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 |