2023 - Voice
1st Prize - McKenzie Warriner
2nd Prize - Katy Clark
3rd Prize - Sara Schabas
City of Brandon Prize for the Best Performance of the Commissioned Work: Breath with lyrics by Olive Senior
and music by Keith Hamel - Katy Clark
2022 - Piano
1st Prize - David Potvin
2nd Prize - Gabrielle Gagnon-Picard
3rd Prize - Edward Enman
City of Brandon Prize for the Best Performance of the Commissioned Work: Growing Forgiveness by
Cris Derksen - David Potvin
2021 - Strings
1st Prize - Julien Siino
2nd Prize - Isabella Perron
3rd Prize - Ariel Carrabré
City of Brandon Prize (for the best performance of the commissioned work: La Pieta (After Monkman) by Ian Cusson)- Julien Siino
2020 - Voice
1st Prize - Brittany Rae
2nd Prize - Jennifer Routhier
3rd Prize Virginie Mongeau
City of Brandon Prize (for the best performance of the commissioned work: Han Kang: Lost in Translation by Gordon Fitzell)- Jennifer Routhier
2019 - Piano
1st Prize - Bryn Blackwood
2nd Prize - Jana Luksts
3rd Prize Nicole Linaksita
City of Brandon Prize (for the best performance of the commissioned work: Far Beyond Things Finite by Brian Current)- Bryn Blackwood
2018 - Strings
1st - Amy Hillis, violin
2nd - Katya Poplyansky, violin
3rd - Sarah Gans, cello
City of Brandon Prize (for the best performance of the commissioned work: Foxy Fox's Musical Games by Carmen Braden)- Katya Poplyansky
2017 - Voice
1st - Alexandra Smithers, soprano
2nd - Maeve Palmer, soprano
3rd - Lisa Mulgrew, soprano
City of Brandon Prize - (for the best performance of the commissioned work: Malfunctionlieder by Nicole Lizée)
2016 - Piano
1st - Matt Poon
2nd - Naomi Woo
3rd - Jesse Plessis
City of Brandon Prize (for the best performance of the commissioned work: Mirari by Jeffrey Ryan) - Matt Poon
2015 - Strings
1st - Joshua Peters, violin
2nd - Cameron Crozman, cello
3rd - Sarah Ganz, cello
City of Brandon Prize (for the best performance of the commissioned work: Into the Ether by Jordan Pal)
2014 - Voice
1st - Sarah Jo Kirsch, soprano
2nd - Andréanne Paquin, soprano
Alexandra Smither, soprano
City of Brandon Prize (for the best performance of the commissioned work: Execution Songs by Andrew Staniland) - Catherine Ann Daniel, mezzo-soprano
2013 - Piano
1st - Everett Hopfner
2nd - Madeline Hildebrand
3rd - Edward Enman
City of Brandon Prize (for the best performance of the commissioned work: Hallucinations by Randolph Peters) - Madeline Hildebrand
2012 - Strings
1st - Brian Yoon, cello
2nd - Dorothy Ro, violin
3rd - Véronique Mathieu, violin
City of Brandon Prize (for the best performance of the commissioned work: String Theory by John Burge) - Brian Yoon
2011- Voice
1st - Erica Iris Huang, mezzo-soprano
2nd - Jana Miller, soprano
3rd - Vanessa Lanch, soprano
City of Brandon Prize (for the best performance of the commissioned work: Eckhardt Songs by Michael Oesterle) - Erica Iris Huang
2010 - Piano
1st - Claudia Chan
2nd - Andrea Lodge
3rd - Christopher Morano
City of Brandon Prize (for the best performance of the commissioned work: Curlicue by Karen Sunabacka) - Andrea Lodge
2009 - Strings
1st - Carissa Klopoushak
2nd - Alexander Read
3rd - Jessica Tong
2008 - Voice
1st - Kristin Mueller-Heaslip
2nd - Maghan Stewart
3rd - Danielle Buonaiuto
2007 - Piano
1st - Su Jeon
2nd - Scott Meek
3rd - Andrea Lodge
2006 - Strings
1st - David Eggert
2nd - Min-Jeong Koh
3rd - Loewi Lin
2005 - Voice
1st - Layla Claire
2nd - Christanne Rushton
3rd - Zorana Sadiq
2004 - Piano
1st - Lana Henchell
2nd - Sergey Saratovsky
3rd - Stephen Runge
2003 - Strings
1st - Kerry DuWors
2nd - Lynn Kuo
3rd - Eugenia Choi
2002 - Voice
1st - Nikki Einfeld
2nd - Peter McGillivray
3rd - Jessica Sage
2001 - Piano
1st - Heather Schmidt
2nd - Roanna Tay
3rd - Michelle Chang
2000 - Strings
1st - Elissa Lee
2nd - Aya Miyagawa
3rd - Julie Jung
1999 - Voice
1st - Vilma Vitols
2nd - Nathasha Campbell
3rd - Teri Dunn
1998 - Piano
1st - Krystyna Tucka-Gaweda
2nd - Derek Yapel-Schobert
3rd - Noel McRobbie
1997 - Strings
1st - Jasper Wood
2nd - Catherine French
3rd - Elissa Lee
1996 - Voice
1st - Heather Pawsey
2nd - Stacie Robinson
3rd - Hugh Russell
1995 - Piano
1st - Bang Lang Do
2nd - Corey Hamm
3rd - Ryan McClelland
1994 - Strings
1st - Bridget Hunt
2nd - Emily Bowman
3rd - Karl Stobbe
1993 - Voice
1st - Elisabeth Pomés
2nd - Michel Schrey
3rd - Brenda Gluska
1992 - Piano
1st - Audrey Andrist
2nd - Libby Lu
3rd - Ryan McClelland
1991 - Strings
1st - Krista Buckland
2nd - Emily Bowman
3rd - Jeremy Bell
1990 - Voice
1st - Jane Leibel
2nd - Nancy Gibson
3rd - Monica Zerbe
1989 - Piano
1st - Nancy Girard
2nd - Nicolas Mallof
3rd - Christopher Foley
1988 - Strings
1st - Lesley Robertson
2nd - Karen Opgenorth
3rd - Marc Sabat
1986 - Voice
No first prize
2nd - Ingrid Attrot
3rd - Tied: Marisa Gaetanne and Iraina Neufeld
1985 - Strings
1st - Joanne Opgenorth
2nd - Mahai Tetel
3rd - John Friesen
1984 - Piano
1st - James Parker
2nd - Jamie Syer
No third prize
1983 - Voice
1st - Debra Parker
2nd - Julia Jamison-Grieve
3rd - Dennis Giesbrecht
1982 - Strings
1st - Annalee Patipatanakoon
2nd - Katherine Palyga
3rd - Eldon Lepp
1981 - Piano
1st - Louise Bessette
2nd - Lisa Nagatani
3rd - Tied: Angela Cheng and Laurie Duncan
1980 - Voice
1st - Nancy Herbison Argenta
2nd - Ben Heppner
3rd - Lynn Blaser
1978 - Piano
1st - Jon Kimura Parker
2nd - Laurie Duncan
3rd - Walter Prossnitz
1977 - Strings
1st - Gwen Hoebig
2nd - Desmond Hoebig
No third prize
1976 - Piano
1st - David Swan
2nd - Douglas Finch
3rd - Alice Enns