2019: Carols with violin
Travis M. Ramsey (Etna, NH) Little Lamb, Who Made Thee
Paul John Rudoi (Eugene, OR) The Orbit Carol
2018: Carols with oboe
Mark Shepperd (Woodbury, MN) O Jesus So Sweet, O Jesus So Mild
Stephen Shewan (Medina, NY) The Little Cradle Rocks Tonight
2017: Carols for a cappella chorus
Nancy Gifford (Doylestown, PA) Fill the Sky
David Evan Thomas (Minneapolis, MN) Carol of the Night
2016: Carols with vibraphone accompaniment
Lee Blaske (Excelsior, MN) A Cradle Song
Sean Sweeden (Kansas City, MO) Adam Lay Ybounden
2015: Carols with trumpet in B-flat or C
Josh Bauder (Crystal, MN) Sleep Softly, Lullaby
Laura Caviani (Minneapolis, MN) Go Tell It on the Mountain
2014: Carols with folk fiddle
Justin Merritt (Northfield, MN) Miles and Miles
Rachel DeVore Fogarty (Long Island City, NY) The Song of a Shepherd
2013: Carols with piano
William V. Malpede (West Hollywood, CA) Sound Over All Waters
Dale Trumbore (Los Angeles, CA) Ring Out, Ye Bells!
2012: Carols with concert C flute
David Biedenbender (Ann Arbor, MI) This Night
Sheena Phillips (Trenton, NJ) The Christmas Bird
2011: Carols for men’s voices (TTBB) accompanied by English horn
James Kallembach (Chicago, IL) That Yongë Child
Robert Sieving (Minnetonka, MN) O Stella de Bethlehem
2010: Carols with handbell accompaniment
J. David Moore (St. Paul, MN) I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
Mark Shepperd (Woodbury, MN) Come Join Their Song
2009: Carols with viola
Michael J. Glasgow (Raleigh, NC) Welcome the King
Robert Sieving (Minnetonka, MN) See Amid the Winter’s Snow
2008: Carols with French horn
Scott Ethier (Astoria, NY) A Mother’s Carol
Peter Hilliard (Roslyn, PA) Christ’s Nativity
2007: Carols with celeste
Matthew Brown (Los Angeles, CA) Sweet was the Song
Stephen Main (San Francisco, CA) The Darkest Midnight in December
2006: Carols with solo acoustic guitar
Diego Luzuriaga (Ardmore, PA) Un Nacimiento (A Nativity Scene)
John Rommereim (Grinnell, IA) Calm on the Listening Ear of Night
2005: Carols with solo cello
Paul Gibson (Downey, CA) It Fell Upon the High Midnight
Jocelyn Hagen (Minneapolis, MN) See Amid the Winter Snow
2004: Carols with solo recorder
Keith Bradshaw (Lexington, VA) Soft, the Light
James Sclater (Clinton, MS) Piping Carol
2003: Carols with solo instrumental accompaniment
Thomas Fielding (Bloomington, IN) Behold the Dark and Bitter Night
Alan Higbee (Beechwood, OH) In the Bleak Midwinter
2002: Carols with percussion accompaniment
Mary Lynn Place Badarak (Cochiti Lake, NM) Brightest and Best
Paul Lohman (Minneapolis, MN) Angels Heard on High
2001: Carols with string orchestra accompaniment
Clive Muncaster (Princeton, NJ) Shepherds, Shake Off Your Drowsy Sleep
Sergey Khvoshchinsky (St. Paul, MN) The Christmas Silence
2000: Carols with harp accompaniment
Brian Holmes (San Jose, CA) The Shepherd and the King
Emily Maxson Porter (Fridley, MN) I Sing the Birth
1999: Carols with audience participation
Robert A.M. Ross (Philadelphia, PA) What Child Is This?
Jonathan Santore (Plymouth, NH) This Holy Christmas Night
1998: Carols for a cappella chorus
Joan Griffith (Minneapolis, MN) Sweet Noel
Richard Voorhaar (St. Paul, MN) The Virgin’s Cradle Hymn