Young Artist Performance National Finalists

2025–2026

Brass

Entrant	State	Teacher
Diego Jaquez	Texas	Dave Kirk
Jihong Son	Michigan	David Jackson
Jon-Michael Taylor	Connecticut	Kevin Cobb
Samuel Cooper	Idaho	Mark Thiele
Luke Weatherly	Oklahoma	Paul Compton
Carter Mitchell	Washington	Chris Dickey
Jonah Hammett	Georgia	Jean Martin-Williams

Piano

Entrant	State	Division	Teacher
Daae Kim	Indiana	East Central	Norman Krieger
Vitalii Khairutdinov	New Jersey	Eastern	Veda Zuponcic
Jun Yun	Oregon	Northwest	Alexandre Dossin
Qiaotong Liu	Texas	South Central	Tamas Ungar
Quang Vo	Florida	Southern	Michael Baron
Wenzhao Wang	Utah	Southwest	Ning Lu
Tang-Hsing Lien	Colorado	West Central	Stephanie Cheng

String

Entrant	State	Division	Teacher
Pavlo Kyryliuk	Illinois	East Central	Almita Vamos
Bethany Bobbs	New Jersey	Eastern	Catherine Bobbs
Flora Cummings	Washington	Northwest	Melia Watras
Daria Oleinik	Texas	South Central	Alexander Sitkovetsky
Iris Shepherd	Tennessee	Southern	Cornelia Heard
Alina Baron	Utah	Southwest	Leonard Braus
Vladimir Tsiper	Minnesota	West Central	Sergiu Schwartz

Voice

Entrant	State	Teacher
Emily Jurzyk	Iowa	Leanne Freeman-Miller
Victoria Hyman	Florida	Jeanie Darnell
Cadence Lowery-Hart	Iowa	Leanne Freeman-Miller
Olivia Tice	Iowa	Leanne Freeman-Miller
Cadie Logston	South Dakota	Tracelyn Gesteland
Gabriel McKee	Iowa	Alyssa Becker
Leah Mendelin	Iowa	Leanne Freeman-Miller

Woodwind

Entrant	State	Division	Teacher
Matthew Hrinda	Indiana	East Central	Otis Murphy
Hong Cheng	New Jersey	Eastern	Maureen Hurd Hause
Evan Ney	Oregon	Northwest	Idit Shner
Preston Hernandez	Louisiana	South Central	Kendra Wheeler
Cailin McGarry	Florida	Southern	Jeff Keesecker
Lillie Gardner	Utah	Southwest	Christina Castellanos
Chris Hunley	Iowa	West Central	Kenneth Tse