Acting Semifinalists
Jordan Anderson, Gloria Aung, Hannah Bogen, Andrew Bond, Kaylah Copeland*, Jessie Franks, Lauren Gmelich, Yael Jeshion-Nelson, Bethany LeBerthon, Stephen Moran, Hannah Nordberg, Bridget Phillips, Lulu Royce, Sydney Shepherd, Cielo Valenzuela, Tovah Zafrin
Ballet Semifinalists
Claire Buchi, Natalia Burns, Chloe Capulong, Emma Chen, Lucy Cox, Chloe Kinzler, Chase Rogers*, Keara Nichols, Emily Okamoto, Julia Outmesguine, Fiona Poth, Mia Schlosser, Natalie Steele, Adam Takahashi, Ava Louise Winer, Abigail Wyrrick
Classical Instrumental Semifinalists
Daniel Bae, Kevin Cho, Anais Feller, Mei Hotta, Fengyang (William) Ju, Nicholas Kim, Nicole Lam, Eunice Lee, Zachary Lin, Esther Liu, Allison Park*, Mi-Hyun Suh, Hina Tamaki, Cole Turkel, Daniel Wang, Dominik Yoder
Classical Voice Semifinalists
Tess Alexander, Allen Cai, Alexandra Cook, Kevin Corrigan*, and Fantasia Guerra-Rivera, Catherine Johnston, Kangsan Kim, Ava Kuntz, Alon Moradi, Robyn Morales, Milla Moretti, Grace Navarro, Chloe Stavis, Matthew Thorson, Flora Yuan, Oscar Yum
Dance Semifinalists
Chloe Capulong, Emmy Cheung, Selena Hamilton, Ella Horan, Rachael Hudak, Grace Li, Mallory McKenna, Julian Menendez, Emily Okamoto, Erin Park, Francine Mae Peji*, Luc Simpson, Gunner Stephens, Sydney Thomas, Hana Uehara, Kailyn Yi
Jazz Instrumental Semifinalists
Elder Gindroz, Declan Houlihan*, David Lee, Jack Lieberman, Santiago Lopez, JJ Lybbert, Max Nguyen, Sophia Papouchado, Gianna Pedregon, Brooklyn Schmidt, William Schwartzman, Jacob Speth, Lucas Sterling, Kai Suzuki, Shukhrat Turdikhodjaev, Joshua Wong
Non-Classical Voice Semifinalists
Cassidy May Benullo, Jack Borenstein, Karina Constantinides, Ethan Cruz, Christian Tyler Dorey, Jaedynn Latter, Kate Lin, Robyn Morales, Hannah Nordberg, Lillie Owers, Leilani Patao, Kennedy Percival, Sophie Pollono, Emma Reed, Akira Sky*, Abigail Thompson
* Honorable Mention
2021 Merit Awards - Acting
Will Jackson, Camora Lampkin, Hannah Lee, Itzel Meza-Ruiz, Sam Morelos
2021 Merit Awards - Ballet
Eduardo Cazarez, Venezia Goodman, Peter Hull, Lani Mefford, Justin Padilla
2021 Merit Awards - Classical Instrumental
Matthew Chang, Bryan Chiu, Lucie Kim, David Kwon, Kristine Lu
2021 Merit Awards - Classical Voice
Mia Baron, Jamie Felix-Toll, Milan Lapearde, Soren Ryssdal, Herbert Roger Vega
2021 Merit Awards - Dance
DaJuan Foley Jr., Holden Kunowski, Lani Mefford, Rodrigo Rea, Luciana Vun
2021 Merit Awards - Jazz Instrumental
David Cervantes, Kobie Dozier, Ruby Laks, Gael Saldaña, Kaela Seltzer
2021 Merit Awards - Non-Classical Voice
Chloe Cruz, Sanjana Khurana, D'Shaun Linear, Hannah Nordberg, Drew Tillman