Miami teens - dancers, jazz musicians, artists - among national YoungArts honorees
Teen years are creative, confounding and critical to future development — especially for young artists. Miami-based YoungArts Foundation seeks to instill confidence by recognizing artistic excellence among senior high students and encourage their development throughout their careers with its annual honors.
More than 650 are being recognized this year as YoungArts winners with cash prizes between $100 and $10,000 and the opportunity to learn from such celebrated professionals as actor-singer Debbie Allen, choreographer Mikhail Baryshnikov, architect Frank Gehry, jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, writer Salman Rushdie and visual artist Mickalene Thomas. National YoungArts Week, usually attended by finalists in January, will be virtual this year due to the pandemic.
Among the national winners are more than 70 from South Florida in three categories: Finalist, Honorable Mention and Merit. They include:
FINALISTS
Design Arts
▪ Gonzalo Pena, Design and Architecture Senior High School, Miami
Jazz
▪ Ian Muñoz, saxophone/alto, New World School of the Arts, Miami
▪ Andre Perlman, trombone, New World School of the Arts, Miami
Photography
▪ Jason Babayev, Pine Crest School, Fort Lauderdale
▪ Addison Linck, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach
Visual arts
▪ Jebreel Bessiso, Design and Architecture Senior High School, Miami
▪ Daniela Lopez, New World School of the Arts, Miami
▪ Jalynn McDuffey, Coral Reef Senior High School, Miami
▪ Gretsy Moreno, Design and Architecture Senior High School, Miami
▪ Is Perlman, Design and Architecture Senior High School, Miami
▪ Cherline Philogene, New World School of the Arts, Miami
Popular voice
▪ Carynna Joseph, Coral Springs High School, Coral Springs
Poetry
▪ Elyse Thomas, School for Advanced Studies - Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus, Miami
HONORABLE MENTION
Modern / Contemporary Dance
▪ Mason Evans, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach
Design Arts
▪ Jebreel Bessiso, Design and Architecture Senior High School, Miami
▪ Zoe Goldemberg, Design and Architecture Senior High School, Miami
▪ Joshua Hamburg, Design and Architecture Senior High School, Miami
▪ Anna Nickless, Design and Architecture Senior High School, Miami
▪ Karina Rodriguez, Design and Architecture Senior High School, Miami
Film
▪ Brody DeMoya, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach
▪ Heidi Kafer, G-Star School of the Arts, West Palm Beach
Jazz
▪ Adam Lord, Saxophone/Tenor, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach
▪ Ian Muñoz, Saxophone/Tenor, New World School of the Arts, Miami
▪ Jackson Spellman, Trombone, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach
▪ Adam Stein, Saxophone/Alto, New World School of the Arts, Miami
Photography
▪ Sheina-Ruth Skuy-Marcan, David Posnack Jewish Day School, Davie
Visual Arts
▪ Amy Riumbau, New World School of the Arts, Miami
Voice
▪ Connor Munroe, Ransom Everglades School, Coconut Grove
▪ The King’s Academy, West Palm Beach
Spoken Word
▪ Is Perlman, Design and Architecture Senior High School, Miami
MERIT
Classical Music
▪ Roel Arazo, Euphonium, New World School of the Arts, Miami
▪ Sophia Molina, Violin, New World School of the Arts, Miami
Dance
▪ Eliette Yammine-Nuñez, World Dance, Flamenco, Miami Country Day School, Miami
Design Arts
▪ Raquel Buriani, John A. Ferguson Senior High School, Miami
▪ Abel Reyes, Design and Architecture Senior High School, Miami
▪ Lilou Tauban, Design and Architecture Senior High School, Miami
▪ Victoria Tennant, Miami Arts Charter School, Miami
Film
▪ Lucca Vieira, Cypress Bay High School, Weston
Jazz
▪ Gabriel Barnard, Double Bass, New World School of the Arts, Miami
▪ Derek Janoff, Saxophone/Tenor, West Boca Raton Community High School, Boca Raton
▪ Aidan Johnston, Guitar, Miami Beach Senior High School, Miami Beach
▪ Maximillian Melo, Double Bass, School for Advanced Studies, North Miami
▪ Connor Munroe, Saxophone/Tenor, Ransom Everglades School, Coconut Grove
▪ Lucas Netto, Saxophone/Tenor, New World School of the Arts, Miami
▪ Asher Pereira, Composition, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach
▪ Dereck Sanguino, Guitar, Ronald W. Reagan Doral Senior High School, Doral
▪ Scott Schaffer, Trombone, New World School of the Arts, Miami
▪ Claudio Silva, Percussion, New World School of the Arts, Miami
▪ Aidan Taylor, Double Bass, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach
▪ Bruno Tzinas, Trombone, New World School of the Arts, Miami
Theater
▪ Schnadè Saintil, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach, FL
Visual Arts
▪ Lory Charles, Design and Architecture Senior High School, Miami
Michael Laurito
▪ Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach, FL
Voice
▪ Valerie Alonso, Popular Voice, TERRA Environmental Research Institute, Miami
▪ Zaryah Gourgel, Classical Voice/Mezzo Soprano, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach
▪ Lucas Hunter, Singer-Songwriter, Ronald W. Reagan Doral Senior High School, Doral
▪ Benjamin Krieger, Singer-Songwriter, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach
▪ Geraldine Monsalve, Popular Voice, Dillard High School, Fort Lauderdale
▪ Carmen Thomassiny, Singer Songwriter, Dillard High School, Fort Lauderdale
Writing
▪ Katherine Oung, Spoken Word, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach
▪ Arianna Peró, Spoken Word, New World School of the Arts, Miami
▪ Michael Pincus, Creative Nonfiction, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach
I▪ sabella Ramirez, Spoken Word, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach
