This is one of the songs that immensely helped me develop my vocal agility.

The Kinks have always been one of my favorite bands, and Waterloo Sunset is one of their most beautiful songs.

When I express through creativity with singing or dance, all the worries I had in my head, the monsters of being a teenager disappear.

With my artistic thinking I like to think about the people and what they'd want to hear.

"I am playing the piano piece "Fantaisie-Impromptu" by Chopin.

This is a cover of Rain by Grandson and Jessie Reyez, recorded and produced by me.

This is my cover of "If I Ain't Got You" by Alicia Keys.

Prior to my performance of my piece, I spent lots of time practicing and preparing for this competition.

This piece is a micro fiction focused on misguided religious beliefs and trauma within the church.

My piece is about my issues of dealing with failure. Whenever I lost or was never praised for my efforts, I felt like whatever I did was horrible and that nothing I do will ever be good enough.

This is Antonio Lauro's Vals Venezolano No. 2 (Venezuelan Waltz No. 2) for guitar.

Our song is a modern classic by the great bassist Steven Lee Bruner (aka. Thundercat), who uses a creative sampling technique to make a compelling groove.

We came together as a string quartet from Oakland Youth Orchestra.

It impacts my life because I am an artist who loves to express himself through art.

I chose the song Moanin’ by Bobby Timmons because it is a very fun song to play as a saxophonist because of the call and response melody with the other instruments in the ensemble.

When I first heard the song, "Olivia" by The Backseat Lovers, I was instantly hooked.

The song that I chose to sing is “Stay” by Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko.

Helps me control many of my emotions.

This song was truly a beast to tackle.

It starts pretty early, I think.