2026 Young Artist Scholarship Competition Winners
Congratulations to these outstanding students and their teachers!
The Winners Concert was held at 4pm Saturday, April 25, 2026 in the Art Gallery at Hennepin United Methodist Church.
| Competition Category | Award | Student | Teacher |
| College Intermediate Voice | 1st place | Reagan Conklin | Matthew Markam |
| 2nd place | Emilia Jurzyk | Leanne Freeman-Miller | |
| Honorable Mention | Liv Olsen | Colleen Brooksr | |
| College Strings | 1st place | Lukas Oddsson | Stephanie Arado |
| 2nd place | Clara Montes | Sally O'Reilly | |
| Honorable Mention | Ashley Springer | Anna Cromwell | |
| College Piano | 1st place | Qiaochuhan Li | Anthony Padilla |
| 2nd place | Jonathan Bass | Ksenia Nosikova | |
| Honorable Mention | Kyle Roberts | Anthony Padilla | |
| College Musical Theater | 1st place | Samuel Schaefer | Robin Griffeath |
| 2nd place | Thien-Tam Tang | Justin Staebell | |
| Honorable Mention Tie | Trinity Vang | Marshall Urban | |
| Honorable Mention Tie | Caleb Rivera | Leanne Freeman-Miller | |
| College Winds, Brass, & Percussion | 1st place | Cole Moorhead | Kenneth Tse |
| 2nd place | Zhou Wang | Kenneth Tse | |
| Honorable Mention | Caleb Burke | Michael Smith | |
| High School Voice | 1st place | Eleanor Iversen | Robin Griffeath |
| 2nd place | Hannah Do | Melyssa Rice | |
| Honorable Mention | Chloe Hall | Robin Griffeath | |
| High School Musical Theater | 1st place | Eleanor Iversen | Robin Griffeath |
| 2nd place tie | Lilianna Rindal | Ben Lohrberg | |
| 2nd place tie | Hannah Do | Melyssa Rice | |
| Honorable Mention | Chloe Hall | Robin Griffeath | |
| High School Strings | 1st place | Sophia Alexander | Mina Fisher |
| 2nd place | Lucy Wu | Stefan Cartman | |
| Honorable Mention | Samuel Dangerfield | Mina Fisher | |
| High School Piano | 1st place | Harold Fang | Denis Evstuhin |
| 2nd place tie | Graham Hennig | Tina Park | |
| 2nd place tie | William Feng | Richard Tostenson | |
| Honorable Mention | So-Yeon Smith | Jo Anne Link | |
| High School Winds, Brass, & Percussion | 1st place | Ezra Kusa | Douglas Wright |
| 2nd place | Madilyn Duch | Carrie Vecchione | |
| Honorable Mention | Kincaid Villella | Preston Duncan | |
| Middle School Piano | 1st place | Anna Golovko | Julia Elkina Ehrlich |
| 2nd place | Emma Lu | Alexander Braginsky | |
| Honorable Mention | Marius Kleinhuizen | Brian Billion | |
| Middle School Musical Theater | 2nd place | Eleanor Griffeath | Robin Griffeath |
| Honorable Mention tie | Alice Garlinski | Melyssa Rice | |
| Honorable Mention tie | Aubrey Schaefer | Melyssa Rice | |
| Middle School Strings | 1st place | Summer Liu | Andrea Glass |
| 2nd place | Brigham Dangerfield | Aaron Janse | |
| Honorable Mention | Jorgen Anthony | David Holmes | |
| JUDGES | |
| Category | Judge |
| College Intermediate Voice | Laura Nichols |
| College Intermediate & High School Voice | Monica Murray |
| College Intermediate & High School Voice | Melissa Holm-Johansen |
| High School Voice | Jonathan Struve |
| Middle School Musical Theater | Momoko Tanno |
| Middle School, High School & College Musical Theater | Bobbi Miller |
| Middle School & High School Musical Theater | Kym Otto |
| College Musical Theater | Anna Hashizume |
| College, High School, & Middle School Strings | Rolf Hass |
| High School & College Strings | Kai-Li Cheng |
| High School & College Strings | Te-Chiang Liu |
| Middle School Strings | Will Richardson |
| Middle School Strings | Kathryn Christie |
| Middle School, High School, & College Piano | Miryana Motova |
| Middle School, High School, & College Piano | Christopher Atzinger |
| Middle School & College Piano | Yumiko Oshima-Ryan |
| High School Piano | Diana Shapiro |
| High School & College Woodwinds/Brass/Percussion | Kurt Claussen |
| High School & College Woodwinds/Brass/Percussion | Charles Preis |