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Alumni

Young Artist Program Alumni

Here you’ll find a list of Alumni from recent years. For a full list dating back to 1969, click the PDF link below.

Young Artists Alumni PDF

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Opera Ticket Questions:
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2022

Felix Aguilar Tomlinson
Samina Aslam (Festival Artist)
Eric Botto
Rolfe Dauz (Festival Artist)
James Eder
Megan Fleischmann
Luke Harnish
Nicole Heinen
Marcus Jefferson
Emily Michiko Jensen
Olivia Johnson
Phillip Lopez
Bernardo Medeiros
Talin Nalbandian
John Kun Park
Max Potter
Nicola Santoro
Jake Skipworth
Hilary Grace Taylor
Meilina Tsui (Composer Fellow)
Kerwin Young (Composer Fellow)

2021

Michael Colman
Jasmine Barnes (Composer Fellow)
Sage Bond (Composer Fellow)
Jared V. Esguerra
Yazid Gray
Kelly Guerra
Chasiti Lashay

2020

Samina Aslam
Zachary Barba
Eric Botto
Michael Colman
James Eder
Jared V. Esguerra
Celeste Godin
Yazid Gray
Kelly Guerra
Nicole Heinen
Shafali Jalota
Chasiti Lashay
Daniela Magura
Michael Miller
John David Nevergall
Aaren Rivard
Jake Skipworth
Hilary Grace Taylor
Wan Zhao

2019

Apprentice


Matthew Cossack
Blake Friedman
Edwin Joseph
Laura León
Jesús Vicente Murillo
Patrick Dean Shelton
Lauren Yokabaskas
Wan Zhao

Studio


Gabrielle Beteag
Cristina María Castro
Lindsey Chinn
Michael Colman
Yazid Gray
Brian Jeffers
Seunghee Lee
Jordan Loyd
Quinn Middleman
Scott Purcell
Sidney Ragland
Kaitlyn Stavinoha
James Stevens
Natalie Trumm
Timothi Williams
Antona C Yost

2018

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Rachael Braunstein
Stephen Clark
Leroy Y. Davis
Helen Hassinger
Rebekah Howell
John Riesen
Alexandra Rodrick
Dennis Shuman

Studio


Brandon Bell
Brett Bode
Aaron J. Casey
Kathryn Domyan
Kimberly Hann
Emily Howes
Chandler Johnson
Quinn Middleman
Ian Murrell
Teresa Perrotta
Sidney Ragland
Spencer Reichman
Sarah Saturnino
Patrick Dean Shelton
Natalie Trumm
Kayla White

2017

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Chelsea Friedlander
Arnold Livingston Geis
Helen Hassinger
Natalie Rose Havens
Mario Diaz-Moresco
Evan Ross
Laura Soto-Bayomi
Eric Wassenaar

Studio


Tascha Anderson
Chelsea Bolter
Ricardo Ceballos de la Mora
Alaysha Fox
Megan Grey
Rebekah Howell
Emily Howes
Blake Jennings
Emily Michiko Jensen
Kameron Lopreore
Omar Najmi
Spencer Reichman
Frank Rosamond
Tookah Sapper
Andrew Surrena
Jacob Ryan Wright

2016

Apprentice


Quinn Bernegger
Rachael Braunstein
Chelsea Miller
Brian James Myer
Deanna Pauletto
Abigail Rethwisch
Dennis Shuman
Hans Tashjian

Studio


Margaret Bridge
Anthony Ciaramitaro
Kelly Clarke
Allison Deady
Vincent Festa
Lorenzo Miguel Garcia
Megan Grey
Addie Hamilton
Emily Michiko Jensen
Tesia Kwarteng
Heath Martin
Frank Rosamond
Jake Skipworth
Laura Soto-Bayomi
Ryan Stoll
Patrick Terry

2015

Apprentice


Rachel Arky
Joseph Flaxman
Jared A. Guest
Alison King
Isaiah Musik-Ayala
Clara Nieman
John Riesen
Catheryne Shuman
Brett Sprague
Addie Hamilton
Leah Hawkins
Peter Lake
Brian James Myer
Elliott Paige
Laura Soto-Bayomi
Antonia Tamer
Tyler Wolowicz

Studio


Matthew Arnold
Aubry Ballaro-Hagadorn
Chelsea Bolter
Robert Nicholas Boragno
Kasia Borowiec
Sean Christensen
Alice Chung
Stephen Clark
Kelly Clarke
Richard Coleman
Stephanie Feigenbaum
Lorenzo Miguel Garcia

2014

2014 Young Artists

Apprentice


Linda Brimer Barnett
Benjamin Bloomfield
Raehann Bryce-Davis
Cree Carrico
Jesse Darden
Kate Farrar
Nicole Haslett
Andrew Lunsford
Brad Walker

Studio


Caitlin Bolden
Helena Brown
Brandon Coleman
Christopher Colmenero
Cheyanne Coss
Alaysha Fox
Isaac Frishman
Jared A. Guest
Rebekah Howell
Sammy Huh
Jeremy Johnson
Rachael Kim
Jesus Vicente Murillo
Brian James Myer
Clara Nieman
John Riesen
Elizabeth Tredent
Logan Webber

2013

Apprentice


Mandy Brown
Ted Federle
Jonathan Harris
Jon Jurgens
Rachelle Pike
Ellen PutneyMoore
Kristin Schwecke
Aaron Short

Studio


Todd Barnhill
Adam Barta
Rachel Blaustein
Clayton Brown
Cree Carrico
Ivan Conrad
Jesse Darden
Meaghan Deiter
Ethan DePuy
Kate Farrar
Amber Garrett
Michael Hewitt
Alison King
Tatiana Ogan
John Riesen
Emily Spencer
Brett Sprague
Brad Walker

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