2019 Finalists

The finalists are listed below in last name alphabetical order. This order does not imply relative ratings. Every finalist deserves the highest accolades for their tremendous achievement in compositional excellence.

Ensemble

Rainfall Through Windshields - Joey Baroco - Pensacola, FL - age 16

Reflection - Chinmay Deshpande - New York, NY - age 17

Works for Brass Quintet - Jordon Drumgoole - Grand Prairie, TX - age 15

Room 101 - Yoni Fogelman - Burbank, CA - age 16

Snowfall in Spring - Gabriel Fynsk - Brooklyn, NY - age 18

Redemption - William Haddad - New Canaan, CT - age 16

Fair and Foul - Simon Iobst - New Albany, OH - age 17

Piano Concerto in F Minor: III. Presto - Varun Karry - Edison, NJ - age 15

Traction - Apsara Kasiraman - Agoura Hills, CA - age 14

In Dreams - Alex Ma - Cincinnati, OH - age 16

Needles to the Ground - Jane Meenaghan - Los Angeles, CA - age 18

Fractured Frenzy - Sofia Ouyang - Elmhurst, NY - age 18

Lovey, Swampy - Aidan Vass - Thousand Oaks, CA - age 16

Reunion - Christina Xiao - Lexington, MA - age 16

Sketchland - Kai Xu - Foster City, CA - age 17

Full Orchestra

The Singing Wells - Apsara Balamurugan - Weston, MA - age 17

Assembly for Summer Voices - Ian Barnett - Key Biscayne, FL - age 15

Impact - Caroline Bragg - Brookline, MA - age 16

A Hero's Ballad - Benjamin Carringer - Klamath Falls, OR - age 17

Despondence - Harrison Chiang - Corona, CA - age 13

Graduation March in Bb Major - Bradley de Lucia - Olympia, WA - age 18

West Coast Style - Benjamin Dickey - - age 17

Worker 21486 - Life and Death in the Hive - Anika Fuloria - Los Altos, CA - age 15

Sinfonia Pastorale - Marco Jimenez - St. Petersburg, FL - age 16

The Infinite Waltz - Isabelle Kramar - Mequon, WI - age 17

The Day It Rained Forever - Yuri Lee - Tuckahoe, NY - age 15

Great Prospects - Joseph Lim - Scarsdale, NY - age 15

A Mythical Expedition - Caleb Liu - Greenbrae, CA - age 16

Industrial Nature - Maxwell Lu - Dayton, MD - age 17

Butterflies! - Sean McLaughlin - Broadlands, VA - age 15

The Great Adventure - Kyler Simon - New York, NY - age 13

The Persistence of Time - Cole Spencer - Winter Park, FL - age 15

On the Open Range - Noah Tan - Stevensville, MI - age 16

The Sailor's Tale - Jayden Tiemann - Princeton, IL - age 15

The Deep Blue Sea - John Van Brederode - Marietta, GA - age 17

Battle of the Orchestra - Brendan Weinbaum - Atlanta, GA - age 17

Grapes of Wrath - Brad Wills - Dardanelle, AR - age 16