1920-21
Great Lakes String Quartet
Howard Wells (pianist)
Harold Proctor Concert Company
New York Lyric Quartet
V. S. Watkins (master interpreter)
1921-22
Vera Poppe (English cellist)
Clarence Burgderfer (humorist)
Zoellner String Quartette
Maurice Dumesnil (French pianist)
Graham Marr (baritone)
1922-23
Gladys Swarthout (mezzo-soprano) and Margaret O’Connor (harpist)
Roscoe Gilmore Stott (lecturer)
Charles Norman Granville (baritone)
James Hamilton (tenor) and Valentina Crespi (Italian violinist)
Noah Beilharz (make-up artist)
1923-24
Jan Chiapusso (pianist)
Harold Loring (lecturer: Indian customs)
Pasmore Sisters (chamber music)
Bogumil Sykora (cellist)
Irene Pavloska (mezzo-soprano)
1924-25
Riccardo Martin (tenor)
Vera Poppe (cellist) and Hubert Carlin (pianist)
Ruth Ray (violinist)
Raymond Koch (baritone)
1925-26
DeMarco Harp Ensemble
George Liebling (pianist-composer)
Emory Parnell (one-man band)
Ilse Niemack (violinist)
1926-27
Heermann String Quartet
Stell Anderson (pianist)
Silvio Scionti (pianist)
Harry Farbman (violinist)
Edna Swanson ver Harr (contralto)
1927-28
Fiechtl’s Tyrolean Yodlers
E. A. Boehmer (operalogue)
Sol Nemkovsky (violinist)
John B. Ratto (impersonator)
1928-29
Hilger Sisters (piano, violin, cello)
Frederick M. Snyder (lecturer)
Jack Wood’s Bell Ringers
DiGiorgio Orchestra (four players)
1929-30
Iowa State Teachers College String Quartet
John W. Robbins (glass blower)
Hilda Grossmann Voice Recital
Henry Witte (Shakespearean actor)
1930-31
Coe Pettit (pianist)
Mme. Estella Gray-Lhevinne (violinist) and her young piano virtuoso
son
Iowa State Teachers College String Quartet
1931-32 (See note below)
1932-33 (See note below)
1933-34 (See note below)
1934-35 (See note below)
1935-36
Harold Kellogg (lecturer on Amerindian)
Iowa State Teachers String Trio
San Carlos Opera Co.
Mary Briggs (violinist)
1936-37
Capt. Carl von Hoffmann (explorer)
Sam Grathwell (inspirational lecturer)
Chaplain Roy Olson: Minnesota’s prisons
Al Priddy, circus performer, speaking on: Can Animals Think?
Hugo Brandt Trio
Bob Wood (entertainer-cartoonist)
Dixie Melody Masters (quartet)
Alberto Salvi (harpist) and instrumental quartet
1937-38
Mary McCormic (soprano)
Howard Higgins (lecturer)
Jerold Frederic (pianist)
Robert Gillette Chamber Orchestra
1938-39
Chamber Opera Trio
Jerold Frederic (pianist)
Little Philharmonic Orchestra
Roselle Brewer (blind lecturer with seeing-eye dog demonstration)
Martin and Olga Stevens (marionettes)
Lew Sarrett (poet)
1939-40
Virgilio Lazzari (bass-baritone) and Olga Trevisan (soprano)
Charles Eagle Plume (lecturer)
Col. M. Thomas Tchou (lecturer)
Catherine Van Buren (soprano)
Drew Pearson (political columnist)
Continental Gypsy Ensemble
Jerold Frederic (pianist)
1940-41
Ruby Spencer Lyon & her Continentals
Theodor Broch (Narvik, Norway, mayor)
Chicago Operatic Quartette
Slim Williams (Alaskan adventurer)
Will Irwin (journalist)
1941-42
Percy Grainger (pianist and composer)
Prince Otto of Austria (lecturer)
Carreth Wells (explorer)
Curtis Quartet (chamber music)
Sykora Trio (chamber music)
1942-43
Gen. Platoff Don Cossack Chorus
Dr. Herman Rauschning (lecturer)
Soo Young (actress)
Bruce Thomas (war correspondent)
Esther Doby (pianist)
1943-44
Sidney Montague (Canadian Mountie)
Jean Watson (contralto)
Nine O’Clock Opera Co.: Marriage of Figaro
Edmund Stevens (war correspondent)
Ely Culbertson (Bridge expert and political commentator)
1944-45
Ionian Singers (male quartet)
James Whittaker (war hero)
Hilde Somer (pianist)
Dr. Suzanne Silvercruys (Belgian sculptor who escaped Nazis)
1945-46
Frances Lehnerts (mezzo-soprano)
Dr. Kirtley Mather (Harvard geologist)
Edwin Strawbridge Ballet Co.
Dr. Franz Polgar (telepathist)
Dr. Daniel Poling (lecturer)
1946-47
University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra
Serge Jaroff Don Cossack Chorus
Marjorie Moffett (actress)
Adventurer Frank Buck (of “bring-em-back-alive” fame)
Dorothy Maynor (soprano)
1947-48
University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra
Thomas L. Thomas (baritone)
Leland Stowe (journalist)
Don Catlin (lecturer)
Sidney Foster (pianist)
Dorothy Thompson (journalist)
1948-49
William L. Shirer (correspondent)
Norman Vincent Peale (author, preacher)
Henry C. Wolfe (foreign affairs expert)
Elabelle Davis (soprano)
Vienna Choir Boys
Four Piano Ensemble
1949-50
Artur Rubinstein (pianist)
Burl Ives (folk singer)
Mario Berini (tenor)
Robert Aura Smith (editorialist)
Farbman Sinfonietta (chamber orchestra)
1950-51
Coro Hispanico de Majorca
Carl Sandburg (poet and historian)
Rise Stevens (mezzo-soprano)
Vronsky and Babin (piano duo)
Alex Dreier (correspondent)
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
1951-52
Longines Symphonette (chamber orch.)
Boldyreff-Schwartz Debate
Congressman Walter H.Judd (lecturer)
Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra
Charles Laughton (actor)
Albeneri Trio (chamber music)
1952-53
Eleanor Steber (soprano)
Hungarian String Quartet
Jascha Heifetz (violinist)
Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra
1953-54
Charles Wagner Opera Co.: Il Trovatore
Rudolf Serkin (pianist)
Amadeus String Quartet
Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra
1954-55
Wagner Opera Co.: Madame Butterfly
Salzburg Marionette Theatre
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo with
Maria Tallchief
Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra
David Hardy: The World We Live in
Francis Line: 7 Wonders of the World
1955-56
Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra
World Affairs Forum
Black Hills Passion Play
Thomas Healy: Africa Without Makeup
Robert McFerrin (baritone)
Cham-Ber Huang (harmonica player)
1956-57
Stockholm Gosskor (boychoir)
Goldovsky Opera Theatre: The Secret Marriage
Vienna Octet (chamber music)
Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra
David Bar-Illan (pianist)
Marjorie Newsom (harpist)
1957-58
Agnes Moorehead, Raymond Massey in The Rivalry
I Solisti di Zagreb (chamber music)
Phillippe Entremont (pianist)
Betty Allen (mezzo-soprano)
Roger Wagner Chorale
1958-59
Danish National Orchestra
Vienna Academy Chorus
Jose Greco Spanish Ballet
Marian Anderson (contralto)
1959-60
Luboshutz and Nemenoff (duo-pianists)
Philharmonia Hungarica
Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians
Irving R. Levine (TV journalist)
Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra in Bach’s B-Minor Mass
1960-61
Branko Krsmanovich Chorus
Goldovsky Opera Co.: Don Giovanni
Beaux Arts Trio (chamber music)
Canadian Players: Julius Caesar
Jennie Tourel and Richard Lewis
(vocal duo)
1961-62
Byron Janis (pianist)
Cleveland Playhouse: Hedda Gabler
William Warfield (basso)
Shoshana Shoshan (soprano)
Festival Quartet (chamber music)
Vienna Choir Boys
1962-63
Dame Judith Anderson (actress)
National Ballet of Canada
Grace Bumbry (mezzo-soprano)
Foo Hsing Children’s Theatre
New York Pro Musica (renaissance)
Tong Il Han (pianist)
1963-64
Jakov Fliere (pianist)
Texas Boys Choir
Shanta Rao Dancers
Moscow Chamber Orchestra
Ruggiero Ricci (violinist)
Andres Segovia (guitarist)
1964-65
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Ralph Votapek (pianist)
Luther (Broadway play)
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Richard Dyer-Bennet (folk singer)
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1965-66
Marcel Marceau (mime)
Eugene Holmes (baritone)
Ruth Laredo (pianist)
Krakow Choir and Orchestra
Jan Peerce and Mary Costa (vocal duo)
1966-67
Victor Borge (comic pianist)
David Bar-Illan (pianist)
Vienna Boys Choir
Royal Winnipeg Ballet
New York Woodwind Quintet
1967-68
Guilet-Pressler Duo (violinist, pianist)
Emlyn Williams (actor)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of London
Roger Wagner Chorale
Andre Watts (pianist)
Vienna Academy Chorus
1968-69
Fiddler on the Roof (Broadway musical)
Obernkirchen Children’s Choir
Romanian Folk Ballet
Iowa String Quartet
Peter Schickele and “P.D.Q. Bach”
1969-70
National Ballet of Canada
Malcolm Frager (pianist)
New York Pro Musica
Robert Merrill (baritone)
Goldovsky Opera Co: La Traviata
1970-71
Ballet Folklorico of Mexico
Paulene Myers: The World of My America
Zorba (Broadway musical)
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Julian Bream (guitarist, lutenist)
1971-72
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
National Players: The Miser
Gregg Smith Singers
Sierra Leone National Dance Troupe
Paul Kuentz Chamber Orchestra of Paris
Company (Broadway musical)
1972-73
Kiss Me, Kate (Broadway musical)
First Moog Quartet (electronic music)
Dialogue with Guitar and Lute
Simon Estes (bass baritone)
Yugoslavian National Dance Ensemble
Franco Gulli (violinist)
1973-74
Vokal Ensemble of Heilbronn
Suzuki Violins
Budapest Symphony Orchestra
Canadian Opera: Cosi Fan Tutte
National Ballet of Washington
1974-75
National Band of New Zealand and Maori Dancers
National Shakespeare Co.:
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Jorge Bolet (pianist)
Elly Ameling and St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
Norman Luboff Choir
The Navy Band
1975-76
Ballet de Colombia
Swedish Radio Choir
Man of La Mancha (Broadway musical)
Max Morath (ragtime pianist)
Musical America
Jack Thomas as Mark Twain
1976-77
Young Vic Co.: Taming of the Shrew
Gary Karr (double bass player)
I Solisti di Zagreb (chamber music)
John West (baritone)
Royal Winnipeg Ballet
Obernkirchen Children’s Choir
1977-78
Bubblin’ Brown Sugar (Broadway musical)
Mother Courage and Her Children (play)
David Shifrin (clarinetist)
Waverly Consort (renaissance group)
Jose Molina Bailes Espanoles (dance)
1978-79
Billy Taylor Trio (jazz)
Acting Company: Romeo and Juliet
New York Harp Ensemble
Korean National Symphony Orchestra
Rajko (ethnic dance group)
National Opera Co.: Martha
1979-80
Da (Broadway play)
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
Claude Kipnis Mime Theatre
Canadian Brass
Opera a la Carte: The Mikado
1980-81
Long Wharf Theatre: Private Lives
Westminster Choir
John Biggs Consort
Connecticut Dance Theatre
L’Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse
1981-82
Gregg Smith Singers
Parthenon Dancers of Greece
The Acting Company
Joffrey II Dancers (ballet)
Donna Roll (soprano)
1982-83
Festival of the Nile
Smithsonian Jazz Repertory Ensemble
Royal Winnipeg Ballet
Sedmara Zakarian (pianist)
Bergen Wind Quintet (chamber music)
1983-84
Carlos Montoya (Flamenco guitarist)
1940’s Radio Hour (variety)
Brahms and Clara
The Acting Co.: Merry Wives of Windsor
Nebraska Sinfonia (chamber orchestra with the Wartburg Choir)
1984-85
Dubinski Duo (piano, violin)
Nebraska Theatre: A Christmas Carol
New Swingle Singers
Chinese Magic Circus (acrobatics)
American Ballet Theatre II
1985-86
Tashiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra
Amahl and the Night Visitors
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
Zeitgeist
Des Moines Ballet: Cinderella
1986-87
Peter Schickele: Intimate P.D.Q. Bach
Gran Folklorico de Mexico (dance)
Ridge String Quartet
Arthur Peterson (actor): Fire and Ice
A Chorus Line (Broadway musical)
1987-88
Canadian Brass
Simon Preston (organist)
Waverly Consort: Christmas Story
Alvin Ailey Dance Ensemble
Pinocchio (puppet show)
Man of La Mancha (Broadway musical)
1988-89
James Dapogny’s Chicago Jazz Band
Little Shop of Horrors (play)
Mummenschanz (mime)
Donald Peck (flutist)
National Shakespeare Co.: Oedipus Rex
1989-90
Minnesota Opera Co.: Madame Butterfly
Chicago City Limits (improv. group)
Synthesis 2000 (electronic odyssey)
Joseph Kalichstein (pianist)
Russian Folk Festival
1990-91
Classic Buskers
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra featuring erhu soloist Jiang Jian-hua
Free Flight (progressive jazz)
Oil City Symphony (a musical)
1991-92
AMAN Folk Ensemble
Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers
Forty-second Street (Broadway musical)
Harold and the Purple Crayon (play)
Prism Quartet (four saxophones)
1992-93
Capitol Steps (political satire)
Cleveland Quartet (chamber music)
Wynton Marsalis Septet (jazz)
Robison and Fisk (flute-guitar duo)
1993-94
Ghost Stories (plays)
Ballet Theatre Pennsylvania:
The Nutcracker
My Fair Lady (Broadway musical)
Americus Brass Band
1994-95
Nelson Riddle Orchestra (forties music)
A Christmas Carol (play)
Philadelphia Brass and Wartburg Choir
Momix (dance-illusion troupe)
1995-96
Abo Addy
Butch Thompson (piano)
An Italian Straw Hat (theatre of the deaf)
Beaty and the Beast (play)
1996-97
Zabava (Russian folk dancing)
Epic Brass
Real Group (Swedish vocal jazz group)
The Acting Group: As You Like It
1997-98
Capital Steps (political satire)
Colorado String Quartet (classical)
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Amsterdam Guitar Quartet (classical)
1998-99
Quartetto Gelato (classical)
Russian National Ballet
Frederic Chiu (piano)
Rhythm and Brass
1999-2000
Broadway Goes to the Met (musical)
Porgy and Bess (musical)
Eroica Trio (classical strings)
Sonos Handbells
2000-01
Veriovka: Ukrainian National Song and Dance Ensemble
Moscow Chamber Orchestra
Scholars of London (vocal)
Red Priest (string quartet; Baroque)
2001-02
Jim Jarrett: Vincent Van Gogh (play)
Terea Walters (piano)
Simon Estes
Mahalia (Gospel)
Empire Brass
2002-03
Sesquicentennial Symphony Concert
(Bonfiglio, harmonica; Estes, vocal; Kristi Becker, piano; Wartburg
Choir; Wartburg music faculty)
Budapest Strings with Frederic Chiu (classical)
Moscow Ballet: Nutcracker
Jammin' with Pops (music of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong)
2003-04
Second City (improvisation)
Alvin Alley II Dancers (modern dance)
The Fantastics (musical)
Peking Acrobats
2004-05
In the Mood (musical)
Court House Steps (comedy)
Minnesota Ballet: Cinderalla
My Soul is a Witness (play)
The Christian Howes Group (jazz instrumental)
2005-06
Ahn Trio (classical)
The Karamazov Brothers (comedy)
Rhapsody in Bob (a cappella)
Return to the Forbidden Planet (musical)
2006-07
The Bible: The Complete Word of God Abridged (comedy)
Alison Brown
Jackie, Vi and Lena
Tap City
2007-08
Georgian State Dancers
Sumunar Dance Ensemble
Angela M. Brown (soprano)
Beauty and the Beast
2008-09
Capitol Steps
Rose Ensemble: Hawai'i Revealed
National Acrobats of China
The Spencers: Theatre of Illusion
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