Past Winners 2000–present
1967–79 | 1980–1989 | 1990–1999 | 2000–present
Past Winners 2000–present
1999–2000
Performance—Undergraduate
Tia Olson, soprano
Adam Vaubel, violin
Performance—Graduate
Catalina Teican, piano
Composition
Amy Kucera—David (1999)
2000–2001
Performance—Undergraduate
Julianne Gorretta, soprano
Performance—Graduate
Sedalia Brown, soprano
Monika Chamasyan, violin
Composition
Mary King—Orbits (2000)
2001–2002
Performance—Undergraduate
Carey Valente, saxophone
Ruthanne Fulton, piano
Performance—Graduate
Lee Michael Morrison, saxophone
Jennifer Stephen, tuba
Composition
Robert C. Samels—Juggernaut (2001)
2002–2003
Performance—Undergraduate
Eva Egolf, saxophone
George Palton, tuba
Performance—Graduate
Erin Rogers, alto saxphone
Anna Stembler-Smith, piano
Composition
Gregory Cornelius—Meditation (2002)
2003–2004
Performance—Undergraduate
Rizo Arellano, countertenor
Mingwei Zhao, cello
Performance—Graduate
Svetlana Smolina, piano
Composition
Marcus Williams—Sketches in Black and White (2003)
2004–2005
Performance—Undergraduate
Emily Thomas, clarinet
David Babich, saxophone
Performance—Graduate
Yeji Kim, flute
Yu-Wen Wang, saxophone
Composition
Simeon Waseen—The Holy Fool (2004)
2005–2006
Performance—Undergraduate
Shuo Wang, violin
Ruoxu Chen, piano
Performance—Graduate
Kisma Jordan, soprano
Ilya Blinov, piano
Composition
Tim Stulman—“Spring” from Si Ji Tu (2005)
2006–2007
Performance—Undergraduate
Jennifer Meggitt, soprano
Christopher Bartz, soprano saxophone
Performance—Graduate
Tatiana Shustova, piano
I-Chen Yeh, piano
Composition
Andrés Carrizo—Scramasax for saxophone quartet (2006)
Audience Choice Award
I-Chen Yeh, piano
Anton Zotov, piano
Virginia Marks Collaborative Pianist Award
Rouxu Chen, piano
2007–2008
Performance—Undergraduate
Li Kuang, trombone
Simeng Wu, piano
Performance—Graduate
Artem Anuchin, piano
Yu-Tzu Huang, marimba
Composition
Octavio Más-Arocas—A Santa Compaña for string orchestra
Audience Choice Award
Because of inclement weather, the gala awards concert was not performed in 2007 and so no Audience Choice Awards were presented. The Audience Choice Award money was split evenly among all semi-finalists that would have performed.
Virginia Marks Collaborative Pianist Award
Nikita Abrosimov, piano
2008–2009
Performance—Undergraduate
Stephen Klunk, marimba
Andrew Park, alto saxophone
Performance—Graduate
James Fusik, alto saxophone
Alexandru Moraru, trombone
Composition
Shane Hoose—Differences for saxophone quartet
Mihai Popean—Udumvara: Fantasy for Horn in F and String Orchestra
Audience Choice Award (in prize order)
Undergraduate: Peter Oehrtman, piano; Stephen Klunk, marimba; Abigail Krawson, soprano, and Andrew Park, alto saxophone
Graduate: James Fusik, alto saxophone; Alexandru Moraru, trombone, and Katharine Liesner, soprano
Virginia Marks Collaborative Pianist Award
Ivana Tjandra, piano
2009–2010
Performance—Undergraduate
Zach Hinson, saxophone
Jake Wilder, tenor
Performance—Graduate
Anna Vasilyeva, piano
Carl Wiggins, saxophone
Composition
Andrew Martin Smith–A Recipe for Disaster
Virginia Marks Collaborative Pianist Award
Alexander Ponomarchuk
I-Chen Yeh