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1975-76

The Western Wind
The Tudor Consort
William Lyon Lee, Melvin Brown, Richard Taruskin, John Upham
Cynthia Schwan, Laurence Dreyfus, Wendy Gillespie, Imogen Howe, Lawrence Rosenwald
Choir of Corpus Christi Church
The Elizabethan Enterprise
Raymond Murcell, Frederic Hand, Edward Smith
The New York Cornet & Sacbut Ensemble
Schola Antiqua
The Bach Collegium of New York
Lawrence Rosenwald
Pomerium Musices

1976-77

Concert Royal
Jeffrey Dooley, Edward Brewer, Howard Crook
Cappella Nova
The New Calliope Singers
Pomerium Musices
Choir of Corpus Christi Church
The Tudor Consort
William Zukof
The Elizabethan Enterprise
Jane Bowers, Carol Lieberman, Sarah Cunningham, Mark Kroll
Early Opera Consort
Brenda Fairaday, Raymond Murcell, Edward Smith, Louise Basbas
Les Filles de Ste. Colombe
Ann Monoyios, Tina Chancey, Lionel Party
Janina Kuzman, Richard Taruskin

1977-78

The Pernucio Ensemble
Wendy Gillespie, David Miller, James Richman, Mary Springfels, Nancy Wilson
Jane Bryden, Arthur Burrows, Brenda Fairaday, Jeffrey Gall, Ann Monoyios
Choir of Corpus Christi Church
The Elizabethan Enterprise
The Tudor Consort
Louise Schulman, Lucy Bardo, Edward Smith
Cappella Nova
James Richman
The Musicians of Swanne Alley
Rebecca Troxler, Robert J. Alcala, Jerry Brainard, Lucy Bardo
Patricia Deckert, Susan Robinson, Lucy Cross, Louise Basbas, Mary Springfels
Nancy Wilson, Lucy Cross, James Richman, Mary Springfels
Constance Cooper, Walter Hilse
Pomerium Musices

1978-79

The Mozartean Players
Guido’s Other Hand
Queens College Collegium
Choir of Corpus Christi Church
Susan Robinson, Lucy Cross
Sequentia
The Elizabethan Enterprise
Louis Bagger
New York Tudor Consort
Cappella Nova
Constance Cooper, Walter Hilse
Linda Clark
Nancy Wilson, David Miller, Mary Springfels, James Richman
Les Filles de Ste. Colombe

1979-80

The Western Wind
Pomerium Musices
Classical String Quartet
Richard Taruskin, Lionel Party
Choir of Corpus Christi Church
Les Filles de Ste. Colombe
Sine Nomine Singers
Guido’s Other Hand
David Hart, Wendy Gillespie, Edgar Rebich
The Mozartean Players
Badinage
Susan Robinson, Lucy Cross
Musick for the Generall Peace
Jeffrey Gall, Mary Springfels, Britt Wheeler

1980-81

Les Filles de Ste. Colombe
Louis Bagger, Jean Mandelbaum
LiveOak
Pomerium Musices
Emma Kirkby, Anthony Rooley
The Westfield Center for Early Keyboard Studies
Choir of Corpus Christi Church
The Classical Quartet
The New York Consort of Viols
The Hilliard Quartet
Concert Royal
The New York Cornet & Sacbut Ensemble
Cappella Nova
David Hart, Sandra Miller, James Richman, Mary Springfels
Musick’s Monument
Jane Bryden, Sarah Brink, Richard Taruskin

1981-82

The Baryton Trio
The Alliance for American Song
Concerto Castello
Sequentia
Joan Benson
Choir of Corpus Christi Church
Jaap Schröder, Louis Bagger, Myron Lutzke
Les Filles de Ste. Colombe
Martin Best
The Classical Quartet
Cappella Nova
The Toronto Consort
Concert Royal
Symphonia Antiqua
The New York Cornet & Sacbut Ensemble and The New York Consort of Viols

1982-83

The Folger Consort
Andrea von Ramm
Les Filles de Ste. Colombe
LiveOak
Cappella Nova
Choir of Corpus Christi Church
Baltimore Consort
Constantine Cassolas, Frank Hoffmeister, Louise Basbas, Richard Taruskin
Pomerium Musices
The Classical Quartet and Jaap Schröder
The Hilliard Ensemble
Duo Geminiani
Boston Museum Trio

1983-84

Jaap Schröder, Elaine Thomburgh
Badinage
Folger Consort
Baryton Trio
Choir of Corpus Christi Church
Paul O’Dette
Pomerium Musices
L’Ensemble de la Guerre
Sequentia
The Amadé Trio
John Solum and Friends

1984-85

The Musicians of Swanne Alley
Les Filles de Ste. Colombe
Andrea von Ramm
Louis Bagger
Choir of Corpus Christi Church
The Smithson Quartet
Trio Sonnerie
Pomerium Musices
p.a.n. (ensemble project ars nova)
Music Before 1800 Productions
Scottish Early Music Consort (Glasgow)
London Baroque

1985-86

The Folger Consort
The Baltimore Consort
The Classical Quartet
Choir of Corpus Christi Church
The New York Consort of Viols
Sequentia
Music Before 1800 Productions
Pomerium Musices
The Hilliard Ensemble
Micaela Comberti, Nigel North

1986-87

The Bach Ensemble
Marion Verbruggen, Mitzi Meyerson
Music Before 1800 Productions
Robert Barto
Choir of Corpus Christi Church
Sequentia
New World Consort of Vancouver
London Baroque
Les Filles de Ste. Colombe
Pomerium Musices

1987-88

The Musicians of Swanne Alley
Louis Bagger
The New York Cornet & Sacbut Ensemble with the Boston Shawm & Sackbut Ensemble
Amor Artis Chamber Choir and Baroque Ensemble
Choir of Corpus Christi Church
The New York Consort of Viols and The Boston Viol Consort
Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet
Sequentia
Music Before 1800 Productions
Tallis Scholars
Pomerium Musices with the Baltimore Consort

1988-89

The Boston Museum Trio
The Hilliard Ensemble
The Kuijken Quartet
Amor Artis Chamber Choir and Baroque Ensemble
Choir of Corpus Christi Church
The Newberry Consort
Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet
Music Before 1800 Productions
The Smithson Quartet
Paul O’Dette
Pomerium Musices

1989-90

The Classical Quartet and The Mozartean Players
A Theatre of Voices, Paul Hillier, Stephen Stubbs, Andrew Lawrence-King
Hesperion XX
The Folger Consort
Choir of Corpus Christi Church
Sequentia
Pomerium Musices
Music Before 1800 Productions
Marion Verbruggen, Robert Hill
Louis Bagger
The Handel & Haydn Society Chamber Music Ensemble

1990-91

Anonymous 4
Four Nations Ensemble
Donald Joyce
La Stravaganza of New York
Sequentia
The Musicians of Swanne Alley
The Mozartean Players
Choir of Corpus Christi Church
The King’s Noyse
Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet
The Newberry Consort
Music Before 1800 Productions
Pomerium Musices

1991-92

Anonymous 4 and Medieval Strings
European Community Baroque Orchestra
Sequentia
The Benefit Street Chamber Players
Choir of Corpus Christi Church
Anner Bylsma
Marion Verbruggen, John Gibbons
Music Before 1800 Productions
London Baroque
CUNY Baroque Ensemble
Pomerium Musices and ARTEK

1992-93

Ensemble Rebel
Fretwork
Pomerium Musices
Jocelyn Stewart and Friends
Choir of Corpus Christi Church
The Baltimore Consort
Anonymous 4
Three Parts Upon a Ground
Music Before 1800 Productions

1993-94

Pomerium
Ensemble Organum
Ensemble Rebel
The Sixteen
Choir of Corpus Christi Church
Christine Brandes, Paul O’Dette, Mary Springfels, Arthur Haas
Anonymous 4
Marion Verbruggen, Jacob Lindberg
ARTEK
Music Before 1800 Productions

1994-95

Lionheart and Ex Umbris
Trio Passaggio
Sequentia
Pomerium
Tallis Scholars
Music Before 1800 Productions
Anonymous 4
Gothic Voices
Hesperion XX

1995-96

The Western Wind
The Hilliard Ensemble
Ensemble Organum
The Tallis Scholars
Music Before 1800 Productions
Piffaro – The Renaissance Wind Band
Pomerium
The Harp Consort
Lionheart and Parthenia – A Consort of Viols

1996-97

Capriccio Stravagante
Marion Verbruggen
Arte Corale
Music Before 1800 Productions
Anonymous 4

1997-98

Lionheart
Ensemble Sonnerie
Orlando Consort
Music Before 1800 Productions
Pomerium
Dan Laurin, Jakob Lindberg

1998-99

Music Before 1800 Productions
Phantasm
Anonymous 4
Dufay Collective
Pomerium
REBEL

1999-2000

Musica Pacifica
Clerks’ Group
Anonymous 4
Lionheart
Music Before 1800 Productions
Pomerium
Anner Bylsma, Malcolm Bilson

2000-01

Al Qantarah
Anonymous 4
Choir of Corpus Christi Church and Mannes Bach 2000
Arte Corale
Benjamin Bagby
Pomerium
Lionheart
Choir of Corpus Christi Church

2001-02

Anonymous 4
Choir of Corpus Christi Church
Sanford Sylvan, David Breitman
Capriccio Stravagante
Clerks’ Group
The Harp Consort
Pomerium

2002-03

Choir of Corpus Christi Church and Parthenia
Anonymous 4
Pomerium
Andreas Staier
Ellen Hargis, Paul O’Dette
Choir of Corpus Christi Church and Teares of the Muses
Magnificat
Mala Punica

2003-04

The King’s Noyse
Pomerium
La Monica
Anonymous 4
Marion Verbruggen
Choir of Corpus Christi Church and Parthenia
Sequentia and Dialogos
Les Talens Lyriques

2004-05

Pomerium
Choir of Corpus Christi Church and Parthenia
Trio Mediæval
The Ferrara Ensemble
Paul O’Dette
Artek
Magnificat
Al Ayre Español

2005-06

Lionheart
Sequentia
Galatea
REBEL
Choir of Corpus Christi Church
The Hilliard Ensemble
Jaap ter Linden
Pomerium

2006-07

Pomerium
Ensemble européen William Byrd
Trio Mediæval
Baltimore Consort
The Hilliard Ensemble
Jory Vinikour
Dialogos
Choir of Corpus Christi Church

2007-08

Pomerium
The Newberry Consort
Cappella della Pietà del Turchini
Ciaramella
Sequentia
Clerks’ Group
Choir of Corpus Christi Church
Il Fondamento

2008-09

Marion Verbruggen
Pomerium
Diabolus in Musica
Trio Mediæval
Bradley Brookshire
REBEL
Concerto Palatino
Corpus Christi Choir and Instrumentalists

2009-10

Dialogos
Stile Antico
Cappella Romana
Anonymous 4
Choir of Corpus Christi Church
Juilliard Baroque
Hélène Schmitt
Pomerium

2010-11

Paul O’Dette
Diabolus in Musica
Apollo’s Fire
Blue Heron
Choir of Corpus Christi Church
Juilliard Baroque
Pomerium
Constantinople

2011-12

Kenneth Weiss
Anonymous 4
Les Délices
Stile Antico
Choir of Corpus Christi Church
London Haydn Quartet
Juilliard Baroque and Juilliard415
Pomerium

2012-13

El Mundo
Europa Galante
Cappella Pratensis
Choir of Corpus Christi Church
Davitt Moroney
Juilliard Baroque
Glen Velez
PHOENIXtail
Nina Stern, Daphna Mor, Shane Shanahan
Stile Antico
Anonymous 4

2013-14

Ensemble Peregrina
Pomerium
Fretwork
Anonymous 4
Choir of Corpus Christi Church
Quicksilver
Mala Punica
New York Baroque Incorporated
Juilliard415
Kenneth Weiss
Masques

2014-15

Quicksilver
Vox Luminis
Paul O’Dette
El Mundo
Pomerium
Blue Heron
Wayward Sisters
New York Polyphony
Juilliard415
Anonymous 4
Choir of Corpus Christi Church

2015-16

REBEL
Música Temprana
Cappella Pratensis
Juilliard415, Choir of Corpus Christi Church, Soloists from the Juilliard School’s Marcus Institute of Vocal Arts
Folger Consort, Stile Antico, Arcadia Viols
Kenneth Weiss, Lina Tur Bonet
Beiliang Zhu
Asteria
Choir of Corpus Christi Church
Blue Heron and Dark Horse Consort
Quicksilver

2016-17

Juilliard415
Breathtaking
Blue Heron
ACRONYM
Alla Francesca
Choir of Corpus Christi Church
Ars Longa
Pallade Musica
Elizabeth Blumenstock, Beiliang Zhu, Aya Hamada
Diderot String Quartet
Sequentia

2017-18

Blue Heron
Cappella Pratensis
Alla Francesca
Quicksilver
Constantinople
Juilliard415
Ignacio Prego
LeStrange Viols
House of Time
Stile Antico
Choir of Corpus Christi Church

2018-19

Benjamin Bagby
Vox Luminis
Juilliard415
Ensemble Correspondances
Academy of Sacred Drama
Boreas Quartett Bremen
Blue Heron
Alkemie
Paul O’Dette
Jesse Blumberg, Simon Martyn-Ellis
Monica Huggett, Byron Schenkman, Toma Iliev, Joanna Blendulf

2019-20

Cappella Pratensis
RUCKUS
Blue Heron
Sequentia
Stile Antico
Academy of Sacred Drama
Byron Schenkman
Aya Hamada
Peter Sykes
Juilliard415

2020-21

Louise Basbas, Henry Lee
Tina Chancey
Susan Hellauer, Clifton Boyd
Diderot String Quartet
Aya Hamada
Peter Sykes
Martin Bernstein, Justin Taylor

2021-22

Juilliard415
Ars Lyrica Houston
Hesperus
ACRONYM
Piffaro
Blue Heron

2022-23

Boston Camerata
Vox Luminis
Juilliard415
Twelfth Night
Les Délices
Blue Heron
Cappella Pratensis
Tiburtina Ensemble

2023-24

Juilliard415
Le Poème Harmonique
TENET Vocal Artists
Winter Wassail: Barokksolistene
The Chevalier: The Harlem Chamber Players
The Marian Consort
Mali Before 1800 with Ballaké Sissoko
Constantinople and Accademia del Placere
La Morra

2024-25

Pacific MusicWorks
Vox Luminis
The Gesualdo Six with Abendmusik
Diderot String Quartet
Benjamin Bagby, Jasmina Črnčič, Lukas Papenfusscline
Sequentia
Holger Falk with Nuovo Aspetto, Merzuoga
SABîL with Vincent Ségal
Thomas Dunford
The Sebastians and Chatham Baroque
Juilliard415

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