2025 Young Artist Scholarship Competition Winners

Congratulations to these outstanding students and their teachers!

The Winners Concert will be held at 4pm Saturday, April 26th 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 Ethan Elsbernd Rachel Joselson
2nd place William Jacobson Anne Nash
Honorable Mention Emilia Jurzyk Leanne Freeman-Miller
College Strings 1st place Grace Abt Brittany Quinn
Honorable Mention Dante Carlson Silver Ainomäe
College Piano 1st place Gideon Scheeler Alexander Braginsky
2nd place Benjamin Keating Catherine Kautsky
Honorable Mention Qiaochuhan Li Anthony Padilla
High School Voice 1st place Alice Trachta Alyssa Becker
2nd place Eleanor Iversen Robin Griffeath
Honorable Mention Eveny McNutty Teresa Tierney
High School Musical Theater 1st place Adelina Mukhametzhanova Melyssa Rice
2nd place Ruby Paulson Jennifer LeDoux
Honorable Mention Layla Bagel Teresa Tierney
High School Strings 1st place Jane Story Anna Cromwell
2nd place Noah Scharback David Holmes
Honorable Mention Anahit Bashir David Holmes
High School Piano 1st place tie Gaia Daniel Paul Wirth
1st place tie Noah Greenstein-Sheppard Paul Wirth
2nd place Alex Rodriguez Paul Wirth
Honorable Mention William Feng Richard Tostenson
High School Winds, Brass, & Percussion 1st place Donovan Mann Benjamin Bussey
2nd place Dilan Gilbertson Emily Brewer
Honorable Mention Max Berkholz Will Kemperman
Middle School Piano 1st place Cecilia Taggart Paul Wirth
2nd place Emma Lu Alexander Braginsky
Honorable Mention tie Jeffrey Hao Jessica Hong
Honorable Mention tie Tucker Kase Paul Wirth
Middle School Strings 2nd place Jorgen Anthony David Holmes
Honorable Mention Brigham Dangerfield Aaron Janse

JUDGES
Category Judge
College Voice Alyssa Becker
College Voice Stephanie Thorpe
College Voice Deborah Carbaugh
High School Voice Kristin Griffeath
College Voice Tracey Engelman
College Voice Bradley Beale
High School Musical Theater Trevor Lemon-Todd
High School Musical Theater Elizabeth Pearse
High School Musical Theater Sifryn Oberin
College, High School, & Middle School Strings Jim Bartsch
College, High School, & Middle School Strings Aja Majkrzak
College, High School, & Middle School Strings Nickolai Kolarov
College Piano Richard Lange
College Piano Irina Elkina
College Piano Rebecca Shockley
High School & Middle School Piano Asami Hagiwara
High School & Middle School Piano Xiao Hu
High School Piano Osip Nikiforov
Middle School Piano Jacob Ertl
High School Woodwinds/Brass/Percussion Merilee Kemp
High School Woodwinds/Brass/Percussion Charles Wazonowski
High School Woodwinds/Brass/Percussion Julia Heinen

*Awards for 1st place, 2nd place and Honorable Mention in each category are at the judges’ discretion.

View the 2024 Winners here.