2023 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
In Full Bloom - Esther Chi - Livingston, NJ - age 16
Electric Prisms - Jack Damon - Bronxville, NY - age 17
Dance of Unconscious Particles - Sophia Kunxu Dou - New York, NY - age 15
Prelude - Gabriel Fulton - New Haven, CT - age 17
(Day)Light - Jaden Hart - Summerville, SC - age 18
Accro - Jack Kaiser - New York, NY - age 18
Preservation of Adolescence - Fabian Leung - Murphy, TX - age 17
The Birds of Spring - James Liang - Austin, TX - age 15
Ecstatic - Grant Qu - Austin, TX - age 13
Photon - Cyrano Jett Rosentrater - Philadelphia, PA - age 16
Piano Trio in E Minor - Caleb Sharkey - New York, NY - age 16
Our Last Cascading Hour - Linda-Joy Shishan - Orlando, FL - age 18
The Bells Sing - Aadit Shrivastava - Short Hills, NJ - age 15
Burlesque - Billy Waldman - Redondo Beach, CA - age 16
Chopin vs Chopin 2.0 - Taige Wang - New York, NY - age 13
The Garden of Forking Paths - Ellie Wu - Mercer Island, WA - age 17
Adventures of a Flying Turtle - Parik Yan - Westbury, NY - age 17
War Piano Quartet - Adrian Zhang - Jericho, NY - age 14
Sonata for Violin and Piano, Movement III, Vivace - Philina Zhang – New York, NY - age 16
Full Orchestra
Journey to Ae Fore - Demi Adetona - Houston, TX - age 18
Running Thoughts - Owen Axelberd - Suwanee, GA - age 17
Excerpts from Grand Pas de Deux - Benjamin Baskin - Carmel, IN - age 17
Reflection for Orchestra - James Bernard - New York, NY - age 18
From Nothing - Bryan Chiu - Chino Hills, CA - age 18
Love Uncertainty and Love Again - Annibelle Egen - Kalamazoo, MI - age 16
Nokken - Joseph Fowler - League City, TX - age 16
A New Age - Christian Garnes - Huntington, WV - age 17
Scherzo for Orchestra - Dylan Hall - Albany, CA - age 15
Forever in the Wind - Hudson Holland - Cape Coral, FL - age 16
Intermezzo in B Major - John McLaughlin - Lewis Center, OH - age 18
The Enchanted Reverie - Akshay Murthy - Fremont, CA - age 15
David, Movement II, Jauntily - Bakhari Nokuri - Dayton, MD - age 18
Heist - Ryan Qiu - Sugar Land, TX - age 17
Tuba Mirum - Alex Robertson - New York, NY - age 16
Dialogue for Orchestra - Andrew Schneider - Galena, OH - age 16
Arachnida, Movement V, Solifugae - Winston Schneider - Omaha, NE - age 15
Banchan for Orchestra, Movement I, Candied Potatoes - Christian Yom - Cambridge, MA - age 18