Each month, the YoungArts Community Spotlight highlights upcoming events, projects and press from YoungArts past winners, guest artists and panelists.
In the News
- Timo Andres’ (2003 Classical Music & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) album, “The Blind Banister,” selected as one of the Best Classical Music Albums of 2024 by The New York Times
- Anastasiya Magamedova’s (2016 Classical Music) recital reviewed in Hyde Park Herald
- Eric Poor (2025 Dance) featured in Pointe Magazine as one of 15 dancers representing the U.S. at the 2025 Prix de Lausanne
- Claudio Silva (2019, 2020, 2021 Jazz) featured in the Baltimore Jazz Alliance
Kudos
- Timothée Chalamet (2013 Theater) nominated for an Oscar for Actor in a Leading Role in A Complete Unknown
- Ash Fure (2000 Classical Music), Rashaad Newsome (Guest Artist), Lee Pivnik (2014 Visual Arts), and Aparna Ramaswamy (Guest Artist) named 2025 Creative Capital Awardees
- Nikka Gershman (2023 Classical Music) named 2024 Emerging Artist of the Year by the Global Flute Almanac Journal
- Mara Jill Herman (2003 Theater) nominated for Best Supporting Performer in a Musical, BroadwayWorld Houston for her portrayal as Fruma-Sarah in Fiddler on the Roof
- Pascal Le Boeuf (2004 Classical Music, Jazz) nominated for a Grammy for Best Instrumental Composition
- Noah Levine (2015 Voice) released first album, “Lofi Walk Hop Disco Dreams,” on Bandcamp
- Erik Liberman (1994 Theater) assisted book writer Marco Pennette on Broadway’s hit musical Death Becomes Her
- Oliviana Marie (2021 Voice) nominated for two Marvin Hamlisch International Music Awards in the Classical Composition and Contemporary Pop Categories
- Tyreek McDole (2019 Voice) released debut single, “Everyday I have The Blues”
- Ameya Okamoto (2018 Visual Arts & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) featured in three-part series with Smithsonian, exploring Asian-American identity in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, American Art Museum, and Asian Pacific American Center.
- Samora Pinderhughes (2009, 2010 Jazz) received an Adobe Creative Residency at MoMA
On the Calendar
- MAX (2010 Theater) on tour in Chicago, New York City and Los Angeles, with all profit going to Los Angeles Wildfire Relief Funds, February-March
- James Patrick Nelson (2019 Jazz) appearing off-Broadway in the world premiere of My Man Kono with the Pan Asian Repertory, February 6-March 9
- Jada Rodriguez (2020 Photography), Stevia Roxanne (2020, 2021 Photography), and Jerry Zhao’s (2021 Photography) senior theses on view through May 17 at the NYU Tisch 2025 BFA Thesis Exhibition; opening Reception on February 7 from 5-7 PM
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