2 Ridge Student Musicians Named 2024 YoungArts Award Winners

BASKING RIDGE, NJ — Two Ridge High School students were among the nearly 700 to be named 2024 YoungArts award winners.

The students selected are among "the most accomplished young visual, literary and performing artists from across the country, heralding the next generation of artists to watch," according to YoungArts.

This year, winners were selected from more than 9,000 applications across 10 artistic disciplines – classical music, dance, design, film, jazz, photography, theater, visual arts, voice, and writing. Each award winner will receive a monetary award of $250.

Anish Alur (Sax/Alto) and Desmond Diehl (Guitar) were both selected from Ridge High School from the Jazz artistic discipline.

YoungArts award winners are selected through a highly competitive application, which is reviewed by panels of esteemed, discipline-specific artists in a rigorous adjudication process, according to YoungArts.

"It is an extraordinary privilege to welcome these brilliant young artists into the YoungArts community," said YoungArts President Clive Chang. "We're honored to recognize and encourage these artists at this critical stage in their careers, and we're looking forward to playing an active, ongoing role in what will no doubt be an incredible artistic journey for each of them."

A complete list of the 2024 winners, all 15–18 years old or in grades 10–12, is available online at youngarts.org/winners.

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