Ringgold Band
Young Artist Award
Each year, the Ringgold Band gives the Ringgold Band Young Artist Award to a qualifying high school senior. To qualify for the award, an applicant must be:
A senior at a Berks County public high school
Participating in the Berks Senior Band Festival
Planning to continue with a career in music OR planning to perform in a college or military ensemble after high school
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An interested applicant who meets all of these requirements will perform the piece he or she has prepared for Senior County Band and District Band auditions for a panel of judges from the Ringgold Band. The winner will receive $1,000 and will have the opportunity to perform a piece with the Ringgold Band as a soloist.Â
2025 RBYAA Winners
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Ariel Metzger, percussion, winner.
Penn Christian Glenn Hoffert, string bass, runner up.
2024 RBYAA Winners
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Meghan Cramer, percussion, co-winner.
Ellen Rochlin, vocalist, co-winner.
Elena Nygard, trumpet, runner up.
Patrick Skoniczin, trumpet, runner up.
2023 RBYAA Winners
Benjamin Small
Tenor Saxophone
Wilson High School
Marissa Hermany-Rothermel
Flute
Muhlenberg High School
2022 RBYAA WINNERS
Winner
Xadiel Benejah-Rodriguez, saxophone
Exeter Township Senior High School
Winner
Brian Gambler, percussion
Home School and Schuylkill Valley High School
Runner-up
Hanna Gelsinger, flute
Conrad Weiser High School
2021 RBYAA WINNERS
Winner
Eliza Karpiak, flute
Daniel Boone High School
Runner-up
Emerson Gagnon, oboe
Wyomissing High School
Runner-up
Meghan Snelling, flute
Exeter High School
2020 RBYAA WINNERS
Winner
Evelyn Gerhart, flute
Boyertown High School
Runner-up
Isaiah Ebersole, trombone
Governor Mifflin High School
2019 RBYAA WINNERS
Winner
Brynn Werley, flute
Conrad Weiser High School
Runner-up
Evan Nygard, trombone
Kutztown High School
Runner-up
Joel Evans, marimba
Wyomissing High School
Runner-up
Sashank Sridhar, tenor sax
Wilson School District