2023 Young Artist Scholarship Competition Winners

Congratulations to these outstanding students and their teachers!

The Winners Concert will be held at 4pm Saturday, April 15th in Antonello Hall at MacPhail Center for Music, 501 S 2nd St, Minneapolis, MN 55401.

For everyone’s safety, Thursday Musical strongly recommends all audience members to wear a non-cloth mask such as a N95, KN95, KF94, or surgical mask inside of the recital hall.

Competition Category Award Student Teacher
College Voice 1st place Joy Jasik Carol Eikum
2nd place Gabriel E Lockheimer Anthony Leathem
Honorable Mention Zhicheng He Cory Renbarger
College Strings 1st place Sam Anderson Korey Konkol
Honorable Mention Stephen Ma Stephanie Arado
College Piano 1st place Jason Lee Rene Lecuona
2nd place Benjamin Keating Catherine Kautsky
Honorable Mention Henry Giles Michael Mizrahi
High School Voice 1st place Adelina Mukhametzhanova Melissa Holm-Johansen
2nd place Tiffany Ogunsemi Melissa Holm-Johansen
Honorable Mention Ginny Kraus Colleen O'Shaugnessy
High School Strings 1st place Clark Snavely Almita Vamos
2nd place Ruth Conry Sally O'Reilly
Honorable Mention Kana Aihara Almita Vamos
High School Piano 1st place Jiansong Ding Horacio Nuguid
2nd place Aurora Wang Alexander Braginsky
Honorable Mention Edward Ojard Diana Shapiro
High School Winds, Brass, & Percussion 1st place Arlo Hollander Carson King Fournier
2nd place Luke Kim Amy Unseth
Honorable Mention Emily Fatkhiyev Timothy Zavadil
Middle School Piano 1st place Danica Scofield Megan Wallace
2nd place Gaia Daniel Paul Wirth
Honorable Mention Andre Peck Joseph Zins

JUDGES
Category Judge
College & High School Voice Aaron Humble
College & High School Voice Harriet C. McCleary
College & High School Voice Debra Gilroy
College & High School Strings Nickolai Kolarov
College & High School Strings Holly Ager
College & High School Strings Aja Majkrzak
College & Middle School Piano Yumiko Oshima-Ryan
College & Middle School Piano Dr. Heather MacLaughlin
College & Middle School Piano Dr. Diana Shapiro
High School Piano Christopher Atzinger, DMA
High School Piano Jill Dawe
High School Piano Du Huang
High School Woodwinds/Brass/Percussion Sarah Schmalenberger
High School Woodwinds/Brass/Percussion Merilee Klemp
High School Woodwinds/Brass/Percussion Aaron Hedenstrom

*Awards for 1st place, 2nd place and Honorable Mention in each category are at the judges’ discretion. If a category does not have a contestant that averages a score with the appropriate minimum, it is possible that that category will not have a 1st place winner (or 2nd place or Honorable Mention).

View the 2022 Winners here.