2025
Heather Hastings (ME) - Commission Competition Winner
Nikki Jo Kehoe (IN)
Fred Parker (NC)
Dr. Joe Scagnoli (NC) - Al G. Wright Award
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2024
George Moffat (WA)
Jay S. Gephart - Al G. Wright Award
2023
Jodie Blackshaw, Composer
Steve Truell - Al G. Wright Award
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2022
John Benzer, Retired, University of Houston
Eddie Green, Director Emeritus, University of Houston
Rick Lambrecht - Al G. Wright Award
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2019
Keith Bearden - Al G. Wright Award
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2016
Rodney D. Bennett, Director of Bands, Olney, Texas Steven Sherman, Red Deer College, Red Deer, Canada
Dr. Peter Boonshaft - Al G. Wright Award
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2015
Mike Robinson - Al G. Wright Award
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2014
Max McKee - Al G. Wright Award
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2013
Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser - Al G. Wright Award
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2011
Richard Crain - Al G. Wright Award
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2010
Dr. David Holsinger - Al G. Wright Award
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2009
Col. John Bourgeois - Al G. Wright Award
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2007
Robert Foster - Al G. Wright Award
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2006
Ed Lisk - Al G. Wright Award
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2005
Dr. Johnny Long - Al G. Wright Award
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2003
Victor Zajec - Al G. Wright Award
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2002
Dr. Al G. Wright - Al G. Wright Award
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2000
Don Wilcox, Director of Bands, West Virginia University, West Virginia
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1999
Frank B. Wickes, Director of Bands, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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1998
Julie Giroux, composer, Jackson, Mississippi
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1995
Dr. John M. Long, Director of Bands, Troy State Univeristy, Troy, Alabama Dr. W.J. Julian, Director of Bands, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
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1994
Dr. William Clark, New Mexico State University, New Mexico
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1993
David Holsinger, composer, Texas
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1992
Dr. Al G. Wright, CEO, John Philip Sousa Foundation, West Lafayette, Indiana
Keith Mann, University of Red Deer, Red Deer, Canada
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1991
Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser, Indiana
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1990
Mr. James Saied, Mr. Sousa, Oklahoma
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1987
Frederick Fennell, conductor, Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra, Tokyo, Japan
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1986
Lt. Col. Gilbert Mitchell, ret., United States Army Bands Col. Eugene W. Allen, ret., United States Army Bands
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1985
Dr. Francis McBeth, composer, Quachita Baptist University, Arkansas Dr. Hardy Clemmons, Lubbock, Texas C. Doyle Gammill, Supervisor of Music, Lubbock ISD, Texas Dr. Gary Garner, Director of Bands, West Texas State University, Texas
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1984
Bill Cormack, Texas Music Educators Association, Austin, Texas
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1983
Col. John Bourgeois, United States Marine Band, Washington, DC
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1981
Robert Jager, composer, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, Tennessee
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1980
Robert Hawkins, Director of Bands, Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky Mary Jeanne van Appledorn, composer, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas Richard Crain, band director, Spring High School, Spring, Texas Eva Tisdale, Metairie, Louisiana
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1978
Paul Yoder, composer, conductor and arranger, Chicago, Illinois
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1977
Jeanne Moore, music curriculum, West Virginia Department of Education Knud Noller, music director, Green Brier Hotel, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia Forest McAllister, consulting editor, School Musician, Chicago, Illinois
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1976
Alexander R. Harley, founder of Tri-M, Park Ridge, Illinois
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1975
Marie von Trapp, mother of Trapp Family Singers
Forrest Buchtel, composer, Vandercook College in Chicago, Illinois
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1974
Clare Grundman, composer, South Salem, New York
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1973
Paul Lavalle, conductor and composer, New York, New York
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1972
Mignon Doran, Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky
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1971
Adron Doran, President, morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky
Col. Arnald Gabriel, ret., United States Air Force Band, Washington, DC
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1970
John Wummer, flutist, New York Walter Volkwein, music dealer, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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1969
Glenn Cliffe Bainum, Director of Bands Emeritus, Northwestern University
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