| Year | Name | Place |
| 2012 | Patrick Chi | 1st place |
| 2011 | Kotoha Takashima | 1st place |
| Ian Nolan | 2nd place | |
| 2010 | Gregory Barber | 1st place |
| Ian Nolan | 2nd place | |
| 2009 | Jennifer Jin | 1st place |
| Christopher Reynolds | 2nd place | |
| 2008 | Charlotte Xiang | 1st place |
| Loren Cao | 2nd place | |
| Eileen Jin | 2nd place | |
| 2007 | Ryan Reilly | 1st place |
| Eileen Jin | 2nd place | |
| Jennifer Jin | 2nd place | |
| 2006 | Allen Yu | 1st place |
| Momoko Ito | 2nd place | |
| 2005 | Minji Park | 1st place |
| Brian Hubbell | 2nd place | |
| 2004 | Alice Lee | 1st place |
| Tsu An Chen | 2nd place | |
| Michael Rogers | 2nd place | |
| 2003 | Winnie Tong | 1st place |
| Daniel Cronin | 2nd place | |
| 2002 | Wei-Hsun Yuan | 1st place |
| Heather Chan | 2nd place | |
| 2001 | Caroline Feinberg | 1st place |
| Eric Dombrowski | 2nd place | |
| 2000 | Daniel Teifler | 1st place |
| 1999 | Jung Min Lee | 1st place |
| 1998 | Felice Kuan | 1st place |
| 1997 | Wei-Jen Yuan | 1st place |
| Year | Name | Instrument | Place |
| 2013 | Christopher Ostwald | Clarinet | 1st place |
| Jin Park | Cello | 2nd place | |
| Sarah Yang | Violin | 3rd place | |
| 2012 | Amanda Dame | Flute | 1st place |
| Erica Schwartz | Viola | 2nd place | |
| Jacob Efthimiou | Cello | 3rd place | |
| 2011 | Esther Efthimiou | Flute | 1st place |
| Julia Knowles | Cello | 2nd place | |
| Gregory Barber | Cello | 3rd place | |
| 2010 | Julian Muller | Cello | 1st place |
| Jared Harrison | Flute | 2nd place | |
| Sean Lowery | Marimba | 3rd place | |
| 2009 | Turi Scilipoti | Flute | 1st place |
| Anthony Bellino | Trumpet | 2nd place | |
| Sean Hawthorne | Cello | 3rd place | |
| Soo Yoen Kim | Cello | 3rd place | |
| 2008 | Ethan Dubois | Violin | 1st place |
| Rebekah Efthimiou | Harp | 2nd place | |
| Sean Hawthorne | Cello | 3rd place | |
| Natalie Zemba | Bassoon | Hon. Mention | |
| 2007 | Leo Brown | Violin | 1st place |
| Alex Atchley | Marimba | 2nd place | |
| Jack Qian | Violin | 3rd place | |
| Sean Hawthorne | Cello | Hon. Mention | |
| 2006 | Cicely Parnas | Cello | 1st place |
| Youngmin Kim | Violin | 2nd place | |
| Jack Qian | Violin | 2nd place | |
| Peter Zhu | Violin | 3rd place | |
| John Lowery | Violin | 3rd place | |
| 2005 | Madalyn Parnas | Violin | 1st place |
| James Benoit | Marimba | 2nd place | |
| Eric Zhou | Violin | 3rd place | |
| Peter Zhu | Violin | 3rd place | |
| 2004 | Heather Chan | Violin | 1st place |
| Tucker Callander | Violin | 2nd place | |
| Thomas Lowery | Clarinet | 3rd place | |
| Mimi Lou | Hon. Mention | ||
| 2003 | Aaron Kuan | Violin | 1st place |
| Tucker Callander | Violin | 2nd place | |
| Maria Manitta | Flute | 3rd place | |
| 2002 | Kathyn Andersen | Violin | 1st place |
| Aaron Kuan | Violin | 2nd place | |
| Maria Manitta | Flute | 3rd place | |
| 2001 | Kathryn Concra | Viola | 1st place |
| Lia Mooney | Cello | 1st place | |
| Juliann Welch | French Horn | 3rd place | |
| 2000 | Andrew Blanco | Marimba | 1st place |
| Richard Viglucci | Clarinet | 2nd place | |
| Jessica Billings-White | Cello | 3rd place | |
| Juliann Welch | French Horn | Hon. Mention | |
| 1999 | Andrew Pollock | Trombone | 1st place |
| Felice Kuan | Cello | 3rd place | |
| Bethany Slater | Oboe | Hon. Mention | |
| 1998 | Jonathan Chu | Violin | 1st place |
| Benjamin Chan | Violin | 2nd place | |
| Jenny Ruzow | Trumpet | 3rd place | |
| Sarah Hughes | Violin | Hon. Mention | |
| 1997 | Gabe Boyers | Violin | 1st place |
| Jonathan Chu | Violin | 2nd place | |
| Benjamin Chan | Violin | 3rd place | |
| Sarah Hughes | Violin | Hon. Mention | |
| 1996 | Ken Olsen | Cello | 1st place |
| Sarah Hughes | Violin | 2nd place | |
| Alucia Scalzo | Clarinet | 3rd place | |
| 1995 | Kirstin Flower | Bassoon | 1st place |
| Jason Sundrum | Violin | 2nd place | |
| Kristen Jones | Cello | 3rd place | |
| 1994 | Erin Sammon | Violin | 1st place |
| Michael Loegering | French Horn | 2nd place | |
| Jennifer Chu | Violin | 3rd place | |
| Emma Pushee | Oboe | Hon. Mention | |
| 1993 | Suzzane Hodgson | Trombone | 1st place |
| Nathan Lawerence | Violin | 2nd place | |
| Christine Kim | Violin | 3rd place | |
| 1992 | Clancy Newman | Cello | 1st place |
| Emily Greitzer | Violin | 2nd place | |
| Deborah Ann Avery | Clarinet | 3rd place | |
| Amy Mulcahy | Flute | Hon. Mention | |
| Suzzane Hodgson | Trombone | Hon. Mention | |
| 1991 | Nancy Leonard | Double Bass | 1st place |
| Naomi Kubo | Flute | 2nd place | |
| Emily Greitzer | Violin | 3rd place | |
| Andrea Bush | Flute | Hon. Mention | |
| 1990 | Stephen Kostyniak | French Horn | 1st place |
| Emily Greitzer | Violin | 2nd place | |
| Michelle Fenton | Bassoon | 3rd place | |
| Nancy Leonard | Double Bass | Hon. Mention | |
| Mary Ann Loegering | Cello | Hon. Mention | |
| 1989 | Suhnyoung Yoon | Flute | 1st place |
| Michelle Fenton | Bassoon | 2nd place | |
| Stephen Kostyniak | French Horn | 3rd place | |
| Margaret Bragle | Violin | Hon. Mention | |
| 1988 | Gabrielle Robinson | Violin | 1st place |
| Rebecca Zaia | Flute | 2nd place | |
| Michelle Coletta | Clarinet | 3rd place | |
| George Chase | Trumpet | Hon. Mention | |
| 1987 | Lisa COle | Clarinet | 1st place |
| Gabrielle Robinson | Violin | 2nd place | |
| Timothy O'Malley | Cello | 3rd place | |
| Becky Zaia | Flute | Hon. Mention | |
| Meg Bragle | Violin | Hon. Mention | |
| 1986 | Linda Chang | Violin | 1st place |
| Emily Orr | Flute | 2nd place | |
| Joyce Ryu | Violin | 3rd place | |
| David Connery | Flute | Hon. Mention | |
| 1985 | Eric Johnson | Trombone | 1st place |
| Thomas Enokian | Marimba | 2nd place | |
| Emily Orr | Flute | 3rd place | |
| Joyce Ryu | Violin | Hon. Mention | |
| Stephen Kadlecek | Violin | Hon. Mention | |
| 1984 | Melissa Mielens | Flute | 1st place |
| Andre O'Neil | Cello | 2nd place | |
| Stephen Kadlecek | Violin | 3rd place | |
| Tira Maloney | Flute | Hon. Mention | |
| Eric Johnson | Trombone | Hon. Mention | |
| 1983 | Alice Hio | Flute | 1st place |
| Renee Inomata | Violin | 2nd place | |
| Tira Maloney | Flute | 3rd place | |
| 1982 | Henry Finder | Cello | 1st place |
| Erika Lawson | Violin | 2nd place | |
| Renee Inomata | Violin | 3rd place | |
| 1981 | Mary Randles | Violin | 1st place |
| Renee Inomata | Violin | 2nd place | |
| Thomas Handel | Oboe | 3rd place | |
| 1980 | Andrea Blanchard | Violin | 1st place |
| Susan Drobeck | Flute | 2nd place | |
| Mary Randles | Violin | 3rd place | |
| 1979 | David Brinkman | Violin | 1st place |
| Joseph Levinger | Trumpet | 2nd place | |
| Susan Jones | Flute | 3rd place | |
| 1978 | Phillip Pan | Violin | 1st place |
| Shannon Scott | Clarinet | 2nd place | |
| David Brinkman | Violin | 3rd place | |
| 1977 | Stephen Elisha | Cello | 1st place |
| Eugene Sun | Violin | 2nd place | |
| Michael Cameron | Double Bass | 3rd place | |
| 1976 | Barbara Radka | Flute | 1st place |
| Daniel Miller | Saxophone | 2nd place | |
| Michael Cameron | Double Bass | 3rd place | |
| 1975 | Diane Rinko | Double Bass | 1st place |
| Cindy Stutt | Violin | 2nd place | |
| Geoff Hastings | French Horn | 3rd place | |
| 1974 | Elaine Strom | Flute | 1st place |
| Robert Taylor | Violin | 2nd place | |
| Jan Paulson | French Horn | 3rd place | |
| 1973 | Sherie Lake | Oboe | 1st place |
| Martin Ricciardi | Percussion | 2nd place | |
| Sally Boothe | Flute | Hon. Mention | |
| 1972 | Robert Ward | French Horn | 1st place |
| 1971 | Diane Jezurski | Viola | 1st place |
| Robert Pollock | Double Bass | 2nd place | |
| 1970 | Elizabeth Huntley | Harp | 1st place |
| 1969 | Maureen Cunningham | Cello | 1st place |
| 1968 | Fred Kasper | Clarinet | 1st place |
| Colin Pohl | Clarinet | 2nd place | |
| Jane Gatta | Flute | Hon. Mention | |
| James Alonzo | Saxophone | Hon. Mention | |
| 1967 | Nancy Steltmann | Cello | 1st place |
| Fred Kasper | Clarinet | Hon. Mention | |
| James Alonzo | Saxophone | Hon. Mention | |
| 1966 | William Robbins | Cello | 1st place |
| James Alonzo | Saxophone | 2nd place | |
| 1965 | Starr Cole | Trombone | 1st place |
| Blanche Christie | Cello | 2nd place | |
| 1964 | Janet Masur | Violin | 1st place |
