History
Snapshot of Noteworthy Past YYPA Winner Achievements
| Scott D. Kretzer | Percussion | 1991 YYPA Winner |
| Yamaha Performing Artist and faculty at Adrian College and Heidelberg University | ||
| Dennis Jeter III | Trumpet | 1991 YYPA Winner |
| Founder and CEO of A Sound Strategy, Inc., a web-based software solutions company | ||
| Claire L. (Murry) Kuebler | Flute | 1991 YYPA Winner |
| Yamaha Performing Artist, soloist, and educator | ||
| Jason Freese | Saxophone | 1994 YYPA Winner |
| Keyboardist and saxophonist for the rock band Green Day, among others | ||
| Otis Murphy | Saxophone | 1994 YYPA Winner |
| Yamaha Performing Artist and Professor of Saxophone at Indiana University | ||
| Kenneth Tse | Saxophone | 1994 YYPA Winner |
| Yamaha Performing Artist and Professor of Saxophone at the University of Iowa | ||
| Kristi Crago | Horn | 1994 YYPA Winner |
| Member of the IRIS Symphony, Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra, and Greenbay Symphony | ||
| Todd Groves | Saxophone | 1994 YYPA Winner |
| Faculty at the University of Delaware | ||
| Melissa Robinson | Horn | 1994 YYPA Winner |
| Member of the Newport Symphony Orchestra and faculty at Portland State University | ||
| Stephen Bottom | Trumpet | 1994 YYPA Winner |
| Trumpet soloist, educator, and studio musician | ||
| Christopher Rettie | Saxophone | 1995 YYPA Winner |
| Sergeant First Class and Saxophonist for the West Point Sax Quartet | ||
| Josh Dekaney | Marimba | 1995 YYPA Winner |
| Affiliate Artist of Percussion at Syracuse University | ||
| Nathan Childers | Saxophone | 1996 YYPA Winner |
| Yamaha Performing Artist; Broadway, movie, and concert soloist; educator and composer | ||
| Nathaniel Mayfield | Trumpet | 1997 YYPA Winner |
| Yamaha Performing Artist and International Baroque Trumpet Soloist | ||
| Michelle Perry | Horn | 1997 YYPA Winner |
| Yamaha Performing Artist and Principal Horn for the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra | ||
| Josh McGuire | Horn | 1998 YYPA Winner |
| Assistant Professor of Horn at Colorado State University | ||
| Ryan Keberle | Trombone | 1998 YYPA Winner |
| Freelance trombone artist in NYC and faculty at the City University of New York | ||
| Paul Bhasin | Trumpet | 1998 YYPA Winner |
| Faculty at The College of William & Mary | ||
| Matthew Coley | Marimba | 1999 YYPA Winner |
| Faculty at Iowa State University | ||
| Rachel Epley | Trumpet | 1999 YYPA Winner |
| Music therapist at Horizon Hospice in Chicago | ||
| Aaron Parks | Piano | 2000 YYPA Winner |
| Freelance jazz pianist | ||
| Matthew Witten | Marimba | 2000 YYPA Winner |
| Percussion Director at the University of Rochester | ||
| Aaron Hill | Oboe | 2002 YYPA Winner |
| Faculty at the University of Virginia | ||
| Christopher Hopkins | Cello | 2004 YYPA Winner |
| Founder of Hopkins Entertainment, an Entertainment Management Company | ||
| Jack Cozen Harel | Oboe | 2004 YYPA Winner |
| Yamaha Performing Artist, Oboist of the Solaris Quintet, and faculty at the University of Akron | ||
| Matt Prendergast | Percussion | 2004 YYPA Winner |
| Principal percussionist for the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra | ||
| Jasmine Choi | Flute | 2004 YYPA Winner |
| Flutist for the Vienna Symphony | ||
| Alex Han | Saxophone | 2005 YYPA Winner |
| Yamaha Performing Artist and international saxophone soloist | ||
| Nathan Bogert | Saxophone | 2007 YYPA Winner |
| Active teacher and soloist, performing with various ensembles worldwide | ||
| Ryu Cipris | Flute | 2007 YYPA Winner |
| Flutist for the 25th Anniversary tour of Les Miserables | ||
| Conrad Jones | Trumpet | 2008 YYPA Winner |
| Member of the Tucson Symphony | ||
| Adam Larson | Saxophone | 2010 YYPA Winner |
| NYC jazz soloist, recently released first solo album Simple Beauty | ||
| Jose Valentino Ruiz | Flute | 2010 YYPA Winner |
| Teaching Assistant at the University of South Florida, traveling clinician and producer | ||
| Jake Harpster | Marimba | 2010 YYPA Winner |
| Recently finished an international tour with Blast! | ||
| McKenzie Allen | Oboe | 2010 YYPA Winner |
| US Marine Corp Musician, Class E2 | ||
| Austin Larson | Horn | 2011 YYPA Winner |
| Performs with Symphony in C, Winner of 2011 IHS Premier Soloist Competition and the IHCA | ||
| Chase Morrin | Piano | 2012 YYPA Winner |
| Recipient of The Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composers and the Jimmy Van Heusen Awards | ||