Each month, the YoungArts Community Spotlight highlights upcoming events, projects and press from YoungArts past winners, guest artists and panelists.
In the News
- Brandon Goldberg (2022, 2023, 2024 Jazz) profiled in The Miami Herald ahead of South-Florida concert
- Nadege Green (2005 Writing) featured on the cover page of The Miami Times spotlighting Black Miami-Dade, a history and creative studio
- Jacquelin Harris (2010 Dance) interviewed in Authority Magazine about The Morning Routines and Habits Of Highly Successful People
- Timothy Hyunsoo Lee (2008 Visual Arts) featured in Massachusetts art exhibition for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
- Abigail Hing Wen (Guest Artist) highlighted in People Magazine with her forthcoming book and short film THE VALE, starring Lea Salonga
Kudos
- Saehyun Kim (2024 Classical Music) wins Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition
- Oliviana Marie (2021 Voice) named the winner of the American Pops Orchestra’s Inaugural Ruth Wales du Pont Collegiate Composition Competition in both the Popular and Audience Choice Award categories
- Daniel Wallace (2025 Classical Music) received second place at Light Opera of New Jersey Stars of Tomorrow Competition
- Maria Wirries (2016 Theater) starring in Old Friends at the Friedman Theatre
- Stephanie Yung (Guest Artist) named 2025 Canadian Marketing Awards Co-Chair
On the Calendar
- Eric B. Anthony (1997 Theater) starring in The Little Mermaid as Sebastian, The Wizard of Oz as the Scarecrow and featured in Newsies at Tuacahn Center for the Arts in Ivins, Utah from May 2-October 25
- Lorna Courtney (2016 Theater) making her solo-show debut at Joe’s Pub in New York, NY on May 18
- Saniya Desai (2025 Theater) starring in Anything Goes at George C Marshall High School Statesmen Theater in Falls Church, VA during May 1-10
- Ruby Farmer (2024 Jazz) performing with Ruby Farmer Quintet for the late night session at Dizzy’s Jazz Club in New York, NY on May 29-31
- Vanessa Garcia (Writing National Selection Panelist) premieres new play, The Death of Kings: An Encyclopedia, as one of eight play readings at Coconut Grove Theatre Festival in Miami, FL during May 8-11
- Hsing-ay Hsu (1995 Classical Music & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) hosting an Interactive Listening workshop at Klavierhaus in New York, NY on April 26
- Lavanya Karthikeyan (2024 Dance) performing in Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival 2025 at Cleveland State University in Cleveland, OH on April 27
- Timothy Hyunsoo Lee (2008 Visual Arts) participating in the group exhibition, “The culture of the landscape: the mountain, the tree and the river,” organized by Casa Asia at the Royal Botanical Garden in Madrid, Spain, through May 11
- Ackeem Salmon’s (2016 Photography, 2017 Visual Arts) public sculpture, “Self-Portrait: Detroit 2024,” created with The Stories of Us, will be on view in a group exhibition at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge in Emily Warren Roebling Plaza, in New York, NY from April 26 to May 26
- Kevin Sherwin’s (2012 Classical Music) musical, How Do You Milk an Almond?, will be presented during Theatre Now’s SOUND BITES XII Festival of 10-Minute Musicals at Kaufman Music Center in New York, NY on May 5
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