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