| Year |
Composer
|
Title
|
State
|
Honorable Mention |
| 2023 |
Robert McClure |
Celestial Miniatures for piano |
Ohio MTA |
Travis Alford (North Carolina)
Marti Epstein (Nebraska)
João Pedro Oliveira (Missouri) |
| 2022 |
Charles N. Mason |
Bridging the Gap for Flute and Fixed Media |
Florida State MTA |
Matthew Fuerst (Nebraska) |
| 2021 |
Delvyn Case |
Psalms of Ascent |
Maine MTA |
Stephen Mitton (Michigan)
Sean Neukom (North Dakota) |
| 2020 |
Peter Van Zandt Lane |
nodes.branches.loop |
Georgia MTA |
Seth Custer (South Carolina)
Anna Evas (Virginia)
Matthew Herman (Kentucky) |
| 2019 |
Bret Bohman |
Tides |
Missouri MTA |
George Halsell (Idaho)
Bryan Stanley (Nebraska)
Bruce Stark (Washington) |
| 2018 |
Benjamin Krause
|
Taxonomies of Pulse |
Indiana MTA |
Eric Alexander (Colorado)
Corey Dundee (Michigan)
Daniel Temkin (Pennsylvania)
|
| 2017 |
Philip Schuessler |
Sunburst Carousel |
Louisiana MTA |
Cody Criswell (Oklahoma)
Hunter Ewen (Colorado)
Andrew Nishikawa (Texas) |
| 2016 |
David Gompper
|
Cycles for Violoncello and Piano |
Iowa MTA |
Michael Johanson (Oregon)
David Werfelman (Wisconsin)
|
| 2015 |
David
von Kampen |
Under the Silver and Home Again |
Nebraska MTA |
Takuma Itoh (Hawaii)
Pierre Jalbert (Texas)
Jerry Owen (Iowa)
Adam Silverman (Pennsylvania) |
| 2014 |
Christos Tsitaros |
Three Preludes for Piano Solo |
Wisconsin MTA |
Paul English (Texas)
Richard Pearson Thomas (Montana) |
| 2013 |
Michael-Thomas Foumai |
Flash Fiction
|
Michigan MTA |
Kris Becker (Texas) |
| 2012 |
Thomas Osborne |
Overheated |
Hawaii MTA |
Phillip Parker (Arkansas)
Alejandro Rutty (North Carolina) |
| 2011 |
M. Shawn Hundley |
A New American Ballad |
Florida State MTA |
Andrew List (Massachusetts)
Peter Lieuwen (Texas) |
| 2010 |
Seth Custer |
Touch & Go |
South Carolina MTA |
Kent Holliday (Virginia)
Christopher Stark (Montana) |
| 2009 |
Pierre Jalbert |
Sonata for Piano |
Texas MTA |
Cynthia Folio (Pennsylvania)
Narong Prangcharoen (Missouri) |
| 2008 |
William Price |
Hardboiled |
Alabama MTA |
Christopher Biggs (Missouri)
Jonathan McNair (Tennessee) |
| 2007 |
John McDonald |
Stäudlin As Vogl: Preamble To A Winter Journey (alto saxophone and piano) |
Massachusetts MTA |
Murray Gross (Michigan)
José Manuel Lezcano (New Hampshire) |
| 2006 |
David Froom |
Lightscapes |
Maryland State MTA |
Hu Xiao-ou (Missouri)
John Fitz Rogers (South Carolina) |
| 2005 |
Michael Djupstrom |
Walimai |
Michigan MTA |
Mukai Kohei (Missouri)
Christopher Hopkins (Iowa)
James Stephenson III (Florida) |
| 2004 |
Stefan Freund |
Screams and Grooves |
Missouri MTA |
Nickitas Demos (Georgia)
Frank Felice (Indiana)
Alexandra Shapiro (California) |
| 2003 |
Liduino Pitombeira |
Brazilian Landscapes |
Louisiana MTA |
Thomas Albert (Virginia)
Jorge Martin (Vermont)
Ronald Keith Parks (South Carolina) |
|
| 2002 |
Timothy Hoekman |
To Make a Prairie |
South Dakota MTA |
William Dougherty (Iowa) |
| 2001 |
David Mullikin |
Voice of the River Han |
Colorado MTA |
Paul Richards (Florida)
Tyler White (Nebraska) |
| 2000 |
Elisenda Fábregas |
Portraits I for Piano |
Texas MTA |
|
| 1999 |
Laurence Bitensky |
Mishb'rey yam (Breakers of the Sea) |
Kentucky MTA |
|
| 1998 |
Erik Santos |
…con Cruces de Fuego (…with Crosses of Fire) |
Michigan MTA |
|