Young Artists Competition
The 2025-2026 Young Artists Competition applications are now open!!
What is the Young Artists Competition?
The Young Artists Competition is held annually to promote and encourage talented student musicians across the region. School-age musicians compete in one of nine divisions based on instrumentation and age. A jury of three regional professional musicians will evaluate the competitors. The 2025-2026 YA Competition is now open for applications.
For more information about the Young Artists Competition, contact the Symphony office at (509) 943-6602.
Young Artist Competition
Recent Winners
Congratulations to the 65th Annual Young Artists Competition Winners!
2028 Overall Winners
2027 Overall Winners
2026 Overall Winners
2025 Overall Winners
Intermediate Christie Santosa
Senior Alaina Roskelley
2025 Division Winners
Senior Strings
Rosalie Nguyễn
Intermediate Strings
Max Maldonado
2025 Honorable Mentions
Lucy Kunkel
Autumn Keyonee
2024 Overall Winners
Darin Choi
Karissa Nakamura
2024 Division Winners
Senior Winds
Carl Gustafson
Senior Brass
Adrian Chavez
Senior Piano
Ben Porter
Senior Strings
Ryan Abastillas
Senior Voice
Jaren English
Intermediate Strings
Rosalie Nguyen
Elementary Piano
Evan Wang
2023 Overall Winners
Intermediate Claira Kincaid
Senior Jeffery Olson
2023 Division Winners
Senior Winds/Other
Autumn Keyannie
Senior Piano
Ben Porter
Senior Strings
Ryan Sorensen
Senior Voice
Nicole Samaan
Intermediate Piano
Runze Alex Wang
Intermediate Strings
Eden Roskelley
2023 Honorable Mention
Ember Richardson
2022 Overall Winners
Intermediate Sana Schiffern
Senior Eduardo Muniz Villa
2022 Division Winners
Senior Winds/Other
Brenden Clapp
Senior Piano
Karissa Nakamura
Senior Strings
Ember Richardson
Intermediate Strings
Darin Choi
2022 Honorable Mention
Nathan Hu
2021 Winners Senior Division
Overall Winner
Eduardo Muniz Villa
2021 Honorable Mention
Jonathan Crosier
Junior Division – Overall Winner
Alvin Liu
2020 Overall Winners
Hannah Schafer
Sana Schiffern
2020 Division Winners
Senior Winds/Other
Braelin Carter
Senior Piano
Nathan Hu
Intermediate Piano
Hannah Schafer
Intermediate Strings
Jonathan Crosier
Primary Piano
Alice Xu
Primary Strings
Darin Choi
2019 Overall Winners
Anastasia Crosier
Joshua Wu
2019 Division Winners
Senior Winds
Thomas Kaminsky
Senior Piano
Izzabella Evangelista
Senior Strings
Anastasia Crosier
Intermediate Piano
Audrey Xu
Intermediate Strings
Eduardo Muniz
Primary Strings
Joshua Wu
2015 Overall Winners
Grant Bender
Nathan Hu
2015 Division Winners
Senior Other
Grant Bender
Senior Piano
Katherine Moon
Intermediate Strings
Valeria Heredia
Intermediate Piano
Rebecca Qian
Primary Strings
Anastasia Crosier
Primary Piano
Nathan Hu
2014 Overall Winners
Katherine Moon
Katharine Zorich
2014 Division Winners
Senior Strings
Tobin Castellano
Senior Other
Geoffrey McKay
Senior Piano
Katherine Zorich
Intermediate Strings
Lisa Hu
Intermediate Piano
Katherine Moon
Primary Strings
Jason Zhuang
Primary Piano
Nathan Hu
2013 Overall Winners
Piano
Justin-James Chua
Violin
Diana Wang
2012 Overall Winners
Piano
Carlie Berry
Violin
Emily Campagna