Senior Performance National Finalists
2025–2026
Brass
| Entrant | State | Teacher |
|---|---|---|
| Keenan Reynolds | South Carolina | Jared Theismann |
| Evan Zhang | Maryland | Ken Wolff |
Piano
| Entrant | State | Division | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evan Dan | Ohio | East Central | Sean Schulze |
| Evelina Kleczek | District of Columbia | Eastern | Martin Labazevitch |
| Enzo Zhao | Washington | Northwest | Oksana Ezhokina, NCTM |
| Chris Hao | Texas | South Central | John Weems |
| Benjamin Luo | North Carolina | Southern | Florence Ko |
| David Gatien | California | Southwest | Yoshikazu Nagai |
| Noah Greenstein-Sheppard | Minnesota | West Central | Paul Wirth |
Piano Duet
| Entrant | State | Division | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosabelle Shi and Alina Liu | Illinois | East Central | Sylvia Wang |
| Conan Yang and Samuel Cronk | New Jersey | Eastern | Veda Zuponcic |
| Albert Hsu and Alexander Rao | Idaho | Northwest | Suzanne Winegar Clive |
| Kaitlyn Ouyang and Lucas Pei | Texas | South Central | Alex and Marcy McDonald |
| Megan Lai and Brandon Sang-Zheng | Virginia | Southern | Nancy O'Neill Breth |
| Olivia Jiang and Zibo Wang | Utah | Southwest | Ning Lu |
| Lanie Deng and Xiaowei Wang | MIssouri | West Central | Hye-Jung Hong |
String
| Entrant | State | Division | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emily Chen | Illinois | East Central | Almita Vamos |
| Yixuan Li | Maryland | Eastern | Lya Stern |
| Jesse Krentz | Washington | Northwest | Kevin Krentz |
| Kyle Park | Texas | South Central | Andres Diaz |
| Leila Warren | Florida | Southern | Shannon Thomas |
| Joshua Lee | Arizona | Southwest | Jooyeon Han |
| Taryn Geiger | Nebraska | West Central | Ruth Meints |
Voice
| Entrant | State | Teacher |
|---|---|---|
| Olivia Xia | California | Hiroko Yoshinaga |
| Johanna Schlecht | Delaware | Mary Ellen Schauber |
| Mara Bryan | Florida | Jeanie Darnell |
| Chimdi Nnamani | North Carolina | Ted Federle |
| Chloe Bremer | Georgia | Yurim Mi Choi |
| Jesse Kliman | Maryland | Ellen Kliman |
| Heidi Hager | Virginia | Tim C. Chang |
Woodwind
| Entrant | State | Division | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annamaria Riccardi | Michigan | East Central | Kelly Mcdermott |
| Eric Sigalov | New Jersey | Eastern | Valentin Kovalev |
| Xueheng Wang | Washington | Northwest | Fred Winkler |
| Soomin Oh | Texas | South Central | Monica Song |
| Owen Burch | North Carolina | Southern | Oskar Espina Ruiz |
| Leah Keyes | Utah | Southwest | Catherine Boyack |
| Silas Gollnick | Iowa | West Central | Jae-Hyun Ryoo |