Ruth and Clarence Mader

Past Organ-Playing Competitions: First-Prize Winners

• 1973 - Rick Ross, Southern Methodist University

• 1975 - Bruce Bengtson, Southern Methodist University

• 1976 - Joseph Schenk, University of Nebraska

• 1977 - Dennis Bergen, Wichita State University

• 1978 - No first prize awarded

• 1979 - Wesley Parrott, University of the South

• 1982 - Edward Murray, Southern Methodist University

• 1984 - Frederick Hohman, Eastman School of Music

• 1986 - James Walker, University of Southern California

• 1991 - Alan Morrison, Curtis Institute of Music

• 1996 - No first prize awarded

• 2010 - David Baskeyfield, Eastman School of Music

• 2013 - Adam Pajan, University of Oklahoma

 

Composition Competition Award

• 1994 - Craig Phillips (award partially funded by grants from District of Columbia AGO Foundation and San Francisco Chapter, AGO, Special Projects Fund)