Each month, the YoungArts Community Spotlight highlights upcoming events, projects and press from YoungArts past winners, guest artists and panelists.
In the News
- Jon Batiste (2005 Jazz) and Suleika Jaouad launch Exclusive Holiday Collection with Anthropologie Home
- Ezra Blumenfeld (2026 Photography) featured in Brooklyn Paper
- Vince Gilligan’s (1985 Visual Arts) Breaking Bad ranked as #1 in The New York Times list, Best TV shows of the 21st Century
- Ethan Hsu (2026 Classical Music) featured on Musical America for world premiere of everwander with Opera Italiana Is In The Air at Central Park
- Liisi LaFontaine (2013 Voice) and Mason Alexander Park (2013 Theater & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) named by Variety as 10 Broadway Talents to Watch in 2026
- Tarell Alvin McCraney (1999 Theater) speaks to Indiewire about Moonlight’s 10th anniversary
- Lance Oppenheim (2014 Film & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) profiled in Vulture for his work on You Can See Everything and Primetime
- Wendell Pierce (1981 Theater & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) to play Falstaff in Henry IV for Shakespeare in the Park 2027, featured in Playbill
Kudos
- Delia Cunningham (2016 Theater) making her Broadway debut in Here There Are Blueberries alongside Brandon Flynn (2012 Theater) and Michael Cerveris (Guest Artist)
- Kathleen Elle (2015 Voice) named global winner of Hard Rock Rising
- Lucas Hunter (2020, 2021, 2022 Voice) released new acoustic pop single, “Takeoff”, with accompanying music video
- Brian Letendre (1997 Dance) named Director of Development of the Westport Country Playhouse
- Sammy McQuaid (2025, 2026 Jazz) released new instrumental jazz album, Eyes on Sunrise
- Kaylee Nah (2026 Classical Music) Named All Classical Radio’s 2026-27 Young Artist in Residence
- Lauren Robie (2010 Visual Arts) achieves arboretum accreditation for Hope Eternal Gardens, the natural burial cemetery she co-founded, through the Museum of Trees
- Stephen Savage (2021 Classical Music & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) joins The Philadelphia Orchestra
- Miriam K. Smith (2024 Classical Music) Wins 2026 Pierre Fournier Award
- Lianah Sta. Ana (2016 Theater & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) released concept album for new musical, Performing Filipina, with Joy Machine Records
- Taige Wang (2026 Classical Music) won First Prize and four Special Prizes at the 8th Tbilisi International Piano Competition
On the Calendar
- Lucca Dohr (2019 Film) performing at The Troubadour in Los Angeles, CA on November 7
- Daniel Emond (2008 Theater) presents DREAM: A Freudian Musical at Joe’s Pub in New York, NY on November 15 and 22
- Marco Jimenez (2020, 2021, 2022 Classical Music) plays The Met’s 19th century Appleton Organ at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, NY on November 10
- Trent Lunsford (2009 Writing) directing production of Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days at AutoBody Theater in Chicago, IL from November 5-21
- Hassiem Muhammad (2014 Theater) performing in the off-Broadway production of The Hairy Ape at Irish Repertory Theatre in New York, NY through November 15
- Daniel Velez (2020 Theater) starring in A Few Good Men on Broadway at the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center in New York, NY through January 10
- Rachell Ellen Wong (2009 Classical Music) explores Baroque and modern violin repertoire during Date Night at The Met in New York, NY on November 13 and 14
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