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 |