Named for musicologist and author William Waite, MUS ’51, this competition is open to all undergraduate classical instrumentalists enrolled in their first year, sophomore year, or junior year at Yale. Winners are invited to perform their concerto at a Yale Symphony Orchestra concert the following season at a date to be determined by the Music Director.
2020
George Hua, Timothy Dwight College
2019
Alex Goldberg, Silliman College
Alec Chai, Morse College
2018
Sarah Switzer, Davenport College
2017
2016
Emily Switzer, Ezra Stiles College
2015
Scarlett Tong Zuo, Pierson College
2014
Margret Erlensdottir
2013
Chelsea Lane
2012
Matthew Griffith
Victor Wang
2011
Mia Nishikawa
2010
Naomi Weiss-Goldman
2009
Lee Dionne
2008
Lauren Libaw
2007
Daniel Schlosberg
2006
Ashley Jackson
Kensho Watanabe
2005
Matthew Rohde
Alexander Rabin
2004
Bee-Seon Keum
2003
Mei Rui
2002
Genevieve Chow
2001
Catherine Armstrong
Heesun Shin
2000
Miho Saegusa
Lisa Conway
1999
Nelson Lee
1999
Sophie Shao
1998
Paul Rao
Itzhak Gartenberg
Jennifer Shin
1997
Sarah Payne
Mimi Solomon
Daniel Adamson
Justin Kim
1996
Aaron Wunsch
1995
Jane Chung
Takeshi Wantanabe
1994
Eliza Slavet
Adam Feinstein
1991
Carol Ou
Michael Carrier
1989
Gabrielle Shek
Ralph Allen
Peter Landers
1988
Melvin Chen
Daniel Panner
Anna Pressler
1987
Joyce Shen
Andrea Schultz
Eric Gaenslen
Rebecca Rischin
1986
Lydia Forbes
Gary Ginstling
1985
Daniel Grabois
Margaret Kugelman
1983
Todd McHenry
1982
Sharon Yamada
Christopher Williams
Miriam Shames
1981
Jonathan Bagg
Kerry McDermott
1980
Kenneth Freed
Claudio Jaffe
1979
Constance Geanakoplos
Mark Tanner
1978
Jonathan Shames
Bridget Conrad
Neal Kravitz
1977
Bill Bennett
Tom Dickinson
1976
Martin Kluger
1975
Mayumi Fukui
1974
Charles Neidich
1973
Michael Tusa
1972
Larry Todd
James Winn
1969
Gregory Bonenberger
Jonathan Beiler