***all semifinalists listed in random order***
Euphonium Artist Solo
Adjudicators:
Chair: Mai Kokubo 
Corentin Morvan 
Dr. Irving Ray 
Euphonium Artist Solo Semifinalists:
Sonia Bur Orgiles
Jonah Zimmerman
Natalie Colegrove
Julian David Lamar
Justin Weis
Eduard Gisbert Vañó
Tianxiang Gu
Itsuki Kawata
Yurika Kotani
Arisa Makita
Natsuhiro Aoyama
Toshiaki Yamaguchi
Naoki Fujimoto
Saki Iguchi
Hunter John Bellows
Tommy Vo
Armando Alicandu
Edward Henry Carter III
Tuba Artist Solo
Adjudicators:
Chair: Dr. Jeff Baker
Alberto Dias 
Dr. George Foster 
Li-Wen Lin 
Dr. Harold Hernández Lozano 
Iris Vieira
Tuba Artist Solo Semifinalists:
Austin Crumrine
Neha Kudva
Jo-Chen Wen
Seth Carter
Chung Hsuan Wei
Junming Wen
Yui Kondo
Juan Enrique Alonso
Jiwoong Hyun
Katsuki Ono
Blake Lile
Yuto Fujita
Ryan Sorenson
Jorge Gauvin Caraballo
Christian Bush
Miles Bintz
Armando Pena
Bradley Moller
Euphonium Young Artist Solo
Adjudicators:
Chair: Dr. Amy Schumaker Bliss
Dr. Fletcher Mitchell 
Dr. Gretchen Renshaw James
Philippe Schwartz 
Euphonium Young Artist Solo Semifinalists:
NOTE: EUPH & TUBA YOUNG ARTIST WILL MERGE FOR THE SEMIFINALS
Natsumi Sasaki
Hana Mochihashi
Tuba Young Artist Solo
Adjudicators:
Chair: Jung Moo Lee 
Dr. Jose Martínez
Daniel Ridder 
KyungSeok Kasey Yu
Tuba Young Artist Solo Semifinalists:
NOTE: EUPH & TUBA YOUNG ARTIST WILL MERGE FOR THE SEMIFINALS
Zach Barstow
Sebastian Bravo
Xavier Gauthier
Yi Ho Feng
Kai-Ming Chuang
Kaden Hensley
Yu-Lun Peng
Cheng Han Chiang
Ethan Mathews
Shunki Iwamoto
Brett Tomkins
Taisuke Matsumura
Wei-Zhen Tung
Blake VandenBrink
Euphonium Mock Band
Adjudicators:
Chair: John Caputo
Dr. Fletcher Mitchell
Robbert Vos 
Euphonium Mock Band Semifinalists:
Natalie Colegrove
Dylan Jayce Barnum
Thomas HP Janssen
Darren Fujii
Tuba Mock Band
Adjudicators:
Chair: Jan Duga
Thomas Allely 
Dr. David Lopez 
Duncan Smith 
Tuba Mock Band Semifinalists:
Colin Elmore
Blake Lile
Charlie Worsham Monroe
Samuel De Leon
Russell Blanchard
Laurenz Oriondo
Victor Cruz
Luke Drowatsky
Matthew Moore
Colby Batchelor
Hannah Eitzen
Mike Austin Anderson
Brian Wiik
Arnold Jacobs Mock Orchestra
Adjudicators:
Chair: Dr. Ben Ordaz
Avital Handler 
Keita Kimura
Ola Ness
Arnold Jacobs Mock Orchestra Semifinalists:
Sebastian Gonzalez
Chris Bloom
Blake Lile
Jun Jia Liu
Will Halloran
Jordan DeWester
Juan Enrique Alonso
Tyler Woodbury
Connor Korioth
Connor Higley
James Knight
Travis John Snyder
Jamieon Gilmore
Aiden Keiser
Ethyn Evans
Christopher Seay
Joel Horton
Colby Kentaro Batchelor
Nathan Shook
Mike Austin Anderson
Christian Bush
Miles Bintz
Ben Kauffman
Small Ensemble
Adjudicators:
Chair: Dr. Todd Cranson
Albert Khattar
Dr. Amy Laursen
Les Neish
Small Ensemble Semifinalists
University of North Texas Tuba Euphonium Quartet (Blake Lile)
TCU Tuba-Euphonium Quartet (Colin Elmore)
FSU Meltdown Quartet (Chris Bloom)
A2ba Quartet (Nathan Shook)
The Troubled Euphs (Ian Lester)
The Incanto Quartet (Dakota Kelso)
Ithaca College Tuba/Euphonium Quartet (Andrew Herrick)
The University of Southern California Bass Tuba-Euphonium Quartet (Derek Zimmerman)
Northern Illinois University Tuba-Euphonium Quartet (Ryne Dresbach)
Euphonium Camerata (Justin Weis)
Oklahoma State University Graduate Tuba Quartet (Christopher Ryan McLaughlin)
Stetson University Tuba/Euphonium Quartet (Victor Zayas)
Tubafour (Candice Neel)
Refractive Quartet (Hunter John Bellows)
Quadruple Bypass Quartet (Anthony Gonzalez)
Rich Matteson Jazz
Adjudicators:
Chair: Dr. A.J. Miller
Chanell Crichlow
Jenny Kellogg
Xan Perkins
Rich Matteson Jazz Semifinalists:
Thomas HP Janssen
Alexander Larionov
Jason Donnelly
Douglas Holtz
Eliana O’Brien
Electronics
Adjudicators:
Chair: Dr. Brendan Ige
Thomas Allely
Dr. Fernando Deddos
Kimiko Maddox-Yamada
Electronics Semifinalists:
Justin Weis
Thomas HP Janssen
Laurenz Oriondo
Colby Batchelor
Parker Dye
Keaton Costlow
