Composition National Finalists

2024–2025

Elementary

Division	State	Student	Teacher
East Central	Illinois	Emma Packer	Christina Tio
Eastern	Massachusetts	Claire Yang	David Ibett
Northwest	Washington	Raymond Zhou	Tatiana Sharapova
South Central	Texas	Eliot Werntz	Sherry Frush
Southern	Virginia	Jack Vernon	Evan Mook/Benjamin Taylor
Southwest	California	Kevin Lou	Su-Shing Chiu
West Central	Minnesota	Arthur Scott	Sarah Miller

Junior

Division	State	Student	Teacher
East Central	Illinois	Chloe Ma	Matthew Hagle
Eastern	New Jersey	Benjamin Breaux	Yihan Chen
Northwest	Washington	Zoey Feng	Meng Wang
South Central	Texas	Elaine Liu	Liang Liang
Southern	Kentucky	Tyler Martin	Matilda Ertz
Southwest	California	Landon Kroon	Laurie Merchant
West Central	Minnesota	Max Zhang	Sarah Miller

Senior

Division	State	Student	Teacher
East Central	Wisconsin	Craig Plante	Sam Ecoff
Eastern	Pennsylvania	Cyrano Rosentrater	Ariane Alexander
Northwest	Oregon	James Lee	Jennifer Wright
South Central	Texas	Eric Nie	Shenying Qian
Southern	South Carolina	Brandon Zaryczny	Lori McClellan
Southwest	California	Nathan Soeng	Laurie Merchant
West Central	Colorado	Coby Kassner	Aaron Stampfl

Young Artist

Division	State	Student	Teacher
East Central	Indiana	Caleb Endres	Don Freund
Eastern	Massachusetts	Zhengtao Pan	Alla Cohen
Northwest	Montana	Matthew Knight	Christopher Hahn
South Central	Texas	James Richardson	Sherry Frush
Southern	Alabama	Mazzy Mitchell	Ka Man Melody Ng
Southwest	Utah	Avery Li	Steven Vanhauwaert
West Central	South Dakota	Ivy Kocher	Paul Lombardi