| 2008 | Maggie Drennen - Board Member, Shepherd University Friends of Music |
| 2007 | Barbara Stenger - Professor (retired), Shepherd University |
| 2006 | David Dunlop - President, Shepherd University, 1996-2007 |
| 2005 | Richard Frush - Music Teacher (retired), Keyser, WV |
| 2004 | John Lynch - Music Teacher (retired), Martinsburg, WV |
| 2003 | John Doyle - Delegate, District 57, WV House of Delegates |
| 2002 | Glen Patterson - Music Supervisor (retired), Carroll County, MD |
| 2001 | Frances Machen - Owner, Machen Music Store |
| 2000 | Guy Frank - Professor and Chair Emeritus, 1950-1984 Farrell Coy - Professor and Chair Emeritus, 1967-1998 Jay Stenger - Professor Emeritus, 1969-1996 James Pantle - Professor and Chair Emeritus, 1969-2005 |