Welcome Christmas! Carol Contest Winners 1998-2009

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) If 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, IA.) Behold the Dark and Bitter Night
Alan Higbee (Beechwood, OH) In the Bleak Midwinter

2002: Carols with percussion accompaniment
Mary Lynn Place Badarak Brightest and Best
Paul Lohman Angels Heard on High

2001: Carols with string orchestra accompaniment
Clive Muncaster Shepherds, Shake Off Your Drowsy Sleep
Sergey Khvoshchinsky The Christmas Silence

2000: Carols with harp accompaniment
Brian Holmes The Shepherd and the King
Emily Maxson Porter I Sing the Birth

1999: Carols with audience participation
Robert A.M. Ross What Child Is This?
Jonathan Santore This Holy Christmas Night

1998: Carols for a cappella chorus
Joan Griffith Sweet Noel
Richard Voorhaar The Virgin's Cradle Hymn