- 2008
- North Texas Wind Symphony & Eugene Migliaro Corporon
- Illinois State University Wind Ensemble & Stephen Steele
- Nathan Williams, University of Texas Wind Ensemble & Jerry Junkin
- Mallory Thompson & Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble
- Myroslava Hagen, University of Utah Wind Ensemble & Scott A. Hagen
- University of New Hampshire Wind Symphony & Andrew Boysen, Jr.