2016 Finalists

The finalists are listed below in the order in which their submissions were received. This order does not imply relative ratings. Every finalist deserves the highest accolades for their tremendous achievement in compositional excellence.

Ensemble Finalists

Eliptical Trinket - Calvin Yost-Wolff - Lawrence, KS - age 17

Wind Quartet 1st Movement - William Shabecoff - Greenwich, CT - age 15

String Quartet no. 2 - Michael Gaspari - Robbinsville, NJ - age 16

Voices of Big Bend - Benjamin Kang - Houston, TX - age 17

Violin Sonata op. 1, 3rd Movement - Daniel Cho - Wyncote, PA - age 14

Piano Quartet no. 1 in B-Flat Major "Heroica" - Theodore Servin - Hollywood, FL - age 14

On the Line - Elise Arancio - Tucker, GA - age 15

Letters Unwritten: A Short Brass Quintet - Tucker Johnson - St. Petersburg, FL - age 17

Xeletis Xkwechech - Jonah Murphy - Brooklyn, NY - age 16

Fugue in E Minor for String Quartet - Karna Mendonca - Pleasanton, CA - age 15

Call of Waipio Ridge - Leigha Amick - Boulder, CO - age 18

"Well Put Huguenin" - Victor Shlyakhtenko - Los Angeles, CA - age 14

Chronologies no. 1, Tightly Wound - Bram Fisher - West Stockbridge, MA - age 15

5+2, A Piano Quintet - Marina Lee - Plainsboro, NJ - age 15

Poem for Piano Trio - Jahan Raymond - Bell Canyon, CA - age 14

Full Orchestra Finalists

Full Measure of Devotion - Robert Tindle - Miami, FL - age 18

Spira - Julian Galesi - Brooklyn, NY - age 16

Cognitive Dissonance - Jessica Mao - Fremont, CA - age 17

Starship Explorer - Robin Butler - Arlington, IL - age 15

A Journey to Mars - Elliot Butler - Arlington, IL - age 18

Colors of Spring - Isabella Dussias - Hillsborough, NJ - age 13

Overcome - Seth Brown - Maumelle, AR - age 16

Symphonic Waltz - Marco Jimenez - St. Petersburg, FL - age 13

Symphonic Prelude - Soren Nyhus - Waterville, ME - age 15

Ostinato - Austin Ali - Dallas, TX - age 18

Astronomical Percussions - Noah Goulet - Delaware, OH - age 15

Above and Below - Quentin Johnston - San Antonio, TX - age 15

Largo for Orchestra - Daniel Zarb-Cousin - Huntington Beach, CA - age 16

Rusticators Merriment - Joel Padgett - Indianapolis, IN - age 17

Prelude Serrate - Andrew Wang - Johns Creek, GA - age 13