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