Each year, the Maricopa Community Colleges sponsor a districtwide competition to encourage and recognize student achievement in music, writing, theatre, art, film & media, fashion and dance.
The winning students for 2023-24 have been announced. Congratulations to the following Glendale Community College students and their excellent showing. See below for a list of students and the categories they competed and won in.
Visual Arts
Turin Clay After Friday Night Lights - Second Place
Alicia Candia Buoys - Exhibited
Alondra Mora Destroy Yourself or Destroy Yourself - Exhibited
Dang Le Alone in the Forest - Exhibited
Danielle Grant Who is she? - Exhibited
Joshua Lacey Portrait #3 - Exhibited
Miracle Duran False Reality - Exhibited
Savannah Martinez Gommer A Tight Hold - Exhibited
Music
GCC Pop Music Ensable - Second Place
Isaac McIntosh
Mark Madison III
Brandon Cruz
Nelson Flores
Juan Mejia
Brandon Thompson
“Street Life” - The Crusaders
“Valerie” - The Zutons (Ronson/Winehouse version)
“Summer Soft” - Stevie Wonder
Instrumental - Guitar
Trevor Beach - First Place
Guitar Quintet - First Place
Trevor Beach
Nelson Flores
Berenice Cinco
Carlos Olalde
Al Thatcher
Instrumental - Solo
Claudio Castellanos - First Place
Writing - One-Act Play/Script
Sarah Dahdal “Message of Atonement” - First Place
Noah Hoppe “Echoes in Agony” - Second Place
Adrian Castillo “Chinchilla” - Third Place
Animation
Fabio Bruzzese "TitleSequence: The Walking Dead" - First Place
Ky Oliver "Title Sequence: Death Stranding" - Second Place
Documentary Film
Cindy Lee " The Stories They Didn’t Tell Us - Nina’s Story" - Second Place
Jazmin Zapata "Breath Of Life | A Pneumonia Survivor's Journey" - Third Place
Video Game Design
Ky Oliver "Desert Haze" - First Place
Kassondra Timmons "Apple Dash" - Second Place
Zahria Carter "Runaway Astronaut" - Third Place