Past Festivals

  • 1st Annual: 1961-62 Peter Mennin and Charles Kent
  • 2nd Annual: 1962-63 Kent Kennan
  • 3rd Annual: 1963-64 Vincent Persichetti
  • 4th Annual: 1964-65 Sandor Veress
  • 5th Annual: 1965-66 Halsey Stevens
  • 6th Annual: 1966-67 Carlisle Floyd
  • 7th Annual: 1967-68 David Amram
  • 8th Annual: 1968-69 Alvin Etler
  • 9th Annual: 1969-70 Samuel Adler
  • 10th Annual: 1970-71 Paul Creston
  • 11th Annual: 1971-72 Ben Johnston
  • 12th Annual: 1972-73 Warren Benson
  • 13th Annual: 1973-74 Morton Subotnick
  • 14th Annual: 1974-75 INTERACTION: Paul Posnak, David Sells, Ericko Sator, Ethan Sloan
  • 15th Annual: 1975-76 David Burge
  • 16th Annual: 1976-77 Karel Husa
  • 17th Annual: 1977-78 David Cope
  • 18th Annual: 1978-79 Michael Hennagin
  • 19th Annual: 1979-80 Joseph Schwantner
  • 20th Annual: 1980-81 Donald Erb
  • 21st Annual: 1981-82 Newton Strandberg
  • 22nd Annual: 1982-83 Marvin Lamb
  • 23rd Annual: 1983-84 Daniel Pinkham
  • 24th Annual: 1984-85 Fisher Tull
  • 25th Annual: 1985-86 Thea Musgrave
  • 26th Annual: 1986-87 Sesquicentennial Celebration of Texas Composers
  • 27th Annual: 1987-88 Anthony Iannaccone
  • 28th Annual: 1988-89 Three Texas Composers: William MacDavis, Cynthia Folio, Mary Jean van Appledorn
  • 29th Annual: 1990-91 Elie Siegmeister
  • 30th Annual: 1991-92 Michael Colgrass
  • 31st Annual: 1992-93 Ron Nelson
  • 32nd Annual: 1993-94 Fisher Tull
  • 33rd Annual: 1994-95 Michael Schelle
  • 34th Annual: 1995-96 Dan Welcher
  • 35th Annual: 1996-97 Karel Husa
  • 36th Annual: 1997-98 Leslie Bassett and Martin Mailman
  • 37th Annual: 1998-99 Jack Gallagher
  • 38th Annual: 1999-2000 Region VI SCI Conference
  • 39th Annual: 2000-01 Newton Strandberg
  • 40th Annual: 2001-02 Cindy McTee
  • 41st Annual: 2002-03 Michael Horvit
  • 42nd Annual: 2003-04 Fisher Tull
  • 43rd Annual: 2004-05 91做厙 Composers: Past and Present
  • 44th Annual: 2005-06 Donald Grantham
  • 45th Annual: 2006-07 John Luther Adams
  • 46th Annual: 2007-08 David Dzubay/SCI Region VI Conference
  • 47th Annual: 2008-09 Peter Garland
  • 48th Annual: 2009-10 Kyle Gann
  • 49th Annual: 2010-11 Stefan Weisman and Michael Byron
  • 50th Annual: 2011-12 Carter Pann
  • 51st Annual: 2012-13 Mark Applebaum
  • 52nd Annual: 2013-14 Bent Frequency
  • 53rd Annual: 2014-15 Samuel Adler
  • 54th Annual: 2015-16 Christopher Theofanidis
  • 55th Annual: 2016-17 Gabriela Lena Frank
  • 56th Annual: 2017-18 Libby Larsen
  • 57th Annual: 2018-19: Adam Schoenberg
  • 58th Annual: 2019-20: Robert Xavier Rodriguez
  • 59th Annual: 2020-21: Annika Socolofksy