Ryan Zhou

• 2024 1st Place, Shirley Rabb Winston Scholarship Competiton, NSAL DC Chapter, Age16-18
• 2024 CS All-State Award Winner
• 2024 YoungArts National Winner
• 2023 1st place, MDDC District NSA, Upper High School
• 2023 2nd place, NATS National Finals NSA, Lower High School
• 2023 1st place, NATS Mid-Atlantic Regionals NSA, Lower High School
• 2023 1st place, NATS MDDC District NSA, Lower High School
• 2023 2nd place, International Music Grand Prix
• 2023 Schmidt Vocal Competition Independent Cohort Finalist and Most Promising Sophmore
• 2023 1st place, American Virtuoso International Music Competition
• 2022 Semi-finalist, NATS National NSA, Lower High School
• 2022 1st Place, MDDC District NATS, Lower High School
• 2022 1st place, American Fine Arts Festival Golden Voice International Competition
• 2021 1st place, American Protege International Vocal Competition
• 2021 3rd place, American Virtuoso International Music Competition

High school Junior Ryan Zhou (baritone) began singing with the Peabody Children’s Chorus at age 10; he has continued his vocal studies at the Peabody Preparatory Institute (Johns Hopkins University) where he is a member of Vocal Performance Academy, and studies with Madeleine Gray.

Ryan’s recent achievements include being named a national winner in the 2024 YoungArts awards, 2nd place in his age group in the NATS National Student Audition, Finalist and “Best Sophomore” in the 2023 Schmidt Vocal Competition, 2nd Place in the Music International Grand Prix, and participation in the Maryland Opera camp for High School singers.

In addition to his musical studies, Ryan is taking the most rigorous school courses and maintains one of the highest GPAs in his class. He participates in numerous academic activities including being the founder and captain of the History Bowl team for his school and winning first place in the State of Maryland in the National History Day Competition. Ryan also plays on his school varsity Tennis Team. In his spare time, he enjoys watching movies and baking.