Past Competition Winners

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2026	2025	2024	2023	2022
		Miles Swaminathan, piano Lingxiao Li, saxophone Danielle Kim, flute	Jazmin Pascual, clarinet Eugene Ryoo, saxophone Jooae Cheon, piano	Ayoun Alexandra Kim, cello Ilya Shmukler, piano Jichen Zhang, saxophone
2021	2020	2019	2018	2017
Daniel Kuehler, piano Anna Lorenzo, mezzo-soprano Leah Stevens, flute	(Competition cancelled due to COVID restrictions)	Kristina Bachrach, lyric soprano Brittany Graham, soprano Chenxing Huang, piano	Kelariz Keshavarz, flute Hana Lim, piano	Brian Woods, piano W. Mark Akin, guitar Emma Hoeft, cello
2016	2015	2014	2013	2012
Hannah Occeña, flute Yunji Shim, soprano Muen Wei, piano	The University of Missouri-Kansas City Graduate Fellowship Woodwind Quintet Michelle Nam, piano	Qian Yin, violin Seungwon Chung, cello Molly O’Roark, harp Dominic Cheli, piano Sora Park, piano	Karen Hauge, flute Jennifer and Matthew Mazzoni, flute/piano duo Sarah Price, soprano	Frederic Chen, piano Wuna Meng, piano Henry Wang, violin Richard Jeric, piano
2011	2010	2009	2008	2007
Christian Fatu, violin Patrick Rafferty, guitar Yu-Chi Tai, piano	Seung Min Ha, piano Mauricio Salguero, clarinet Haeyoung Yoon, piano	Zsolt Bognár, piano Graciella Kowalczyk, piano Andrew Sheffield, piano	Joy Boland, soprano Jonathan Borja, flute Duo Palheta ao Piano, clarinet-piano duo	Victoria Carmichael, soprano James W. Hall, flute Shoko Kinsella, piano
2006	2005	2004	2003	2002
Amanda Blaikie Sparfeld, flute Alice Demske, piano Kairy Koshoeva, piano Liesl Schoenberger, violin	Kris Becker, piano Lukasz Lagun-Kuzminski, violin Scott Levin, baritone	Amanda Grooms, soprano Patrick Hogan, tenor Minyoung Lee, piano Ina Selvelieva, piano	Lindsay Garritson, piano Peter Henderson, piano Shannon Kessler, soprano	Joseryl Beckley, soprano Stephen Porter, piano Laura Garritson, piano
2001	2000	1999	1998	1997
W. Eric Gargrave, saxophonist Sookmi Lee, piano Ilia Radoslavov, piano	Heidi Williams, piano	Kristen Frost, soprano Vincent van Gelder, piano	Jeffrey Brown, piano Paul Hadley, piano Marika Kyriakos, soprano Mieko Hironaka, piano	Inara Zandmane, piano Becky Morrison, soprano Fire Fire, voice ensemble Monica Lee, piano
1996	1995	1994	1993	1992
Jeffrey Collins, saxophone	Lisa Won Jung Lee, piano	Jeanine Wagner, soprano Krystiane Cheetham, soprano Melanie Hadley, piano	Shen Wen, piano Caroline Worra, soprano Tim Weston, piano	Mariana Karpatova, soprano Marilyn Park, violin Gregory Hamilton, cello Minako Somekawa, piano Amanda Kirkpatrick, piano
1991	1990	1989	1988	1987
Angela Horn, soprano Michael Locati, violin	Sasha Starcevich, piano	Dan Wen Jiang, violin	Misook Lee, piano Elizabeth Kim, piano Jennifer Cappelli, violin	John Hughes, violin Herbert Druml, tenor Elan McMahon, piano
1986	1985	1984	1983	1982
Bruce Latimer, clarinet Walter Kuessner, violin Diane Mohr, piano Yi-Wen Jiang, violin	Thomas Higgerson, piano Kathryn Fouse, piano Patricia Cho, piano	Nathalie Camus, violin Vera Parkin, piano Patti Wolf, piano	Kristin Okerlund, piano David Ellis, cello	Steven Carey, piano Craig Richey, piano Marie Garritson, flute David Sussman, guitar
1981	1980	1979	1978	1977
Marie Honig, piano Douglas Potts, piano	Kathleen Butler, mezzo-soprano John-Edward Kelly, saxophone Marjorie Lange, cello Hayuru Taima, piano	No Award	David Brunell, piano	Karen Laubengayer, piano Christine Smith, piano Brenda Warren, mezzo-soprano Susan Werner, soprano
1976	1975	1974	1973	1972
Ingrid Jacoby, piano Ae Re Kim, piano	Mary Anderson, piano	Margaret Boyer, soprano Cathy Kautsky, piano	Kay Pace, piano Gregg Butler, piano	Douglas Niedt, guitar Douglas Weeks, piano
1971	1970	1969	1968	1967
Nancy Bracken, violin Jane Gevel Caruthers, soprano	Jeffrey Chappel, piano Ruth Speckels, piano	Kirt Pavitt, piano	Vergene Miller, soprano David Lively, piano John Murphy, piano	Gail Buchanan Delente, piano Richard Evans, tenor Paul Laubengayer, organ Alan Marks, piano Arthur Combs, piano
1966	1965	1964	1963	1962
Anna Maria Trenchi, piano Aidyl Grim, mezzo-soprano	Groff Bittner, piano David Mulbury, piano	Joanna Lange, piano Carl Banner, piano	Carole Godwin Gaspar, soprano	James Murdock, piano David Wagner, organ
1961	1960	1959	1958	1957
Barbara Liberman, piano Jeanette Willy, soprano	Donald Spies, piano Frina and Kenwyn Boldt, duo pianos	Marianne Bommer Kremer, piano	Jay Willoughby, baritone Jane Allen, piano	Helen Cos Raab, mezzo-soprano Carolyn Hackman, contralto
1956	1955	1954	1953	1952
Naomi Blake, soprano Doris Vogt Farrar, piano Vivian Wilkerson, piano Marion Davis Flaherty, soprano	Jean Border, soprano Charles Avey, baritone Martha Deatherage, soprano Joan Kelly Allison, piano	Henry Rhetta, bass Betty Pearson, soprano Harriet Alban Vosganian, soprano Katherine Tchoukaleff, soprano Michael Kurkjian, piano Jerome Parnas, piano	Wilma Joe Mathus, piano John Pomphrey, baritone Nino Rosso, cellist Ilona Kombrink, soprano	Katherine Sutter, soprano Eleanor Leek, clarinet Antoinette Caminita Petri, soprano Jacqueline Kaplan Silver, piano
1951	1950	1949	1948	1947
Dorothy Ziegler, piano Harry Weber, baritone Leslie Parnas, cello Margery Burger Winter, piano	Marquita Moll, soprano Janet Hagen Ulmer, soprano Phyllis Sutphin Rapini, piano	Evelyn Mitchell, piano Hubert Drury, piano Cordelia Buck Strumberg, piano John Tufts, tenor Russ Severin, baritone Eloise Wells Polk, piano	Arthur Kennett, piano Helen Phillips, soprano Robert Townsend, piano Dorothy Koomjohn Escosa, piano Orville White, baritone Alfred Schneider, violin	Rosalie Adragna, soprano Malcolm Frager, piano William Dorn, piano Harold Zabrack, piano Rebecca Woodward Brown, soprano Paul Kueter, piano