Past Rosen-Schaffel Competition Winners and Finalists

View the past winners and finalists of our Rosen-Schaffel Competition below.

Year	Winners	Finalists
2023	First Place – Carter Doolittle, UNC School of the Arts, Saxophone Second Place – Gabriel López, UNC School of the Arts, Saxophone Third Place – Kevin Spooner, UNC School of the Arts, Baritone Audience Choice – Eric Wang, Wake Forest University, Piano	Clara Camacho, College of Charleston, Piano Levi Hardy, Oakland University, Euphonium
2022	First Place – Winfred Felton, UNC School of the Arts, Bassoon Second Place – Luca Kevorkian, UNC School of the Arts, Violin Third Place – Rebekah Willard, Samford University, Violin Audience Choice – Elisabeth Thomashoff, Lynn Conservatory of Music, Piano	Sydney Dayyani, Virginia Tech, Flute Ashley May DePaola, UNC School of the Arts, Piano
2019	First Place – Andrew René, UNC School of the Arts, Baritone Second Place – Andrew Hasher, UNC School of the Arts, Saxophone Third Place / Audience Choice – Lucia Kobza, UNC School of the Arts, Violin	Wagner Pástor, UNC School of the Arts, Tenor Molly Reid, Appalachian State University, Piano Peter Smith, UNC School of the Arts, Piano
2018	First Place / Audience Choice – Morgan Short, UNC School of the Arts, Harp Second Place – Jacob Warren, UNC Greensboro, Saxophone Third Place – Delphine Skene, UNC School of the Arts, Violin	Emily Arbour, Appalachian State University, Soprano Allison Bishop, Appalachian State University, Piano Susannah Stewart, UNC Chapel Hill, Soprano Brianna Tam, UNC Greensboro, Cello David Walker, UNC Wilmington, Saxophone Hyunsu Yoon, UNC School of the Arts, Flute
2017	First Place / Audience Choice – Eva Wetzel, UNC School of the Arts, Violin Second Place – Lyndsey Swann, UNC Greensboro, Soprano Third Place – Owen Dodds, UNC School of the Arts, Piano	Chelsea Bernstein, East Carolina University, Cello Caleb Carpenter, UNC School of the Arts, Saxophone Rachel Davis, Appalachian State University, Bassoon Ethan Garner, Appalachian State University, Tenor Isaac Pyatt, UNC Greensboro, Percussion
2016	First Place – Hunter Bockes, UNC School of the Arts, Saxophone Second Place – Stephen Mulvahill, UNC School of the Arts, Piano Third Place / Audience Choice – Avital Mazor, UNC School of the Arts, Violin	Kimberly Hilton, Appalachian State University, Mezzo-Soprano Natalie Jefferson, UNC School of the Arts, Flute Eli Kaynor, UNC School of the Arts, Cello Christina Lai, UNC Chapel Hill, Piano Alicia Reid, UNC School of the Arts, Soprano Terri Smith, UNC Pembroke, Trumpet
2015	First Place – Marco Núñez, UNC School of the Arts, Flute Second Place – Alastair Wright, UNC School of the Arts, Saxophone Third Place – Jacob Cook, Appalachian State University, Bass-Baritone Audience Choice – Lucia Kobza, UNC School of the Arts, Violin	Allison Deters, Appalachian State University, Soprano Eli Kaynor, UNC School of the Arts, Cello Jessica Small, UNC Wilmington, Saxophone
2014	First Place – Amber Carpenter, UNC Charlotte, Harp First Place – Diana Yodis, UNC Greensboro, Mezzo-Soprano Third Place / Audience Choice – Alex Sidwell, Appalachian State University, Percussion	Bennett Astrove, UNC School of the Arts, Violin Krisztina Der, UNC School of the Arts, Flute Christopher Plaas, Appalachian State University, Tenor Erica Spear, Appalachian State University, Flute
2013	First Place – Shane Rathburn, UNC School of the Arts, Saxophone Second Place – Chelsea Bonagura, UNC Greensboro, Soprano Third Place / Audience Choice – Molly Reid, Appalachian State University, Piano	Jennifer Lazarz, UNC School of the Arts, Mezzo-Soprano Bal Eum Lee, UNC School of the Arts, Flute Alexander Travers, Appalachian State University, Violin Yi-Ying Wu, UNC Greensboro, Piano
2012	First Place – Julian Rose, UNC School of the Arts, Flute Second Place – Kristin Schwecke, UNC School of the Arts, Soprano Third Place – Lewis Jones, Appalachian State University, Saxophone Audience Choice – David Clark, Appalachian State University, Baritone	Kaitlin Moreon, UNC School of the Arts, Violin Scott O’Toole, UNC School of the Arts, Percussion Ben Russell, Appalachian State University, Percussion Audrey Sutton, Appalachian State University, Viola
2011	First Place – Ben Robinette, UNC School of the Arts, Saxophone Second Place – Bradley Plesz, Appalachian State University, Percussion Third Place – Julia Byrd, Lenoir-Rhyne University, Piano Audience Choice – Cynthia Burton, UNC Chapel Hill, Violin	Katherine Ardoin, UNC School of the Arts, Mezzo-Soprano Katherine Edahl, Appalachian State University, Soprano Louise Grevin, UNC School of the Arts, Cello Henry Michaels, Lenoir-Rhyne University, Trombone