2021 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
Toccata in G minor - Phoebe Pruitt Bruchman - Houston, TX - age 13
Acidic Raindrops - Tanner Carlson-Huber - Evanston, IL - age 16
Visionary Maze Runner - Lucy Chen - Potomac, MD - age 16
Tangoesque - Daniel Fried - Chevy Chase, MD - age 17
Orzo - Willa Hawthorne - Pasadena, CA - age 17
Young Embers - Elisa Johnson - Seattle, WA - age 16
Migraine for String Quartet - Jack Kaiser - Interlochen, MI - age 16
An Elemental Fantasy - Rachael Kim - Sammamish, WA - age 15
Mosquito Stars - Yuri Lee - Tuckahoe, NY - age 17
Fugue for String Quartet - David Liebowitz - Chestnut Hill, MA - age 17
String Quartet in Eb major - Kai Matera - Danville, CA - age 15
Piano Quintet No. 1, Movement II Reflections - Kevin Nam - Bellevue, WA - age 17
Green Lake at Dusk - Isabella Nichols - Oconomowoc, WI - age 18
Lac de l'Ours Polaire - Logyn Okuda - Honolulu, HI - age 18
Altitude - Luca Pasquini - Denver, CO - age 17
Expanding Time - Julian Raheb - Brooklyn, NY - age 15
Ginastera - Andrew Schneider - Galena, OH - age 14
Discovery - Aviva Senzon - Jupiter, FL - age 17
Pandora's Box - Jenny Wei - Allen, TX - age 17
Full Orchestra
I`ll Be Back Before the Cherry Blossoms Bloom - Adam Anderson - Gilbert, AZ - age 16
A Heap of Broken Images - Ethan Chaves - Charlton, MA - age 18
Vis Viva - Jonah Cohen - Farmington Hills - age 17
With Any Luck We`ll Be Fine - Liam Cummins - Mansfield, OH - age 17
Wonder of the World - Jacob Evarts - Locust Grove, GA - age 18
Journey into the Catacombs - Benjamin Hernandez - Rio Rancho, NM - age 18
Winter Rain - Fabian Leung - Murphy, TX - age 15
Main Titles of America - Caleb Liu - Greenbrae, CA - age 18
El Dorado - Chase Morrison - Lantana, TX age 17
Emergent - Siddharth Pant - San Jose, CA - age 16
Crepuscular Light - Justin Park - Mililani, HI - age 17
Scorpiones - Winston Schneider - Omaha, NE - age 13
Ship in a Stormy Seas - Cole Spencer - Winter Park, FL - age 17
Mercury in His Chariot - Andrew Strawn - Union, KY - age 17
Left Side of the Track - Elaina Stuppler - Lake Grove, OR - age 13
Rescue Mission, for Two - Jayden Tiemann - Princeton, IL - age 17
Overture and Fugue in D minor - Tyson Washington - Bremen, GA - age 17
Like a Single Star in the Night Sky - Charlie Zhong - Brookline, MA - age 14