Individuals selected for the Punto Award shall have made a major contribution at the regional or national level to the art of horn playing. This contribution can be in any of a variety of areas, such as performance, teaching, research, or service to the IHS. The international workshop host or any Advisory Council member can nominate individuals for this honor, and selection will be by majority vote of the Advisory Council. Punto Award recipients receive a congratulatory letter and a certificate.
The award is named for Giovanni Punto (1746-1803).
IHS Punto Award Recipients (created 1985)
1985 Mason Jones, Siegfried Schwarzl
1986 Alex Grieve, Milan Vach
1987 Richard Moore , Don Peterson
1988 Robert Creech, Eugene Rittich
1989 Ludwig Heibl, Richard Theurer
1990 Lowell Shaw, Paul Anderson , Marvin Howe
1991 Wayne Barrington, Clyde Miller, Louis Stout
1992 Arthur Bevan, Sidney Coulston
1993 Joseph White
1994 Paul Anderson, Frank Franano
1995 Yasuyo Ito, Xiang Fei
1996 Douglas Campbell, Julian Christopher Leuba
1997 Morris Secon, Milan Yancich
1998 Eugene Rittich
1999 Brice Andrus
2000 Young-Yul Kim, Li Fu
2001 Eugene Wade
2002 Olavi Vikman
2003 Myron Bloom, Michael Hatfield
1986 Alex Grieve, Milan Vach
1987 Richard Moore , Don Peterson
1988 Robert Creech, Eugene Rittich
1989 Ludwig Heibl, Richard Theurer
1990 Lowell Shaw, Paul Anderson , Marvin Howe
1991 Wayne Barrington, Clyde Miller, Louis Stout
1992 Arthur Bevan, Sidney Coulston
1993 Joseph White
1994 Paul Anderson, Frank Franano
1995 Yasuyo Ito, Xiang Fei
1996 Douglas Campbell, Julian Christopher Leuba
1997 Morris Secon, Milan Yancich
1998 Eugene Rittich
1999 Brice Andrus
2000 Young-Yul Kim, Li Fu
2001 Eugene Wade
2002 Olavi Vikman
2003 Myron Bloom, Michael Hatfield
2004 Vicente Zarzo
2005 William Capps
2006 Sean Kierman
2007 Stefan Ruf, Werner Späth
2008 Lowell Greer, Jack Herrick, Gail Williams
2009 Dale Clevenger, Randall Faust
2010 Geoff Collinson, Peter Luff, Hector McDonald
2011 Fred Fox
2012 Anthony Brittin, Ron Lemon
2013 Jack Covert, Michael Hernon
2014 Michael Thompson, Christopher Larkin
2015 David Duke, Alan Robinson
2016 W. Peter Kurau
2017 Marcus Bonna
2018 John Ericson, Randy Gardner, Richard Seraphinoff
2019 Jeroen Billiet, Anneke Scott, Claude Maury
2020 John Cox
2021 Christoph Eß, Israel Oliveira
2022 Frøydis Ree Wekre, Kristina Mascher-Turner, Jonathan Luxton, Bohdan Sebestik
2005 William Capps
2006 Sean Kierman
2007 Stefan Ruf, Werner Späth
2008 Lowell Greer, Jack Herrick, Gail Williams
2009 Dale Clevenger, Randall Faust
2010 Geoff Collinson, Peter Luff, Hector McDonald
2011 Fred Fox
2012 Anthony Brittin, Ron Lemon
2013 Jack Covert, Michael Hernon
2014 Michael Thompson, Christopher Larkin
2015 David Duke, Alan Robinson
2016 W. Peter Kurau
2017 Marcus Bonna
2018 John Ericson, Randy Gardner, Richard Seraphinoff
2019 Jeroen Billiet, Anneke Scott, Claude Maury
2020 John Cox
2021 Christoph Eß, Israel Oliveira
2022 Frøydis Ree Wekre, Kristina Mascher-Turner, Jonathan Luxton, Bohdan Sebestik