Past Festivals
- 1st Annual: 1961-62 Peter Mennin and Charles Kent
- 2nd Annual: 1962-63 Kent Kennan
- 3rd Annual: 1963-64 Vincent Persichetti
- 4th Annual: 1964-65 Sandor Veress
- 5th Annual: 1965-66 Halsey Stevens
- 6th Annual: 1966-67 Carlisle Floyd
- 7th Annual: 1967-68 David Amram
- 8th Annual: 1968-69 Alvin Etler
- 9th Annual: 1969-70 Samuel Adler
- 10th Annual: 1970-71 Paul Creston
- 11th Annual: 1971-72 Ben Johnston
- 12th Annual: 1972-73 Warren Benson
- 13th Annual: 1973-74 Morton Subotnick
- 14th Annual: 1974-75 INTERACTION: Paul Posnak, David Sells, Ericko Sator, Ethan Sloan
- 15th Annual: 1975-76 David Burge
- 16th Annual: 1976-77 Karel Husa
- 17th Annual: 1977-78 David Cope
- 18th Annual: 1978-79 Michael Hennagin
- 19th Annual: 1979-80 Joseph Schwantner
- 20th Annual: 1980-81 Donald Erb
- 21st Annual: 1981-82 Newton Strandberg
- 22nd Annual: 1982-83 Marvin Lamb
- 23rd Annual: 1983-84 Daniel Pinkham
- 24th Annual: 1984-85 Fisher Tull
- 25th Annual: 1985-86 Thea Musgrave
- 26th Annual: 1986-87 Sesquicentennial Celebration of Texas Composers
- 27th Annual: 1987-88 Anthony Iannaccone
- 28th Annual: 1988-89 Three Texas Composers: William MacDavis, Cynthia Folio, Mary Jean van Appledorn
- 29th Annual: 1990-91 Elie Siegmeister
- 30th Annual: 1991-92 Michael Colgrass
- 31st Annual: 1992-93 Ron Nelson
- 32nd Annual: 1993-94 Fisher Tull
- 33rd Annual: 1994-95 Michael Schelle
- 34th Annual: 1995-96 Dan Welcher
- 35th Annual: 1996-97 Karel Husa
- 36th Annual: 1997-98 Leslie Bassett and Martin Mailman
- 37th Annual: 1998-99 Jack Gallagher
- 38th Annual: 1999-2000 Region VI SCI Conference
- 39th Annual: 2000-01 Newton Strandberg
- 40th Annual: 2001-02 Cindy McTee
- 41st Annual: 2002-03 Michael Horvit
- 42nd Annual: 2003-04 Fisher Tull
- 43rd Annual: 2004-05 SHSU Composers: Past and Present
- 44th Annual: 2005-06 Donald Grantham
- 45th Annual: 2006-07 John Luther Adams
- 46th Annual: 2007-08 David Dzubay/SCI Region VI Conference
- 47th Annual: 2008-09 Peter Garland
- 48th Annual: 2009-10 Kyle Gann
- 49th Annual: 2010-11 Stefan Weisman and Michael Byron
- 50th Annual: 2011-12 Carter Pann
- 51st Annual: 2012-13 Mark Applebaum
- 52nd Annual: 2013-14 Bent Frequency
- 53rd Annual: 2014-15 Samuel Adler
- 54th Annual: 2015-16 Christopher Theofanidis
- 55th Annual: 2016-17 Gabriela Lena Frank
- 56th Annual: 2017-18 Libby Larsen
- 57th Annual: 2018-19: Adam Schoenberg
- 58th Annual: 2019-20: Robert Xavier Rodriguez
- 59th Annual: 2020-21: Annika Socolofksy