Students from PYLUSD’s four comprehensive high schools nominated as Artists of the Year

Musical theatre performers from Yorba Linda High School in "Legally Blond" featuring Macy Warner as Elle Woods at the 46th annual Macy Awards at the Segerstrom Performing Arts Center. The awards recognized the best high school musical theater talent in Orange County and surrounding areas. © ANA VENEGAS, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

The Orange County Register is once again recognizing the most talented art students in Orange County. Twenty-nine students from PYLUSD’s four comprehensive high schools were nominated for their annual Varsity Arts Artist of the Year awards.

Theater nominees

El Dorado:

  • Katarina Blagojevic, musical theater performance
  • Camryn Burns, acting, musical theater performance, costume design
  • Rachel Gray, acting

Valencia:

  • Joseph Quintero, acting, directing, playwriting

Yorba Linda:

  • Macy Warner, acting, musical theater performance
  • Rose Pell, acting, musical theater performance, directing, playwriting

Dance nominees

El Dorado:

  • Carissa Hamann, contemporary, lyrical, ballet, jazz, tap, Broadway, choreography
  • Chloe Lawson, contemporary, lyrical, ballet, jazz, hip-hop, choreography

Esperanza:

  • Hailey Thompson, contemporary, lyrical, ballet, jazz, tap, hip-hop, choreography

Film nominees

El Dorado:

  • Caleb Garrett, director, cinematographer. Creates short/feature films
  • Kyle Reed, editor. Creates short/feature films and non-fiction/documentary films
  • Kaila Sahagun, director, editor, cinematographer, screenwriter, production design. Creates short/feature films and non-fiction/documentary films

Instrumental music nominees

Esperanza:

  • Robert Newberry, tenor sax, clarinet
  • Zachary Nguyen, alto sax, flute
  • Andrew Sun, viola, piano

Valencia:

  • Valerie Narumi, piano, harp
  • Joe Terry, flugelhorn, piano, bass, mellophone

Yorba Linda:

  • Adam Carrillo, trombone

Vocal music

El Dorado:

  • Leonard Hurst, classical, musical theater, pop/rock/folk

2D visual arts nominees

El Dorado:

  • Jocelyn Cruz-Garcia, painting, graphic design, digital painting

Esperanza:

  • Ethan Moll, mixed media

Valencia:

  • Michelle Do, mixed media, digital photography
  • Katy Gerber, digital photography, graphic design
  • Ji Yoo Jeong, drawing, painting, mixed media, digital photography

3D visual arts nominees

El Dorado:

  • Cailyn Templeton, ceramics

Valencia:

  • Nadia Manzur, ceramics
  • Ben Rasic, ceramics
  • Gabriella Yoshioka, ceramics

Yorba Linda:

  • Brandon Bollinger, ceramics, sculpture, mixed media, commercial arts

Click here to view the complete list of nominees for each discipline, endorsements from the students’ teachers and samples of the students work. Congrats PYLUSD student-artists!

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