT I C A R T I S T S :
Khalid Ali
Jon Artigo
Michelle Bernstein
Michael Brown
Adam Burns
Larry Buskey
Ancil Deluz
Elayne Diaz
Stefanie DiLorenzo
Joe Dockery
Anna Dolan
Kurt Doster
Simon Espinosa
Jamie Follis
Jim Gabour
Melissa Glosmanova
ConsueloGonzález
Jocelyn Gonzales
John Hall
Angee Hallmark
Andrew Hiss
Pattiann Koury
Matt Lawrence
John MacLeod
Bryan Manning
Bob McCory
Brian Mitchell
Jeannie Mitsch
Michael Mittelsaedt
Aaron Orullian
Tom Pike
Clifton Raphael
Zoe Reinhardt
Amanda Respondek
Vidal Rivera
Vernon Slayers
Nathan Tonnessen
Will Underwood
William Viruet
Andrew Watson
Patrick Williams
DANCE
Dance Winners
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DANCE WINNERS
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FINALIST
1 | TO D D BA K E R | Modern
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts | Dallas, TX
2 | K A LY N B E R G | Modern
Professional Children’s School | New York, NY
3 | M A D E L I N E B E RTOY | Modern
Oak Ridge High School | El Dorado Hills, CA
4 | JA R E D B ROW N | Modern
5 | T R E Y D E N C H I A R AVA L LOT I | Modern
Harry B. Plant High School | Tampa, FL
6 | DY L A N C ROY | Modern
High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX
7 | E VA N D e B E N E D E T TO | Tap
Saint Joseph High School | Trumbull, CT
8 | A L A M A N D I A D H I O U | Tap
Brentwood School | Los Angeles, CA
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DANCE WINNERS
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FINALIST
9 | I SA B E L L A F R A N CO | Ballet
Marlborough School | Los Angeles, CA
10 | M I C H A E L G A RC I A | Modern
11 | A L E X G R E E N L E E | Tap
Natomas Charter School | Sacramento, CA
12 | M A D I S O N H A S C H A K | Jazz
Temecula Valley High School | Temecula, CA
13 | W H I T N E Y H E S T E R | Ballet
14 | L E X I S H I M OTO | Ballet
Homeschool | Irvine, CA
15 | JAVO N J O N E S | Modern
Cass Technical High School | Detroit, MI
16 | TAY LO R K U RT Z | Jazz
Great Oak High School | Temecula, CA
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DANCE WINNERS
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FINALIST
17 | M A D D I E M U R P H Y | Tap
18 | PAV I T H R A N AG A R A JA N | Classical Indian
American High School | Fremont, CA
19 | DA R I O N ATA R E L L I | Tap
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New
York, NY
20 | AT H I R A P R ATA P | Classical Indian
Moreau Catholic High School | Hayward, CA
21 | K U U SA K U R AG I | Ballet
Keystone National High School | Bloomsburg, PA
22 | K AY L I N S T U RT E VA N T | Modern
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A N D R E A A L L M O N | Ballet | Ransom Everglades School | Coconut
Grove, FL
A I S H WA R RYA A R I V U DA I N A M B I | Classical Indian | Massachusetts
Academy of Math and Science | Worcester, MA
S H A R A N YA BA L A J I | Classical Indian | Harker School |
San Jose, CA
JA R E D B ROW N | Choreography | Booker T. Washington High School
for the Performing Arts | Dallas, TX
B R A N D O N C H A N G | Modern | Coral Reef Senior High School |
Miami, FL
A N J U C LO U D | Tap | Los Angeles County High School for the Arts |
Los Angeles, CA
DY L A N C ROY | Choreography | High School for the Performing and
Visual Arts | Houston, TX
A M A N DA DAV I S | Jazz | Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts* |
West Palm Beach, FL
J O N A H D E LG A D O | Modern | Glenbard South High School* | Glen
Ellyn, IL
B R E N DA N E VA N S | Modern | Los Angeles County High School for
the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
M I K AY L A G E I E R | Ballet | Kirov Academy of Ballet |
Washington, D.C.
A N A B E L L E G U N D E R S O N | Ballet | Harbor Springs Charter School |
Temecula, CA
R I C A R D O H A RT L E Y | Modern | DeKalb School of the Arts | Avondale
Estates, GA
W H I T N E Y H E S T E R | Modern | Booker T. Washington High School for
the Performing Arts | Dallas, TX
DA R I U S H I C K M A N | Modern | Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the
K E N N E DY H U F F | Modern | Booker T. Washington High School for
SWAT H I JA I SA N K A R | Classical Indian | Hillsborough High School |
Hillsborough, NJ
AU S I A J O N E S | Modern & Choreography | Booker T. Washington High
School for the Performing Arts | Dallas, TX
SA R A H J U N G | Ballet | South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts
& Humanities | Greenville, SC
J U L I A M E I S T E R | Ballet | Homeschool | Tampa, FL
DA N I E L L E P E R E Z | Jazz | New World School of the Arts |
Miami, FL
E VA N R A PA P O RT | Choreography | Miami Palmetto Senior High
School* | Miami, FL
DANCE WINNERS
HONORABLE MENTION
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DANCE WINNERS
S O P H I A S I LV E R I A | Ballet | Huntington Beach High School | Huntington
Beach, CA
A S H L E Y S I M P S O N | Modern | Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts |
West Palm Beach, FL
G I A N N A T H E O D O R E | Modern | Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the
D E V I G A VA L I Y I L | Classical Indian | Richard Montgomery High School |
Rockville, MD
T E S S VO E L K E R | Modern | Walnut Hill School* | Natick, MA
S H AY N A W E I N T R AU B | Jazz | Viewpoint School | Calabasas, CA
E M M A W Y L I E | Tap | Professional Children’s School | New York, NY
MERIT
A LYS SA A L L E N | Modern | Orange County School of the Arts* |
Santa Ana, CA
JA RY D FA RCO N | Jazz | Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music, Art
and Performing Arts | New York, NY
G E O R G I A F U L L E R | Ballet | Saint Ursula Academy | Cincinnati, OH
E M I LY H I G G I N S | Modern | Douglas Anderson School of the Arts |
Jacksonville, FL
SA S H A L A Z A R U S | Ballet | Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts |
West Palm Beach, FL
N AYA LOV E L L | Modern | Homeschool | Mount Vernon, New York
TO M A S M ATO S | Modern | Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music,
Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
J O R DA N M AU R E R | Modern | Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts |
West Palm Beach, FL
B RO N T E M AYO | Modern | Insight School of Washington | Tacoma, WA
G A R R E T M C N A L LY | Ballet | University of North Carolina School of the
Arts | Winston Salem, NC
D I V YA N AYA R | Classical Indian | Bridgewater-Raritan High School |
Bridgewater, NJ
K A R LY R E G U E I F E RO S | Jazz | New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
K AT E R E Y E S | Modern | Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music, Art
and Performing Arts | New York, NY
A L E XI S RO S E N S T R AU C H | Tap | Orange County School of the Arts |
Santa Ana, CA
D E V I N R U T H | Tap | Ramapo High School | Franklin Lakes, NJ
N I C H O L A S SA M R E T H | Modern | Booker T. Washington High School for
M I C H A E L SA N TO M A S S I M O | Modern & Jazz | Fiorello H. LaGuardia
High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
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DANCE WINNERS
K H A D I JA H S I F E R L L A H - G R I F F I N | Hip Hop | Southwest High School |
Minneapolis, MN
T Y L E R S I N G L E TA RY | Hip Hop | Gibbs Senior High School* |
St. Petersburg, FL
I SA AC S P E C TO R | Choreography | Beverly Hills High School |
Beverly Hills, CA
A M A N DA S U N | Modern | Orange County School of the Arts |
Santa Ana, CA
S I TA VA K K A L A N K A | Classical Indian | Bloomington High School |
Bloomington, IL
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DA N C E PA N E L + FACU LT Y
L I L L I A N RO S E BA R B E I TO | National Reviewer | Lillian Rose Barbeito
is the Co-Director of BODYTRAFFIC. Lillian has a BFA from The Juilliard
School, where she studied on a four-year, full-tuition scholarship awarded
by Tomorrow’s Leaders of America for her essay about dancing with mixed
abilities. She appeared at the 2006 and 2007 Grammys with String Theory
and in several music videos and feature films including projects with Angela
Luna, Beruit and Spike Lee. Lillian has taught for a wide range of institutions
such as CalArts, Lyon Opera Ballet, Idyllwild Arts Academy, Northwest Dance
Project, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, Southland Ballet Academy,
Westside Academy of Dance, The Wooden Floor, and UCLA’s Department
of World Arts and Cultures. She is one of 20 instructors in the world who is
certified to teach Anouk Van Dijk’s revolutionary Countertechnique.
L AT R I C E B R U N O | Discipline Coordinator | Latrice M. Bruno studied
musical theatre at New World School of the Arts and graduated from Florida
International University. Past performances in South Florida include Purile,
Sweet Charity, Our Country’s Good (Aborigine), Jackie Moms Mabley Live
(Moms), Bourbon at the Border (Rosa), Seven Guitars (Rosa), Hampton
House (Dorothy), Steal Away (Blue) and I Ain’t Yo’ Uncle: The New Jack
Revisionist Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Topsy). In addition to her stage credits,
Latrice has been a part of numerous dance performances, recitals, and
competitions over her 20-year dance career. She is a member of Delou Africa
Dance Ensemble, and is currently a dance teacher at Next Generation Dance
Academy. Latrice is also a professional teaching artist for Arts For Learning
Miami and received the 2011 Arts Hero Award by the Arts and Business
Council of Miami-Dade County.
RYA N P. C A S E Y | National Reviewer | 2009 YoungArts Winner in Dance |
Ryan P. Casey is an award-winning tap dancer, teacher, choreographer and
dance writer who was named one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” in
2015 and one of Boston’s “25 Most Innovative People Under 25.” He has
danced for Michelle Dorrance, Aaron Tolson, Billy Siegenfeld and Adrienne
Hawkins. With his company, Ryan Casey & Dancers, he has presented work
at numerous venues and festivals, including the Inside/Out Series at Jacob’s
Pillow. A regular contributor to Dance Studio Life Magazine, he teaches
at Boston University and choreographs for the University of Connecticut
Tap Team. Ryan is a proud Capezio athlete and alumnus of the National
YoungArts Foundation, The School at Jacob’s Pillow, Legacy Dance Company
and NYU. He was the recipient of a 2014 choreography grant from the
Massachusetts Cultural Council.
J UA N C A S TA Ñ O | National Reviewer | Juan Castaño is Managing Director,
co-founder, and a dancer with Calpulli Mexican Dance Company in New
York City since 2003. He began his studies in dance at Grinnell College and
has been a dancer for more than 18 years. Juan continues to perform in and
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L E A H COX | National Reviewer | Leah Cox is Dean of the American Dance
Festival and Term Associate Professor at Bard College. Leah danced with
the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company from 2001-2009 and led the
Company’s education initiatives from 2009-2015.
D R . L E O N A R D C R U Z | National Reviewer | 1983 YoungArts Winner in
Dance and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts | Leonard Cruz has danced
and performed with Kei Takei’s Moving Earth, Shapiro and Smith Dance,
Sally Silvers, and Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. He is an Assistant
Professor in Theater, Dance and Movement at St. Mary’s College in Maryland.
produce tours across the U.S. and internationally with his company. He holds
an MBA in Management and a BA in Chemistry.
A N A G O N Z A L E Z | National Reviewer | Ana Gonzalez is a native of Miami.
She began her professional career as a soloist with the Charleston Ballet
Theatre, and in 1996 she moved to New York City where she performed
and taught as a member of the internationally acclaimed Stephen Petronio
Company. Ana has also worked with Jamie Bishton Dance, Ben Munisteri
Dance Projects and Doug Varone and Dancers. She is a Visiting Instructor in
Dance at Florida International University, specializing in ballet pedagogy and
contemporary choreography.
RO S I E H E R R E R A | National Reviewer | Rosie Herrera is a Miami-based
dancer and choreographer and the artistic director of Rosie Herrera Dance
Theater. She is a 2010 MANCC choreographic fellow, a 2011 Miami Dance
Fellow, a 2013 Princess Grace Choreographic Fellow and a proud artistic
associate of the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. Her
company, Rosie Herrera Dance Theater, is known for its diverse ensemble
that is comprised of some of Miami’s most brilliant performers and
creators ranging in genres from theater, performance art, opera, drag and
contemporary ballet.
SA M K I M | National Reviewer | Sam Kim is a Brooklyn-based choreographer
and performer who has been making work since the mid ‘90s. Her work
has been presented and commissioned by The Kitchen, New York Live
Arts, Barnard College, Dance Theater Workshop, Danspace Project, Dixon
Place, Mulberry Street Theater, Performance Space 122 and Gibney Dance
in NYC, as well as by national venues. She looks forward to an upcoming
commission for Zenon Dance in Minneapolis in 2016 and to the premiere of
her latest work in development, Fear in Porcelain, at The Chocolate Factory
in 2017. Sam’s work has been supported by grants and residencies from
the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant, the Lucky Star
Foundation, MAP Fund, the Bossak/Heilbron Charitable Foundation, Yaddo,
Mt Tremper Arts, the Bogliasco Foundation, Movement Research, NYLA
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Studio Series, Baryshnikov Arts Center, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, the
MacDowell Colony, Dance Theater Workshop and Brooklyn Arts Exchange,
among many others.
K AT H E R I N E K R A M E R | Dance Master Teacher | Katherine Kramer is a
jazz tap artist, performer, choreographer and educator. Her work has been
produced at prestigious venues nationally and internationally, as well as
within the intimate confines of a living room—both experiences equally
rewarding. Some of her awards include the Artist’s Innovation Award
(Montana), a Fulbright and a Creation Fund Grant. She has developed a
method of training for both dancers and musicians, Whole Body Music,
which explores the complex interface between music and dance. She is
pleased to have worked with YoungArts for the past 10 years.
S H I L PA K R I S H N A N | National Reviewer| Dance Master Teacher | Shilpa
Krishnan is a dancer and choreographer. As an educator, she specializes in
the continuity between the classical Indian tradition and the contemporary.
Born to a dancer, her performance career began at the age of seven. She
creates work between the United States and Kenya.
RO SA M E RC E D E S | National Reviewer | Barcelona native Rosa Mercedes
has been hailed by Jennifer Dunning of The New York Times as “sexy and
hypnotically precise.” Dance Magazine praised her “virtuoso castanet work,”
and Tobi Tobias in New York Magazine described her as “a delight, with lots of
sparkle and tremendous elegance.” She has enjoyed an international critically
acclaimed career as a principal dancer, masterful in all styles of Spanish dance,
in many of the major theaters throughout the United States, Europe, South
America and Canada. She has an enormously successful career choreographing
for opera with companies such as the Metropolitan Opera, Opera di Roma,
Seattle Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Atlanta Opera, Dallas Opera, Opera Lyra
Ottawa, Michigan Opera Theatre, Palm Beach Opera and Florida Grand Opera.
Rosa gives master classes and workshops in Spanish dance throughout the
United States and abroad.
L U K E M I L L E R | National Reviewer | Luke Miller, originally from Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, studied dance at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. He received
a Bessie award in 2000 for his performance in Dark Horse/Black Forest
and is currently a collaborative member of a canary torsi (Yanira Castro &
Co.), The Gangbangers (Antonio Ramos Dance) and Susan Marshall & Co. He
has also performed in the work of Martha Clarke, David Dorfman, Molissa
Fenley, Keely Garfield, Neil Greenberg, Fiona Marcotty, Julie Atlas Muz,
Neta Pulvermacher, Stephen Petronio, Christopher Williams and Bill Young/
Colleen Thomas. Luke has curated and choreographed several performance
events at Location One art gallery in SOHO and collaborates often with
Quinndustry Collective, infusing performance and dance within the world
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M A R I B E L M O D RO N O | National Reviewer | Maribel Modrono is a former
Principal dancer with Miami City Ballet and Pittsburgh Ballet Theater. Maribel
is now a certified Pilates, Ballet and Core Fusion teacher.
D I PI K A M O U L I | National Reviewer | 2007 YoungArts Winner in Dance |
Dipika Mouli completed her arangetram in 2007 after 12 years of training
and has performed throughout the United States and overseas. She actively
promotes world dance forms in her community by providing foundational
dance technique training to new dancers in the D.C. metro area. Most
recently she was a traveling company member of Dakshina, a D.C. area fusion
dance company combining elements of bharathanatyam and ballet/modern,
and is currently working in higher education and earning a Master’s in Public
Administration from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.
of David Quinn’s fashion. He is in his fourth year of teaching Movement
for Actors at Playwrights Horizons Theater School at NYU’s Tisch School
of the Arts and teaches master classes in performance and improvisation
throughout the country.
P H I L I P N E A L | National Reviewer | 1986 YoungArts Winner in Dance and
U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts | Philip Neal is the Artistic Director of
Next Generation Ballet and Dean of Dance for Patel Conservatory at the
STRAZ Center in Tampa, Florida. After a 23-year tenure with New York City
Ballet, including 17 years as a principal dancer, Philip represents the George
Balanchine Trust and the Jerome Robbins Rights Trust as a Répétiteur, staging
the ballets of both legendary choreographers throughout the world. He
has also successfully embarked on choreographic ventures, having crafted
five original works for Richmond Ballet and participated in the New York
Choreographic Institute & National Choreographers Initiative.
N AVA R R A N OV Y-W I L L I A M S | National Reviewer | Navarra NovyWilliams was born in New York City and received her early training from
Elaine Kudo and Buddy Balou. She graduated from The Juilliard School
with a BFA in Dance in 2006, and has since danced with Les Grands Ballets
Canadiens de Montréal (2006-2009), The Batsheva Ensemble (2009-2010)
and Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet (2010-2015). While working for
these companies, she performed original creations and repertoire by
choreographers George Balanchine, Mauro Bigonzetti, Stijn Celis, Sidi Larbi
Cherkaoui, Nacho Duato, Alexander Eckman, Mats Ek, Emanuel Gat, Johan
Ingre, Jean Christophe Maillot, Ohad Naharin, Crystal Pite, Hofesh Schecter,
Richard Siegal, Jo Stromgren, Didy Veldman, Shen Wei and Christopher
Wheeldon, among other notables. She is currently freelancing in NYC,
working with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet, Zoe | Juniper and Manuel
Vignoulle M/Motions. She also teaches Gaga and Contemporary Dance in
New York and around the United States.
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J E N N I F E R N U G E N T | National Reviewer | Jennifer Nugent danced with
the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company from 2009-2014 and with
David Dorfman Dance from 1999-2007, receiving a New York Dance and
Performance Award (Bessie) for her work with the company. She has worked
intensively with Daniel Lepkoff, Lisa Race, Paul Matteson, Martha Clarke,
Gerri Houlihan and Dale Andre, among many others. Jennifer is currently a
guest artist at Smith College and collaborating with Paul Matteson.
N I CO L A O ’ H A R A | National Reviewer | Nicola O’Hara, an Irish Dance
Master, is the owner of the Breffni Academy of Irish Dance and a dance
professor at the University of Miami. She is a native of Co. Donegal,
Ireland and has performed and successfully competed throughout Ireland,
England and the United States. Nicola has performed for the President of
Ireland, appeared on television in both Ireland and England, and performed
onstage with many outstanding musicians including Natalie MacMaster,
Cephas & Wiggins and many more. She enjoyed a successful career as a
Systems Analyst at MSMC after graduating Valedictorian from John Moores
University, Liverpool, England, with a BSc. (Honors) in Business Information
Systems in 1997. In 2004, Nicola was awarded the title “Master of Irish Dance”
and certification as a qualified Irish dance teacher (TCRG) and, 10 years later,
she was elected as the first Secretary of the U.S.A. Branch of An Comhdhail,
The Congress of Irish Dance Teachers.
J O R G E “ FA B E L” PA B O N | National Reviewer | A senior member of the
Rock Steady Crew and an honorary member of the Electric Boogaloos, Fabel
is also co-founder of GhettOriginal Productions Inc. With GhettOriginal,
he co-authored, co-directed and co-choreographed the first two hip hop
musicals ever, So! What Happens Now? and Jam on the Groove. As an
adjunct professor, Fabel teaches movement in the Experimental Theater
Wing at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. He also gives
lectures, demonstrations and master classes and participates in outreach
programs and conferences internationally.
V I C TO R Q U I JA DA | National Selection Panelist | From the hip-hop clubs
of Los Angeles to a performance career with internationally acclaimed dance
companies such as THARP!, Ballet Tech and Les Grands Ballets Canadiens,
Victor Quijada has gained a rare perspective on a large spectrum of dance.
In 2002, Victor created his dance company, RUBBERBANDance Group, and
has toured his work across North America and in Europe, Japan and Mexico.
He has created stage works for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Pacific
Northwest Ballet and Scottish Dance Theatre, among others, and his awardwinning short films have been screened around the world. From 2007 to 2011,
Victor was an artist-in-residence at the Cinquième Salle of Place des Arts in
Montreal. In 2015, he became an artist-in-residence at the newly founded
Glorya Kaufman School of Dance at the University of Southern California
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D J S M A RT | National Reviewer | 2007 YoungArts Winner in Dance | DJ
Smart has been described as one of the most versatile and gifted dancers
of his generation. Hailing from Detroit, he began his formal dance training at
the age of 12, and later continued his matriculation at the University of the
Arts. As a graduate with honors, earning a BFA in ballet performance, he was
awarded the “Outstanding in All Styles Award” and the prestigious “Stella
Moore Prize.” DJ Smart continues to judge, choreograph, teach and perform
internationally. Some of his credits include AMDA College, Celebrity Dance
Convention, ASH Convention, Millennium Dance Complex, So You Think
You Can Dance (US and Ukraine), Disney’s Best Friends Whenever, Step Up
Revolution Fitness DVD, Koresh Dance Company, Dance Moms, Twenty One
Pilots, Stevie B and BEX.
(USC). He received a Princess Grace Awards Choreographic Fellowship
in 2010.
AU G U S TO S O L E DA D E | National Reviewer | Brazil-born performer and
choreographer Augusto Soledade currently serves as an Associate Professor
in Dance at Nova Southeastern University. He is founder, Artistic Director
and resident choreographer for Augusto Soledade Brazzdance.
Y U S H A - M A R I E S O R Z A N O | National Reviewer | 2000 YoungArts Winner
in Dance | Yusha-Marie Sorzano received her primary instruction from New
World School of the Arts, Thomas Armour Youth Ballet, The Dance Theater
of Harlem and the Ailey/Fordham BFA Program. She has been a member of
Complexions Contemporary Ballet, The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater,
Morphoses, TU Dance, and BODYTRAFFIC, and was a guest artist with the LA
Dance Project. Yusha-Marie has performed in principal roles with the Ailey
company and in concert works with choreographers Ulysses Dove, Dianne
McIntyre, Hofesh Shechter, Kyle Abraham and Mauro Bigonzetti. She has also
worked with recording artists Wynton Marsalis, Sweet Honey in the Rock
and Rihanna. Television, theatre and film credits include Dancing with the
Stars, the Goodman Theater’s Crowns, and the independent film You, Me
& The Circus. She most recently joined Camille A. Brown & Dancers and is a
member of The Joffrey Ballet School’s Master Teacher faculty.
N A S H A T H O M A S | National Selection Panelist | 1980 YoungArts
Winner in Dance and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts | Nasha Thomas
oversees national outreach and AileyCamps for Ailey’s Arts In Education
& Community Programs department. As a primary liaison between Alvin
Ailey Dance Foundation and the national arts-in-education community,
she plays a central role in working with local communities to develop and
run AileyCamps across the U.S., as well as managing and teaching national
residencies, workshops, and master classes that reach over 1,000 young
people each year. Nasha has led Ailey Arts in Education programs from
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public school classrooms to Lincoln Center Plaza, and from Gracie Mansion
to the White House. Chosen by Alvin Ailey, Nasha danced with the Company
from 1986 to 1998. She is a graduate of New York’s High School of the
Performing Arts and Southern Methodist University.
PAU L T H R U S S E L L | National Reviewer | Paul Thrussell spent 14 years as
a principal dancer in London and Boston. Highlights from his career include
dancing for royalty, heads of state and at the Gala des Étoiles.
YA R A T R AV I E S O | National Reviewer | 2005 YoungArts Winner in Dance |
Yara Travieso is a director, choreographer, performer and filmmaker creating
live performance, film and installation. Yara is the recipient of several grants
and residence opportunities including a 2014-15 National Association of
Latino Arts and Cultures Grant through the Ford Foundation and the Surdna
Foundation, and a 2015 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Artist Residency.
Her original works have premiered in NYC’s Lincoln Center, BRIC Arts Media
House, STREB Lab For Action Mechanics, Tribeca Performing Arts Center,
Madison Square Garden and The Juilliard School, among others.
N A N C Y T U R A N O | National Selection Panelist | Choreographer and
dancer Nancy Turano is a former principal dancer and Rehearsal Director
with Ballet Hispanico of New York. She has been the Artistic Director of
the New Jersey Dance Theater Ensemble (NJDTE) since 1994 and received
the NJSCA Governors award for her advanced dance education programs
in the NYC Metro Area. Both Carmen and her choreography for Tango
Octogenario were featured on PBS and in several film festivals. Turano has
worked with companies and schools around the world and is the Founding
Director of the Harkness Youth Ballet at the 92nd St. Y. She has been on the
faculty of the Ailey School in New York City since 1996.
DA R R I N W R I G H T | National Reviewer | Darrin Wright is a Brooklyn-based
artist from Los Angeles, California. His early training was in tap dance, which
led to jazz with Ian Gary; learning about choreography and performance
in high school with Janet Roston; and taking post-modern dance with Rudy
Perez. In 1997, Darrin joined The Bella Lewitzky Dance Company as part
of its farewell tour. He received his BFA in Dance from the University of
Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 2002. Since graduation, Darrin has had the
pleasure of working with The Met Opera, Susan Marshall, Terry Creach,
Jane Comfort, Bill Young/Colleen Thomas, Yanira Castro, Jack Ferver, Tami
Stronach, Antonio Ramos, Leslie Cuyjet, Doug Varone, Amber Sloan, Nancy
Bannon, Linsey Bostwick, Nina Winthrop, Linsday and Jason Dietz Marchant.
Darrin teaches master classes in technique, composition and improvisation
throughout the country. In 2009, he received a Bessie Award for his work
with a canary torsi’s Dark Horse/Black Forest.
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J I A YA N YO N G | National Reviewer | Jia Yan Yong began studying and
performing ballet with the Shanghai Little Swan Ballet Troupe while in
China. After arriving in New York, she danced at the Joffrey Ballet School
and recently graduated from Queens College with a double major in dance
and graphic design, from where she received a Scholarship Award and an
award for Excellence in Dance. Jia Yan has studied under Yin Mei, Joseph
Mills, Diane Sichel and Patrick Widrig and also trained at NYCCC, learning a
full range of Chinese dance. Jia Yan has performed at the Queens Museum
of Art, Downtown Dance Festival, City Center, Lincoln Center Out of Doors
2007 and Solstice in Times Square, and was also a guest instructor at Hunter
College. Jia Yan has been part of the teaching staff at NYCCC since 2002 and
a full company member with Dance China NY since 2008.
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DANCE MASTER TEACHERS
H A R R I E T C L A R K | Dance Master Teacher | While still a student at the
School of American Ballet, Harriet Clark was chosen to perform with Makarova
and Company on Broadway, and danced as a soloist in ballets with Cynthia
Gregory, Anthony Dowell, Fernando Bujones. She then joined American Ballet
Theatre (then under the directorship of Mikhail Baryshnikov) followed by The
Pacific Northwest Ballet. At both companies, she performed the classics as
well as works of George Balanchine, Paul Taylor, Jose Limon, Anthony Tudor
and Twyla Tharp. Recently, Harriet retired her position of Dance Captain and
Swing for the Broadway Production of The Phantom of the Opera, where
she not only performed a number of roles but also taught and maintained all
the choreography and musical staging in the show. Harriet is an educator with
the American Ballet Theatre and the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School and
teaches in many of the ABT Educational Outreach programs.
C H A N E L DA S I LVA | Dance Alumni Speaker | 2004 YoungArts Winner in
Dance and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts | Chanel has studied at the
Bernice Johnson Cultural Arts Center, the Creative Outlet Dance Theater of
Brooklyn, LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts, The Ailey School
and Springboard Danse Montreal. She received a BFA in Dance from The
Juilliard School and has performed works by Ohad Naharin, Eliot Feld, Doug
Varone, Jose Limon, Jessica Lang, Alvin Ailey, Robert Battle, Camille A. Brown
and Lar Lubovitch. She is a 2011 Princess Grace Dance Honorarium Awardee
and was a member of the Trey McIntyre Project where she was a muse
for many of Mr. McIntyre’s works. She is now a member of Lar Lubovitch
Dance Company and serves on the dance faculty of LaGuardia High School.
Alongside her partner Nigel Campbell, Chanel is the co-founder and codirector of MOVE(NYC), an annual summer dance intensive geared exclusively
toward gifted and determined NYC teenagers.
M I C H E L L E D O R R A N C E | Dance Alumni Speaker | Michelle Dorrance,
founder and artistic director of Dorrance Dance/New York, is one of the most
sought after tap dancers of her generation and “one of the most imaginative
tap choreographers working today” (The New Yorker). A 2012 Princess Grace
Award Winner, 2012 Field Dance Fund Recipient and 2011 Bessie Award Winner,
Michelle performs, teaches and choreographs throughout the world.
SA R A H L A M B | Dance Master Teacher | 1998 YoungArts Winner in Dance
and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts | Trained at the Boston Ballet School,
Sarah has won silver medals at the International Ballet Competition in Nagoya,
Japan, the New York International Ballet Competition in 2000 and the USA
International Ballet Competition in 2002. She became a principal dancer with
the Boston Ballet in 2003. She then joined the Royal Ballet and has gone on to
do all the major roles, including Aurora, Giselle, Nikiya, Kitri, Sugarplum Fairy,
Juliet, Manon, Olga and Tatiana in Cranko’s Eugene Onegin, Alice in Christopher
Wheeldon’s Alice in Wonderland. The role of Perdita was created for her in
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LO U R D E S LO P E Z | Dance Master Teacher | Lourdes Lopez became
Artistic Director of Miami City Ballet (MCB) in September 2012, bringing
with her a nearly 40-year career in dance, television, teaching and arts
management. As a soloist and principal dancer with New York City Ballet,
she danced for two legends of the art form: George Balanchine and Jerome
Robbins. Lourdes co-founded Morphoses with Christopher Wheeldon in
2007—a New York-based dance company aiming to revitalize dance through
innovative collaborations with important artists from the worlds of music,
visual arts, design, film and fashion and by inviting younger and broader
audiences to engage in and actively experience dance. In 2011, she received
the prestigious Jerome Robbins Award for her years in dance and, in 2014, she
was elected to serve on the Ford Foundation’s Board of Trustees, marking
the first time an artist was elected to serve on its board.
Christopher Wheeldon’s newest full-length ballet A Winter’s Tale. Sought out
by many choreographers, Sarah has worked with both Christopher Wheeldon
and Wayne McGregor extensively. She has originated numerous roles and has
appeared as a guest artist all over the world, including in The Gala des Etoiles,
Stars of 21st Century, International Gala Taipei and Stuggart Ballet’s anniversary
gala, among many others. Her performances with Steven McRae of Sleeping
Beauty and A Winter’s Tale were broadcast live to cinemas worldwide.
A N N R E I N K I N G | Dance Master Teacher | Ann Reinking is an American
actress, dancer and choreographer. Her extensive work in musical theatre
includes starring in Broadway productions of Coco (1969), Over Here! (1974),
Goodtime Charley (1975), A Chorus Line (1976), Chicago (1977), Dancin’ (1978)
and Sweet Charity (1986). In the 1996 revival of Chicago, she reprised the
role of Roxie Hart and was also the choreographer, winning the Tony Award
for Best Choreography. For the 2000 West End production of Fosse, she won
the Olivier Award for Best Theatre Choreographer. She has also appeared in
the films All That Jazz (1979), Annie (1982) and Micki & Maude (1984).
V E R N O N S COT T | Dance Master Teacher | A graduate of the Juilliard
School, Vernon Scott has danced with companies including Feld Ballet,
Elisa Monte, Stephen Petronio, Pilobolus, Lar Lubovitch, Mark Morris and
Mikhail Baryshnikov’s White Oak Dance Project (also serving as Rehearsal
Coordinator). He premiered his own work Layers for the company. He serves
on non-profit boards such as The Martha Hill Dance Fund as President and
is the Coordinating Producer of the recently completed documentary
Miss Hill: Making Dance Matter. He is also Vice-President of Full Circle
Productions, which produces 360° Dance Company, where he is the Director
of Development and Special Events. He is overjoyed to keep a toe in the
studio with coaching and setting the works of 360° Dance Company’s
Artistic Director Martin Lofsnes. Vernon is currently Special Events Manager
and Executive Assistant to the Artistic Director at Baryshnikov Arts Center.
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L E A V E D | Dance Master Teacher | 2010 YoungArts Winner in Dance | Lea
Ved studied at Carolina Dance Center in Raleigh, North Carolina before
moving to New York to earn her BFA at The Juilliard School. While still at
school, she was selected to dance at the Edinburgh International Festival in
Scotland and had the opportunity to perform work by Pam Tanowitz at the
annual Fall for Dance Festival at New York City Center. During her training
and at Springboard Danse Montreal, Lea worked with choreographers
Andrea Miller, Raewyn Hill, Jarek Cemerek, Victor Quijada and Gustavo
Ramirez Sansano. She has also performed repertoire by José Limón, Mark
Morris, Nacho Duato, Alexander Ekman and William Forsythe. Lea was one of
seven dancers across the United States to receive the Dizzy Feet Scholarship.
She is featured in Brain, The Inside Story, an exhibit produced by the
American Museum of Natural History, which is now touring the world.
C H E T WA L K E R | Dance Master Teacher |Chet Walker originally
conceived the 1999 Tony Award-winning musical Fosse, and has received
choreography awards for his work on numerous other productions.
His director/choreographer credits include American and international
productions of Sweet Charity (Bob Fosse’s original choreography), Pippin,
La Cage aux Folles, Chicago, A Chorus Line, Follies, Working, Funny Girl,
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Kiss of the Spider
Woman (Nomination for Best Musical), Cabaret, Singing In The Rain, The
Producers (Ace Award nomination for Best Choreography), The Dancing
Man and Jazz on Jazz. He has also produced five dance operas as well as
three ballets. By the age of 16 he appeared on Broadway in On The Town,
Lorelei, The Ambassadors, and four Bob Fosse musicals: The Pajama
Game, Dancin’, Sweet Charity and Pippin. Chet most recently received
the Outer Critics Circle Award, the Drama Desk Award, the Astaire Award
and a Tony nomination for his choreography of Stephen Schwartz’s Pippin.
Chet’s newest project is the musical Heat Wave, which he will direct and
choreograph for Broadway.
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Rachel Moore
1982 Winner in Dance and
DANCE MENTORS
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THEIR SUPPORT OF THIS YE AR’S DANCER S:
Peter Boal
Mary Brienza
Gabrielle Brown
Gina Buntz
Colleen Callahan
Kathleen Cardillo
Janie Carothers
Aaron Chavarria
Patrick Corbin
Brian Devine
Anna Dunn
Sandy Faison
Dana Findley
Jodie Gates
Nitya Gopalakrishnan
Michelle Hall
Jan Hanniford
Rachelle Haun
Deirdre Hawkins
Steven Hyde
Susan Jaffe
Linda James
Ronda Johnson
Aya Kaneko
Zippora Karz
Dawn Kelly
Stacey Kikkawa
Maria Konrad
Kathy Kozul
Alexei Kremnev
Sapna Krishnan
Karl Kuehn
Dmitri Kulev
Shawn Kurilko
Sarma Lapenieks
Rosenberg
Amy Lattimore
Veronica Lee-Baik
Ivonne Lemus
Heather Lescaille
Anastasia Lewis
Lee Lobenhofer
Peter London
Fiona Lummis
Deepa Mahadevan
Michelle Mathesius
Michael McDermott
Blakeley McGuire
Marielena Mencia
Miriam Mesa-Pelly
Robbie Moore
Lara Murphy
Chelsea Nasby
Philip Neal
Ceyhun Ozsoy
Patricia Paige
Suba Parmar
Phyllis Penney
Jimmy Peters
Bindu Pratap
Yulia Rakova
Vishal Ramani
Chitra Ramaswamy
Jared Redick
Anna Reznik
Erica Robson
Kezia Rolle
Lawrence Rosenberg
Stephanie Rosser
Rebecca Santalo
Tina Santos
Zak Schlegel
Harry Shifman
Beverly Short-Stewart
Greg Sinacori
Stephanie Skizas
Anthony Smith
Jamie Sporn
Sujatha Srinivasan
Rhonda Stampalia
Lisa Stoller
Amanda Tae
Misha Tchoupakov
Estela Tejeda
Annie Terry
Jane Tyree
Katherine Walker
Lily Weiss
Blakeley White-McGuire
Gracie Whyte
Dean Williams
Ebony Williams
Mpambo Wina
Christy WolvertonRhyzman
Emily Zachary-Smith
Michelle Zada Hall
Michelle Zehner
Jennet Zerbe
DESIGN ARTS
Daniela Alarcon
2015 Winner in
Design Arts
DESIGN ARTS WINNERS
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FINALIST
1 | TIARR A BELL
Science Leadership Academy | Philadelphia, PA
2 | J O E L CO L L I N S
Atlee High School | Mechanicsville, VA
3 | ZO E E L A K M A N
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
4 | DIANA EUSEBIO
Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
5 | N I C H O L A S G A RC I A
Doral Academy Charter High School | Doral, FL
6 | SA M H O
Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
7 | J O H N L A N D RY
Saint Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX
8 | M A RV I N L E E
Ward Melville High School* | East Setauket, NY
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FINALIST
9 | L E XI L E H R M A N
10 | CO R N E L I U S T U L LO C H
11 | N A D I A WO L F F
12 | E LV I S Z H A N G
The Shipley School | Bryn Mawr, PA
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DESIGN ARTS WINNERS
HONORABLE MENTION
I SA B E L L A D U N OY E R | Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
H E AT H E R H A RT | Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm
Beach, FL
G R AC E L E E | Princeton Day School* | Princeton, NJ
J U S T I N O R L I C K | Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts |
Bethlehem, PA
A N D R E W PA D I L L A | Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts |
West Palm Beach, FL
S H E L BY P O G U E | Gibbs Senior High School | St. Petersburg, FL
MERIT
I SA B E L L A K LOT Z | Pius Xi High School | Milwaukee, WI
E L I S E A N N E KO S K E LO | Los Alamos High School | Los Alamos, NM
G I S E L L E L AU WAY | Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
L E A H N A S G OW I T Z | Pius Xi High School* | Milwaukee, WI
L U C I A N O P I CO N E | Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
M E R E D I T H P RO U T Y- D U E | Huntingtown High School |
Huntingtown, MD
F E L IX R E Y E S | Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
R E B E CC A S I Q U E I RO S | Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
R E G I N A V E S T U T I | Classical High School | Providence, RI
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M AT T H E W H E B E RT | National Reviewer | Matthew Hebert received his
BA in Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley and his MFA
at California College of the Arts. He has taught at several schools, including
the University of Wisconsin – Madison, CalArts and The School of the Art
Institute of Chicago. Matthew is currently Associate Professor of Art at San
Diego State University.
D E S I G N A RT S PA N E L + FACU LT Y
J U L I E T TA C H E U N G | National Reviewer | Julietta Cheung is an artist,
writer and designer. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor of Art at Florida
State University. She holds an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of
Chicago. While there, she was the recipient of the New Artist Trustee’s Merit
Scholarship and the Betsy Karp MFA Award.
K A R E L L E L E V Y | National Reviewer | Karelle Levy was born in Paris and
raised in Miami. She studied textile design at Rhode Island School of Design,
which led to the beginning of knitting fabrics as wearable garments and
costumes. As a performance artist, she cultivated the first pieces of knitted
couture and ready-to-wear fashion collections called KRELwear. As Levy’s
textiles evolved, her art developed into large-scale, site-specific installations
and two-dimensional works including set design for Chromatics at The
Gusman Theater, installation at Clyde Butcher Gallery, Fat Village Project,
David Castillo Gallery and Blackall Studios London. Her awards include
Best Local Fashion Designer in the Miami New Times (2005 & 2010), Style
Wars National Champion (2008) and Gen Art Fresh Faces of Fashion (2004).
KRELwear has also garnered praise in The New York Times, Women’s Wear
Daily, Lucky, Ocean Drive, 944 Magazine, and the Miami Herald.
H E L E N M A R I A N U G E N T | National Selection Panelist | Helen Maria
Nugent is the Founding Director of the Designed Objects program at the
School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is also a practicing designer
and a partner at HAELO Design, an independent studio based in Chicago, IL.
The work of HAELO Design has been selected for the 2nd Istanbul8 Design
Biennial, and was included in the CHGO DSGN show at the Chicago
Cultural Center.
E R I C P E T E R S O N | Discipline Coordinator | National Reviewer | Eric
Peterson is an instructor for the Department of Architecture at Florida
International University where he teaches introductory design studios for
Architecture, Interior Architecture and Landscape Architecture students
and advanced design studios for Architecture and Furniture Design students.
He manages a Fabrication Lab that teaches students how to build models,
furniture, installations, fabrication prototypes and test assemblies using
both traditional and computer actuated tools and equipment.
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TO M MY WA LTO N | National Selection Panelist | Founder of Chicago’s
award-winning high fashion design duo PriceWalton, Tommy Walton is
a designer and teacher who blends the genres of fashion design, object
design, culinary arts and performance. While his work is often conceptual in
nature, he also practices traditional methods of classic tailoring, bias-cutting,
pattern-making, couture embellishment and adornment. A teacher of 20
years at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, he won the Design Nexus
Team Teaching Award in 2013 with Runway Meets Runway, an interdisciplinary
class that was the first collaboration between SAIC’s fashion, architecture,
interior design and designed objects departments. His television credits
include Tommy Hilfiger’s fashion competition, The CUT (CBS), Check, Please!
(PBS/WTTW), Project Accessories (BRAVO) and MasterChef (FOX). By
exploring new ways of critical thinking, teaching, making and exhibiting, he
continues to expand his “media-genic” repertoire as he develops his own
brand of “edu-tainment.”
DESIGN ARTS MASTER TEACHERS
J I L L J O H N S O N | Design Master Teacher | Jill Johnson is the Director of
Dance, Senior Lecturer and Artistic Director of the Harvard Dance Project at
Harvard University. She is a graduate of Canada’s National Ballet School. A
28-year veteran of the dance field, she choreographs for film, television and
the stage and has danced in over 50 tours on five continents. Jill was a soloist
with the National Ballet of Canada and a principal dancer and researcher
in William Forsythe’s company Frankfurt Ballet. She stages Forsythe’s work
worldwide, is a founding collaborator of The Movement Invention Project
in New York and has served on the faculties of and created choreographic
work for Princeton University, Columbia University, the Juilliard School
and NYU. Her recent collaborations include those with Harvard, Boston
Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Bravo Television in Canada, Rover UK, American
Repertory Theater, Dries Van Noten, the Louvre, Ryuichi Sakamoto and
Mikhail Baryshnikov.
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DESIGN ARTS MENTORS
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THEIR SUPPORT OF THIS YEAR’S DESIGNERS:
Ellen Abramson
Dayami Alvarez
Derek Anderson
Daniela Arguilera
Scott Armetta
Margo Batha
Dale Brooks
David Burkett
Cathy Burnett
Donald Davis
Michael Fickes
Pat Frederick
John Frost
Marianne Hall
Eric Hankin
Douglas Herman
Kelly Kwiatkowski
Erik Leise
Marty Loftus
Igor Marjanovic
Yoko Nogami
Tania O’Donnell
Rosemary Pringle
Tracy Regan
Lori Reinhard
Peter Stodolak
Deb Storm
Lacey Van Reeth
JAZZ
Gerald Clayton
2002 Winner in Jazz and U.S.
Presidential Scholar in the Arts
JAZZ WINNERS
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FINALIST
1 | A B D U L R A H M A N A M E R | Trombone
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts* |
New York, NY
2 | A N T H O N Y H E RV E Y | Trumpet
Dillard High School* | Fort Lauderdale, FL
3 | L U C A M E N D OZ A | Keyboard
Crossroads School | Santa Monica, CA
4 | P H I L I P N O R R I S | Double Bass
Wake Forest High School | Wake Forest, NC
5 | B R I A N R I C H B U R G , J R . | Percussion
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts | New Orleans, LA
6 | JA M E S RO B E RT S O N | Alto Saxophone
Benjamin E. Mays High School | Atlanta, GA
7 | E M M E T T S H E R | Guitar
New York, NY
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E VA N A B O U N A S SA R | Trumpet | Los Angeles County High School for the
RO B E RTO ACO S TA | Keyboard | New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
J O S E P H B E L L | Guitar | Princeton High School | Princeton, NJ
R AV I C A M P B E L L | Guitar | San Marino High School* | San Marino, CA
A L E X A N D E R F L AV E L L | Keyboard | Valencia High School | Placentia, CA
B E N F O R S T E R | Percussion | Riverdale Country School | Bronx, NY
J E RO M E G I L L E S P I E | Percussion | High School for the Performing and
Visual Arts | Houston, TX
L U C A S H A H N | Keyboard | Georgiana Bruce Kirby Prep School |
Santa Cruz, CA
Z AC H A RY H E R N A N D E Z | Keyboard | El Camino High School* |
Ventura, CA
R I CO J O N E S | Tenor Saxophone | Denver School of the Arts | Denver, CO
C H R I S TO P H E R L ATO N A | Percussion | James Hubert Blake High School |
Silver Spring, MD
A L E X L AU R E N Z I | Alto Saxophone | Mountain Lakes High School |
Mountain Lakes, NJ
AV E RY LO G A N | Percussion | Chapel Hill High School | Chapel Hill, NC
C H R I S T I A N M CG H E E | Percussion | Westminster Christian Academy |
Town And Country, MO
E R I C N A K A N I S H I | Alto Saxophone | Northgate High School* |
Walnut Creek, CA
C H R I S PA L M E R | Double Bass | Agoura High School | Agoura Hills, CA
J O E Y P E A R L M A N | Double Bass | East High School* | Denver, CO
B E N JA M I N R I N G | Percussion | Piedmont High School | Piedmont, CA
E T H A N SA N TO S | Trombone | Floyd B. Buchanan High School | Clovis, CA
KO F I S H E P S U | Percussion | Appomattox Regional Governor’s School for
the Arts and Technology | Petersburg, VA
A L E X A N D E R S M I T H | Percussion | Westlake High School |
Westlake Village, CA
C A L E B S M I T H | Trombone | Shaker Heights High School* |
Shaker Heights, OH
I M M A N U E L W I L K I N S | Alto Saxophone | Upper Darby High School* |
Drexel Hill, PA
AY I N D E W I L L I A M S | Keyboard | Open High School* | Richmond, VA
DA N I E L W I N S H A L L | Double Bass | Boston Arts Academy | Boston, MA
A L E X Y U W E N | Tenor Saxophone | Hamilton High School | Chandler, AZ
JAZZ WINNERS
HONORABLE MENTION
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MERIT
S O LO M O N A L B E R | Tenor Saxophone | Amador Valley High School |
Pleasanton, CA
A R I YA N B R I S T E R | Double Bass | Saint Mary’s Academy | New Orleans, LA
M A RC E L LO C A R E L L I | Percussion | Fox Lane High School | Bedford, NY
E L I JA H CO L E | Guitar | Walter Johnson High School | Bethesda, MD
I SA I A H CO L L I E R | Tenor Saxophone | Chicago Academy for the Arts |
Chicago, IL
T H O M A S C R A N D E L L | Percussion | Mount Si High School |
Snoqualmie, WA
C H R I S T I A N C U M M I N G S | Alto Saxophone | Dillard High School* | Fort
Lauderdale, FL
JA M A E L D E A N | Keyboard | Los Angeles County High School for the Arts |
Los Angeles, CA
A N TO N D E R E V YA N KO | Tenor Saxophone | Medfield High School* |
Medfield, MA
J U S T I N F O S S E L L A | Percussion | Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of
Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
J U L I A N G O M E Z | Double Bass | Los Angeles County High School for the
RO D N E Y JA M E S - S PA N N | Tenor Saxophone | Talent Unlimited High
School | New York, NY
J O H N KOT Z E | Trombone | Lincoln Way North High School | Frankfort, IL
A L E X L AU R E N Z I | Composition | Mountain Lakes High School | Mountain
Lakes, NJ
Q U I N M C I N T I R E | Tenor Saxophone | Ulysses S. Grant High School |
Portland, OR
L U C A M E N D OZ A | Composition | Crossroads School | Santa Monica, CA
C H R I S TO P H E R M O N DA K | Double Bass | Champaign Central High
School | Champaign IL
JA S O N O B E R M A N | Guitar | Harvard-Westlake School* | Studio City, CA
RO B E RT PA PAC I C A | Guitar | Carmel High School* | Carmel, CA
A N G E L P E R E Z | Keyboard | Miami Beach Senior High School |
Miami Beach, FL
PAU L P E R R I L L E S | Percussion | Metamora Township High School |
Metamora, IL
J O R DA N R E I F K I N D | Guitar | Los Angeles County High School for the
M A X R U B I | Trumpet | New World School of the Arts* | Miami, FL
R A S H A A N SA L A A M | Trombone | Dillard High School |
Fort Lauderdale, FL
M AT T H E W S E W E L L | Guitar | Ladue Horton Watkins High School |
Saint Louis, MO
JAZZ WINNERS
E M M E T T S H E R | Composition | Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of
Music, Art and Performing Arts* | New York, NY
C H A R L I E S OT H COT T | Trombone | Cary High School | Cary, NC
N I C H O L A S S T E E L E | Keyboard | Harvard-Westlake School |
Studio City, CA
J O H N S T E E L E | Percussion | San Diego School of Creative and Performing
Arts | San Diego, CA
B E N JA M I N T U R N E R | Guitar | Cherry Hill High School - East |
Cherry Hill, NJ
V I C TO R VA L D E S | Percussion | New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
B R A N D O N WO O DY | Trumpet | Baltimore School for the Arts |
Baltimore, MD
E VA N W R I G H T | Composition | Los Angeles County High School for the
AU S T I N Z H A N G | Alto Saxophone | Plano West Senior High School |
Plano, TX
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JA ZZ PA N E L + FACU LT Y
M A RT I N B E J E R A N O | National Reviewer | A world-class jazz pianist
and composer, Martin Bejerano has been a member of jazz legend Roy
Hayne’s Grammy-nominated quartet for 13 years. He has also performed
professionally with such artists as Christian McBride, Pat Metheny, Dave
Holland, Ron Carter, Russell Malone, Roy Hargrove, Ignacio Berroa, and
many others. His career as a solo artist is blossoming, with several albums
released and performances at festivals and venues worldwide, including the
Barquisimeto Jazz Festival, El Hatillo Festival, Festival Miami, Dizzy’s Club
Coca-Cola, The Jazz Gallery and Arturo Sandoval’s Jazz Club. Martin’s awards
include a New Jazz Works grant from Chamber Music America, a “Bacardi
Choice” Composition grant from Bacardi and recognition from the Dranoff
2 Piano Foundation. He currently heads the jazz piano department at the
University of Miami.
I G N AC I O B E R ROA | National Reviewer | Ignacio Berroa has been
recognized as one of the greatest drummers of our time. Born in Havana,
Cuba, he moved to New York and joined Dizzy Gillespie’s quartet in 1981. As
an author and a renowned educator he made his mark with the instructional
video Mastering the Art of Afro - Cuban Drumming and the books
Groovin’ in Clave and A New Way of Groovin’. He also conducts clinics
and master classes around the world. In 2007, his first album as a leader,
Codes, was nominated for a Grammy and won a Danish Music Award as Best
International Jazz Album. Ignacio has recorded and played with McCoy Tyner,
Chick Corea, Wynton Marsalis, Freddie Hubbard, Clark Terry, Jackie McLean,
Jimmy Heath, James Moody, Tito Puente, the Lincoln Center Orchestra, WDR
Big Band and BBC Big Band, to name a few.
J O H N DAV E R SA | National Reviewer | John Daversa is an internationally
respected performer, composer, arranger, producer, band leader, educator
and recording artist. He is a winner of the Herb Alpert Award and David Joel
Miller Award, among others. In addition, John leads the John Daversa Small
Band, and is currently the Department Chair of Studio Music and Jazz at the
University of Miami Frost School of Music.
SA N T I D E B R I A N O | National Reviewer | Panama-born bassist and
composer Santi Debriano has played with Hank Jones, Freddie Hubbard and
Cecil Taylor, among others. Since 1987, Santi has appeared on more than 100
recordings, including eight as leader.
DAV I D F E R N A N D E Z | National Reviewer | 1992 YoungArts Winner in Jazz |
David Fernandez has toured with such artists as Chayanne, Jon Secada, Gloria
Estefan, Nestor Torres, Darryl Tookes, and KC and the Sunshine Band. He has
released two albums: Symmetry and Transition Project. David is an Adjunct
Professor of Saxophone at Miami Dade College.
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P E T E R F R A N C I S | Discipline Coordinator | Peter Francis earned a DMA in
trumpet performance at the University of Miami, where he was a teaching
assistant in the studio music and jazz department. He has performed and
toured across the United States and in over a dozen countries with a variety
of international performing artists, including Celia Cruz, Chayanne and Luis
Enrique. Peter has also performed with Natalie Cole, the Manhattan Transfer,
the Four Tops, the Temptations, the O’Jays, the Funk Brothers, Chaka Kahn,
Patti Austin, Clarence Clemons, Stephen Marley, Tito Nieves and Cheo
Feliciano. He is currently a music professor at New World School of the Arts
and Miami Dade College.
E R I C G U N N I S O N | National Reviewer | Pianist and composer Eric
Gunnison has toured and recorded with artists including Carmen McRae and
the Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars. Active for more than 30 years as a sideman and
studio musician on piano, synthesizers and other keyboards, Eric has also
been a member of the adjunct faculty of the University of Denver’s Lamont
School of Music and on the faculty of the Colorado Conservatory for the
Jazz Arts since 2000.
JAVO N JAC K S O N | National Selection Panelist | 1983 YoungArts Winner
in Jazz | Javon Jackson came into international prominence as a member
of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers and has toured and recorded with
artists including Elvin Jones, Freddie Hubbard, Ron Carter, Cedar Walton
and Les McCann. He has developed a formidable career as a leader and his
current musical group, The Javon Jackson Band, incorporates many styles
including jazz, funk, R&B and rock. Additionally, Javon is highly sought after
in jazz education as a clinician and lecturer, conducting master classes
at universities throughout the U.S. and abroad. In 2013, he accepted the
position of Director of the Jackie McLean Institute at the University of
Hartford.
PA S C A L L E B O E U F | National Reviewer | 2004 YoungArts Winner in Jazz
and Music | Pascal Le Boeuf is a pianist-composer and electronic artist whose
interests range from modern improvised music to cross-breeding classical
with production-based technology. Pascal’s most recent awards include
the 2015 ASCAP Foundation Johnny Mandel Prize, a 2015 New Music U.S.A.
Grant in collaboration with RighteousGIRLS, Independent Music Awards in
Jazz and a 2015 New Jazz Works Commission from Chamber Music America
in collaboration with JACK Quartet. He composed music for the 2008 Emmy
Award-winning movie King Lines and won first place in the 2008 International
Songwriting Competition. Pascal performs and records with Le Boeuf Brothers
and with the piano trio Pascal’s Triangle. As a keyboardist, Pascal has opened
for D’Angelo, British electronic group Clean Bandit, and regularly performs
with Australian pop artist Meg Mac. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in music
composition at Princeton University as a Naumburg Doctoral Fellow.
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TO M L I P P I N COT T | National Reviewer | Eight- and six-string guitarist Tom
Lippincott teaches jazz guitar at Florida International University and Broward
College and jazz improvisation and jazz guitar at Miami Dade College. He
has played throughout the world as a solo guitarist and in many different
group configurations.
B R I A N LY N C H | National Reviewer | Grammy Award-winning trumpeter
Brian Lynch has received wide acclaim during long tenures with Latin Jazz
legend Eddie Palmieri and straight ahead master Phil Woods, and has been
a valued collaborator with jazz, Latin and pop music luminaries alike, from
Benny Golson to Hector LaVoe and Prince. As a leader he has released over
20 critically acclaimed albums. His current band-leading projects include the
Unsung Heroes and Spheres of Influence ensembles. He is Associate Professor
of Jazz and Studio Music at the University of Miami Frost School of Music.
J E R E MY M A N A S I A | National Selection Panelist | New York City native
Jeremy Manasia began playing piano at the age of seven, and by high school
was performing with jazz greats including Red Rodney and Steve Turre.
After studying at the Manhattan School of Music and abroad at the Royal
Conservatory of Den Haag, Jeremy returned to New York, where he is a staple
in the jazz community. Jeremy regularly performs with his own trio, the Javon
Jackson Band, and has appeared with Jimmy Cobb, Peter Bernstein, Victor
Lewis and many others. He has released four albums, spotlighting his work as
a composer, arranger and bandleader. Jeremy was a finalist in the Thelonious
Monk International Piano Competition, and is on the faculty at the Manhattan
School of Music, where he has won numerous Downbeat student music
awards and Charles Mingus Competition awards for his teaching, as well as a
Presidential Scholars Program Teacher Recognition Award.
D R . RO N A L D C . M CC U R DY | National Selection Panelist | YoungArts
Board Member | Dr. Ronald C. McCurdy is a professor of music in the
Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California. He has
released several albums and has authored and co-authored several books. He
is a consultant to the Grammy Foundation educational programs, director
of the National Grammy Vocal Jazz Ensemble and Combo and a consultant
for the Walt Disney All-American Summer College Jazz Ensemble. Ronald
has also worked with many renowned jazz artists including Joe Williams,
Rosemary Clooney, Dr. Billy Taylor, Wynton Marsalis, Terence Blanchard,
Arturo Sandoval and Lionel Hampton.
L E O N F O S T E R T H O M A S | National Reviewer | Leon Foster Thomas is a
unique force in modern jazz. The New York Amsterdam News has described
his playing as “riveting, his artistry as unrivaled and his stage personality as
dominant.” Winner of the World Steelband Music Festival’s Soloist and Duet
competitions in 2002 and 2004, Foster—as he is also called—has worked
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with artists such as Hugh Masekela, Melton Mustafa, Vince Mendoza, Richard
Smallwood, Kevin Mahogany, James Moody, Abraham Laboriel, Sammy
Figueroa, Igor and Oleg Butman, Len “Boogsie” Sharpe, Dolly Parton, Cyril
Neville and many others. His latest release, Brand New Mischief, highlights
his penchant for lyricism and creativity as a composer and has been receiving
rave reviews. A native of Trinidad and Tobago, Leon holds a Master of Music
degree from Florida International University and Bachelor of Music degree
from Florida Memorial University.
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JAZZ MASTER TEACHERS
J U S T I N D I C I O CC I O | Jazz Master Teacher | YoungArts Board Member
Justin DiCioccio is internationally recognized as one of the foremost jazz
educators of our time. He was inducted into the Jazz Education Hall of
Fame in 2002. That same year, Justin was named Assistant Dean/Chair of the
Jazz Arts Program at the Manhattan School of Music. In 2011, he was named
Associate Dean. Justin has also served as program director and clinician
for Carnegie Hall Jazz Education and acts as a consultant to Jazz at Lincoln
Center and Wynton Marsalis. He designed, developed and directed the
award-winning LaGuardia High School of the Arts jazz program, the first fully
accredited secondary jazz program in the United States.
JA K E G O L D BA S | Jazz Alumni Speaker | 2007 YoungArts Winner in Jazz
Percussionist Jake Goldbas has taken the music scene by storm with a diverse
array of artists including legends Dave Brubeck, Candido Camero, Patti Austin,
Gil Goldstein, Joshua Redman, Stefon Harris and Christian McBride. He has
performed at the world's most distinguished venues from Carnegie Hall to
Madison Square Garden. A respected educator and clinician, Jake leads a band
for Jazz at Lincoln Center's new education program Jazz For Young People.
In this year's season, his band will perform forty concerts in eleven different
New York City schools. Along with his wife, Kate Christopher Goldbas, he
is co-creator of an interactive concert series that reaches audiences with
developmental disabilities and the elderly. Jake earned both his Bachelor's
and Master's degrees at the Manhattan School of Music (MSM) as a recipient
of a Presidential Scholarship. In 2010, he was nominated for a Grammy Award
with Bobby Sanabria and the MSM Afro Cuban Orchestra on the album Kenya
Revisited Live!!! Jake was also named the Best American Musician of 2012 by
The Keep an Eye Jazz Competition in Amsterdam.
J I M MY H E AT H | Jazz Master Teacher | Jimmy Heath has long been
recognized as a brilliant instrumentalist and a magnificent composer and
arranger. He has performed with nearly all the jazz greats of the last 50
years, from Howard McGhee and Dizzy Gillespie to Miles Davis and Wynton
Marsalis. During his career, Jimmy Heath has performed on more than 100
record albums including seven with The Heath Brothers and twelve as a
leader. Jimmy has also written more than 125 compositions, many of which
have become jazz standards and have been recorded by other artists
including Art Farmer, Cannonball Adderley, Clark Terry, Chet Baker, Miles
Davis, James Moody, Milt Jackson, Ahmad Jamal, Ray Charles, Dizzy Gillespie
J.J Johnson and Dexter Gordon. Jimmy has also composed extended
works—seven suites and two string quartets. Jimmy was Professor of Music
at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College. He maintains
an extensive performance schedule and continues to conduct workshops
throughout the United States and abroad.
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Kate Davis
2009 Winner in Jazz and
JAZZ MENTORS
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THEIR SUPPORT OF THIS YEAR’S JAZZ MUSICIANS:
Ashby Anderson
Mark Aubel
Evan Avery
Michelle Basile
Patricia Bass
Joey Berkeley
Chris Bernotas
Terence Blanchard
Kevin Blancq
Chad Bloom
Joe Bongiovi
Patricia Bonner
Anthony Bruno
Daniel Burwasser
Kelly Butler
Scott Cameron
John Carmichael
Paul Carr
James Carver
Shawn Costantino
John Currey
Jason Curry
Scott Deogburn
Rina Dokshitsky
Christopher Dorsey
Leslie Drayton
Amanda Eastman
Mellasenah Edwards
Robin Eubanks
Bobby Ferrezza
Mary Fettig
Joshua Figueroa
Bruce Forman
Peter Francis
Eric Gargrave
Jim Gasior
Jason Goldman
David Hammond
Donald Harrison
John Hart
Tamir Hendelman
Kirk Hickman
Christopher Holley
Greg Holt
Ray Johnson
Timothy Keleher
Christopher Kosmaceski
Aaron Ledhe
Brandon Lee
Aaron Lehde
Drew Lewis
Paul Lucckesi
Ole Mathiesen
Sarah Matthews
Thara Memory
Vince Mendoza
Brent Mounger
Andrea Mullan
Doug Olsen
Keith Oxman
Michael Pellera
Pete Perez
Brian Peter
Preston Pierce
Josh Quinlan
Christopher Render
John Reynolds
John Robertson
Simon Rowe
Stephen Scott
Lee Secard
Will Silvio
Walter Smith, III
Warren Sneed
Bob Sneider
Tyrone Sutton
John Thomas
Paul Tooker
Richard Trujillo
Joel Tucker
Kenny Walker
Matt Wenman
Steve Wilson
Bill Wysaske
MUSIC
Dave Eggar
1987 Winner in Music and
MUSIC WINNERS
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FINALIST
1 | N I C H O L A S A R R E D O N D O | Contrabass
Vancouver School of Arts and Academics* | Vancouver, WA
2 | TO R I N BA K K E | Clarinet
Adlai E. Stevenson High School | Lincolnshire, IL
3 | M I C H A E L B E N N E T T | Organ
Professional Performing Arts School* | New York, NY
4 | M A RT I N B E R N S T E I N | Recorder
Hunter College High School* | New York, NY
5 | Z L ATO M I R F U N G | Violoncello
Oak Meadow School | Brattleboro, VT
6 | G E N E VA L E W I S | Violin
Homeschool | Irvine, California
7 | A D R I A N L I AO | Piano
Torrey Pines High School | San Diego, CA
8 | D E R E K LO U I E | Violoncello
Professional Children’s School | New York, NY
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MUSIC WINNERS
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FINALIST
9 | A N A S TA S I A M AG A M E D OVA | Piano
Waterford School | Sandy, UT
10 | L AU R A M I C H A E L | Recorder
Friends Seminary | New York, NY
11 | H A N A M I Z U TA | Piano
Homestead High School | Cupertino, CA
12 | AU B R E E O L I V E R S O N | Violin
Mountain Heights Academy | West Jordan, UT
13 | E V R E N OZ E L | Piano
Walnut Hill School | Natick, MA
14 | E L I SA B E T H P E SAV E N TO | French Horn
Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
15 | C H A R L E S S TAC Y | Composition
Phillips Academy | Andover, MA
16 | D E R E K WA N G | Piano
The Rivers School | Weston, MA
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MUSIC WINNERS
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FINALIST
17 | Y I J I N WA N G | Clarinet
Laurel Springs School | Ojai, CA
18 | K AT H E R I N E WO O | Violin
Riverside High School | Greer, SC
19 | A L E X A N D E R “ SA S H A” YA K U B | Composition
Amherst Regional High School | Amherst, MA
20 | A D R I A Y E | Piano
Professional Children’s School* | New York, NY
21 | K I P Z I M M E R M A N | Oboe
University High School* | Tucson, AZ
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N A D I A A Z Z I | Piano | Professional Performing Arts School | New York, Ny
I O N A BATC H E L D E R | Violoncello | University High School | Irvine, CA
M I C H A E L B E N N E T T | Composition | Professional Performing Arts School*
New York, NY
E L I B E R M A N | Composition | Fox Chapel Area High School | Pittsburgh, PA
J O N AT H A N B O D I A N | Classical Guitar | Half Hollow Hills: High School
East* | Dix Hills, NY
A N N A B O O N YA N I T | Piano | Menlo School | Atherton, CA
B R I A N B ROW N | Composition | Lois Cowles Harrison Center for the Visual
and Performing Arts | Lakeland, FL
J O S H UA B ROW N | Violin | Homeschool | Gurnee, IL
SA R R A H B U S H A R A | Oboe | Homeschool | Eden Prairie, MN
M A R LO N C A RO | Composition | Coral Reef Senior High School | Miami, FL
Y U L A N C H E N | Flute | Aragon High School | San Mateo, CA
AU D R E Y C H E N G | Piano | Homestead High School | Cupertino, CA
A L A N C H I A N G | Piano | South Burlington High School |
South Burlington, VT
RYA N C H U N G | Violoncello | Manhasset High School | Manhasset, NY
D E A N N A C I R I E L L I | Harp| Cambridge School of Weston | Weston, MA
C H A R L E S CO M I T E R | Percussion | Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the
T S U TO M U CO P E L A N D | Violin | Henry M. Gunn High School |
Palo Alto, CA
M O R G A N DAV I S O N | Bassoon | Interlochen Arts Academy* |
Interlochen, MI
J E S S I C A D I N G | Harp | State College Area High School | State College, PA
C R I S T I N A D O U G H E RT Y | Tuba | Interlochen Arts Academy* |
Interlochen, MI
C A S S I A D R A K E | Viola | Homeschool | Naples, FL
F O R R E S T E I M O L D | Composition | Roxbury Latin School |
West Roxbury, MA
S COT T F E I N E R | Composition | Roslyn High School* | Roslyn Heights, NY
T I N G F U N G | Piano | Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
O M A R G A I DA ROV | Flute | Torrey Pines High School* | San Diego, CA
SA R A H A N | Clarinet | Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
S E R E N A H A R N AC K | Violin | Saint Francis High School | Wheaton, IL
Q I A N R U H E | Violin | The Music High School attached to Xinghai
Conservatory* | Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
N AT H A N H O L Z B E R G | Percussion | Ossining High School | Ossining, NY
J E S S I C A H O N G | Violoncello | Holmdel High School | Holmdel, NJ
DA N I E L H UA N G | Violin | Homestead High School | Cupertino, CA
S H A RO N H U RV I T Z | Composition | Los Angeles County High School for
the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
J E N N I F E R J O | Flute | Amador Valley High School* | Pleasanton, CA
MUSIC WINNERS
HONORABLE MENTION
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H A E U N J U N G | Violin | Union High School | Camas, WA
L E Y L A K A B U L I | Piano | Davis Senior High School | Davis, CA
DA N I E L K A L E R | Violoncello | New Trier High School* | Winnetka, IL
A N D R E W K I M | Violin | Regis High School | New York, NY
DA N I E L K I M | Violin | Strath Haven High School | Wallingford, PA
H O J O O N K I M | Piano | Phillips Exeter Academy | Exeter, NH
J E N N I F E R K I M | Classical Guitar | Cypress High School | Cypress, CA
SA E K I M | Viola | Packer Collegiate Institute | Brooklyn, NY
VA L E R I E K I M | Violin | Leonia High School | Leonia, NJ
K E V I N K N OW L E S | Piano | California Virtual Academy - Jamestown |
Simi Valley, CA
A L I N A KO B I A L K A | Violin | Laurel Springs School* | Ojai, CA
J E R E MY L AU R E TA | Viola | Interlochen Arts Academy* | Interlochen, MI
A N D R E W L AV E L L E | Viola | High School for the Performing and Visual
Arts | Houston, TX
N AT H A N L E | Violoncello | Sierra Canyon School | Chatsworth, CA
M I N K U L E E | Violoncello | Henry M. Gunn High School* | Palo Alto, CA
S E A N L I M | Violin | Ohio Connections Academy | Mason, OH
A L E JA N D RO LO M B O | Flute | American Heritage School | Plantation, FL
Q I N GXI M E N G | Piano | Professional Children’s School* | New York, NY
M A RY M O N A H A N | Composition | Interlochen Arts Academy |
Interlochen, MI
A L I S SA M O R I | Violin | Fieldston School | Bronx, NY
A N D R E W M O S E S | Composition | Laurel Springs School | Ojai, CA
N ATA L I E N E DV E T S K Y | Piano | Homeschool | Wilmette, Illinois
B O B BY N U N E S | Oboe | Highland High School | Gilbert, AZ
K AY E OTA K E | Violoncello | Millburn High School | Millburn, NJ
I SA B E L L A PA L AC PAC | Violoncello | Wilton High School* | Wilton, CT
R E B E CC A PA R K | Flute | Pine Creek High School | Colorado Springs, CO
J O H N R E D M O N D | Composition | Homeschool | Yonkers, NY
K AT YA R I C H A R D S O N | Composition | Orange County School of the
Arts* | Santa Ana, CA
A N D R E W R I M | Violoncello | Torrey Pines High School | San Diego, CA
C H R I S TO P H E R RO G E R S - B E A D L E | Viola | Walnut Hill School* |
Natick, MA
CO N N O R ROW E | Trombone | Cabrillo High School | Lompoc, CA
SA R A S C A N LO N | Violoncello | Keystone National High School |
Bloomsburg, PA
K A R A LY N S C H U B R I N G | Composition | Chandler Preparatory Academy |
Chandler, AZ
J E S S I C A S H A N D | Flute | Discovery Canyon Campus High School |
Colorado Springs, CO
E M I LY S H E H I | Violin | Olathe East High School | Olathe, KS
RO G E R S H E N | Piano | Phillips Exeter Academy | Exeter, NH
N OA H S I M O N | Piano | Crossroads School | Santa Monica, CA
A M I R S I R A J | Piano | Brookline High School | Brookline, MA
MUSIC WINNERS
H E N RY S M O L E N | Piano | Hillsdale High School | San Mateo, CA
M E I S TO N E | Flute | Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
S E Q U OYA H S U G I YA M A | Composition | Homeschool* |
La Canada, CA
K E V I N TA K E DA | Piano | Interlochen Arts Academy* | Interlochen, MI
L U C I A T I C H O | Violoncello | Hinsdale Central High School | Hinsdale, IL
E M M A TO H | Piano | Hunter College High School | New York, NY
M E G A N T R AC H | Piccolo | Westlake High School | Westlake Village, CA
S I H Y U N U H M | Composition | Walnut Hill School | Natick, MA
M I C H A E L WO N | Violoncello | Dalton School | New York, NY
C A L E B WO O | Saxophone | Ridge High School | Basking Ridge, NJ
S U YA N G | Flute | Mount Sinai High School | Mount Sinai, NY
T R I S TA N YA N G | Composition | Monta Vista High School | Cupertino, CA
A L A N YAO | Violin | Scarsdale High School | Scarsdale, NY
E L I Z A B E T H Y E O H -WA N G | Harp | Chapin School | New York, NY
H A N A E YO S H I DA | Trombone | Northwood High School | Irvine, CA
V E RO N I C A Z H E N G | Flute | Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science |
Denton, TX
MERIT
H A M Z A A B L E | Percussion | Douglas Anderson School of the Arts |
Jacksonville, FL
RO L A N D O A L E JA N D RO | Piano | Homeschool* | Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
M I K E BAO | Piano | Troy High School | Fullerton, CA
L AU R E N BA R E | Composition | Valley View Charter Prep | Stockton, CA
A R I YA N B R I S T E R | Composition | Saint Mary’s Academy |
New Orleans, LA
E VA N C A P L I N G E R | Composition | Scripps Ranch High* | San Diego, CA
K E B R A C H A R L E S | Contrabass | New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
C H R I S T I N E C H E N G | Piano | Orange County School of the Arts |
Santa Ana, CA
JACQ U E L I N E C H I N G | Piano | Los Angeles County High School for the
A N T H O N Y CO N I G L I O | Piano | Homeschool* | Davie, FL
M I C H A E L C U RC I O | Composition | Canyon Crest Academy |
San Diego, CA
M A I R E A D F LO RY | Violoncello | Homeschool | Nokesville, Virginia
M I C H A E L G A S PA R I | Composition | Robbinsville High School |
Robbinsville, NJ
DAV I D G E N G | Piano | West Windsor-Plainsboro South* | West Windsor, NJ
DAV I D G O DA R | Piano | Sycamore High School | Cincinnati, OH
A M E R H A SA N | Clarinet | Carl Sandburg High School | Orland Park, IL
Y E A M A H O | Flute | Winston Churchill High School | Potomac, MD
J O L I E H UA N G | Piano | Granite Bay High School | Granite Bay, CA
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MUSIC WINNERS
RYA N J U N G | Piano | Ronald Wilson Reagan High School | Pfafftown, NC
AYO U N K I M | Violoncello | New Trier High School | Winnetka, IL
JACO B K L I N E | Piano | Acton-Boxborough Regional High School |
Acton, MA
CO R B I N K R E B S | Bassoon | Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
M AT H E W L A N N I N G | Composition | Tri-City Preparatory High School |
Prescott, AZ
E VA N L E E | Piano | Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music, Art and
Performing Arts | New York, NY
K AT I E L I U | Violin | Mount Olive High School | Flanders, NJ
V I N C E N T L I U | Piano | Dougherty Valley High School | San Ramon, CA
A L E X A N D E R L U | Piano | International Community School | Kirkland, WA
G R E G O R M CG E E | Harpsichord | Discovery High School* | Newton, NC
PAU L M E K A I L I A N | Composition | Arcadia High School | Arcadia, CA
H I D E TO M O R I | Piano | George Walton Comprehensive High School |
Marietta, GA
LO G A N N E L S O N | Composition | Wichita High School East* | Wichita, KS
DAV I D N O RV I L L E | Oboe | Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
PAU L N OVA K | Composition | Davidson Academy of Nevada | Reno, NV
N I C H O L A S P O L I T I | Composition | Scarsdale High School | Scarsdale, NY
J O N AT H A N Q I | Piano | Westwood High School | Austin, TX
N AT H A N Q I | Piano | Homeschool | Bronx, NY
M AT T H E W R E I C H E N B E R G E R | Piano | Homeschool | Coral Springs, FL
C H R I S TO P H E R R I C H A R D S O N | Piano | San Ramon Valley High School |
Danville, CA
DA N I E L R U D I N | Composition | Half Hollow Hills: High School West* |
Dix Hills, NY
DAV I D SAC K S | Piano | Stanford Online High School | Stanford, CA
M A S O N SA N G S T E R | Clarinet | Interlochen Arts Academy* |
Interlochen, MI
M AT T H E W S C H U LT H E I S | Composition | Potomac Falls High School |
Potomac Falls, VA
R E U B E N S T E R N | Bassoon | Boston University Academy | Boston, MA
TA I G A U LTA N | Flute | Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
B E N JA M I N W E N Z E L B E R G | Composition | Tenafly High School |
Tenafly, NJ
I SA B E L WO N | Violoncello | Montgomery High School | Skillman, NJ
JA S O N Z H A N G | Piano | Newman Smith High School | Carrollton, TX
A M A N DA Z H A N G | Viola | Savannah Arts Academy | Savannah, GA
E M I LY Z H E N G | Flute | Arcadia High School* | Arcadia, CA
S H AW N Z H E N G | French Horn | Central Magnet School | Murfreesboro, TN
G A B R I E L Z I AU K A S | Composition | Santa Monica High School |
Santa Monica, CA
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E F R A Í N A M AYA | National Selection Panelist | Efraín Amaya began his
musical training in Venezuela. In the United States, he earned two Bachelor
of Music degrees in composition and piano from Indiana University and
a Master’s degree in orchestral conducting from Rice University. While in
Venezuela, Efraín became the Music Director & Conductor for one of the
El Sistema Youth Symphony Orchestras based in the Núcleo La Rinconada.
Once back in the U.S., he was named the Resident Conductor and Artist
Lecturer in Music Theory at Carnegie Mellon University and Associate
Conductor with the Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra. He has also
been Music Director & Conductor to the Greensburg American Opera and
the Three Rivers Young People’s Orchestra, among others. Efraín is on the
faculty of Minot State University and has been named the Music Director for
the Minot Symphony Orchestra, starting with the 2015-16 Season.
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E L E N A A L A M I L L A | National Reviewer | Elena Alamilla was born in
Havana, Cuba. She studied cello at the University of Miami, and after
graduation was appointed Assistant Principal of the Orquesta Sinfónica
Nacional of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Since returning to the
U.S. she has performed with many local orchestras, including Naples
Philharmonic, Miami Symphony and Symphony of the Americas. She is
currently a member of the Palm Beach Pops and plays Baroque cello with the
Camerata de Re.
Y U G A CO H L E R | National Reviewer | 2007 YoungArts Winner in Music |
Yuga Cohler is the music director and conductor-in-residence of the Young
Musicians Foundation (YMF) Debut Orchestra in Los Angeles. At YMF, he has
instituted The Great Music Series, which explores the elements common to
widely popular music and works from the classical canon. The 2015-16 season
presents the inaugural installation of this series, Yeethoven, a comparison
of the works of Kanye West and Beethoven. Yuga is the youngest graduate
of the Juilliard School’s course in orchestral conducting led by New York
Philharmonic Music Director Alan Gilbert. There, he worked extensively with
the Juilliard Orchestra and served as its assistant conductor under Itzhak
Perlman. Other orchestras Yuga has conducted include the Dallas, Baltimore,
Fort Worth and New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestras and the New World
and Danish National Symphonies. In 2011, Yuga graduated summa cum laude
from Harvard University, where he studied computer science.
S U Z A N D e G O OY E R | National Reviewer | Flutist Suzan DeGooyer is
on the faculty of the New World School of the Arts, Miami Dade College
and the University of Miami’s Young Musicians Camp. She has performed
extensively with numerous South Florida orchestras and is currently a
member of the Miami Symphony Orchestra.
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DAV E E G G A R | National Reviewer | 1987 YoungArts Winner in Music and
U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts | Three-time Grammy nominee Dave
Eggar has performed throughout the world as a solo cellist, pianist and
composer. He has appeared as a soloist in venues from Carnegie Hall to the
Hollywood Bowl and has recorded, performed and arranged for artists such
as Norah Jones, Paul Simon, James Taylor, Evanescence, Robert Redford, Tony
Bennett, Harry Belafonte, Andrea Bocelli, Roberta Flack, Frank Ocean and
Phillip Phillips. Dave has received awards from SONY Records, ASCAP, Time
Magazine, Leronard Bernstein Foundation, MacDowell Colony, and Yaddo
for his work in classical music.
I N N A FA L I K S | National Reviewer | 1996 YoungArts Winner in Music |
Pianist Inna Faliks has performed on many of the world’s great stages with
notable orchestras and conductors such as Leonard Slatkin and Keith
Lockhart. Over her distinguished career, she has performed in major venues
such as Carnegie Hall, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Paris’ Salle Cortot,
Chicago’s Orchestra Hall, Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Hall and at festivals such as
Verbier, Portland International, Music in the Mountains, Brevard, Taos, IKIF
at Mannes, Bargemusic and Chautauqua. Inna has been featured on many
international television broadcasts and co-starred in Admission: One Shilling,
a play about the life of Dame Myra Hess, the great British pianist. She was
recently named the new Associate Professor of Piano at UCLA Herb Alpert
School of Music, where she is also Head of Piano. Inna is the founder and
curator of the LMCC award-winning interdisciplinary series Music/Words,
which creates performances in collaboration with distinguished poets.
D E B O R A H F L E I S H E R | National Reviewer | Harpist Deborah Fleisher is a
graduate of the Curtis Institute and received an Artists Diploma from The
Peabody Conservatory. Currently performing throughout South Florida, she
is in great demand as a chamber musician and soloist. Deborah has been
appointed to the Lynn University Conservatory faculty and teaches at the
Hot Springs Music Festival and the Miami Summer Music Festival.
A L L E N K R A N T Z | National Reviewer | Allen Krantz is an acclaimed
composer, solo guitarist and chamber musician. He has performed
throughout the country in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Saratoga Performing
Arts Center and the Phillips Collection in Washington, with his diverse
programs often featuring original compositions. Allen heads the guitar
program of The New School Institute at Temple University.
M A R I N A LO M A ZOV | National Selection Panelist | Ukrainian-American
pianist Marina Lomazov has been praised by critics as “a diva of the piano”
(The Salt Lake City Tribune), “a mesmerizing risk taker” (Cleveland Plain
Dealer) and “dazzling” (The New York Times), performing extensively across
North and South America, Europe, Africa and Asia. The award-winning
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K E R RY M C D E R M OT T | National Reviewer | A first violinist with the New
York Philharmonic, Kerry joined as its youngest member at the age of 21,
and has since appeared as soloist with them throughout North America.
She has garnered prizes and awards in major competitions including the
Montreal International Violin Competition and the International Tchaikovsky
Competition in Moscow, where she also received a special award for “Best
Artistic Interpretation.” At age 17, Kerry became the youngest winner in
the history of Artists International Auditions. She has performed on tour
throughout Holland with Reizend Muziek as well as on North American
tours with The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and the Muir
String Quartet. Additionally, Kerry has also appeared at Chamber Music
Northwest, Bravo! Colorado, Caramour, Marlboro, Tanglewood, Wolftrap,
Mostly Mozart, Newport, Ravinia and on three continents with the New
York Philharmonic Ensembles.
pianist is currently the Ira McKissick Koger Endowed Chair in Piano at the
University of South Carolina School of Music, where she is Founder and
Artistic Director of the Southeastern Piano Festival.
SA S H A P OT I O M K I N | National Reviewer | Clarinetist Sasha Potiomkin has
appeared as a soloist with Israel Camerata Orchestra, Tel Aviv Symphony,
Brooklyn Philharmonic and Houston Chamber Orchestra. He has given
recitals in Ukraine, Israel and the United States, and has also participated in
the Tanglewood, Bellingham, Blossom and Mozaic Festivals. In 2012, Sasha
was appointed to Bass Clarinetist/Utility with the Houston Symphony.
J OA N N E N O R M A N S C H U LT E | National Reviewer | Joanne Schulte holds
Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in organ performance from Indiana
University. She has been an international recitalist and a soloist with the
New World Symphony, the Florida Philharmonic and the Pro Musica Society
on National Public Radio and Television, and was senior organist at Historic
Plymouth Congregational Church, director of music and organist at Naples
United Church of Christ and artist in residence at Vizcaya Museum and
Gardens. Active in the American Guild of Organists as an officer and member
since 1967, she served as Dean 1989-1991 and completed a three-year tenure
as Dean in 2008. She is currently the Director of Organ Studies at Florida
International University and artist-in-residence at Pinecrest Presbyterian
Church. In addition, Joanne adjudicates competitions and serves as a
teacher/performer for Pipe Organ Encounters. She is a member of the
National AGO Committee on the New Organist.
J O H N D. S T E V E N S | National Selection Panelist | John D. Stevens,
Emeritus Professor of Music at the University of Wisconsin, has enjoyed a
distinguished career as a performer and recording artist, university professor,
composer, arranger, conductor and administrator, and is an internationally
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renowned composer with more than 50 published original compositions
and over 50 recordings of his music by soloists and ensembles around the
world. John has been commissioned by major orchestras in the U.S. and
abroad and has composed music for many of the world’s most acclaimed brass
performers. In 2008, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the
International Tuba and Euphonium Association—the highest honor in his field.
JA M E S S T E P H E N S O N | National Reviewer | 1986 YoungArts Winner in
Music | James Stephenson’s arrangements have been performed, recorded,
and broadcast by virtually every major orchestra in the country, including
the Boston Pops, Cincinnati Pops, NY Pops and more. His landmark
educational work, Compose Yourself!, has now been performed more than
250 times since its creation in 2002. James is currently the Composer-inResidence with the Lake Forest Symphony.
D R . L E E S TO N E | National Reviewer | Dr. Lee Stone has been teaching
strings for 37 years in Arizona and Florida and is presently Director of
Orchestras at Coral Reef Senior High School. Her orchestras have performed
in Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Austria and Prague. Lee has served as the
State Chairperson for the Florida Orchestra Association’s 11-12, 9–10, and
7–8 grade All-State Orchestras and is currently chairperson of the State
Adjudication Committee and the Music Performance Assessment SightReading Committee. She annually adjudicates for the National YoungArts
Foundation and various solo/ensemble and district FOA Music Performance
Assessment evaluations, serves as a clinician and guest conductor for various
all-county and all-state orchestras and founded the University of Miami
(UM) Honor Orchestra. She was named the Florida American String Teachers
Association Teacher of the Year and is published in Florida Perspectives and
the Florida Music Director.
SV E T S TOYA N OV | National Reviewer | Bulgarian-born Svet Stoyanov
made his Lincoln Center debut by performing the world premiere of Philip
Glass’ Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra at Avery Fisher
Hall. Winner of the 2003 Concert Artists Guild International Competition
and numerous other competition awards, Svet is Assistant Professor of
Instrumental Performance and Program Director of Percussion at the
University of Miami Frost School of Music.
D R . K A M I L L A SZ K L A R S K A | National Reviewer | Kamilla Szklarska is
an Adjunct Professor and Accompanying Coordinator of the Keyboard
Department at Florida International University. A versatile keyboard artist,
Kamilla performs as a pianist, accompanist and organ soloist.
T H E O D O R E W I P R U D | National Reviewer | Theodore Wiprud is an active
composer and President of Education at the New York Philharmonic, where
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D R . A DA L B E RTO YA N E S | Discipline Coordinator | Dr. Adalberto Yanes
holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts degree from the University of Miami in
music composition. He has written for various mediums, including choral
and orchestral. The winner of several awards for academic and musical
excellence, Adalberto was also a finalist for both the ASCAP Awards for
Emerging Composers and the Fulbright Scholars Program. He has been a
theory and composition teaching assistant for four years at the University
of Miami.
he hosts Young People’s Concerts and oversees a wide array of programs
including Very Young Composers, which gives writers from ages 10-18
opportunities to compose for professional musicians. His own music for
orchestra, chamber ensembles and voice is published by Allemar Music.
J E F F R E Y Z E I G L E R | National Selection Panelist | Jeffrey Zeigler was the
cellist of the internationally renowned Kronos Quartet for eight seasons.
He has been the recipient of several awards, including the Avery Fisher
Prize and the Polar Music Prize. Jeffrey has released more than two dozen
recordings for Nonesuch Records, Deutsche Grammophon, Cantaloupe,
Tzadik and Smithsonian Folkways. In fall 2014, he released his first solo album,
Something of Life, in a collaborative release with Innova and VisionIntoArt
Records. The album features new works by Philip Glass, Glenn Kotche, Paola
Prestini and John Zorn.
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MUSIC MASTER TEACHERS
R I C H A R D DA N I E L P O U R | Music Master Teacher | Richard Danielpour
has been commissioned by many international music institutions, festivals
and artists, including Yo-Yo Ma, Jessye Norman, the Guarneri and Emerson
string quartets, the New York City Ballet, the New York Philharmonic, and
many more. Richard created his first Opera, Margaret Garner, with Nobel
Laureate Toni Morrison. He has received a Grammy Award, two Rockefeller
Foundation grants, a Charles Ives Fellowship and a Lifetime Achievement
Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, among many other
honors. In 2002, he was awarded a fellowship to the American Academy
in Berlin and he was the third composer—after Stravinsky and Copland-to be signed to an exclusive recording contract by Sony Classical. On the
Manhattan School of Music's composition faculty since 1993, Richard joined
the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music in 1997.
DAV E E G G A R | National Reviewer | Music Alumni Speaker | 1987 YoungArts
Winner in Music and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts | Three-time
Grammy nominee Dave Eggar has performed throughout the world as a
solo cellist, pianist and composer. He has appeared as a soloist in venues
from Carnegie Hall to the Hollywood Bowl and has recorded, performed
and arranged for artists such as Norah Jones, Paul Simon, James Taylor,
Evanescence, Robert Redford, Tony Bennett, Harry Belafonte, Andrea Bocelli,
Roberta Flack, Frank Ocean and Phillip Phillips. Dave has received awards
from SONY Records, ASCAP, Time Magazine, Leonard Bernstein Foundation,
MacDowell Colony, and Yaddo for his work in classical music.
C H R I S T I A N H E B E L | Music Master Teacher | Violinist Christian Hebel has
been violin soloist with the Atlanta Symphony, Colorado Symphony, Boston
Pops and Los Angeles Philharmonic and performed at venues including
Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Sydney Opera House, STAPLES Center,
Madison Square Garden and Nelson Mandela Stadium. Christian has toured,
performed and recorded with musical luminaries including Barbra Streisand,
Billy Joel, Justin Timberlake, James Taylor, Tony Bennett, Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Diana
Ross and many more. His recordings include multi-Platinum, Gold, Emmy
and Grammy Award-winning albums and his filmography includes features
such as The Social Network, X-Men, Life of Pi, Moneyball and Alice in
Wonderland. His theater credits include Broadway productions such as The
Light in the Piazza, Spring Awakening, Next to Normal and Wicked. Christian
just finished touring the world as the solo violinist for multi-platinum selling
superstar vocalist Josh Groban and was Music Consultant for Lionel Richie.
PAO L A P R E S T I N I | Music Master Teacher |Paola Prestini is “the
enterprising composer and impresario” (The New York Times). Named one
of NPR’s “top 100 composers in the world under 40,” her compositions are
deemed “radiant…amorously evocative” by The New York Times. Carnegie
Hall, The New York Philharmonic and Kronos Quartet have commissioned
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C H R I S T I A N R E I F | Music Master Teacher | German conductor Christian
Reif is a second-year Conducting Fellow at the New World Symphony,
serving both as resident conductor and as cover conductor for music
director Michael Tilson Thomas. Last season he conducted the Tanglewood
Music Center Orchestra in several world premieres and worked as cover
conductor for the Los Angeles Philharmonic. In 2014, he served as assistant
conductor for Alan Gilbert at the New York Phil Biennial. Christian is
currently a member of Germany's prestigious Conductor's Forum and won
the 2015 German Operetta Prize awarded by the German Music Council.
He has previously led several orchestras and ensembles both in the U.S.
and abroad and has performed in many world premieres. In 2014, Mr. Reif
completed his Master of Music degree in conducting at The Juilliard School
and was the recipient of the Charles Schiff Conducting Award.
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works from her. Her newest projects include a work for the Los Angeles
Philharmonic; Labyrinth, commissioned by the Krannert Center for the
Performing Arts and VisionIntoArt, to be performed at the Isabella Stewart
Gardner Museum and described by the Washington Post as “spellbinding;”
and the music theater work Aging Magician, to premiere at the Walker
Arts Center and MASS MoCA in 2016. While at Juilliard, she co-founded
VisionIntoArt. Paola is the Creative Director of National Sawdust.
E L I Z A B E T H J OY RO E | Music Master Teacher | 2000 YoungArts Winner
in Music | Named one of classical music's “Six on the Rise: Young Artists to
Watch” by Symphony Magazine, Elizabeth Joy Roe has appeared as recitalist,
orchestral soloist and collaborative musician at venues and festivals
worldwide, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center,
the Ravinia Festival, the Seoul Arts Center, the National Centre for the
Performing Arts (Beijing) and Salle Cortot (Paris). Her career highlights include
the William Petschek Piano Debut Recital Award, a critically acclaimed Decca
Classics release of the Britten & Barber Piano Concertos with the London
Symphony Orchestra, broadcasts on PBS, the BBC, and NPR, presentations
at the EG Conference and Chicago Ideas Week, the McGraw-Hill Companies’
Robert Sherman Award for Music Education and Community Outreach and
the groundbreaking Anderson & Roe Piano Duo. Elizabeth holds a degree
from The Juilliard School and is an alumna of Carnegie Hall’s Academy
fellowship and a Steinway Artist.
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MUSIC MENTORS
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YO U N G A R T S WO U L D L I K E TO T H A N K T H E F O L LOW I N G
T E AC H E R S/M E N TO R S , N A M E D BY O U R W I N N E R S , F O R
THEIR SUPPORT OF THIS YEAR’S CLASSICAL MUSICIANS:
Richard Aaron
Brett Abigana
Teresa Acevedo
Mark Adamo
Jason Aiello
Kathryn Alexander
Alberto Almarza
Ning An
Nancy Andrew
Sophie Arbuckle
Stewart Bailey
Sarkis Baltaian
Dr. Ernest Barretta
Jeanne Baxtresser
Larry Bell
Kevin Bennett
Alex Berti
Bill Bitter
Elizabeth Blake
Hans Boepple
Natasha Brofsky
Whitman Brown
Aimee Bushey
Wha Kyung Byun
Emily Calhoun
Kristin Caliendo
Bonnie Campbell
Tanya Carey
Justin Carpenter
Benjamin Case
Joe Castillo
Dan Castro
Felix Chang
Benjamin Charles
Erica Chung
Ingrid Clarfield
Steve Cohen
Dayna Cole
Heather Conner
Karen Conrad
Peter Richard Conte
David Conte
Michael Coonrod
Kenneth Cooper
Mairi Cooper
Peter Cooper
Christopher Costanza
Andrew Craft
Eric Crawford
Mary Ann Cummins
Russell Currie
Charles Curtis
Joseph d’Auguste
Troy Davis
Anthony Davis
Zosha Di Castri
Ethan (Yi) Dong
James Dunham
Ken Every
Eric Ewazen
Brook Ferguson
Henry Flurry
Jed Galant
Kevin Gallagher
Michael Gangemi
Jim Gasior
Amy Gelb
Noah Geller
Matthew Geotke
Yehuda Gilad
James Giles
Maria Gomez
Amy Gottry
Richard Grayson
Susan Griffin
Adam Guettel
Zachary Halop
Esther Harris
Heidi Hau
Wei He
Ted Hearne
Corey Heddon
Victor Heifets
Perry Holbrook
John Hontz
Wayne Hoy
Tien Hsieh
Leta Huang
Weimn Huang
Christopher Illa
Kimberly Imerbsin
Rochelle Itzen
Derek Jacoby
Nate Jarrell
Hans Jensen
Ray Johnson
Konrad Kaczmarek
Kawika Kahalehoe
Ilya Kaler
William Kanengiser
Lewis Kaplan
Yoheved Kaplinsky
Masao Kawasaki
Phil Keen
Emil Khudyev
Minhye Clara Kim
Julianne Knott
Jonathan Koh
Sarah Koo
Mark Kosower
Hitomi Koyama
Aimee Kreston
Ian Krouse
Martin Kuuskmann
Geoffrey Landman
Jaime Laredo
Eric Larsen
Susan Larson
Kim Laskowski
Ronald Leonard
Bolin Pan
Norman Pearson
Amit Peled
Itzhak Perlman
Brian Peter
Vincent Peterson
Benjamin Peterson
Sonny Petway
Roberto Poli
John T. Posadas
Jennifer Rand
John Ravnan
Margarita Restrepo
Tom Riccobono
Kristopher Ridgley
Karen Ritscher
Kimberly Rocha
Evan Rogovin
Peter Rosheger
Christopher Russell
Nick Rzonsa
Benjamin Sabey
Jon Sakata
Jack Sanders
Kristofer Sanz
Ara Sarkissian
Ann Schein
Edith Schiff
Matthew Schlomer
Nina Schroeder
Martin Schuring
Arkadi Serper
Ann Setzer
Chris Severin
Patrick Seymour
John Shankweiler
Russell Shedd
Kevin Sherill
Ory Shihor
Jenny Shin
Theodore Shistle
Alexander Shtarkman
Caroline Shyr
Tim Siess
Wendell Simons
Carol Sindell
Christie Skousen
Jan Sloman
Boris Slutsky
Brad Smith
Mark Russell Smith
John Snow
Manuel Sosa
Connie Speltz
Nancy Stagnitta
Sasha Starcevich
Brooke Stephens
Nina Stern
Scott Stinson
Daniel Stolper
Eric Stomberg
Lonnie Stover
Michael Stratechuk
Leanne Strom
Terri Sundberg
Ian Swensen
Joni Swenson
Maria Tamburrino
Ira Taxin
Christine Terauchi
Laura Thielke
Dr. Andrew Thomas
John Thorne
Alan Tinkham
Mana Tokuno
Daniel Tosky
Janet Underhill
Tamas Ungar
Vladimir Valjarevic
Almita Vamos
MatthewVan Brink
GretchenVan Hoesen
Cynthia Van Maanen
Denise VanLeuven
Rodrigo Vargas
Helena Vesterman
Johann Vexo
Enrique Villaseco
Corbin Wagner
Jim Walker
MUSIC MENTORS
Jennifer Levolo
Sandra Lewis
Lynn Lewis
Li Lin
Eric Lindholm
Karen Lindquist
Karen Linford
Robert Lipsett
Rodney Lister
Carlton Liu
Li Zhou Liu
Peter Lloyd
Miyoko Lotto
Randall Love
Jerry Luckhardt
Betty Mallard
Andrew Malloy
Robert Mamminga
Thomas Marceau
Kate Margrave
Brigid Mayer
John McCarthy
Luke McEndarfer
Frances McKay
Danielle McRoy
Ann Medellin
Joseph Meyers
Bruce Miller
Angelo Moreno
Dmitri Murrath
Benjamin Murray
Victoria Mushkatkol
Bettina Mussumeli
Chris Nappi
Timothy Niebergall
Jason Noble
Patricia Norchi
Andrew Norman
Leslie Norton
Yayoi Numazawa
Linda Nussbaum
Marina Obukovsky
Garson Olivieri
Robert Opdycke
Paul Orgel
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Christopher Walter
Andre Watts
Michael Weinstein
Frederick Weldy
Amanda Williams
Birch Wilson
James Winn
Jeffrey Wirtz
Anna Wittstruck
Tomoko Yonemaru
Ina Zdorovetchi
Dan Zugale
PHOTOGRAPHY
Gretchen Vaudt
1995 Winner in Photography
PHOTOGRAPHY WINNERS
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FINALIST
1 | DAV E E D BA P T I S T E
2 | C A R I S SA C H E N
Phillips Exeter Academy | Exeter, NH
3 | L AY L A C U I L A N
High School of Fashion Industries | New York, NY
4 | LY D I A D E B E VO I S E
Fusion Academy Brooklyn | Brooklyn, NY
5 | L I LY M A S S E E
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
6 | A L E X M E D I AT E
Coronado High School* | Henderson, NV
7 | L U M I A N O C I TO
Dalton School | New York, NY
8 | A L I SA P E T RO S OVA
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9 | R E B E C A P O SA DA S - N AVA
Wilbert Tucker Woodson High School | Fairfax, VA
10 | DA R R E N T I N G
Millburn High School | Millburn, NJ
11 | A DA M V I N C E N T
Spanish Fort High School | Spanish Fort, AL
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HONORABLE MENTION
J I L L I A N A DA M S | Navarre High School | Navarre, FL
M A K A R A B L A K E | Stivers School for the Arts | Dayton, OH
O C E A N I A E S H R AG H I | Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
I L A N F R I E D L A N D | John Adams High School | South Bend, IN
T E S SA G O M E S | Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts* |
West Palm Beach, FL
A L E XI S H A R R I S | Palisades Charter High School | Pacific Palisade, CA
L U C Y J O N E S | Cardinal Mooney High School* | Youngstown, OH
ROX Y K U LY N YC H | Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts* |
West Palm Beach, FL
W H I T N E Y P I E P E R | Palos Verdes High School | Palos Verdes Estates, CA
L U N A M A R R A M I R E Z | Williamsburg Charter School* | Brooklyn, NY
A N D R E A R E Y E S | Chicago Academy For Arts | Chicago, IL
R E N E E ROT H | Perpich Center for Arts Education | Golden Valley, MN
E M M A S C H E I N BAU M | Los Angeles County High School for the Arts |
Los Angeles, CA
R E K H A S H A R M A | Greenhill School | Addison, TX
A R I A N N A S H O O S H A N I | Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
PAT R I C K TO O H E Y | Upper Arlington High School | Upper Arlington, OH
F R A N C E S T YS K A | West High School | Madison, WI
TA I G A YA M A M OTO | Honolulu Waldorf School | Honolulu, HI
H Y U N G J U N YO O N | Bergen Catholic High School | Oradell, NJ
M A X W E L L Z E N G AG E | Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West
Palm Beach, FL
MERIT
ZO L A A N D E R S O N | Los Angeles County High School for the Arts*
Los Angeles, CA
E L L I E B ROW N | Southwest High School | Minneapolis, MN
TA L L I S CO F TA | Pius Xi High School | Milwaukee, WI
A A RO N CO H E N | Monticello High School* | Charlottesville, VA
T Y DAV I S | Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL
E L I D R E Y F U S S | G-Star School of the Arts | West Palm Beach, FL
A L E X A N D R A E A S O N | Howard W. Blake High School | Tampa, FL
M I R A F R A D K I N | Greenhill School | Addison, TX
A R N O G O E T Z | Saint Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX
N ATA LYA G O N Z A L E Z | Saint John’s School | Houston, TX
G A B R I E L L E G O R D O N | Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts |
West Palm Beach, FL
TA M R A G O U L D | Edmond North High School | Edmond, OK
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B R I A H A M L E T T | George Washington Carver Center for Arts and
L I L I A N N A H A R R I S | American Heritage School | Plantation, FL
H E L E N H E A L E Y | Princeton Day School | Princeton, NJ
C L A R A H E N D E R S O N | Sharon Academy | Sharon, VT
B E AT R I C E H O O D | Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West Palm
Beach, FL
A L D E N JA M E S | Saint Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX
N YA N N A J O H N S O N | Stivers School for the Arts | Dayton, OH
D U V I T K A K U N E G O DA | Loyola High School | Los Angeles, CA
B R E T K A S E R | Ridgefield High School | Ridgefield, CT
S I M O N K I N G S TO N | Stivers School for the Arts | Dayton, OH
E L I Z A B E T H K N I F F I N | Wauwatosa West High School | Wauwatosa, WI
C A M E RO N L A M | Saint Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX
S H AY L A R I - H O SA I N | Harker School | San Jose, CA
G R A H A M M A N N I N G | Greens Farms Academy | Greens Farms, CT
TAY YA B M AQ S O O D | George Washington Carver Center for Arts and
DA R I O N OW E N S | Simeon Career Academy | Chicago, IL
JA M I E P E A R L | Seattle Academy | Seattle, WA
F R A N C E S C A P E RT I C A R I N I | Faith Lutheran High School | Crystal Lake, IL
J E N N I P I E T RO M O N ACO | Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music,
S O P H I E P O B U DA | Stivers School for the Arts | Dayton, OH
A L L I S O N RO JA S | Design and Architecture Senior High* | Miami, FL
AC K E E M SA L M O N | Detroit School of Arts* | Detroit, MI
I SA AC S H AW | Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School | West Chester, PA
J E S U S VA L E N C I A | Chicago Academy for the Arts | Chicago, IL
L I LY W I L K I N S | Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los
Angeles, CA
M A D E LY N W I N C H E S T E R | Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts |
West Palm Beach, FL
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CO R I N N E M AY B OT Z | National Reviewer | 1995 YoungArts Winner in
Photography and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts | Corinne May Botz is
an award-winning photographer who investigates architectural space, gender
and trauma in her practice. She has published the books The Nutshell
Studies of Unexplained Death (Monacelli Press, 2004) and Haunted Houses
(Monacelli Press, 2010). Corinne’s photography has been exhibited around
the world, including shows at Wurttembergischer Kunstverein in Stuttgart,
Germany, Bellwether Gallery in New York, The Museum of Contemporary
Photography in Chicago and De Appel in Amsterdam. Her work has been
reviewed by The New York Times, Village Voice, BookForum, and Modern
Painters. She is the recipient of residencies at Skowhegan School of Painting
and Sculpture, Atlantic Center for the Arts, Akademie Schloss Solitude and
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. She has received grants from New York
Foundation for the Arts and the Jerome Foundation. Corrine is represented
by Benrubi Gallery in NYC.
M I C H E L L E D U N N M A R S H | National Selection Panelist | Michelle Dunn
Marsh is a designer, editor and arts advocate. She is currently Executive
Director at Photographic Center Northwest and is the founder of Minor
Matters Books. Over the last two decades Michelle has served in executive
and creative roles in the fields of art photography and publishing. Her
professional experience includes 15 years with Aperture Foundation, senior
editor of art and design at Chronicle Books and publishing consultant to Jim
Marshall Photography, LLC, Museum of Glass and other cultural institutions.
She is a part-time lecturer in the MFA program at Parsons/The New School
in New York City, and was a tenured professor in graphic design at Seattle
Central Community College.
DAV I D H I L L I A R D | National Selection Panelist | David Hilliard uses his
unique, multi-paneled technique to produce expansive photographs, both
figuratively and literally. His sweeping images depict subtle moments of
love, family, adolescence, friendship and the nuances of masculinity, with
a quiet yet powerful resonance. The multiple panels act as short films;
a single work captures the passage of time before our very eyes. David
received his BFA from Massachusetts College of Art & Design and his MFA
from Yale University. He has exhibited around the world and is the recipient
of a Guggenheim Fellowship as well as a Fulbright Grant. David’s work can
be found in numerous international collections, including the Museum of
Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the
Whitney Museum of American Art; Portland Art Museum; the DeCordova
Museum; the University of Salamanca and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
He lives and works in Boston.
J E S S I C A I N G R A M | National Selection Panelist | Jessica Ingram received
degrees in photography and political science from NYU and an MFA from
California College of Arts and Crafts. She is Associate Professor in Graduate
Fine Arts and Undergraduate Photography at California College of the Arts
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M A R Í A M A RT Í N E Z- C A Ñ A S | National Reviewer | María MartínezCañas tests the limits of photography, using nearly every form of the
medium—from analog to digital, color to black-and-white, camera-less to
camera-based—to create photographs, collages, videos, and mixed-media
installations through which she explores the mutability of identity and
perception. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of
Modern Art, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, the
Whitney, International Center of Photography and the Pérez Art Museum
Miami, among others.
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and Chair of the Photography Program. Jessica’s photography and video
practice is motivated by her desire to understand how people relate, what
they long for and what motivates the choices they make. Her recent bodies
of work include A Civil Rights Memorial about histories from the Civil
Rights era in the American South, We Are Carver and Love Rich Land, which
examines ideas of power, disappearance and continuous reconstruction
in the American South. Jessica’s work has been published and exhibited
internationally, and was awarded the 2012 Santa Fe Prize. As a member of
Cause Collective, she has also received multiple large-scale public
art commissions.
M AG G I E S T E B E R | National Reviewer | Maggie Steber’s photos have
appeared in Life, The New Yorker, Smithsonian, People, Newsweek, Time and
Sports Illustrated. Her work in Haiti won two major grants and culminated
in the book Dancing on Fire: Photographs From Haiti. Maggie has won
numerous honors, including the World Press Foundation Award and the
Leica Medal of Excellence.
N O E L L E T H É A R D | Discipline Coordinator | A photographer and educator,
Noelle Théard received an MFA in Photography from Parsons The New
School for Design. Noelle is a founding member of FotoKonbit, a non-profit
organization that teaches photography in Haiti. She founded the photography
program at Miami’s Museum of Contemporary Art and was a contract
photographer for the Miami Herald. Noelle is currently an adjunct professor in
the African Diaspora Studies Program at Florida International University.
T I M B . W R I D E | National Reviewer | Tim B. Wride joined the staff at the
Norton Museum of Art in November 2011. Since then he has mounted 11
exhibitions and coordinated many installations for The Norton. He has also
grown the collection by more than 2,000 objects and has commissioned
eight artists to create works specifically for the museum. Prior to his move
to the Norton Museum, Tim was the founding director of a non-profit
foundation that provided cash grants to artists and was a curator in the
Department of Photographs at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
(LACMA) for 14 years. During his tenure at LACMA, he curated more than
25 permanent collection-focused exhibitions as well as larger survey and
monographic shows.
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CO R I N N E M AY B OT Z | National Reviewer | Photography Alumni Speaker
1995 YoungArts Winner in Photography and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the
Arts | Corinne May Botz is an award-winning photographer who investigates
architectural space, gender and trauma in her practice. She has published
the books The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death (Monacelli Press,
2004) and Haunted Houses (Monacelli Press, 2010). Corinne’s photography
has been exhibited around the world, including shows at Wurttembergischer
Kunstverein in Stuttgart, Germany, Bellwether Gallery in New York, The
Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago and De Appel in
Amsterdam. Her work has been reviewed by The New York Times, Village
Voice, BookForum and Modern Painters. She is the recipient of residencies
at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Atlantic Center for the Arts,
Akademie Schloss Solitude and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. She has
received grants from New York Foundation for the Arts and the Jerome
Foundation. Corrine is represented by Benrubi Gallery in NYC.
E U G E N E R I C H A R D S | Photography Master Teacher | Eugene Richards is
a photographer, writer and filmmaker born in Dorchester, Massachusetts
in 1944. As a freelance magazine photographer, his work covered diverse
topics such as the American family, drug addiction, emergency medicine,
pediatric AIDS and aging and death in America. In 1992, he directed and
shot Cocaine True, Cocaine Blue, the first of seven short films he would
eventually make. Eugene has published seventeen books including Exploding
Into Life (winner of Nikon's Book of the Year award), Below The Line: Living
Poor in America (winner of the Infinity Award from the International Center
of Photography), The Knife & Gun Club: Scenes from an Emergency Room
(winner of the Award of Excellence from the American College of Emergency
Physicians), Cocaine True, Cocaine Blue (winner of the Kraszna-Krausz Award
for Photographic Innovation in Books) and Americans We (winner of the
International Center of Photography's Infinity Award for Best Photographic
Book). Eugene’s most recent books include The Blue Room, War Is Personal
and Red Ball of a Sun Slipping Down.
M I C K A L E N E T H O M A S | Photography Master Teacher | New York–based
artist Mickalene Thomas is best known for her elaborate paintings composed
of rhinestones, acrylic and enamel. Mickalene introduces a complex vision of
what it means to be a woman and expands common definitions of beauty.
Her work stems from her long study of art history and the classical genres
of portraiture, landscape and still life. Inspired by various sources that range
from the 19th century Hudson River School to Edouard Manet, Henri Matisse
and Romare Bearden, she continues to explore notions of beauty from
a contemporary perspective infused with the more recent influences of
popular culture and Pop Art.
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THEIR SUPPORT OF THIS YE AR’S PHOTOGR APHERS:
Ellen Abramson
Ellen Austin
Jeffrey Baykal-Rollins
Jessica Belich
Jesus Benitez
Whitney Bradshaw
Rebecca Bullen
Cathy Burnett
Sean Butler
Juan Cabrera
Carla Collins
Kevin Cook
Carroll Cook
Lesly Deschler-Canossi
Joseph Dixon
Holly Everill
Seth Failla
Jane Felber
Anthony Flanagan
Pat Frederick
Linda Galgani
Rob Garland
Michelle Girardello
Melissa Glosmanova
Sheryl Heading
Eileen HohmuthLemonick
Scott Hunt
Van James
Kristy Jimenez
Stacy Johnson
Paula Kraus
Nina Lasky
Malaika Latty
Anne Lester
Lynn Liverton
Frank Lopez
Kimberly Mapoles
Joshua Martinez
Laurie Mathiesen
Jayne Matricardi
Zachary Mazouat
Joe Medina
Madeline Michel
Tara Misenheimer
Eileen Mueller
Sabrina Nelson
Mary Newman
Jackie Nykiel
Daphne Okcuoglu
Ryan Pederson
Katherine Reilly
Rebekah Rocha
Cristina Saggese
Kimberly Shern
Joshua Slater
Teresa Smith
David Sotelo
Cecily Spano
Leah Stahl
Rick Steil
Peter Stodlak
Noelle Theard
Susan Tieche
Nathan Tonnesen
Lacy VanReeth
Ray Westbrook
Scott Wittenberg
Dawn Worsham
Liz Young
T H E AT E R
Viola Davis
1983 Winner in Theater
T H E AT E R WI N N E R S
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FINALIST
1 | N I C K AQ U I L I N O American Heritage - Boca/Delray | Delray Beach, FL
2 | DELIA CUNNINGHAM
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts |
New York, NY
3 | S E K A I A B E N I E DWA R D S
Jefferson High School | Portland, OR
4 | J U L I A G U T I E R R E Z D E L BA R R I O
Crossroads School | Santa Monica, CA
5 | C AT H E R I N E H AYM A N
Tamalpais High School | Mill Valley, CA
6 | L AU RY N H O B B S
Shaker Heights High School | Shaker Heights, OH
7 | K AT E R I N A M c C R I M M O N
New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
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9 | M I A PA K
North Monterey County High School | Castroville, CA
10 | N I C H O L A S P O LO N I O
Green Hope High School* | Cary, NC
11 | J U L I A N RO B E RT S O N
Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL
12 | W I L L I A M RO B I N S O N
Bethlehem High School | Bardstown, KY
13 | B E N RO S S
Santa Monica High School | Santa Monica, CA
14 | JAC K SA M S O N
15 | K A M A R I SA XO N
Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL
16 | J O E S E R A F I N I
Bethel Park High School | Bethel Park, PA
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17 | L I A N A H S T. A N A
Howell High School | Farmingdale, NJ
18 | JA R R E T T W I L L I A M S
South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities |
Greenville, SC
19 | M A R I A W I R R I E S
Manatee School for the Arts* | Palmetto, FL
20 | C A I T L I N W I T T Y
Wilton High School* | Wilton, CT
21 | DA N I E L ZO LG H A D R I
Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
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L U C Y AU S T I N | Haldane High School | Cold Spring, NY
A L E X A N D E R B L A N CO | New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
M I K AY L A CO H E N | American Heritage School | Plantation, FL
JA RO N C R AW F O R D | Olympia High School | Olympia, WA
B R E N DA N E AT H O R N E | Bloomfield Hills High School |
Bloomfield Hills, MI
M AT T H E W F E R RO | New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
M E G A N F L E I S C H M A N N | Santa Rosa High School | Santa Rosa, CA
G R AC E O L I N S K I | Westridge School for Girls | Pasadena, CA
H AY D E N O R R | Vancouver School of Arts and Academics | Vancouver, WA
A L E C SYS P RO C TO R-T U R N E R | Miami Killian Senior High School |
Miami, FL
E M M A ROT H F I E L D | Glenelg High School | Glenelg, MD
HONORABLE MENTION
MERIT
JA K E A N D E R S O N | Eden Prairie High School | Eden Prairie, MN
B L A I R E B I LTO N | American Heritage - Boca/Delray | Delray Beach, FL
S H E L D O N D O N E N B E R G | Los Angeles County High School for the Arts |
Los Angeles, CA
F ROY L A N G U T I E R R E Z | Booker T. Washington High School for the
Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
G A B R I E L K E S S L E R | New Mexico School for the Arts | Santa Fe, NM
JA RO D K I N G | South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts &
Humanities | Greenville, SC
DA N I E L K U N K E L | Appomattox Regional Governor’s School for the Arts
and Technology | Petersburg, VA
M AYA L AG E R S TA M | Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
L E E M E TA X A ROZ E N F E L D | Leander High School | Leander, TX
TA N A K A M U VAVA R I RWA | George C. Marshall High School |
Falls Church, VA
JA S O N S M I T H | Montclair High School* | Montclair, NJ
J O S H UA S T RO B L | John Burroughs High School | Burbank, CA
V I DA TA L A B | New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
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DAV I D C A PA R E L L I OT I S | National Reviewer | David Caparelliotis is a
casting director whose credits include Broadway/off-Broadway plays by John
Patrick Shanley (Prodigal Son), Richard Greenberg (Our Mother’s Brief Affair),
David Lindsay-Abaire (Ripcord) and Adam Rapp (The Purple Lights of Joppa
Illinois), as well as the Broadway premiere of David Harrower’s Blackbird,
An Act of God with Jim Parsons, Larry David’s Fish in the Dark, Terrence
McNally’s It’s Only a Play, Airline Highway, Disgraced, Sex with Strangers,
Lost Lake, The Country House, Casa Valentina, Holler if Ya Hear Me, The
Trip to Bountiful and Fences. David’s film and television credits include
American Odyssey (NBC), How to Get Away With Murder pilot (ABC),
Ironside pilot (NBC) and Steel Magnolias (Sony for Lifetime).
C H R I S C H A L K | National Reviewer | Chris can be seen on Fox’s Gotham,
WGN’s Underground and Aaron Sorkin’s hit series The Newsroom. He
recently starred opposite Viola Davis and Jennifer Lopez in Lila and Eve and
appeared in Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave opposite Chiwetel Ejiofor. His
TV credits include Showtime’s Emmy-winning Homeland, Complications,
Unforgettable, Justified, Sons of Anarchy, Persons of Interest, Nurse Jackie,
The Good Wife, Rescue Me and Law & Order. Chris received recognition
for Outstanding Broadway Debut at the 66th Annual Theatre Awards and
was awarded Drama Desk Awards’ Best Featured Actor nomination for his
portrayal of “Cory” starring opposite Denzel Washington and Viola Davis
in the Tony Award-winning Fences. Chris’ theater credits include Lynn
Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Ruined, Unconditional (LAByrinth, The
Public), Defiance (MTC), The Overwhelming (Roundabout) and Nathan Louis
Jackson’s When I Come to Die (Lincoln Center).
L E L A E L A M | National Reviewer | Lela is a South Florida native and has
worked in some of the region’s best theatres. She has appeared in The
New Theatre’s productions of Touch, Fill Our Mouths and Just A Kiss, for
which she earned the title of Best Comedy Performance—Female by Miami
SunPost in 2007. Lela has also been seen at GableStage in productions of
Intimate Apparel, No Child and In The Continuum, for which she won the
Carbonell Award for Best Actress, and has been named Best Actress by both
the Miami New Times and Miami Sun Post. She has worked with Ground Up
& Rising, The Women’s Theatre Project, Mosaic Theatre and The M Ensemble.
Additional credits include commercials, short films, and voice-over work.
Lela is a board member of The Theatre League of South Florida as well as a
member of Actors’ Equity.
SHALITA GRANT | National Reviewer | 2006 YoungArts Winner in Theater and
U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts | After graduating from Juilliard in 2010,
Shalita Grant made her New York stage debut in Shakespeare in the Park. She
then made her Broadway debut in the spring of 2013 in Vanya and Sonia and
Masha and Spike, and received a Tony nomination and Theatre World Award
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M A R G A R E T M . L E D F O R D | National Reviewer | Margaret M. Ledford is a
multiple Silver Palm winner for direction, and has been nominated eight times
for the Carbonell Award for Best Director. She was the Associate Artistic
Director/Resident Director for The Promethean Theatre for eight years and
has served as the President of the board of the South Florida Theatre League
for four years. Margaret is a freelance director residing in South Florida.
M I C H A E L M C E L ROY | National Selection Panelist | 1985 YoungArts
Winner in Theater | Actor Michael McElroy has appeared in numerous on
and off-Broadway productions, including Rent, Violet and Next To Normal.
Michael was nominated for a Tony Award for his performance in Big River
and was also nominated for Drama Desk Awards for Violet and Big River.
Founder and director of Broadway Inspirational Voices, he also received a
Grammy nomination for their first album Great Joy!, and has performed with
Mariah Carey, Harry Connick Jr., Gloria Estefan, Elton John and Sting. Michael
earned his BFA in Theater from Carnegie Mellon University and is the head of
Vocal Performance in the New Studio on Broadway at New York University’s
Tisch School of the Arts.
for her performance as Cassandra. Today, Shalita is a series regular on the CBS
hit show NCIS: New Orleans playing Special Agent Sonja Percy.
J V M E RC A N T I | National Reviewer | JV Mercanti is currently the Head
of Acting for the Musical Theater program at Pace University’s School of
the Arts. He served as the Casting and Associate Director on the Broadway
revival of Romeo & Juliet with Orlando Bloom and cast the Kevin Kline
revival of Cyrano de Bergerac. Previously, he spent many years as a casting
associate for Roundabout Theatre Company, working on numerous
Broadway, off-Broadway and West End productions. He directed the premier
of World Famous at Theater for a New City, has numerous regional and
university credits and is currently directing the new musical Songbird. JV
holds an MFA from Rutgers University and a BA from NYU’s Gallatin School
of Individualized Studies. He spent two years teaching Acting and Directing
at the University of Miami and his monologue book series, In Performance,
is published by Applause Books.
K E N N E T H N O E L M I TC H E L L | National Selection Panelist | Kenneth
Noel Mitchell is currently the Associate Chair of External Outreach and
Administration for Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and
the Head of Acting for the New Studio on Broadway. As an actor and
director, his work has been represented in New York and regionally. He
was the Artistic Director of American Stage, Theater Outrageous and The
Kaleidoscope Company under the auspices of the Asolo Theater Company.
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T R AC E Y M O O R E | National Reviewer | Tracey Moore is an associate
professor at The Hartt School, where she teaches both musical theatre and
acting. She appeared as Emma Goldman in the National Broadway Tour of
Ragtime and with Richard Harris in Camelot. Tracey is the author of the
book Acting the Song.
N I CO L E M U J I C A | Discipline Coordinator | Nicole Mujica graduated from
the University of Florida with degrees in English, Theatre and Education. She
currently teaches drama at MA Milam K-8 Center and is the proud sponsor
and director for District 4 Thespian Troupe 88685.
S T E P H E N N E A L | National Reviewer | Stephen Neal is a versatile actor
and director based in South Florida. He has appeared in film and television
and has been cast in many of South Florida’s best professional theatre
productions, three of which earned Carbonell nominations for Best
Ensemble. Stephen is a New Theatre Company Member and is featured in
their Shakespeare series.
JA M E S PAT R I C K N E L S O N | National Reviewer | James is an actor whose
off-Broadway credits include Three Sisters with Maggie Gyllenhaal and
Peter Sarsgaard, A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Bebe Neuwirth and
Christina Ricci, Ivanov with Ethan Hawke and Joely Richardson (Classic Stage
Company), Rutherford and Son (Mint Theater), and The Death of Bessie
Smith (New Brooklyn Theater). He has been seen in the world premieres of
Old Familiar Face (Innovative Theater Award nomination), in his own play
The Second Sun, in the national tours of Much Ado About Nothing and
The Tempest (Olney Theater), as well as Romeo and Juliet, All’s Well That
Ends Well, Knight of the Burning Pestle, and A Christmas Carol (American
Shakespeare Center). James earned his BFA at Boston University.
R A N DA L L N E WS O M E | National Reviewer | Randall Newsome is an actor
whose Broadway credits include Manhattan Theatre Club, Roundabout
Theatre and more. His off-Broadway credits include Lesser America, NY
Theatre Workshop, NY Summer Play Festival and The Irish Repertory
Theatre, and his regional theatre credits include Chicago’s Steppenwolf
Theatre, The Goodman Theatre, McCarter Theatre and Shakespeare Theatre
of D.C. Randall’s film and TV credits include A Walk in the Woods w/ Robert
Redford, Oliver Stone’s W, Highlander II, Not Fade Away, Boardwalk Empire,
Person of Interest, Royal Pains, The Good Wife, Star-Crossed, L&O, Vampire
Diaries and Unforgettable. A former member of the DGA, Randall’s Assistant
Director credits include Barton Fink, Dennis the Menace, Highlander II,
Primal Fear and Tremors. He holds an MFA from the Alabama Shakespeare
Festival’s Professional Actor Training Program. He is a graduate of RBB&B
Clown College and toured with the 125th Edition of the Ringling Brothers and
Barnum and Baily Circus.
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L AU R A T U R N B U L L | National Reviewer | Laura Turnbull has been a
professional actor for 35 years. She has participated as an adjudicator for
YoungArts a number of times in past years, and is very pleased to once
again be a part of this exciting process. Laura has appeared on Broadway,
off-Broadway, toured nationally and worked regionally, in addition to her
television and film credits. Laura has received much recognition for her work
as an actress and is a proud member of both Actors’ Equity and SAG/AFTRA.
J OA N N E T U C K E R | National Reviewer | Joanne Tucker is an actress with
theater credits including Through the Yellow Hour (The Rattlestick), Tigers
Be Still (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), The Cherry Orchard (CSC), Habit
(Mass MoCA), Oedipus after Colonus (HERE), Little Doc (Rattlestick) and
Theater of War (Bryan Doerries). Her film credits include Listen Up Philip,
Gayby, I’m Coming Over, Sweet Nothings, After You Left and Loft. Joanne
is the Artistic Director of the non-profit Arts in the Armed Forces and is
an alumna of The Juilliard School’s Drama Division where she has served as
assistant director and director.
J E N WA L D M A N | National Selection Panelist | 1993 YoungArts Winner
in Theater | Jennifer Waldman was named Artistic Director of the Hangar
Theatre in Ithaca, NY in 2013. Her other directing/choreography credits
include George Street Playhouse, Alley Theatre and Finger Lakes Music.
She also runs one of New York City’s most respected acting studios, the
Jen Waldman Studio. As an actor, Jen made her Broadway debut in Maury
Yeston’s Titanic. She went on to appear on Broadway in the smash-hit
musical Wicked, also touring the U.S. as Nessa Rose, the Wicked Witch of
the East.
B I L L W I L L I A M S | National Reviewer | Bill Williams has taught theater
and directed plays in schools, colleges and professional settings for over
forty years. He is currently an acting coach in New York City, and is a proud
founder of Andy’s Summer Playhouse—a theater for children by children—
now entering its 46th season in Wilton, New Hampshire.
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M I C H A E L A R D E N | Theater Master Teacher | 2001 YoungArts Winner in
Theater and Presidential Scholar in the Arts | Michael Arden is an American
stage actor, singer and composer. His directing credits include the Broadway
revival of Spring Awakening, LA Ronde for The Forest of Arden, For the
Record: John Hughes in Los Angeles and New York and A Tale of Two Cities
(Associate) on Broadway. His acting credits on Broadway include Big River,
The Times They Are A-Changin’ and Ragtime (Avery Fisher). Michael can be
seen in the films Source Code, Bride Wars, The Good Shepherd, Over/Under,
My Eleventh and The Odd Life of Timothy Green, as well as the television
shows Anger Management, GCB, Nurse Jackie, Royal Pains, Off the Map,
Kings, The Closer, The Forgotten, Bones, The Return of Jezebel James, Grey’s
Anatomy and NUMB3RS. His concert work includes Barbra Streisand, Chris
Botti, 54 BELOW, Feinstein’s at the Regency and Joe’s Pub. Michael most
recently appeared as Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame at the
La Jolla and Papermill Playhouses. He attended Interlochen Arts Academy
and The Juilliard School.
TA R E L L M CC R A N E Y | Theater Master Teacher | 1999 YoungArts Winner
in Theater | Award-winning playwright Tarell McCraney is best known for his
acclaimed trilogy The Brother/Sister Plays: The Brothers Size, In the Red and
Brown Water, and Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet. He is currently a resident
playwright at New Dramatists and a member of Teo Castellanos/D-Projects.
RO S I E P E R E Z | Theater Master Teacher | 2016 Arison Award Honoree
Rosie Perez has been stealing eyes with riveting dramatic performances
since the ‘90s. On the big screen, her performance in Peter Weir’s Fearless
garnered her a Golden Globe and Academy Award nomination. Perez’s film
credits include Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing, Andrew Bergman’s It Could
Happen to You, Ron Shelton’s White Men Can’t Jump and Peter Weir’s
Fearless, among many others. She received rave reviews for her performance
in The Ritz and made her Broadway debut in the hit revival of Terence
McNally’s Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune. This year she returned to
Broadway for the highly successful Fish in the Dark with Larry David. Perez
received critical acclaim for her directorial debut, Yo Soy Boricua Pa’que Tu
Lo Sepas!, a documentary that celebrates Puerto Rican pride. Throughout
her career, Perez has been a vocal activist for a number of causes and
serves as the Artistic Board Chair for Urban Arts Partnership. Rosie details
her childhood upbringing and career in her book, Handbook for an
Unpredictable Life: How I Survived Sister Renata and My Crazy Mother, and
Still Came Out Smiling (with Great Hair).
M A RC U S Q U I N I O N E S | Theater Master Teacher | Hawaii-born Marcus
Quiniones has created, taught and performed in many venues, including
the Guthrie Theater, Honolulu Theater For Youth, MU Performing Arts,
Theater Amoeba, Ragamala Music and Dance Theater, The Children’s Theater
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Company of Minneapolis, Bishop Museum, Universities of Minnesota and
Hawaii. His play Circle Around The Island was seen at the Guthrie Theater
in 2007. Marcus was the Assistant Director of Tony Kushner’s award-winning
Guthrie production of Caroline, Or Change, and he performed in the cirqueinspired Ulalena at the Maui Myth and Magic Theater in Lahaina, Maui.
He graduated from the London International School of Performing Arts
(LISPA), studying under its founder Thomas Prattki. Marcus currently works
in entertainment at Aulani, the new Disney resort on O’ahu and studies hula
with Hãlau Mõhala ´Ilima. He thanks Ken Washington for building a bridge to
YoungArts. Aloha ‘oe!
Z U Z A N N A SZ A D KOWS K I | Theater Master Teacher | 1997 YoungArts
Winner in Theater and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts | Zuzanna
Szadkowski played Dorota in the CW’s hit drama series Gossip Girl and was
voted #7 in Rolling Stone’s “50 Reasons to Watch TV.” She can be seen as
Nurse Pell on the Cinemax series from Steven Soderbergh, The Knick and
the fourth season of HBO’s Girls as Priya. Her other television credits include
Elementary, Guiding Light, The Sopranos, Law and Order, and Law and
Order: Criminal Intent. Her film credits include Growing up and Other Lies
and Butterflies of Bill Baker. Zuzanna appeared in Nora and Delia Ephron’s
Love, Loss and What I Wore off-Broadway and on tour. Her other theater
credits include Olly’s Prison at A.R.T., directed by Robert Woodruff, and
Spring Awakening in Moscow. She received a Bachelor of Arts from Barnard
College and a Master of Fine Arts in acting from the A.R.T./MXAT Institute at
Harvard in 2005.
TO N Y YA Z B E C K | Theater Alumni Speaker | 1997 YoungArts Winner in
Theater | 2016 Arison Alumni Award Honoree | Tony Yazbeck is a YoungArts
alumnus, master teacher and former panelist. He has also served as assistant
director for Bill T. Jones for several concerts at YoungArts. As a performer,
Tony recently concluded his run as Gabey in the critically acclaimed revival
of On The Town on Broadway. He earned the 2015 Tony, Drama League and
Outer Critics Circle Award nominations as well as the Fred Astaire Award for
his performance. He also recently collaborated with Hal Prince and Susan
Stroman on Prince of Broadway, which made its premiere in Japan in fall
2015. His other Broadway credits include Chicago (Billy Flynn), Irving Berlin’s
White Christmas (Phil Davis), Gypsy with Patti LuPone (Tulsa, Outer Critics
Circle nominee), A Chorus Line (Al), Oklahoma!, Never Gonna Dance and
Gypsy with Tyne Daly. His off-Broadway credits include Fanny Hill at the
York, and Little Me, On the Town, Gypsy, The Apple Tree, A Tree Grows in
Brooklyn and Pardon My English for City Center Encores!. Tony has also
starred in Kiss Me Kate at the Royal Albert Hall in London. He was seen in
NBC’s Smash, the feature documentary Every Little Step and in his own song
and dance show, The Floor Above Me. His debut album will be released in
February 2016.
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T H E AT E R M E N TO R S
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THEIR SUPPORT OF THIS YE AR’S ACTORS:
Stephanie Barton Farcas
Aralis Arca
Joey Chavez
William Church
Ben Cleaveland
Karon Cogdill
Bruce Cohen
Anne Cooper
Alan Corey
Danielle Cornacchio
Kevin Covert
John Craven
Donata Cucinotta
Susanne Darley
Lennie Dean
Kathy Dorgan
Gulshirin Dubash
Joan Ellison
Sandy Faison
Lea Floden
Elena Garcia
Kerry Glamsch
David Goodlett
Jamie Gorski
Tina Greenlee
Jeremy Guskin
Stuart Hamilton
Chuck Harris
Bonnie Harrison
Pamela Hayes
Ron Headrick
Silas Hoover
Jeffe Huls
Brendan Jennings
Kevin Jones
Mark Kano
Stephen Kazakoff
Julie Kleiner-Davis
Todd Kuczawa
Felicia Kurtz
Ellen Lettrich
Damaris Lopez-Canales
Linda Major
Annie McAdams
Regina McAllen
Christine McBurney
Mary McGregor
Susanne Mentzer
Edward Meszaros
John Paul Moccia
Charlie Murphey
Daniel Murray
Rolf Olson
Beverly Patton
Brenda Pepper
Morrie Piersol
Ryan Quinn
Karen Rassler
Ross Rawlings
Laurie Riffe
Lisa Rochelle
Tuffet Schmelzle
John Shillington
Kat Singleton
Craig Slaight
Kimberly Soby
Kate Soller
Ingrid Sonnichsen
Kimberly Steinhauer
Helen Strine
Jason Tamborini
Lara Teeter
Meredith Walker
Mary Walkley
Jay Wallace
Ariel Warmflash
Lily Weiss
Davida Wills Hurwin
Christina Wright
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1 | S T E P H A N I E AG UAYO
Design and Architecture Senior High* | Miami, FL
2 | HANNA ALI
3 | CO U RT N E Y A L L R E D
Skyline High School | Sammamish, WA
4 | S E R E N A AU G U S T
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts* | West Palm Beach, FL
5 | L E O N A R D O BAC A N
6 | DAV E E D BA P T I S T E
7 | G I S E L L E B E LT R A N
8 | TYLER BRUNNER
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9 | J UA N C A R D O N A
10 | G L E N N E S P I N O SA
G. Holmes Braddock High School | Miami, FL
11 | SA X TO N F I S H E R
12 | M A R L E N A F L E C K
13 | A N N A B E L L E H AY F O R D
Princess Anne High School | Virginia Beach, VA
14 | C AT H E R I N E L A BA RC A
New York, NY
15 | C A S S I DY L I T T L E
16 | R AC H E L LO N D O N
Albert Einstein High School | Kensington, MD
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17 | T I T U S M C B E AT H
Findlay High School | Findlay, OH
18 | T E R R I O GW U L U M BA
Arlington High School | Lagrangeville, NY
19 | H A N N A H TAU R I N S
20 | CO R N E L I U S T U L LO C H
21 | C H R I S T I E N VA R G A S
22 | TA M MY W E I
West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North | Plainsboro, NJ
23 | WA D E W I N S LOW
Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts | Los Angeles, CA
24 | N A D I A WO L F F
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25 | S H O S H A N A Z H A N G
Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science | Denton, TX
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N ATA L I E A LVA R E N G A | Cypress Bay High School* | Weston, FL
K RYS TA L BA R R I O | Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
C A M I L A B O H A N | Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL
A L L I S O N B O U G A N I M | Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
M A D I S O N B U C H E R | Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
DA N I E L L E C H UA | Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts |
West Palm Beach, FL
A N YA CO N T R E R A S | New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
I SA B E L L A CO R R E A | New World School of the Arts* | Miami, FL
K AT H E R I N E C R AYM E R | Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
L I N D SAY DAV I S | McKinney Boyd High School | McKinney, TX
N I C H O L A S D ’ O R N E L L A S | Innovation High School | Jersey City, NJ
J U L I A D OT S O N | Charleston County School of the Arts |
North Charleston, SC
L I E S C H E N D U P L E S S I S | Nicolet High School | Glendale, WI
B R I T TA N Y D U F F Y | Dillard High School* | Fort Lauderdale, FL
J E N N I F E R D U P OT E Y | New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
J O H A N N A E N G E B R E C H T | Walnut Hills High School | Cincinnati, OH
A L E S SA N D R A F E R N A N D E Z | New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
E M M A F I E L D I N G | High School for the Performing and Visual Arts |
Houston, TX
SAVA N N A H F LO R E S | Booker T. Washington High School for the
M A X H E RT Z | Crossroads School* | Santa Monica, CA
J E S S I E H O D G E S | Santa Fe Preparatory School | Santa Fe, NM
H A N N A H K R A M E R | Montclair Kimberley Academy | Montclair, NJ
B O K E U N K WO N | The Hotchkiss School | Lakeville, CT
Y E J I L E E | Lexington High School | Lexington, MA
Y U C H E N L I | Temple City High School | Temple City, CA
N I CO L E L I N D N E R | Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West
Palm Beach, FL
RO B E RT M A N AG A D | Howard W. Blake High School | Tampa, FL
J UA N M A RCO | Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
J E S S I C A M A RT I N E Z | New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
I M R A N N U R I | Dublin Scioto High School | Dublin, OH
M A R I S SA O R LOV E | Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West
Palm Beach, FL
D UA I R A K PA D U N GV I C H E A N | Interlochen Arts Academy |
Interlochen, MI
G A B R I E L L A PA S C UA L | Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
T Y PAW LOWS K I | Reynoldsburg High School | Reynoldsburg, OH
A L E X A N D E R R E Y E S | Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
JA K E ROT TA | Auburn High School | Rockford, IL
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I SA B E L S C H U L E R | Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
J E N N A TO O L E Y | San Marin High School | Novato, CA
K AT H L E E N VO I G H T | Design and Architecture Senior High* | Miami, FL
R AC H E L Z H A N G | State College Area High School | State College, PA
MERIT
E L I Z A B E T H A DA M S | Crystal Lake Central High School* | Crystal Lake, IL
M A D E L E I N E AG U I L A R | Jones College Prep High School | Chicago, IL
B R E T T A KO P | Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and
Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
E L I Z A B E T H A N D E R S O N | High School for the Performing and Visual Arts
Houston, TX
SA R A H A R M A K A N | New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
E L L A AV E RY | Albany High School | Albany, CA
A SA B E N S O N - CO R E | New Mexico School for the Arts | Santa Fe, NM
DY L A N B O ROWS K I | Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
ZO S I A C H A M E R A | George Washington Carver Center for Arts and
C A R I S SA C H E N | Phillips Exeter Academy | Exeter, NH
DA E U N C H O | Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
YO O N C H O I | Bellevue Senior High School | Bellevue, WA
C A RO LY N C H U | Torrey Pines High School | San Diego, CA
C A RO L I N E C L E M E N T S | Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
A B R A H A M CO N E | Chelsea High School | Chelsea, MI
R AC H E L CO R R E N | Marlborough School | Los Angeles, CA
B E N JA M I N C R U Z | Idyllwild Arts Academy | Idyllwild, CA
I V E Y DAV I S | Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL
M A R I G N Y D E B L A N C | New Orleans Center for Creative Arts |
New Orleans, LA
T H A N H D O | J. E. B. Stuart High School | Falls Church, VA
A L E JA N D RO D O M I N G U E Z | New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
C H LO E D O R A N | George Washington Carver Center for Arts and
S T E P H A N I E D OVA L E | Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
A L E X A N D R A E A S O N | Howard W. Blake High School | Tampa, FL
L U N A E LO RT E G U I | Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
J I E R U I FA N G | Plano West Senior High School | Plano, TX
A A RO N F E LT M A N | Huntington High School | Huntington, NY
G A B R I E L A F E R N A N D E Z | Doral Performing Arts Academy | Doral, FL
A L E S SA N D R A F E R R A R I -WO N G | Bergen County Academies—
Academy for Visual and Performing Arts | Hackensack, NJ
AYM E E F I G U E R E D O | Southwest Miami Senior High School | Miami, FL
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R A FA E L L A F O N T E N E L L E | Design and Architecture Senior High |
Miami, FL
L U C Y F R E E D M A N | Packer Collegiate Institute | Brooklyn, NY
A N N A F R I T Z | Atlanta International School | Atlanta, GA
J U N S E A N F U N G | William L. Dickinson High School | Jersey City, NJ
E L I Z A B E T H G I L M O R E | New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
C L AU D I A G O N Z A L E Z | New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL
E M I LY G U O | Peddie School | Hightstown, NJ
H U Y H A | Albert Einstein High School | Kensington, MD
A N G E L A H E | Oakton High School | Vienna, VA
K AT H L E E N H E N N E S S E E | Henrico High School | Richmond, VA
Z AC H A RY H O U I L L I O N | Saint Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX
L I N D S E Y H OWA R D | McKinney Boyd High School* | McKinney, TX
B R I T TA N Y H UA N G | Glenbrook North High School* | Northbrook, IL
H A I FA H U B RO M A N | William L. Dickinson High School | Jersey City, NJ
DA N I E L H U E RTA | High School for the Performing and Visual Arts* |
Houston, TX
S O P H I A H U L L I N G E R | Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts | West
Palm Beach, FL
G E RO N H U R S T | Dupont Manual High School | Louisville, KY
M O N I C A I K E GW U | George Washington Carver Center for Arts and
G R AC E I N FA N T E | Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
K E I J I I S H I DA | Los Angeles County High School for the Arts |
Los Angeles, CA
S O P H I A JA KO B S O N | Walnut Hill School | Natick, MA
A N TO N K A L MYS H | Lincoln Academy | Newcastle, ME
A N N A B E L K E E LT Y | Roland Park Country School | Baltimore, MD
N I C K K I L N E R- P O N TO N E | George Washington Carver Center for Arts
and Technology | Baltimore, MD
K Y U R I K I M | Deerfield Academy | Deerfield, MA
M I N K I M | Bellevue Senior High School | Bellevue, WA
S U N K I M | Northern Valley Regional High School | Old Tappan, NJ
S . K I M S E Y | Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL
G R AC E K WO N | Farragut High School | Knoxville, TN
A L E N A L AT T I K | George Washington Carver Center for Arts and
A N N A L E | Franklin Pierce High School | Tacoma, WA
JA N E T T L E E | George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology |
Baltimore, MD
A M A N DA L E O N | Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
DA KOTA L E W I S | North Miami Senior High School | North Miami, FL
B R A N D O N L I M | Davis Senior High School | Davis, CA
E M I LY L I N -W U | Northwood High School | Irvine, CA
M I A LO C K H A RT | Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
M A L LO RY L U N D Q U I S T | Gibbs Senior High School | St. Petersburg, FL
S O F I YA LY P K A | Edward R. Murrow High School | Brooklyn, NY
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A N A S TA S I A M AG A M E D OVA | Waterford School | Sandy, UT
A M A N DA M A RT I N E Z | Bellaire Senior High School | Bellaire, TX
TAY LO R M AU L D I N | Fontainebleau High School | Mandeville, LA
E L L E N M E I | Montgomery High School | Skillman, NJ
C L A I R E M OT S I N G E R | New Mexico School for the Arts | Santa Fe, NM
I N D I G O N A A R | Gibbs Senior High School | St. Petersburg, FL
SA R A H N I C I TA | Francis W. Parker School* | San Diego, CA
S E BA S T I A N N I C U L E S C U | Hicksville Senior High School* | Hicksville, NY
T I R Z A O C H R AC H - KO N R A D I | George Washington Carver Center for
Arts and Technology* | Baltimore, MD
A N E L A O H | Interlochen Arts Academy* | Interlochen, MI
C Y N T H I A O L I VO | Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
C H E Y E N N E OTO C K I | Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts |
West Palm Beach, FL
C H A E PA R K | Crean Lutheran High School | Irvine, CA
C AT H E R I N E PA S Q UA R E L L I | Riverdale Country School | Bronx, NY
M AC K E N Z Y E P E N N | University High School | Carmel, IN
L U C Y P LOW E | Dwight-Englewood School | Englewood, NJ
D H R U V P R A SA D | Saint Mark’s School of Texas | Dallas, TX
N ATA L I E P R E S TO N | Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
E M M A R A S I C H | Deep Run High School | Glen Allen, VA
DA N I E L A R E Y E S | Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
A L E X A N D R A RO D R I G U E Z | High School for the Performing and Visual
Arts | Houston, TX
B R E N DA RO D R I G U E Z | Homeschool | Silver Springs, FL
C AT H E R I N E RO SA S - H U E RTA | George Washington Carver Center for
Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD
E L I RO S E N B L U M - S T E P H E N S | Mary Mcdowell Friends School |
Brooklyn, NY
F I O N A S C H I RO | Pius Xi High School | Milwaukee, WI
E R I C A S I LV E R | Bellevue Senior High School | Bellevue, WA
R E B E CC A S I Q U E I RO S | Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
M A R E N S P E Y E R | Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
S H I Q I N G S U | Pius Xi High School | Milwaukee, WI
J E N N I F E R T S O G T SA I K H A N | Denver School of the Arts | Denver, CO
A L E X A N D R A V E N E G A S | Design and Architecture Senior High | Miami, FL
S T E P H A N I E V E R H E L S T | Doral Performing Arts Academy | Doral, FL
C A S S I E W I L L I A M S O N | Appomattox Regional Governor’s School for the
Arts and Technology | Petersburg, VA
A I T I N G YA N | Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
W E N D I YA N | Phillips Exeter Academy | Exeter, NH
J U S T I N Y E E | Ruth Asawa School of the Arts | San Francisco, CA
Y U Y E H | Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
S H E R R I L L Z H E N G | Perpich Center for Arts Education |
Golden Valley, MN
RO B E RT C H A M B E R S | National Selection Panelist | Robert Chambers ran
the sculpture departments at New York University for a number of years and
continued his teaching career at the University of Miami. His awards include
the Nancy Graves Award and the Louis Comfort Tiffany Award. Robert has
work in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New
York City, Pérez Art Museum Miami and the Museum of Contemporary Art
in Miami.
VI S UA L A RT S PA N E L + FACU LT Y
D E R R I C K A DA M S | National Selection Panelist | Derrick Adams is a
multidisciplinary New York-based artist whose practice focuses on the
fragmentation and manipulation of structure and surface, exploring selfimage and forward projection. A recipient of a 2009 Louis Comfort Tiffany
Award, Derrick received his MFA from Columbia University and his BFA from
Pratt Institute, and is a Skowhegan and Marie Walsh Sharpe alumnus. His
exhibition and performance highlights include MoMA PS1, Brooklyn Museum
of Art, PERFORMA, Studio Museum in Harlem, Brooklyn Academy of Music,
and his work is part of the permanent collection of The Metropolitan
Museum of Art.
N AO M I F I S H E R | National Selection Panelist | 1994 YoungArts Winner in
Visual Arts | Miami-born artist Naomi Fisher explores the chaotic opposition
between nature and the structured forces of culture and civilization in
her work. Her paintings, photographs and videos have been exhibited
internationally in such venues as the Palais de Tokyo, Kemper Museum,
Kunsthaus Baselland and the Deste Foundation. Naomi graduated summa
cum laude with a BFA in Photography from the Maryland Institute College
of Art in 1998. She is a co-founder of the artist-run gallery Bas Fisher
Invitational (BFI) in Miami, Florida.
C H R I S T Y G A S T | National Reviewer | Artist Christy Gast’s work across
media reflects her interest in economics, the environment and the role of
content in giving meaning to the experience and form of the work. Christy
is based in Miami and New York and her work has been exhibited at MoMA/
PS1, Performa, Artist’s Space, Harris Lieberman Gallery, Regina Rex, the Pérez
Art Museum Miami, Bass Museum of Art, de la Cruz Collection, Locust
Projects, Casa Lin and Gallery Diet, Mass MoCA, the American University
Museum, L.A.C.E., High Desert Test Sites, Centro Cultural Matucana 100
and the Kadist Foundation Paris. She has received grants and awards from
the Art Matters Foundation, Funding Arts Network, South Florida Cultural
Consortium, Tigertail, the American Austrian Foundation Hayward Prize and
the Joan Sovern Sculpture Award from Columbia University.
RO D N E Y JAC K S O N | National Reviewer | 1990 YoungArts Winner in Visual
Arts | Rodney Jackson is a visual artist, lecturer and award-winning illustrator
and animator. He has been a resident artist at various galleries as well as
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art director for the student publications Conchita Magazine and Backlash
Magazine. In 2009, Rodney curated DonuPop: Objects of Desire, the first
show that reflected imagery from the Donu art movement. He is credited
with coining the term Donu, referring to a movement that combines the
worlds of comics, anime and hip-hop with the elements of modern cinema.
Rodney’s self-published book project is part of the Pérez Art Museum
Miami’s permanent collection and his visual work is also in the permanent
collections of the Miami-Dade Public Library System and the design firm 9.6
Conceptional Worlds (Basel, Switzerland). Rodney has curated exhibitions for
DVCAI, Art South, Howl Gallery, and the Gallery in the Grove.
LO N I J O H N S O N | Discipline Coordinator | Loni Johnson is a visual artist
born and raised in Miami. She graduated from the New World School of the
Arts and received her BFA from SUNY Purchase College in New York. Loni
was on the faculty of New World from 2006 to 2012, and in 2012, she became
the Prevention Coordinator of The A-List Company. She is also involved
with the Miami-based youth organization Voices United. Loni was one of
the featured artists at the 5th Annual Spoken Soul Festival and, in 2013,
participated in PRIZM Art Fair during Miami Art Week.
M I C H A E L LOV E L A N D | National Reviewer | 1991 YoungArts Winner in
Visual Arts | Inspired by the aesthetics of grassroots propaganda, from graffiti
tags to homemade political posters and hand-painted business signs, Michael
Loveland’s new body of work examines the power of the individual’s voice
in society. Beginning with repurposed vinyl billboards and found graphics,
Michael obliterates the original image through processes of “painting out”—
masking and erasure that allude to his extensive photo archive of removed
graffiti. Michael graduated from New World School of the Arts in Miami
and earned his BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore,
and also studied and worked in New York for seven years before returning
to Miami. Michael’s work can be found in many private collections and is
exhibited in galleries and museums in the United States and Europe, namely
the Brooklyn Art Museum and the Pérez Art Museum Miami.
WA R D E L L M I L A N | National Reviewer | Wardell Milan is a New York
City-based visual artist known for his expansive practice, which includes
drawing, collage, photo-diorama and, more recently, painting. He sustains a
thoughtful enquiry into the nature of self-identity, beauty, the unconscious
and sexuality. Wardell received his MFA from Yale University in 2004. His
recent exhibitions include The Charming Hour at David Nolan Gallery and
Kingdom or Exile: Parisian Landscapes at the Savannah College of Art and
Design, and his work can be found in various public collections, including the
Art Institute of Chicago, the Denver Art Museum, the Museum of Modern
Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Studio Museum in Harlem
and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
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TO M S C I C L U N A | National Reviewer | Tom Scicluna lives and works
in Miami, Florida. A 2012 South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship
for Visual and Media Artists recipient, his recent exhibitions include
Research and Development: Concerning Belonging (NSU Art Museum, Fort
Lauderdale, FL), New Work Miami 2013 (Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL), Night
Shift (Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL) and Rendez-Vous 08 (Musée
d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, in conjunction with the Moore Space European
Residency Program in Lyon, France).
J E F F O N O | National Reviewer | 1991 YoungArts Winner in Visual Arts | Jeff
Ono lives and works in Los Angeles. He attended the Cooper Union School
of Art in New York from 1991 to 1994 and has been in numerous group and
solo exhibitions in New York, Los Angeles, London and Padova, Italy. Jeff
received a Penny McCall Foundation award in 2004.
A N N A S E W H OY | National Reviewer | Anna Sew Hoy lives and works
in Los Angeles. Solo exhibitions of Anna’s work have been mounted at
the Hammer Museum; Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York; LAXART; Various
Small Fires, Los Angeles; the San Jose Museum of Art and the California
Biennial 2008. Her work can also be found in the collections of the Hammer
Museum, SFMOMA, LACMA, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in San
Diego. Anna was awarded a Creative Capital Grant for Visual Art in 2015
to support her project Psychic Body Grotto. She received the California
Community Foundation Grant for Emerging Artists in 2013 and the United
States Artists Broad Fellowship in 2006. Anna received her MFA from Bard
College in 2008.
C H E RY L S MY T H | National Reviewer | 2007 YoungArts Winner in Visual
Arts | Cheryl Smyth is a visual artist living and practicing in South Philadelphia.
Her artwork focuses on the history of humanity, religion, and gender culture
as it relates to modern American society. She utilizes color, altered figurative
imagery and abstract elements to discuss the effect of gender inequality
on both women and men. Inspired by the traditional history of gender and
provoked by modern media, Cheryl’s work has emotive and confrontational
qualities. In 2010, she graduated with a Certificate in Painting from the
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and, in 2011, received a Bachelor’s degree
in Fine Arts from the University of Pennsylvania.
J O H N TA I N | National Reviewer | John Tain is the Curator for Modern and
Contemporary Collections at the Getty Research Institute. Prior to joining
the institute, John lived in Paris where he researched his dissertation project
on Matisse and the Avant-Garde and taught at the University of California’s
Study Center. In 2006-2007, he served as a predoctoral fellow in art history
at Kenyon College.
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M E T T E TO M M E R U P | National Reviewer | Mette Tommerup is a painter
based in Miami. She ran the painting department at Florida International
University as an assistant professor, and more recently, exhibitions have
included Tipping Points at The Patricia and Philip Frost Museum, Ping Pong
Exchange Exhibitions in Basel, Los Angeles and Miami and exhibitions at
Emerson Dorsch Gallery in Miami. Her work has been included in Miami
Contemporary Artists and Man as Object: Reversing the Gaze and her
exhibitions have been reviewed in Art in America, artnet.com and the Miami
Herald. Mette is on the Art Basel Miami Beach junior host committee and
participates in the ABMB Artist Studio Visits events annually. Mette received
an MFA from The School of Visual Arts in 1995.
AG U S T I N A WO O D G AT E | National Reviewer | Originally from Buenos
Aires, Argentina, Agustina Woodgate aims to foster exchanges between
people rather than encounters between a viewer and object in her artistic
practice. Agustina graduated from Universidad Nacional de Artes in
Argentina in 2004, and has since exhibited internationally and has received
honors and awards including the Florida Prize, South Florida Cultural
Consortium Fellowship, National Association of Latino Arts and Culture
(NALAC), Art Matters Grant and the Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant.
MASTER TE ACH ER S
F I R E L E I BÁ E Z | Visual Arts Master Teacher | Firelei Báez was born in
Santiago de los Caballeros to Dominican and Haitian parents and lives and
works in New York. She makes large scale, intricate works on paper that are
intrinsically indebted to a rigorous studio practice. Through a convergence
of interest in anthropology, science fiction, black female subjectivity and
women's work; her art explores the humor and fantasy involved in selfmaking within diasporic societies, which have an ability to live with cultural
ambiguities and use them to build psychological and even metaphysical
defenses against cultural invasions. Báez studied at The Cooper Union for
Advancement of Science and Art and Hunter College. Recent solo and group
exhibitions include: Firelei Báez: Bloodlines (2015), Pérez Art Museum Miami;
Patterns of Resistance, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City
(2015); Prospect 3 U.S. Biennial, Notes for Now, New Orleans (2014); Small,
The Drawing Center, New York (2014), New York; Caribbean: Crossroads of
the World, Pérez Art Museum Miami (2014); Firelei Báez: and Fine Arts Work
Center Solo Exhibition, Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Provincetown (2014). Báez
was awarded the Joan Mitchell Painters and Sculptors Award in 2010 and The
Jaque and Natasha Gelman Award for Painting in 2004. She is the recipient of
the 2015 Catherine Doctorow Prize for Contemporary Painting and the 2016
Chiaro Award at the Headlands Center for the Arts, San Francisco. She lives
and works in New York.
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VISUAL ARTS MASTER TEACHERS
E D O UA R D D U VA L- C A R R I É | Visual Arts Master Teacher | Haitian-born
artist Edouard Duval-Carrié's art reflects the culture and history of Haiti
with references to the Vodou religion. His work is often overtly political,
executed in attempts to embody his nation's spirit and its troubles with
an attitude that is neither detached nor ironic. He operates in a variety of
media—altarpieces, lacquered tiles, and reliquaries—in addition to painting
and sculpture. Edouard received a South Florida Cultural Consortium Visual
Art Fellowship in 1995 and a Southern Arts Federation Visual Art Fellowship
in 1996. His work has been shown in solo exhibitions in Haiti, the Dominican
Republic, Colombia, France, Mexico and in several states in the U.S. Two of
the artist's works are displayed as public commissions in Miami: a 1996 piece
for the Jefferson Reaves Rehabilitative and Health Center and The Lady of
Miami at One Miami Riverwalk.
DA R A F R I E D M A N | Visual Arts Master Teacher | Dara Friedman was born
in Bad Kreuznach, Germany in 1968 and lives in Miami, Florida. Dara’s work
has been the subject of one-person exhibitions at venues such as Miami Art
Museum, Miami, Florida (2012); Museum of Modern Art, New York (2010);
The Kitchen, New York (2005); and Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe (2001). Her work
has been featured in thematic exhibitions internationally including Our
Darkness, Kunstlerhaus Stuttgart, Stuttgard, Germany (2011); Greater New
York, PS1, Long Island City (2010); Off the Wall: Part 1–Thirty Performative
Actions, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York and Serralves
Museum, Porto, Portugal; Playing the City, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt,
Germany (2009); As Heavy as the Heavens: Transformation of Gravity,
Cultural City of Europe, Graz, Austria (2003); Videodrome ll, New Museum
of Contemporary Art, New York (2002); and Whitney Biennial, Whitney
Museum of American Art, New York (2000).
A N N A F RO S T | Visual Arts Master Teacher | Anna Frost is a curator based
in Berlin and Copenhagen. She has realized projects and exhibitions at
renowned galleries and institutions across Europe and in America. Anna
has been a co-director of the Danish exhibition space and production unit
TOVES since 2012. In 2013/2014, she worked as live-program coordinator
with the curatorial team at PRAXES Center For Contemporary Art in Berlin.
Together with artist and curator Annika Kuhlmann, she recently founded the
curatorial platform PLANES. Anna holds a degree in Cultural Studies from
Malmö University. Her projects include PLANES at BFI, Miami; LOVELACE at
Import Projects, Berlin; Formation Center at TOVES, Copenhagen and AMICI
at STORE Contemporary, Dresden.
L E E H E I N E M A N N | Visual Arts Alumni Speaker | 2011 YoungArts Winner
in Visual Arts and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts | Lee Heinemann is
an artist, educator and organizer based in Baltimore, MD. He is the initiator
and lead facilitator of Get Your Life! Productions, a collaborative, youth-
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centered video production company in partnership with middle school-aged
artists at community center 901 Arts. He is a 2015 graduate of the Maryland
Institute College of Art in Interdisciplinary Sculpture and a 2014-2015 FranceMerrick Fellow in Community Art. Lee now serves as Outreach Coordinator
for nomadic art museum The Contemporary. He was the recipient of the
Clapman Distinguished Sculpture Award in 2015.
WA R D E L L M I L A N | National Reviewer | Visual Arts Master Teacher
Wardell Milan is a New York City-based visual artist known for his expansive
practice, which includes drawing, collage, photo-diorama and, more recently,
painting. He sustains a thoughtful enquiry into the nature of self-identity,
beauty, the unconscious and sexuality. Wardell received his MFA from Yale
University in 2004. His recent exhibitions include The Charming Hour at David
Nolan Gallery and Kingdom or Exile: Parisian Landscapes at the Savannah
College of Art and Design, and his work can be found in various public
collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Denver Art Museum,
the Museum of Modern Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the
Studio Museum in Harlem and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
M A R Í A E L E N A O RT I Z | Guest Curator | María Elena Ortiz is Assistant
Curator at the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), where she curated At
the Crossroads: Critical Film and Video from the Caribbean (2014) and
the exhibition Firelei Báez (2015). Previously, she worked as the Curator of
Contemporary Arts at the Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros in Mexico City.
Ortiz has also collaborated with institutions such as New Langton Arts, San
Francisco; Teorética, San Jose, Costa Rica; the Museum of Craft and Folk Art,
San Francisco and Tate Modern, London. María Elena has contributed to
writing platforms such as Fluent Collaborative, Curating Now and Dawire.
She has a Master’s degree in Curatorial Practice from the California College
of the Arts (2010). In 2014, she was the recipient of the The Colección Patricia
Phelps de Cisneros (CPPC) and Independent Curators International (ICI)
Travel Award for Central America and the Caribbean.
O L I V E R SA N C H E Z | Visual Arts Master Teacher | is a multi-disciplinary
artist and director of Swampspace, a project space in the Miami Design
District. According to Ocean Drive Magazine, Sanchez is Miami's Best Kept
Art Secret. New Times wrote “Sanchez Makes Art Other Artists Only Dream
About.” Oliver is also an artist's artist facilitating and fabricating other's
work, such as YoungArts Alumnus Daniel Arsham and Naomi Fisher as well
as Kenny Scharf, Typoe, Bhakti Baxter, R & R Studios, Friends With You and
many others. Oliver is a Miami native and a veteran of the much celebrated
East Village 80's art scene in NYC. Swampspace is a Knight Foundation
Grantee 2014 and for over a decade continues to provide a platform for
emerging youth and overlooked artists.
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U R S U L A VO N RY D I N G SVA R D | Visual Arts Master Teacher| Ursula
von Rydingsvard is a sculptor who is best known for creating large-scale,
often monumental sculpture from cedar beams, which she painstakingly
cuts, assembles, and laminates, finally rubbing powdered graphite into the
work’s textured, faceted surfaces. Recently, she has cast sculptures in bronze
from full-scale cedar models. Ursula’s work is represented in the permanent
collections of many corporations and over 30 museums, including the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum
of American Art, Walker Art Center and the National Gallery of Art in
Washington D.C. She has received two grants from the National Endowment
for the Arts, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Skowhegan Medal for Sculpture,
three awards from the American section of the International Association
of Art Critics and the International Sculpture Center Lifetime Achievement
Award. This past fall, her first monumental work in hand-pounded copper
was permanently installed at Princeton University.
J E A N S H I N | Visual Arts Master Teacher | 1990 YoungArts Winner in
Visual Arts and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts | Visual Artist Jean Shin's
solo exhibitions include the Smithsonian American Art Museum and The
Museum of Modern Art. She has been commissioned to create permanent
installations throughout New York City. Her honors include the New York
Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Architecture/Environmental Structures
and Sculpture, and a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant.
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Ellen Abramson
Omed Afshari
Isella Aguirre
Dayami Alvarez
Ellen Ambramson
Tania Andrews
Corissa Appler
Leslie Arbetman
Scott Armetta
Beth Atkinson
Tasha Barger
Eric Baylin
Pat Benincasa
Steven Beverage
Leanne Block
Anna Bloomfield
Laura Boban
Mary Jo Bradley
Rebecca Bullen
Cathy Burnett
Lenny Cabanero-Harvey
Patricia Calderon
Jill Campbell
Paula Castillo
Yu-ShiouChang
William (West) Charles
Anne Cimballa
Phyllis Ciment
Kyle Clark
Suzanne Conine
Laura Conley
Aaron Cuchetti
Anthony Cuneo
Joseph Cypressi
Sarah Depetris
Douglas Deweese
Marisol Diaz
David Dickinson
Lynette Diem
Emily Dierkes
Elizabeth Dijulio
Genevieve Dowdy
Beth Fairall
Bradley Faus
Mariah Fisher
Carolyn Frazier
Jon Gaberdiel
Randall Gachet
Linda Galgani
Carlos Gallostra
Jennifer Gifford
Michelle Girardello
Melissa Glosmanova
Cristina Gonzalez
Liana Graham
Kenneth Gregory
Mike Guyer
Mygenet Harris
Karina Hean
Morty Hechevaria
Jade Henderson
Erika Hibbert
Sara Hildebrand
Sarah Holcomb
Jeremy Huntington
Margaret Jahn
Elizabeth Jenkins
Hyo Kim
Mihee Kim
Kelley Kwiatkowski
Bill Kysor
Donald Lambert
Malaika Latty
Han Jong Lee
Patricia Leeson
Julie Limerick
Sharron Liu
Martin Loftus
April Lombardi
Patricia Lyons
Michelle McCoy
Alan Mcknight
Julie McManus
Tara Misenheimer
Eileen Montgomery
January Murgatroyd
Jake Myers
Laura Naar
Yoko Nogami
JoAnn Onnembo
Aramis O’Reilly
Kerry Parrish
Nishan Patel
William Pavlu
Raul Perdomo
Keith Perelli
Isaiah Perkins
Tom Pike
Robert Placky
Pam Posey
Andrea Preston
Rosemary Pringle
Kenn Prosser
Pat Quigley
Dan Ramirez
Tracy Regan
Louise Romeo
Melinda Ronayne
Carlos Rosado
Deb Rosenbaum
Georgina Rutherford
Linda Santana
Faye Scannell
Ben Schall
Becky Schimdt
Ann Schwab
Mary Scurlock
Theresa Shovlin
Kristin Singer
Daria Souvorova
VISUAL ARTS MENTORS
THEIR SUPPORT OF THIS YEAR’S VISUAL ARTISTS:
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Peter Stodolak
Nina Syliva
Ashley Szczesiak
Melanie Taylor
Samuel Thomas
Chris Thorson
Ken Tighe
Juan Travieso
Cumbee Tyndal
Lacey Van Reeth
Meredith Van Rooy
Michel Varisco
Hugh Waddell
Jason Wagner
Kate Wallestad
Jane Walsh
Steve Whitacre
Susann Whittier
Catherine Widner
Gina Woodruff
Jim Woodside
Hannah Yale
Cyndi Young
Yong Zhou
VOICE
Tamar (Ashley) Davis
1998 Winner in Voice and
VOICE WINNERS
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FINALIST
1 | T E H I L L A H A L P H O N S O | Popular Voice
Marian High School | Omaha, NE
2 | JA S M I N E BA I L E Y | Singer/Songwriter
Placer High School* | Auburn, CA
3 | A B I G A I L BA R LOW | Popular Voice
Valleydale Christian Academy | Birmingham, AL
4 | DYA N N A B O H O RQ U E S | Mezzo Soprano
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts |
New York, NY
5 | M A D E L I N E B O R E H A M | Popular Voice
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts |
Dallas, TX
6 | M A D I S O N D O U G L A S | Singer/Songwriter
Interlochen Arts Academy* | Interlochen, MI
7 | J U S T I N E G A RC I A | Jazz Voice
New World School of the Arts* | Miami, FL
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8 | L I V G R E E N E | Singer/Songwriter
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9 | M AT T G U M L E Y | Singer/Songwriter
Keystone National High School | Bloomsburg, PA
10 | C A I T H A R R I S | Popular Voice
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts | New Orleans, LA
11 | A J H I C K S , I I | Popular Voice
12 | C H E A K A N G | Soprano
13 | A N N A M A RT I N | Soprano
Lake Oswego High School | Lake Oswego, OR
14 | JA M E S M c C A RT H Y | Bass
Pleasantville High School | Pleasantville, NY
15 | J E A N N I E M I L L E R | Soprano
Homeschool | Hudson Oaks, Texas
16 | F O R R E S T N O L A N | Tenor
Ruth Asawa School of the Arts* | San Francisco, CA
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FINALIST
17 | PA S C A L PA H L | Jazz Voice
Elk Grove High School* | Elk Grove Village, IL
18 | S H A R A DA S H A S H I D H A R | Jazz Voice
Corning-Painted Post High School | Corning, NY
19 | SA M S I E G E L | Countertenor
Ruth Asawa School of the Arts | San Francisco, CA
20 | JAY LY N S I M M O N S | Soprano
Baltimore School for the Arts | Baltimore, MD
21 | M AT T WA N G | Singer/Songwriter
Lake Zurich Senior High School* | Lake Zurich, IL
22 | PA R I S W I L L I A M S | Singer/Songwriter
Sammamish High School | Bellevue, WA
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DA N I E L A A M A RO | Jazz Voice | Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL
N I C K AQ U I L I N O | Popular Voice | American Heritage - Boca/Delray |
Delray Beach, FL
G E O R G I A B E L M O N T | Soprano | Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of
O L I V E R B E R L I N E R | Baritone | Culver City High School | Culver City, CA
A B I G A I L B E R RY | Popular Voice | Los Angeles County High School for the
J U L I A N C A R E Y | Jazz Voice | East High School* | Denver, CO
J O H N CO O P E R | Tenor | A. C. Flora High School | Columbia, SC
S H A N N O N CO R S I | Singer/Songwriter | Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High
School | Rumson, NJ
SA L E M DAV E R N | Singer/Songwriter | Tamalpais High School |
Mill Valley, CA
A M E L I A E I S E N H AU E R | Popular Voice | Nashville School of the Arts |
Nashville, TN
E L I Z A B E T H G A BA | Popular Voice | Harvard-Westlake School |
Studio City, CA
J U L I A G O M E Z | Singer/Songwriter | H. B. Plant High School | Tampa, FL
A L E X A N D E R G R A N I TO | Baritone | Santa Margarita Catholic High
School* | Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
J E S S I C A G U | Soprano | Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI
SA R A H A R G R AV E | Soprano | Walnut Hill School | Natick, MA
J E S S I C A H OWA R D | Popular Voice | Rock Ridge High School | Ashburn, VA
B E N K E S S L E R | Singer/Songwriter | Wissahickon High School | Ambler, PA
H A N N A H K L E I N | Mezzo Soprano | Cambridge School of Weston |
Weston, MA
PA B LO L AU C E R I C A | Tenor | Coral Reef Senior High School | Miami, FL
A N N A L E E | Soprano | Homeschool | Madison, AL
S O F I A L U E T I C H | Popular Voice | Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of
SA M A N T H A LY N AG H | Popular Voice | Christ Church Episcopal School* |
Greenville, SC
N I KO M A N C E R A | Bass | Santa Margarita Catholic High School |
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
M O R G A N M A S T R A N G E LO | Tenor | Ridgewood High School |
Ridgewood, NJ
M E L A N I E M I L L E R | Popular Voice | Homeschool | Clear Brook, VA
J O R DA N M O S E S | Popular Voice | Marion County Middle/High School |
Buena Vista, GA
K A R L M U N RO E | Singer/Songwriter | Yarmouth High School |
Yarmouth, ME
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H A N N A H O L D F I E L D | Jazz Voice | Rio Americano High School |
Sacramento, CA
J O S E P H PA R R I S H | Baritone | Baltimore School for the Arts |
Baltimore, MD
A L E X A N D R A P R AT | Mezzo Soprano | San Diego School of Creative and
Performing Arts* | San Diego, CA
I SA B E L L A R A M O S | Popular Voice | Coral Reef Senior High School |
Miami, FL
J O N A H R AW I T Z | Singer/Songwriter | Adlai E. Stevenson High School |
Lincolnshire, IL
J U L I A N N A R I CC I O | Singer/Songwriter | J. K. Mullen High School |
Denver, CO
J O I RO B E R S O N | Popular Voice | Spring Valley High School | Columbia, SC
SA M U E L RO S N E R | Tenor | Scarsdale High School | Scarsdale, NY
Z AC H A RY S E A L S | Singer/Songwriter | Marriotts Ridge High School |
Marriottsville, MD
A A RO N S H E A L E Y | Popular Voice | Auburn High School* | Auburn, AL
G R AC E S H E E N E | Popular Voice | Danville High School | Danville, KY
E M I LY S H E E T S | Mezzo Soprano | New Orleans Center for Creative Arts |
New Orleans, LA
E M I LY S I E R R A | Soprano | Saint Ignatius College Preparatory | Chicago, IL
K E I T H S M I T H | Baritone | Douglas Anderson School of the Arts* |
Jacksonville, FL
C L A I R E S O U L I E R | Popular Voice | Oak Ridge High School |
El Dorado Hills, CA
M AT T H E W S T R AW | Tenor | David H. Hickman High School* |
Columbia, MO
JA DA T H O M A S | Popular Voice | Booker T. Washington High School for
the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
G A B R I E L L E T I M O F E E V LÓ P E Z | Mezzo Soprano | University High
School | San Juan, PR
V I V I A N VA L L S | Popular Voice | Miami Arts Charter School | Miami, FL
H A N N A H VO G E L SA N G | Jazz Voice | Haslett High School | Haslett, MI
LO G A N WAG N E R | Tenor | Dixie Heights High School | Edgewood, KY
K A R A WA LTO N | Jazz Voice | Papillion-La Vista High School | Papillion, NE
R AC H E L W E B B | Popular Voice | Booker T. Washington High School for the
V I C TO R I A WO L D | Singer/Songwriter | Allendale Academy |
Clearwater, FL
A L E X A N D E R W U N D E R | Baritone | Kettering Fairmont High School |
Kettering, OH
J O R DA N XI DA S | Singer/Songwriter | New Trier High School | Winnetka, IL
A DA M YA RO N | Popular Voice | Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
K AT H E R I N E A H M A N N | Soprano | Orange County School of the Arts* |
Santa Ana, CA
TA J E E BA R N E S | Popular Voice | Tri-Cities High School | East Point, GA
M E R I S SA B E D D OWS | Soprano | Yonkers Montessori Academy |
Yonkers, NY
A N N A B I S H O P | Popular Voice | Brookfield High School | Brookfield, CT
K A R L E A B O SW E L L- E DWA R D S | Jazz Voice | Howard W. Blake High
School | Tampa, FL
M AYA C H A R L E S | Jazz Voice | Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music,
K H AYA CO H E N | Singer/Songwriter | Beacon School* New York, NY
C L A I R E CO N WAY | Singer/Songwriter | Charleston County School of the
Arts | North Charleston, SC
LO R N A CO U RT N E Y | Jazz Voice | Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of
K A R I N A F E R N A N D E Z | Popular Voice | Our Lady of Lourdes Academy |
Miami, FL
H A L E Y F I S H B E R G E R | Popular Voice | Miami Arts Charter School |
Miami, FL
M A R I A G I OVA N E T T I | Soprano | Lakewood High School* | Lakewood, CO
M AYA G O E L L | Soprano | Ruth Asawa School of the Arts |
San Francisco, CA
J O H A N N A G O R D O N | Jazz Voice | Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of
M A D I S O N G R E E N | Soprano | Northville High School | Northville, MI
Z A B R I N A H AY | Singer/Songwriter | Vancouver Technical Secondary |
Vancouver, BC
M A R I E H E R R I N G TO N | Soprano | Durham School of the Arts |
Durham, NC
GW E N H OWA R D | Popular Voice | Laurel Springs School | Ojai, CA
M A R E N H U E L S M A N | Singer/Songwriter | North Central High School |
Indianapolis, IN
K A L I F J O N E S | Popular Voice | Walt Whitman High School* |
Huntington Station, NY
JA I ’ L E N J O S E Y | Popular Voice | Tri-Cities High School | East Point, GA
G R AC E K I N S T L E R | Popular Voice | Crystal Lake Central High School |
Crystal Lake, IL
JA S M I N E L E E | Popular Voice | Los Angeles County High School for the
CO L E L I N E BA R G E R | Singer/Songwriter | Coram Deo Academy | Flower
Mound, TX
E L I Z A B E T H M A R E L L A | Singer/Songwriter | Interlochen Arts Academy |
Interlochen, MI
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E M M A M A R H E F K A | Soprano | William Allen High School | Allentown, PA
C H R I S TO P H M C FA D D E N | Popular Voice | Martha Ellen Stilwell School of
the Arts | Jonesboro, GA
SAG E M E LC H E R | Singer/Songwriter | Allendale Columbia School*
Rochester, NY
S H E I MY R A H M I G H T Y | Popular Voice | Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School
of Music, Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY
S H E R E E N P I M E N T E L | Soprano | Paramus Catholic High School |
Paramus, NJ
E L I Z A B E T H R E Y N AU D | Popular Voice | Jesuit High School | Portland, OR
A SA SA N TO S | Baritone | Cooper High School | Abilene, TX
B R E A N N A S E L F | Popular Voice | Baton Rouge Magnet High School
Baton Rouge, LA
G R AC E S H E E N E | Singer/Songwriter | Danville High School | Danville, KY
M I C H A E L S H O F I | Popular Voice | Ridgefield High School | Ridgefield, CT
J O S E P H S I LVA | Popular Voice | Notre Dame High School |
Sherman Oaks, CA
A L L E N A S I N D L E R | Popular Voice | Chicago Academy For Arts |
Chicago, IL
M I G U E L S OTO | Singer/Songwriter | Idyllwild Arts Academy | Idyllwild, CA
B E N JA M I N S T. J O H N | Tenor | Boylan Catholic High School | Rockford, IL
P R I N C E S S S T R I C K L A N D | Popular Voice | Booker T. Washington High
School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas, TX
E M I L I E S UA R E Z | Soprano | Ruth Asawa School of the Arts |
San Francisco, CA
M AG G I E VA L D M A N | Popular Voice | Malibu High School | Malibu, CA
J E S S I C A VA N E K | Jazz Voice | Las Vegas Academy of the Arts |
Las Vegas, NV
PAU L I N A V I L L A LO N | Singer/Songwriter | Veritas Preparatory Academy
Phoenix, AZ
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VO I C E PA N E L + FACU LT Y
RYA N A M A D O R | National Reviewer | A songwriter since the age of
nine, Ryan Amador has released four bodies of work in the last four years,
including his most recent EP 4S, a co-creation with LA-based producer/
saxophonist Daniel Weidlein. His YouTube videos, Define Me and Spectrum,
have received over 460,000 YouTube views and garnered acclaim from
Huffington Post, Sirius XM Radio, and Pride Festivals in New York, Pittsburgh,
Cleveland and Brisbane, Australia. In 2013, he was awarded the Robert Allen
Award by ASCAP for an unreleased song, Safe In Your Heart. Ryan was a
speaker at TEDxSantaCruz in Spring 2015.
A P R I L B E N D E R | National Reviewer | April Bender is a pop songwriter,
vocalist and vocal producer. She has written for artists on RCA Records,
Universal, Columbia, Warner and more, both in the U.S. and abroad. She is an
ASCAP Foundation award winner and a graduate of Berklee College of Music.
G E M A CO R R E D E R A | National Reviewer | Following groundbreaking
success with the duo Gema y Pavel, Gema Corredera recently entered
the stage as a solo artist with a brand new sound, a brand new band and a
startling new album: Derramando Luz. Raised on rumba, son, filín, bolero,
and Afro-Caribbean rhythms, Gema’s sound is strongly influenced by her
Cuban roots as it is by jazz, Brazilian, opera and flamenco music. Her voice
moves fluently across these genres, creating a rich contemporary mix and
her unique ability to masterfully integrate song, scat and improvisation
makes her the quintessential vocalist of the Cuban post-filín generations.
D E E DA N I E L S | National Reviewer | Dee Daniels has performed and
recorded with many legends of jazz, including Lionel Hampton and Bucky
Pizzarelli. She is Artistic Director of the Frank DeMiero Jazz Festival and
presents clinics, workshops, and master classes around the world. Dee’s
talent transcends musical borders when she brings her unique jazz styling
infused with gospel and blues, a dazzling four-octave range, and an intuitive
sensibility to the stage.
C A R L D U P O N T | National Reviewer | Bass-Baritone Carl DuPont has
been celebrated on stage for his “dramatic, dark tones” in a wide range
of roles including Leporello in Don Giovanni, the title character in Dennis
Rodman in North Korea, and Jim in Porgy and Bess at the Palacio de Bellas
Artes in Mexico City. He has performed as a soloist with the Rochester
Oratorio Society, Southwest Florida Symphony and the Leipzig Gewandhaus
Orchestra. An alumnus of Eastman School of Music, Indiana University and
University of Miami’s Frost School of Music, Carl currently serves as an
assistant professor at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte.
JA S O N F E R R A N T E | National Selection Panelist | Tenor Jason Ferrante’s
opera and concert career includes performances at New York City Opera,
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Wexford Festival, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony
Orchestra, The Kennedy Center, Wolf Trap and opera companies around the
world. He is on the guest voice faculty for Young Artists Programs at Arizona
Opera, Nashville Opera, Pensacola Opera and Florida Grand Opera, and
holds a BM and MM from The Juilliard School.
A L E X F O R B E S | National Reviewer | With numerous Billboard-charting
singles, over 120 releases, and multiple gold and platinum albums to her
name, Alex Forbes’ songs range from rock to dance and pop. With a
passion for both songwriting and nurturing the next generation of talent,
she is a “first call” for many of New York’s established music pros. Alex
is on the faculty at NYU Steinhardt and Gotham Writers Workshop and
leads workshops for the ASCAP Foundation and many other songwriting
organizations. She also coaches up-and-coming songwriters.
M E G A N G I L L E S PI E | National Reviewer | 2004 YoungArts Winner in
Voice | Megan Gillespie earned her Master’s Degree in Opera Performance
at the Manhattan School of Music in New York. In 2015, as Stage Director
for the Independent Opera Company of Los Angeles, she rehearsed the
cast of Rimskiy-Korsakov’s The Tsar’s Bride and appeared in the lead role
of Lyubasha. Notable performances include Royal Opera House of Oman,
the Palacio de la Opera de La Coruna in Spain, the Castleton Opera Festival,
Central City Opera, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, the Beverly Hills
Sundays at Two Recital Series, One World Symphony, and numerous venues
in Italy and Austria. She has also received awards from the MET National
Council Auditions, the Fe Bland Vocal Competition, Beverly Hills Music at the
Mansion, LACMA Sundays Live, Opera Florham, AMTL Recitals in Carnegie
Hall, Birgit Nilsson Scholarship, National YoungArts Foundation and the Palm
Springs Opera Guild.
L A TA N YA H A L L | National Selection Panelist | La Tanya Hall has worked
with some of the world’s most celebrated artists, including Steely Dan,
Diana Ross, Bobby McFerrin, Michael McDonald, Quincy Jones, Rob Thomas,
Michael Feinstein, Patti Labelle, Harry Belafonte and Aretha Franklin. She has
also appeared as a solo artist in her own right with the American Composers
Orchestra, The Denver Symphony and the St. Louis Symphony.
DA N M AC K E N Z I E | National Reviewer | Dan Mackenzie is an Emmynominated singer, songwriter, producer and composer signed to Secret
Road. He is the winner of two ASCAP Foundation songwriting awards. Dan’s
writing/producing credits include Joss Stone, Martin Sexton, Lisa Loeb, and
Margot Bingham. Dan also has many TV and film credits, including Dear
Dumb Diary (2013) and Basmati Blues (2015), a musical starring Brie Larson,
Scott Bakula, Donald Sutherland and Tyne Daly.
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K U N YA ROW L E Y | Discipline Coordinator | Kunya Rowley earned his BM
in Opera Performance from the University of Florida/New World School of
the Arts in 2010. Since then, he has continued down a path of musicianship,
teaching voice privately and performing throughout the South Florida area.
Some of Kunya’s favorite roles include Flute in Opera Naples production
of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Mitch Mahoney in Slow Burn
Theatre’s production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
Other performance, non-profit, and teaching affiliations include Florida
Grand Opera, the Second Avenue Jewish Chorale and SoBe Arts. Kunya is
also a creator with Mangrove Creative Collective, an organization which
seeks to serve, engage and energize the South Florida community by creating
and developing innovative storytelling.
W E N DY P E D E R S E N | National Reviewer | Vocalist Wendy Pedersen’s
discography includes Me + Three and Ho Ho Ho. Her studio credits include
background vocals for Julio Iglesias, Jennifer Lopez and James Brown.
C H R I S SA M P S O N | National Selection Panelist | Christopher Sampson is
a performer, educator, producer and arts administrator. He is the founding
director of the Popular Music program and Vice Dean for Contemporary
Music at the USC Thornton School of Music. As a professor of songwriting,
Chris’ students have penned number-one hit songs and won Grammy awards
and national songwriting competitions. They’ve placed songs in television
shows and films, written musicals, secured recording contracts, and become
among the most subscribed musicians on YouTube, working in multiple areas
of the music industry including A&R, publishing and administration. Chris is
also the songwriting instructor for the Grammy Foundation.
M A RY W I L S O N | National Reviewer | On the concert stage, Mary Wilson
has appeared with many orchestras, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic,
Philadelphia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra,
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, as well as at Carnegie Hall and the
Hollywood Bowl. She is an exciting interpreter of Baroque repertoire and
is regularly on the opera stage. Mary has originated leading roles in North
American and world premiere performances of Dove’s Flight, Glass’ Galileo
Galilei, and Petitgirard’s Joseph Merrick dit Elephant Man. A national
finalist of the 1999 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, she has
appeared most recently with Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Minnesota Opera,
Boston Lyric Opera, Dayton Opera, Arizona Opera, Tulsa Opera, Southwest
Opera, the Brooklyn Academy of Music and the Goodman Theatre. Mary
holds performance degrees from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota,
and Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri and is an assistant professor
of voice at the University of Memphis.
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N I CO L E YA R L I N G | National Reviewer | With a BA in Music from Baruch
College, a Masters in Music Education from Columbia University and private
training in composition, arranging, voice and violin, Nicole Yarling currently
serves as an assistant professor and Director of Popular Music at Florida
Memorial University, where she recently received the honor of Teacher of
the Year and Scholar of the Year in her division. As an adjunct professor,
she conducts the R&B Ensemble at the University of Miami. As a mentor,
she established Jazz Encounters, a concert series at radio station WDNA
in Miami, and hosts two monthly jazz jams for young musicians in South
Florida. In 2015, she was awarded the Jazz Hero Award by the Jazz Journalists
of America.
MASTER TE ACH ER S
SA R A H B R I G H T M A N | Voice Master Teacher | International superstar,
Sarah Brightman is the world's biggest selling Soprano. Her voice has rung
out from theaters, arenas, cathedrals, world heritage centers and Olympic
stadiums, bringing to life some of the world's most beautiful music. Sarah’s
work transcends any specific musical genre, synthesizing many influences
and inspirations into a unique sound and vision. Sarah made her West End
musical theatre debut in Cats where she met composer Andrew Lloyd
Webber. She went on to star in several Broadway musicals, including the
world-renowned The Phantom of the Opera, where she originated the
role of Christine Daaé. After many successful years on the musical stage,
Sarah resumed her music career and today, remains among the world’s most
prominent performers, with global album sales of over 35 million. Sarah
has also appeared in several films over the years including Stephen Evans'
First Night (2011), starring opposite Richard E. Grant. In 2012, Sarah became
a UNESCO “Artist for Peace” Ambassador. Through this, in addition to her
role as a Challenger Learning Center Advisory Board Member (2013) and a
Virgin Unite youth scholarship benefactor, Sarah continues to advocate
education and empowers the role of woman in science and technology
within STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). In July
2015, the inaugural Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation Sarah Brightman Music
Scholarships were also awarded to their first recipients. The scholarships
will support students in their postgraduate studies at the Royal Northern
College of Music on the two-year Master of Music Programme.
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I N D I A C A R N E Y | Voice Alumni Speaker | 2011 YoungArts Winner in
Theater & Voice and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts | India Carney is a
multi-talented performing artist and vocalist described as having “a voice
of gold” by MStars News. Based in Los Angeles and New York, the Brooklyn
native shines as a gifted and versatile mezzo-soprano voice singing a wide
range of musical genres from opera to musical theater to pop. As a YoungArts
alumna, India sang at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and
VOICE MASTER TEACHERS
was recently featured in a performance for the 2015 Americans for the Arts
National Awards performing Lady Gaga songs in front of Lady Gaga. The New
York Times op-ed columnist David Brooks wrote, “As India Carney’s voice
rose and swooped during the incredible anthemic versions of her dance hits,
Gaga sat enraptured.” While a senior at UCLA, India sang alongside Grammyaward winner Christina Aguilera and American pop singer Jason Derulo as one
of the Top 5 on The Voice. She has performed at NYC’s Apollo Theater, The
Rose Bowl (CA), Miami’s Betsy A Cappella Festival and Montana’s Crown Guitar
Workshop & Festival, and has appeared on Fox LA Studio 11, NY Live NBC TV,
Access Hollywood, and Brooklyn News 12.
J OA N L A D E R | Voice Master Teacher | For over thirty years, Joan Lader
has provided vocal training and rehabilitation for professional voice users.
Joan received a BFA from Penn State University in Theatre Arts with a minor
in Music. Trained as a Master’s level speech and language pathologist, she
specializes in working with singers and actors and, in collaboration with New
York’s top otolaryngologists, rehabilitation of injured voices. Her extensive
practice includes leading singer and actors from Broadway, film, opera,
R&B, rap, rock and pop. She has been a frequent guest lecturer at the Voice
Foundation in Philadelphia, NYSTA and NATS and given numerous master
classes at Berklee College of Music, NYSTA, Yale, BTP, University of Northern
Colorado, Western Carolina University, Vinyard Arts and NYU. In addition,
Joan is a certified master teacher of the Estill Voice Training System and has
extensive training in the Alexander Technique, Fitzmaurice Voice Work and the
work of Arthur Lessac.
T W Y L A RO B I N S O N | Voice Master Teacher | Twyla Robinson’s incisive
musicianship, ravishing vocal beauty and dramatic delivery have taken her
to the leading concert halls and opera stages of Europe and North America.
She has performed with the London Symphony Orchestra, New York
Philharmonic, Berlin Staatskapelle, The Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia
Orchestra and Los Angeles Philharmonic, among others. She has worked with
conductors including Christoph Eschenbach, Alan Gilbert, Bernard Haitink,
Pierre Boulez, Franz Welser-Möst, Donald Runnicles, Yannick Nézet-Séguin,
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Hans Graf and Michael Tilson Thomas. In addition to her
performing schedule, Twyla is the Artist-in-Residence at Centenary College
of Louisiana.
JA N I S S I E G E L | Voice Master Teacher | Over the past four decades, the
voice of Janis Siegel, a nine-time Grammy winner and a 17-time Grammy
nominee, has been an undeniable force in The Manhattan Transfer’s diverse
musical catalog and has become one of the group’s most recognizable
trademarks. She also gained a reputation as a vocal arranger by writing five of
the charts for the group and won a Grammy in 1980 for her arrangement of
Birdland. In 1993, she and her Manhattan Transfer colleagues received their
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honorary doctorates from the Berklee School of Music and, in 1999, they were
among the first class of inductees into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame. Janis has
also sustained a solo career that has spawned more than a half dozen solo
albums and numerous collaborative projects. These days, you can find Janis in
the studio, producing and singing on a wide array of projects, touring with her
trio, teaching, and working on her new show called ELLA - A Life in Song. She
has just released her 10th solo album for Palmetto Records called NightSongs.
S O M I | Voice Master Teacher | Vocalist and songwriter Somi was born in
Illinois to immigrants from Rwanda and Uganda. The Huffington Post recently
dubbed her “the new Nina Simone,” while NPR describes her as “an ambitious
artist [and] a tough act to follow.” She is a TED Senior Fellow, an Association of
Performing Arts Presenters Fellow and 2015 Artist-in-Residence at both UCLA’s
Center for the Art of Performance and Baryshnikov Arts Center. Last year,
Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon invited her to perform at the United Nations
to commemorate the International Day of Slavery. Somi’s latest album The
Lagos Music Salon on Sony Music/Okeh Records debuted at #1 on U.S. jazz
charts and features special guests Angelique Kidjo and Common. She is
currently working on her next album and a jazz opera about Miriam Makeba.
In her heart of hearts, Somi is an East African Midwesterner who loves family,
poetry and freedom.
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Megan Ahern
Molly Aiken
Sheila Allen
Colleen Amaya
Nancy Armstrong
Holmes
Scott Aucoin
Patty Austin
Laura Backley
Jana Ballard
Colleen Bartimoccia
Bernadette Bascom
Priscilla Baskerville
Patricia Bass
Ginger Beazley
Kevin Bellie
Alyssa Bennett
Kevin Blancq
Wendy Bloom
Steven Bourque
Elizabeth Bowen
Adam Boyce
Danye Brown
Laura Brown
Tyler Buglewicz
Francisco Calvo
Robert Cantrell
Alan Caves
Salvatore Champagne
Ridley Chauvin
Lori Ann Christian
Anthony CiminoJohnson
Renee Clark
Cari Cole
Blake Conley
Robert Connor
Kim Costanza
Sherry Cox
Keith Cromwell
John Cuk
Shanpatrick Davis
Christina de la Rosa
Leslie Denning
Danielle DeTiberus
Julia Dollison
Jackie Edwards
Elem Eley
Kimberly Eslinger
Janice Eteme
Thor Evensen
Boris Favre
Natalie Fletterick
Stephanie Fogg
Megan Franke
Beth Fredrickson
Rachel Fry
Michelle Garcia-Bode
Uli Geissendoerfer
Patrick Goeser
Angela Gooch
Sean Grier
Carmen Griffin
Eric Griffin
Bill Grillo
Gail Grossman
Kristen Grzeca
Rodger Guerrero
Michelle Hackman
Tracy Hamlin
Mark Hardy
Clark Harris
Patrick Hawkins
Marshall Hawkins
Kathryn Hayward
Nastor Hernandez
Sarah Hibbard
Ronald High
Kerry Hilier
Rick Hilsabeck
Mark Hilt
Beverly Hoch
Paul Hofmann
Michael Hood
Elisabeth Howard
Patricia Hurd
Devin Ilaw
Anabelle Ip
Derrick Jackson
Carl Johnson
Aubrey Johnson
Rhoslyn Jones
Courtney Kaiser-Sandler
Catherine Kasch
Michael Keefe
Tim Keller
Alex Keonig
Travis Kern
Braeden Kershner
Alex Koenig
Jerome Kopmar
Karen Kouri-Perez
Mark Krempski
Sarah Mae Lagasca
John LaMendola
Dana Landry
Sunny Langton
Jeff Lawlis
Dave Lawrenson
Gwen Leathers
Brian Letiecq
William Liberatore
Elizabeth Linnartz
Jackie Little
Amy Loch
Justin Long
Tami LoSasso
Daune Mahy
Karen Mallory
Jordan Markwood
Kerry Marsh
Kathleen Martin
Harold Mason
VOICE MENTORS
THEIR SUPPORT OF THIS YEAR’S SINGERS:
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Lynn McAllister
Susan Mcbrayer
Brody McDonald
Laura Meador
Randi Meador
Maureen Mette
Joshua Milam
Rodney Miller
Chris Misik
Kimberly Mock
Lauren Morrissey
Josh Murray
Matthew Myers
Nathan Myers
Cara Naizer
Preston Nash
Angela Niederloh
Regina Nixon
Jeffery Norris
Kyle Novy
Lorraine Nubar
Alice Nuteson
Laura Osgood Brown
Dr. Kay Pace
Samuel Perez
Debra Parker
Karen Parks
Jorge Parodi
Rhoda Paschal
Michael Pellera
Megan Perdue
Mary Kay Pryce
Betsy Puelle
Debra Puth
Ashley Putnam
Jon Randall
Jane Randolph
Poornima Ravi
Don Reed
Joshua Reed
Brandon Remp
Karl Resnik
Melody Rich
Kimberly Richardson
Robin Rogers
Patti Rohwer
Liana Salinas
Chris Sampson
James Satterwhite
Margaret Schafer
Kimberly Scherrer
Michael Schneider
Steve Schrag
Linda Septien
Harry Shifman
Josh Siegel
Houston Simmons
Celeste Simone
David Sims
Eron Smith
Elaine Smith-Purcell
Kimberly Soby
Tony Spano
Mario Spinetti
Gloria Stephens
Raab Stevenson
Meg Stohlmann
Chris Stone
Konrad Strauss
Jaclyn Sutley
MaryAnn Swerdfeger
Nedra Templar
Dawn Thomson
Susie Thorne
Phyllis Treigle
Scott Tripp
Spiro Tsingaris
Katie Tupper
Cesar Ulloa
Samara Valla
William Vendice
Pablo Vilallon
Ted Walch
Kathleen Warren
Todd Wedge
Michael Weinstein
AJ Wester
Carol Whitworth
Ly Wilder
Sunny Wilkinson
Oscar Williams
Sam J. Willmott
Caroline Wilson
Jennifer Wilson
Theresa Winner-Blume
Tony Wold
Leslie Wood
Sean York
Carol Young
Joan Zimmerman
WRITING
Carissa Chen
2015 Winner in Writing
2016 Winner in Photography
WRITING WINNERS
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FINALIST
1 | O L I V I A A LG E R | Short Story
2 | R U WA N T H I E K A N AYA K E | Creative Non-Fiction
Palos Verdes Peninsula High School | Rolling Hills Estates, CA
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3 | L I N D SAY E M I | Creative Non-Fiction
Viewpoint School | Calabasas, CA
4 | C A RO L I N E FA I R E Y | Creative Non-Fiction
South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities |
Greenville, SC
5 | H E AT H E R F I N N E G A N | Creative Non-Fiction
South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities |
Greenville, SC
6 | A N T WO N F U N C H E S | Spoken Word
Simeon Career Academy | Chicago, IL
7 | AVA G O G A | Poetry
Robert Mcqueen High School | Reno, NV
8 | A S H L E Y G O N G | Poetry
Newtown High School | Sandy Hook, CT
WRITING WINNERS
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FINALIST
9 | S I M BA A G O R D O N | Spoken Word
Miami Norland Senior High School | Miami, FL
10 | N I C K H E N N E S SY | Short Story
Amherst Regional High School | Amherst, MA
11 | R H I A N N O N M c G AV I N | Spoken Word
12 | I SA B E L L A N I L S S O N | Short Story
Hathaway Brown School | Shaker Heights, OH
13 | N U S H R AT N U R | Creative Non-Fiction
Evans High School | Orlando, FL
14 | R AC H E L PAG E | Short Story
Woodrow Wilson Senior High School | Washington, D.C.
15 | A . K . PAY N E | Play or Script
Capa High School* | Pittsburgh, PA
16 | N E S H A R U T H E R | Spoken Word
Montgomery Blair High School | Silver Spring, MD
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WRITING WINNERS
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FINALIST
17 | DY L A N S C H I F R I N | Play or Script
Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
18 | P O L I N A S O LOV Y E VA | Short Story
The Hotchkiss School | Lakeville, CT
19 | K S H E E R A JA S R I R A M | Short Story
Morgantown High School | Morgantown, WV
20 | C A RO L I N E WA R I N G | Short Story
Hanford High School | Richland, WA
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E M M A L I N E B E N N E T T | Novel | Oakwood High School | Dayton, OH
SA R A H B E N S O N | Creative Non-Fiction | South County High School |
Lorton, VA
M AT I L DA B E R K E | Spoken Word | Polytechnic School | Pasadena, CA
M I C H E L L E C H E N | Poetry | Hunter College High School | New York, NY
O L I V I A DA B I C H | Short Story | George C. Marshall High School |
Falls Church, VA
M AYA D R U | Spoken Word | Jones College Preparatory | Chicago, IL
G R I F F I N FAY | Poetry | Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
A M A N DA G O R M A N | Novel | New Roads School | Santa Monica, CA
E L I SA B E T H JA H N - M O R R I S S E Y | Creative Non-Fiction | Orange County
School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
M I C H A L L E I B OW I T Z | Poetry | Yeshiva University High School* |
Hollis, NY
M AYA L E W | Creative Non-Fiction | ACES Educational Center for the Arts |
New Haven, CT
F R A N I O ’ TO O L E | Short Story | Latin School of Chicago* | Chicago, IL
M AT T H E W R I D L E Y | Poetry | Northeast High School* | Philadelphia, PA
G A E LY N S M I T H | Spoken Word | The Madeira School | Mclean, VA
E R I N S TO O D L E Y | Poetry | El Camino High School | Ventura, CA
S E R E N A Z H A N G | Short Story | Lake Oswego High School |
Lake Oswego, OR
L I SA ZO U | Poetry | Homeschool | Chandler, AZ
WRITING WINNERS
HONORABLE MENTION
MERIT
J U L I A A DA M S | Spoken Word | Sonoma Academy | Santa Rosa, CA
S T E L L A B I N I O N | Spoken Word | Walter Payton College Preparatory
School | Chicago, IL
A L E X A B L E A S DA L E - C U R N U T T E | Short Story | Interlochen Arts
Academy | Interlochen, MI
G R I F F I N FAY | Spoken Word | Orange County School of the Arts | Santa
Ana, CA
A M A N DA G O R M A N | Short Story | New Roads School |
Santa Monica, CA
JACO B H E R M A N | Spoken Word | New World School of the Arts |
Miami, FL
A N G E LO H E R N A N D E Z- S I A S | Novel | Muskegon High School |
Muskegon, MI
A L L I S O N H UA N G | Poetry | Lawrenceville School | Lawrenceville, NJ
T Y R A JA M I S O N | Spoken Word | Capa High School | Pittsburgh, PA
J U L I A J OY | Poetry | ACES Educational Center for the Arts | New Haven, CT
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WRITING WINNERS
A N N A L I S E K A M E G AWA | Short Story | Orange County School of the
Arts | Santa Ana, CA
DA R BY L E V I N | Novel | George Washington Carver Center for Arts and
Technology* | Baltimore, MD
A L E X A N D R I A M I N TA H | Novel | Homeschool | Amherst, VA
E M I LY M O N D R U S | Spoken Word | Homeschool | New York, NY
B RY N N E R E B E L E - H E N RY | Novel | Homeschool | Richmond | Virginia
D U N C A N S L AG L E | Spoken Word | Main Street School of Performing Arts
Hopkins, MN
LO L A TO D M A N | Creative Non-Fiction | Interlochen Arts Academy |
Interlochen, MI
RO SA M A R I A VA RO N A | Spoken Word | T. Wingate Andrews High School
High Point, NC
J O R DA N V I L L E G A S | Novel | Woodmore High School | Elmore, OH
Z H I H A N WA N G | Short Story | Hopkins School | New Haven, CT
E R I N T R U D E W RO N A | Creative Non-Fiction | South Carolina Governor’s
School for the Arts and Humanities | Greenville, SC
A N N I E Z H E N G | Short Story | William Fremd High School | Palatine, IL
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J OA N N B I O N D I | National Reviewer | A former staff writer for the
Miami Herald, Joann Biondi has written for dozens of publications including
The New York Times, USA Today, National Geographic and Condé Nast
Traveler. She is the author of 15 nonfiction books, most recently Miami
Beach Memories.
W R ITI N G PA N E L + FACU LT Y
P R E S TO N L . A L L E N | National Reviewer | Preston L. Allen, a recipient
of a State of Florida Individual Artist Fellowship, is the author of Jesus
Boy, the critically-acclaimed novel All or Nothing and the award-winning
collection Churchboys and Other Sinners. Every Boy Should Have a Man
is his latest novel.
SA R A H B R AU N S T E I N | National Selection Panelist | Sarah Braunstein
is the author of The Sweet Relief of Missing Children, winner of the 2012
Maine Book Award for Fiction. In 2010, she was named one of “5 Under
35” fiction writers by the National Book Foundation and received a 2007
Rona Jaffe Writer’s Award. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker,
Ploughshares, AGNI and The Sun, among other places. Sarah is on the
faculty of the Stonecoast MFA at the University of Southern Maine, and is
currently a Faculty Fellow at Colby College.
M I C H A E L B U C K L E Y | National Reviewer | Michael Buckley is a
fiction writer and author of the short story collection Miniature Men.
His work has appeared in Alaska Quarterly Review, The Best American
Non-Required Reading 2003, The Southern California Review, Rip Rap,
Watermark, and Spot Literary Magazine, among others. Michael has been
nominated for a Pushcart Prize twice, and earned his MFA at California
State University, Long Beach.
M E L I S SA B U R L E Y | National Reviewer | Melissa Burley’s poetry, prose
poetry, interviews, and short stories have appeared in Tigertail, Flamenco,
Mangrove, and Metromorphosis. She is currently a Composition Lecturer
at the University of Miami and is at work on her second novel.
T E O C A S T E L L A N O S | National Reviewer | Teo Castellanos is an actor,
writer and director who works in theater, film and television. He is the Artistic
Director of Teo Castellanos D-Projects and author of NE 2nd Avenue, which
won the Fringe First Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Scotland. He also
directs Piano Slam, produced annually by The Dranoff Foundation. Teo is the
recipient of two State of Florida Individual Artist Fellowships.
D O U G CO O N E Y | National Reviewer | Doug Cooney is a screenwriter,
playwright, novelist, lyricist and educator. He is the author of The Beloved
Dearly, I Know Who Likes You, Nobody’s Perfect and Leading Ladies, and
has written screenplays and scripts for SONY Pictures, Nickelodeon, the
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Disney Channel and the Discovery Channel. Doug’s work has been honored
by the National Endowment for the Arts, the MacArthur Foundation and the
Kennedy Center’s New Visions/New Voices, among others.
N E I L D E L A F LO R | National Reviewer | Neil de la Flor is a writer,
photographer, teacher and former fashion designer. His first book, Almost
Dorothy, won the Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize. He has also authored several
other solo and collaborative works, and teaches composition and literature at
Miami Dade College, Nova Southeastern University and Barry University.
D R . A M I N A G AU T I E R | National Reviewer | Dr. Amina Gautier is the
author of three award-winning short story collections: At-Risk, Now We Will
Be Happy and The Loss of All Lost Things. These collections have garnered
numerous awards including the Flannery O’Connor Award, the First Horizon
Award, the Eric Hoffer Legacy Fiction Award, Prairie Schooner Book Prize
in Fiction, the Florida Authors and Publishers Association President’s Book
Award, USA Best Book Award and Elixir Press Award. Amina’s stories have
appeared in numerous literary journals, including Agni, Callaloo, Glimmer
Train, Iowa Review, Kenyon Review, Prairie Schooner, Southern Review and
StoryQuarterly. Gautier has been the recipient of grants and fellowships
from Breadloaf Writer’s Conference, Callaloo, Hawthornden, Hurston/
Wright Foundation, Key West Literary Seminar, Kimmel Harding Nelson
Center, the MacDowell Colony, the Ragdale Foundation, the Sewanee
Writer’s Conference, Ucross and the Vermont Studio Center. Amina currently
teaches in the MFA program at the University of Miami.
C H I N A K A H O D G E | National Reviewer | Chinaka Hodge is a poet,
screenwriter and educator from Oakland, CA. She is a founding staff
member of Youth Speaks/The Living Word Project, the nation’s premiere
youth literary arts organization. In her tenure at Youth Speaks, Chinaka
pioneered programming for Brave New Voices, the (inter)National Teen
Poetry Slam Festival. Chinaka has also worked in similar capacities at Get
Lit: Words Ignite Los Angeles, First Wave at UW Madison and at Urban
Word, NYC. In her 15 years of service to the growing field of youth spoken
word, Chinaka has mentored thousands of young people in the performed
literary arts. As a teenager, she appeared in two seasons of HBO’s Def Poetry.
Chinaka is currently Associate Director of Program and Pedagogy at Yerba
Buena Center for the Arts.
BA BA I S R A E L | National Reviewer | As a theatre and hip hop artist, Baba
Israel has toured across the U.S., Europe, South America, Australia and
Asia, performing with artists such as Outkast, Philip Glass, Rahzel, Lester
Bowie, Afrika Bambaataa, Vernon Reid and Bill Cosby. His debut solo show
Boom Bap Meditations was supported by the Ford Foundation and the
Hip Hop Theatre Festival, which toured the U.S. and Europe. Baba is also
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C A M P B E L L M c G R AT H | National Reviewer | Campbell McGrath has
published numerous collections of poetry, including Spring Comes to
Chicago, which won the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, Seven Notebooks and
In the Kingdom of the Sea Monkeys. He has won a MacArthur Foundation
Genius Grant, a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Academy of American
Poets Prize, among others, and has taught at the University of Chicago,
Northwestern University, and Florida International University.
an arts educator and has worked as a cultural ambassador with the State
Department, delivering workshops and performances across South East Asia,
the south Pacific, and in Gambia and Turkey. In addition, he is also the cofounder and Artistic Director of Playback NYC Theatre Company.
R U T H M c K E E | National Reviewer | Ruth McKee is a playwright whose work
has been produced and developed by Actors Theatre of Louisville, Alliance
Theatre, Black Dahlia Theatre, Center Theatre Group, Cherry Lane Theatre,
Ensemble Studio Theatre, HB Playwrights Foundation, The Road Theatre
and SPFNYC, among others. She has taught creative writing at Idyllwild Arts
Academy, the California State Summer School of the Arts, UC San Diego,
Cypress College, and most recently helmed the MFA playwriting program
at Indiana University. Ruth is currently working as Co-Artistic Producing
Director of Chalk Repertory Theatre, an LA-based site-specific theatre
company of which she is a founding member.
A N A M E N É N D E Z | National Selection Panelist | Ana Menéndez is the
author of four books of fiction: In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd (2001),
a New York Times Notable Book of the Year; the national best seller Loving
Che (2004); The Last War (2009) and Adios, Happy Homeland! (2011). She
has worked as a journalist in the United States and abroad, lastly as a prizewinning columnist for the Miami Herald. Her work has appeared in Vogue,
Bomb Magazine, The New York Times and Gourmet Magazine and has
been included in several anthologies, including The Norton Anthology of
Latino Literature.
K A M I L A H A I S H A M O O N | National Reviewer | A recipient of fellowships
to the Cave Canem Foundation, the Prague Summer Writing Institute, the
Fine Arts Work Center Walker Fellowship, the Vermont Studio Center and
the Rose O’Neill Literary House, Kamilah Aisha Moon’s work has been
featured widely, including in Harvard Review, jubilat and Poem-A-Day for
the Academy of American Poets. A Pushcart Prize winner, she was also a
finalist for the Lambda Literary Award and the Audre Lorde Poetry Award.
She teaches English for several colleges and organizations and is currently
a Visiting Professor of Poetry at Rutgers-Newark. Featured nationally in
conferences and venues that include the Library of Congress, Kamilah
has been selected as a 2015 New American Poet presented by the Poetry
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Society of America. Her debut collection She Has a Name (Four Way Books)
received wide acclaim and her second poetry collection is forthcoming in
2017. Kamilah holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Sarah Lawrence College.
J OA N M O R G A N | National Reviewer | Joan Morgan is an award-winning
journalist, author and provocative cultural critic. A pioneering hip-hop
journalist, she began her professional writing career freelancing for The
Village Voice. Joan went on to write for publications such as Vibe, Spin, MS.,
More, Interview, and Essence (where she served as Executive Editor). She also
authored a book titled When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost.
B R I G H D E M U L L I N S | National Reviewer | Brighde Mullins is a playwright
and poet. She lives in Los Angeles and teaches at the University of Southern
California. A recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, she has written 10 plays,
including Monkey in the Middle and Those Who Can, Do.
J O H N M U R I L LO | National Selection Panelist | John Murillo’s first poetry
collection, Up Jump the Boogie, was a finalist for both the Kate Tufts
Discovery Award and the PEN Open Book Award, and was named by The
Huffington Post as one of “Ten Recent Books of Poetry You Should Read
Right Now.” Honors include a Pushcart Prize, two Larry Neal Writers Awards
and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, The New York
Times, and the Wisconsin Institute of Creative Writing, among others. His
work has appeared or is forthcoming in a variety of publications and he
currently teaches creative writing at New York University and at Hampshire
College where he serves as Assistant Professor of Creative Writing and
African-American Literary Arts.
I L E A N A O ROZ A | National Reviewer | Ileana Oroza teaches journalism
at the University of Miami and serves as the faculty advisor to The Miami
Hurricane. Previously, she was the arts editor, foreign editor and assistant
managing editor at the Miami Herald.
A L L I S O N PA I G E | National Reviewer | Allison Paige is a fiction writer and
poet. She has a Master’s degree from the Warren Wilson MFA Program for
Writers and a BFA from The New School. A native Floridian and longtime
New Yorker, she lives with her family in Portland, Maine.
J UA N C . SA N C H E Z | National Reviewer | Playwright Juan Sanchez’s works
have been produced on stages throughout Miami and in Minneapolis, New
York and Los Angeles. Some of his theatre credits include Paradise Motel,
Buck Fever and Red Tide.
PAT T Y S E Y B U R N | National Reviewer | Patty’s collections of poems—
Perfecta, Hilarity, Mechanical Cluster and Diasporadic—have won various
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awards, including the 2009 Green Rose Prize, the 1997 Marianne Moore
Poetry Prize and the American Library Association’s Notable Book Award
in 2000. Her work has appeared in anthologies and journals including The
Bloomsbury Anthology of Contemporary Jewish American Poetry, Poetry
in Michigan/Michigan in Poetry, Irresistible Sonnets, The Paris Review,
Poetry, New England Review, Field, Slate, Crazyhorse, Cutbank, Quarterly
West, Bellingham Review, Boston Review, Cimarron Review, Third Coast and
Western Humanities Review. She won a 2011 Pushcart Prize for her poem
“The Case for Free Will.” Patty earned a BS and an MS in Journalism from
Northwestern University, an MFA in Poetry from University of California,
Irvine, and a Ph.D. in Poetry and Literature from the University of Houston.
She is an Associate Professor at California State University, Long Beach and
co-editor of POOL: A Journal of Poetry.
E M I LY S H E LTO N | National Reviewer | Emily Shelton is a fiction writer.
She received a Ph.D. in English from the University of Chicago and has been
a fellow and resident of the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, the
MacDowell Colony and Yaddo. She taught in the College Writing Program at
Harvard University from 2005-2014.
J U L E S WO O D | National Reviewer | 2010 YoungArts Winner in Writing |
Jules Wood is the current editor-in-chief of the Berkeley Poetry Review, a
journal dedicated to publishing formally brave, experimental poetry that
challenges prevailing conceptions of race, gender, sexuality and ecology. She
aspires to write poetry that is in line with that aesthetic. A Bay Area resident
and senior English major at UC Berkeley, Jules returns to Miami every year as
a resident advisor for YoungArts Week.
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M I C H A E L BA R A K I VA | Writing Master Teacher | Michael is an Armenian/
Israeli American theater director and writer based in New York City. His
first novel, One Man Guy, published by Macmillan (Farrar, Straus & Giroux),
was ranked the #1 Gay Young Adult Novel on Goodreads in 2014 and was
named to the Rainbow List and Family Equality Council’s Book Nook. Michael
serves as the Artistic Director of The Upstart Creatures, a theater company
dedicated to creating (meta)physical feasts combining theater and food.
He is an avid board game player and a proud member of the New York
Ramblers, the world’s first openly gay soccer club. He is an adjunct faculty
member at NYU’s Dramatic Writing Program and a graduate of Vassar
College and the Juilliard School.
C H I N A K A H O D G E | National Reviewer | Writing Master Teacher | Chinaka
Hodge is a poet, screenwriter and educator from Oakland, CA. She is a
founding staff member of Youth Speaks/The Living Word Project, the
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nation’s premiere youth literary arts organization. In her tenure at Youth
Speaks, Chinaka pioneered programming for Brave New Voices, the (inter)
National Teen Poetry Slam Festival. Chinaka has also worked in similar
capacities at Get Lit: Words Ignite Los Angeles, First Wave at UW Madison
and at Urban Word, NYC. In her 15 years of service to the growing field of
youth spoken word, Chinaka has mentored thousands of young people in
the performed literary arts. As a teenager, she appeared in two seasons of
HBO’s Def Poetry. Chinaka is currently Associate Director of Program and
Pedagogy at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
M I TC H E L L K A P L A N | Writing Master Teacher | Mitchell Kaplan is cofounder of Miami Book Fair International and serves as the Chairperson
of its Board of Directors. He also serves on the steering committee of the
Florida Center for the Literary Arts, Miami-Dade College's literary center.
Mitchell recently served a two-year term as President of the American
Booksellers Association (ABA) and continues an active involvement with
the organization. He also serves on the Board of the American Booksellers
Foundation for Free Expression.
JA M E S PAT R I C K K E L LY | Writing Master Teacher | James has written
novels, short stories, essays, reviews, poetry, plays and planetarium shows.
His short novel Burn won the Science Fiction Writers of America's Nebula
Award in 2007. He has won the World Science Fiction Society’s Hugo Award
twice: in 1996 for his novelette Think Like A Dinosaur and in 2000 for his
novelette Ten to the Sixteenth to One. His fiction has been translated into
18 languages. Along with John Kessel, he is co-editor of the anthologies
Digital Rapture: The Singularity Anthology, Kafkaesque: Stories Inspired by
Franz Kafka, The Secret History Of Science Fiction, Feeling Very Strange:
The Slipstream Anthology and Rewired: The Post Cyberpunk Anthology. He
records two podcasts, James Patrick Kelly’s Storypod on Audible.com and
the Free Reads podcast. He writes an online column for Asimov's Science
Fiction Magazine and is on the faculty of the Stonecoast Creative Writing
MFA Program.
C A M P B E L L M CG R AT H | National Reviewer | Writing Master Teacher
Campbell McGrath has published numerous collections of poetry, including
Spring Comes to Chicago, which won the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, Seven
Notebooks and In the Kingdom of the Sea Monkeys. He has won a MacArthur
Foundation Genius Grant, a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Academy of
American Poets Prize, among others and has taught at the University of
Chicago, Northwestern University, and Florida International University.
J OA N M O R G A N | Writing National Reviewer | Joan Morgan is an awardwinning journalist, author and provocative cultural critic. A pioneering hiphop journalist, she began her professional writing career freelancing for The
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A N D R E A M U R I L LO | Writing Discipline Coordinator | Andrea Murillo is
a dancer, choreographer, and actress from Miami, FL. After graduating from
New World School of the Arts, she began touring with the Martha Graham
Dance Company. During her time there, Andrea performed solo roles such
as “Lamentation,” “Serenata Morisca” and lead roles in Embattled Garden,
Steps in the Street and Snow in the Mesa. In 2012, she transitioned to Sleep
No More NYC where she played several leading roles. Andrea has worked
with artists such as Troy Ogilvie, Rosie Herrera, Daniel Yankiver, and has
choreographed for Dos Equis, Espolon, Samsung, and The Knickerbocker
Hotel. Currently, Andrea is in the creative process of writing, directing, and
producing dance on film.
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Village Voice. Joan went on to write for publications such as Vibe, Spin, MS.,
More, Interview and Essence (where she served as Executive Editor). She also
authored a book titled When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost.
A N N M A L I N R I N GWA LT |Writing Alumni Speaker| 2013 YoungArts
Winner in Writing | Anne Malin Ringwalt is a writer and musician currently
living in Boston, Massachusetts. Her poetry and fiction can be found
in chapbook form (Like Cleopatra, dancing girl press) and in journals
including Dum Dum Zine: Punks and Scholars and Talking River. In 2013,
Ann performed her music at the New Yorker Festival through a talent show
hosted by Rookie Magazine and judged by Annie Clark, Dev Hynes, Tunde
Adebimpe and Eugene Mirman.
W E N DY S H A N K E R | Writing Master Teacher | Wendy Shanker's humorous,
hopeful memoir about women and body image The Fat Girl’s Guide to Life
changed the way women around the world relate to their weight and bodies.
It has been published in ten languages including Italian, German, Spanish,
Chinese and Polish. Wendy’s byline has appeared in Glamour, Self, Shape,
Cosmopolitan, Us Weekly (Fashion Police), in alternative mags such as Bust
and Bitch, as well as on MTV. She is also the scriptwriter for major events like
Glamour’s Woman of the Year Awards, The National Magazine Awards and
GLAAD’s Media Advertising Awards. Her newest book, Are You My Guru?:
How Medicine, Meditation & Madonna Saved My Life, was published by
NAL/Penguin in September 2010.
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THEIR SUPPORT OF THIS YEAR’S WRITERS:
Kristine Alvarez
Brandon Amico
Russ Anderson
Belle Belew
Nina Candia
Kirk Carlson
Jennifer Carr
Christopher Chilton
Bruce Cohen
Mara Cregan
Sarah Davis
Jennifer Delinski
Kathleen Donnelly
Hallie Donner
Michelle Edwards
Gina Enk
Whitney Flick
Scott Gould
Megan Grewal
David Griffith
Rodger Guerrero
Brady Gunnink
Jeremy Guskin
Grace Hamilton
Sara Hammerman
Pamela Hayes
Martha Heine
Brian Henry
Chris Herland
Louise Hewitt
Melissa Jensen
Leana Jensen
Benjamin Johnson
Troy Ketch
Susan Kinsolving
Patrick Kirkwood
Stephanie Leben
Abbe Levine
Christine Logan
Billy Lombardo
Christian Losa
Berthony Louis
Brad Lyons
Abigail Marks
Brian Martin
Tammy Mintah
Christopher Moore
Mamie Morgan
Lori Morris
Martha Noone
Kelly O’Connor
Betsy Okamoto
Sarah Omernik
Amy Ostdiek
Scott Parsons
Mika Perrine
Lorry Perry
Nadia Pushkina
Margaret Ray
Brandy Robinson-Laws
Caroline Rosenstone
Lisa Roule
Richard Roundy
Bryan Sanders
Sarah Shotland
Nancy Smith
Skye Snyder
Brendon Spars
Molly Spooner
Renee Stafford
Suzanne Supplee
Precious Symonette
Eric Tryon
Joshua Wood
Jami Wray
Kip Zegers
RO S I E H E R R E R A | National Reviewer | Interdisciplinary Master Teacher
Rosie Herrera is a Miami-based dancer and choreographer and the
artistic director of Rosie Herrera Dance Theater. She is a 2010 MANCC
choreographic fellow, a 2011 Miami Dance Fellow, a 2013 Princess Grace
Choreographic Fellow and a proud artistic associate of the Adrienne Arsht
Center for the Performing Arts. Her company, Rosie Herrera Dance Theater,
is known for its diverse ensemble that is comprised of some of Miami’s
most brilliant performers and creators ranging in genres from theater,
performance art, opera, drag and contemporary ballet.
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K R I S T Y E D M U N D S | Interdisciplinary Master Teacher | Kristy Edmunds is
the Executive and Artistic Director of the Center for the Art of Performance
at UCLA. An artist and curator, Kristy holds a reputation for innovation and
depth in the presentation of interdisciplinary contemporary and performing
arts. At the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA, she has formed
a creative habitat for supporting artists and presenting their work. Kristy
was the Founding Executive & Artistic Director of the Portland Institute
for Contemporary Art (PICA) and the TBA Festival in Portland, Oregon. She
previously served as Artistic Director for the Melbourne International Arts
Festival and Consulting Artistic Director for the newly formed and critically
heralded Park Avenue Armory in New York.
M A R I K A H U G H E S | Interdisciplinary Master Teacher | Marika Hughes is
a cellist who has played with Mary J. Blige and recorded for many artists,
including Lou Reed, Ani DiFranco, Jolie Holland and Toshi Reagon. In
addition to working with these musicians, Hughes is also a member of
the band 2 Foot Yard and Charming Hostess and founded the band Red
Pocket with Jewlia Eisenberg. She has toured extensively and released two
solo albums, Afterlife Music Radio: 11 New Pieces for Solo Cello and The
Simplest Thing. Prior to working with musicians, Marika was a cellist for the
Grammy-nominated Quartet San Francisco. She is a graduate of Barnard
College and the Juilliard School.
RO B E RT LY N C H | Interdisciplinary Master Teacher | 2012 Arison Award
Honoree | Robert L. Lynch is President and CEO of Americans for the
Arts. Under his direction, Americans for the Arts has become a leader in
documenting and articulating the key role played by the nonprofit arts and
culture industry and their audiences in strengthening our nation’s economy.
Robert has also been instrumental in creating a strong portfolio of projects
and information about the transformative value of the arts in non-arts areas
such as civic dialogue, social problem solving and work with the Pentagon,
West Point, and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on the arts
and military. In August 2012 and 2013, he was selected as one of the most
influential executives in the nonprofit sector for the NonProfit Times Power
& Influence Top 50. In January 2014, he was awarded the Sidney R. Yates
Award for Outstanding Advocacy on Behalf of the Performing Arts.
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DA N I E L B E R N A R D RO U M A I N | Interdisciplinary Master Teacher | Daniel
Bernard Roumain is a classically trained composer, performer, violinist and
band-leader noted for blending funk, rock, hip-hop and classical music
into an energetic and experiential sonic form. Daniel’s acclaimed work as
a composer and a performer has spanned more than two decades. His
collaborations span the worlds of Philip Glass, Cassandra Wilson, Bill T. Jones,
Savion Glover and Lady Gaga. Daniel has performed or shown works at
Carnegie Hall, the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), the Olympics and the
Sydney Opera House, among many others. He has released four albums.
C H AT T R AV I E S O | Interdisciplinary Master Teacher | 2003 YoungArts
Winner in Visual Arts and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts | Chat is a
Brooklyn-based artist, designer, and educator. He creates socially engaged
architectural public art. His past work has been commissioned by or
organized in collaboration with The Architectural League of New York,
the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Design Trust for Public Space,
and the NYC Department of Transportation. His recent honors include a
USA YoungArts Fellowship, the Matthew J. Quinn Prize from the Jack Kent
Cooke Foundation, and a Community Arts Fund Grant from the Brooklyn
Arts Council. He is currently a Smack Mellon Studio Program Artist and a
recipient of a New York Community Trust Van Lier Fellowship as part of his
Smack Mellon residency.
YA R A T R AV I E S O | National Reviewer | Interdisciplinary Master Teacher
2005 YoungArts Winner in Dance | Yara Travieso is a director, choreographer,
performer and filmmaker creating live performance, film and installation.
Yara is the recipient of several grants and residence opportunities including
a 2014-15 National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures Grant through the
Ford Foundation and the Surdna Foundation and a 2015 Lower Manhattan
Cultural Council Artist Residency. Her original works have premiered
in NYC’s Lincoln Center, BRIC Arts Media House, STREB Lab For Action
Mechanics, Tribeca Performing Arts Center, Madison Square Garden and The
Juilliard School, among others.
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2000 Winner in Music
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BOAR D OF TRUSTEES
Sarah S. Arison
Armando M. Codina
Linda Coll
Brian Cullinan
Hugh S. Cummins III
Justin DiCioccio
Plácido Domingo
Agnes Gund
John R. Henry
Harry M. Hersh
John J. Kauffman
Richard Kohan
Dr. Ronald C. McCurdy
John J. O’Neil
Dr. Eduardo J. Padrón
Desmond Richardson *
Marcus Sheridan
Zuzanna Szadkowski *
Maurice M. Zarmati
*YoungArts alumna/us
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Mark Katz
Marie and Tim Kean
Brian E. and Suzanne L.
Keeley
Amanda Altman Kessler
Anne M. and Hans J. Kim
Joshua Leeoz Kimelman
Danielle Koch-Harf
Lena Koorse
Alyssa Krop-Brandfon
Marni LaRose-Karen and
Kenny Karen
Carolina A. Latour
Christopher K. Lavoy
Carolyn Leach
Margaret M. Ledford and
David Radunsky
Vanessa J. Leitman
Christopher H. Lentz
Ellen Leone
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Barry T. Lieber
Patricia Lieberman
John Joseph Lin
Susan L. Liu
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Maican
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Manocherian
Dori Matkowski
Rhonda McConnaughey
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Michael McManigal
Marvin L. Meitus
Lauren Melamed
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Kathryn Q. Mikesell
Ariel Milian
Jennifer and Jay Mills
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Deborah Gray Mitchell
Rhonda Mitrani
Theresa Molloy
Regina Moody
Mallori J. Morris
Caitlin Moses
Beverly Murray
Richard L. Nelson
Belkys Nerey
Joseph NeSmith
Erin Newberg
Richard Newberg
Robert C. Newman and
Judi S. Prokop Newman
David Noble
Christopher Noel
Blanche Nonoo
Karla Nordland
Jennifer Nordstrom
Shelly Northern
Christopher M. Norton, Jr.
Daniel Novela
Daniel W. O’Connell
John T. O’Connor
Alex Oliva
Ellen B. Pilelsky
Oppenheim and Roy
Oppenheim
Andrew T. and Robyn
Padgett
Alex Pappas
Jeffrey Parks
Deanne M. Paul
Mercinth Pearce
Carl S. Pedigo and
Kathleen Horne
James N. Pember, Sr.
Natasha Petrukhin
Soledad Picon
Hassan Pierre
Yola Pierre
Carolina Pina
Ross Pivnik
Lisa M. Foulke and
Alexander D. Pline
David Podein
Amy Brody Poliakoff
Joanna Popper
Loren Segan
Courtney Nicole Seymour
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Tadao Shimizu
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Francinelee Hand and
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Charles and Sandra Simon
Kim Singer
David Solomon
Mindy Solomon
Paloma Kiki Soyka
Amy Steele Donner
Douglas B. and Regina G.
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Holly T. Stein
Sidney J. and Florence
Stern
Gerald and Susan
Sternstein
Clarisa Stollenwerck
Stone Associates LP
Leslie Marie and Michael
P. Strassel
Edrei G. Swanson
Heidi Howard Tandy
Brenda and Michael Taylor
Peg E. McCarthy and
Scott M. Teeter
Harlan S. Tenenbaum
John Termerian
Andrea Travaglia
Carolyn M. Travis
Mark D. and Kimberly P.
Tribus
Trivest Partners, L.P.
James B. Tucker
Ashley Turchin
Allison Turk
Elizabeth Turnbull
Urban Outfitters, Inc.
Jose Antonio Valencia
Marc Vassanelli
Ana C. Velez
Virginia Museum of
Contemporary Art
Richard Vivero
Liza Gallardo Walton
Susan Watters
Gayle D. Waxenberg
James Wegert
Myra Wexler
William J. Wichmann
Allison and Jim Wilt
Lauren Winston
Lauren Wood
Antonia Wright
Sarah Wright
Iscaa Wroden
Zeriosha Zapata
Yingjun Zhang
Leslie J. and Natalie Zigel
Stephanie Zilo
Robert A. and Judith
Zucker
DONOR RECOGNITION
Ben Quevedo
Joseph A. Quinones
Raul Alberto Ramirez
Sandra Zundell Rapke
Aaron Resnick
Gary and Vanessa Ressler
Austin M. Rhoads
Roar Media, LLC
Morton J. and Jane A.
Robinson
Lida Rodriguez-Taseff and
Oscar Sanchez
Ryan A. Roman
Ariel Roman-Harris
Tiffany Rosen
Amy D. Rosenberg
Joseph S. and Norma
Rosenberg
Joel Rosenthal
Jean Ross, Ph.D.
Ellen Roth
Kunya Rowley
William R. and Susan P.
Kelley Roy
Ethan Royal
Nancy Lee Ruyter
Marvin A. Sackner
Maria Tibisay Salerno
Jordan R. Sanger
Chantal Santelices
Anne-Marie Benitez
Santiago
Dara Schoenwald
Judy Schottenstein
Lois Model Schweiger
Flora E. Seff
* In-Kind Contributions
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YOU NGARTS PAR E NTS
C O N G R AT U L AT I O N S T O
T H E PA R E N T S O F T H E 2 0 1 6
YO U N G A R T S F I N A L I S T S
You’ve built a foundation of love and encouragement for your child,
enabling them to pursue their dreams. We at YoungArts thank you for
your support of all young artists.
Mosammat Akhter
April Alexios
Pamela Alger
Bridget Ali
Stacy Allred
Christabel Alphonso
Gezime Amer
Nailah Sta. Ana
Stephanie Andersen
Angela Anderson
Clara Aquilino
Alicia Arellano
Tracy Arredondo
Salette Bailey
Renee Baker
Louis Baptiste
Polly Anna Barlow
Rodney Bell
Margarita Beltran
Patricia Berg
Elizabeth Bertoy
Cynthia Blumberg
Muriel Boreham
Jolanta Bozek
Rosewita Briët
Celita Brown
Sherri Brunner
Domingas Buque
Lisa Burn
Alisa Caldwell
Carlos Cardona
Tayaa Chiaravalloti
Gretchen Clark
Lynda Croy
Neysa Cuilan
Scott Cunningham
Wendy DeBenedetto
Charlie DeBevoise
Richard Douglas
Sheila Duffy-Lehrman
Stacey Edwards
Suranganie Ekanayake
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Amy Elakman
Michelle Emi
Tina Esu
Alina Eusebio
Melanie Fairey
Cynthia Figueroa
Gayle Fisher
Pamela Fong
Maria Fung
Isabel Garcia
Lisa Garcia
Yamilee Gaspard-Wolff
Ingrid Geerken
Carla Gibson
Elizabeth Goga
George Gong
Ashaki Gordon
Elise Greene
Kris and Mike Greenlee
Teresa Gumley
Yahuan Guo
Ethel Harris
Kelly Harris
Kathi Haschak
Joyce Hayford
Ildiko Hayman
Elizabeth Henry
Paula Hester
Andrew Hicks Sr. and
Martine Hicks
Helen Ho
Gina Hobbs
Erica Horn
Kazumi Ishimoto
Kelly Johnson
Seung Hoon Kang
Lissa Kapstrom
Moonki Kim
Pratap Kumar
Tina Kurtz
Aggie Landry
Lisa Len-Mediate
Chris Lewis
Fangfang Li
Yvette Liao
William Little
Joanne London
Robin Louie
Iosif Magomedov
Laura Maiztegui
DebI Martin
Ellen Massee
Leslie Mathes
Miriam Mayerson
Terry McBeath
Corrine McCarthy
Ana McCrimmon
Graemm Bridget McGavin
Herbert Miller
Daniella Milton
Akiko Mizuta
Malana Murphy
Sabina Murray
Rajalakshmi Nagarajan
Michele Natarelli
Perla Nava-Ramirez
Luway Nocito
Daisy Nolan
Kenneth Ogwulumba
Linda Olis
Jill Oliverson
Regina Ongchoco
Adiela Orozco
Burcin Ozel
Benjamin Page
Mary Ellen Pesavento
Natalya Petrosova and
Sergey Gavrishkiv
Ava Pinckney
Brenda Polonio
Robert Ramey
Brian Richburg, Sr.
Hazel Riley
John Robertson, III
Nikolay Solovyev
Julie Sturtevant
Kimberly Taurins
Bonny Taylor
James Ting
Padmashree Tirumalai
Gwen Tulloch
Therese Vincent
Rui Wang
Susan Wang
Ziqiang Wang
Anne Waring
Ann Whitney
Joan Wicks
Alonda Williams
Stephanie Wilson
Amy Winslow
Jeaneen Wirries
Kim Witty
Mary Woerner
Jin Woo
Roman Yakub
Yingjun Zhang
Yuan Zhang
Margaret Zimmerman
Mohsen Zolghadri
YOU NGARTS PAR E NTS
William Robinson
Jenniffer Rocha
Marcy Ross
Sandra Ross
Paul Ruther
Yoshiko Sakuragi
Marc Samson
Eddrena Sanders
Victoria Serafini
Jaya Shashidhar
Tina Sher
Traci Siegel
Rocio Silva
Allison Simmons
H O N O R YO U R C H I L D W I T H A G I F T TO YO U N G A RT S
IN HIS OR HER NAME
Over the last 35 years, more than 20,000 young artists have benefited from
the opportunities that were given to them through YoungArts’ programs.
Your contribution to the National YoungArts Foundation helps us create
meaningful experiences that foster confidence and creativity for all our
award recipients—moving the nation’s most talented young artists a little
closer to their dreams.
By honoring your child with a gift to YoungArts, you are ensuring that there
will be future generations of young artists.
For more information, please contact the Development Department at
(305) 377-1140 or [email protected].
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YO U N GA RT S STA F F
EXECUTIVE OFFICE
Michael Kaiser | Interim CEO
Claudette Donlon | Interim COO
Donna Lane Downey | Assistant to the CEO
ARTISTIC PROGRAMS
Lisa Leone | Vice President of Artistic Programs
Allison Ball | Director of Education
Letty Bassart | Director of Artistic Programs
Roberta Behrendt Fliss | Director of Productions
Esther Park | Director of Campus Programming
Joseph M. NeSmith | Artistic Programs Manager
Ty Taylor | Manager of Operations & Archival Media
Claire Traeger | Artistic Programs Manager
Neidra Ward | Artistic Programs Manager
Jane Rosenbaum | Artistic Programs Production Manager
Luisa Munera | Artistic Programs Coordinator
Joey Butler | Artistic Programs Coordinator
DEVELOPMENT
John D. Clark | Vice President of Development
Lena Koorse | Senior Director of Development
Dee Dee Sides | Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships & Development
New York
Gail Epstein | Director of Foundation & Government Relation
Alyssa Krop-Brandfon | Director of Donor Relations & Development
Operations
Felicia Marquez | Director of Events & Corporate Partnership
Amy Rosenberg | Director of Membership and Community Engagement
MaccaEna Gannat | Development Operations & Database Coordinator
Ines Jimenez | Development Coordinator
Everett Ford | Development Administrative Assistant
Bohne Lipsey | Development Services Assistant
Nada Nassif | Development Services
E X T E R N A L R E L AT I O N S
Vanessa Leitman | Vice President of External Relations and Communications
Dejha Carrington | Director of Public Relations and Marketing
Mikey Centrella | Director of Digital Communications
Lee Cohen Hare | Creative Director
Elsie Morales | Senior Marketing Manager
Lauren Winston | Alumni Community Manager
Kelley Kessell* | Web & Email Content Developer
Isabela Dos Santos* | Social Media and Video Officer
Katie Breuil | External Relations Coordinator
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I N F O R M AT I O N T E C H N O L O G Y
Holdrado Garcia | IT Director
Claudio Sampaio | IT Manager
Michael Rahaman | IT Assistant
YO U N GA RT S STA F F
O P E R AT I O N S
Michael Delgado | Director of Finance
Mary Cordova | Office Manager and Finance Assistant
Alejandro Oliva | Finance Clerk
Ashley Cruz | Receptionist
YO U N G A R T S W E E K P R O D U C T I O N T E A M
PRODUCTION CREW
Gary Lund | Production Manager
Deborah Magdalena | Discipline Performances Announcer
YO U N G A R T S P R O D U C T I O N S TA F F
Roberta Behrendt Fliss | Director of Productions
Jane Rosenbaum | Production Stage Manager
D I S C I P L I N E ACCO M PA N I S T S
Josh Allen | Voice – Pop/Jazz Bass
Michael Piolet | Voice – Pop/Jazz Percussion
Jeremy Reger | Voice – Classical Piano
Daniel Strange | Voice – Pop/Jazz Piano
Meg Zervoulis | Theatre – Musical Piano
Marianela Castro | Dance – Ballet Piano
Jimmy Daniel | Dance – Modern Percussion
Kenneth Metzker | Dance – Tap Percussion
Maria Holloway | Classical Music Piano
Shirley Irek | Classical Music Piano
Paul Schwartz | Classical Music Piano
*YoungArts alumnus/a
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
T H A N K YO U F O R H E L PI N G M A K E 20 1 6 YO U N G A RT S
WEEK POSSIBLE:
American Ballet Theatre
Anchor Arts Management, Inc.
APPI Printing/John Beadel
Aura Reinhardt
Baptist Health South Florida
Books & Books/Mitchell Kaplan
Braman Motors
Canyon Creek Travel
Catering by Lovables
Brad Bernstein and Corner of the Cave Media
Doug Cooney
Eddie Cutillas
EventStar Structures
Getty Images
Gigs Up, Inc./George Feldner
Grandmasters Pianos
Jason Koerner Photography
Jessica Wade Inc.
Miami City Ballet/Lourdes Lopez
New World Center
New World Symphony
Pedro Portal Photography
Pérez Art Museum Miami/Franklin Sirmans
Polskin Arts & Communication Counselors
Seabourn
Seth Browarnik and World Red Eye
STARR Catering Group
STARR Events
TouchPoll South Florida
Tracey Corwin
Trinity Cathedral Miami
University of Miami Frost School of Music/Shelton “Shelly” Berg
Wells Fargo
World Red Eye
WOW Factor Marketing Group
YoungArts Council
This list is complete at the time of printing.
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2016 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS @
OUTSIDE TH E BOX
FA M I LY- F R I E N D LY M U LT I D I S C I P L I N A RY
PERFORMANCES ON THE PLAZA
Alumnus Jason Moran
F E B R UA RY 6
PA I R I N G S @ T E D ’ S
WO R L D - C L A S S P E R F O R M A N C E S
A N D A C U L I N A RY E X P E R I E N C E
BY STA R R C AT E R I N G G RO U P
Rudi Goblen’s PET
F E B R UA RY 26 + 27
Nu Deco Ensemble
MARCH 18 + 19
O, Miami
APRIL 29 + 30
Alumni Elena and
Samora Pinderhughes
M AY 2 0 + 2 1
Alumnus Doug Blush
20 Feet from Stardom
J U N E 24 + 25
YOU NGARTS 2016 CALE N DAR
F O R I N F O R M AT I O N , V I S I T YO U N G A R T S . O R G
ANNUAL EVENTS
C E L E B R AT I N G 3 5 Y E A R S O F
IDENTIF YING AND SUPPORTING
T H E N AT I O N ’ S M O S T
P R O M I S I N G YO U N G A R T I S T S
National YoungArts Week
JA N UA RY 3 - 1 0
YoungArts Backyard Ball
JA N UA RY 9
presented by Max Mara
YoungArts Los Angeles
F E B R UA RY 1 6 - 2 1
YoungArts Miami
MARCH 8 - 13
Sponsored by Miami-Dade County,
State of Florida, Wells Fargo,
and Miami Downtown
Development Authority
YoungArts New York
APRIL 12 - 17
US Presidential Scholars Program
Washington, D.C.
JUNE 19 - 20
Sponsored by Carnival Foundation
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GREATNESS.
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promotes the growth of arts and culture among
youth throughout the country.
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