Honoring women of national and/or international reputation and outstanding achievement in instrumental music. Recipients receive a gold medallion depicting the WBDI logo.

Recipients:

1972 - Maria Tunicka
1974 - Nadia Boulanger, France
1976 - Virginia McChesney
1979 - Margaret Hillis
1982 - Elizabeth Green
1983 - Judith Somogi
1986 - Ida Gotkovsky, France
1988 - Anne McGinty
1989 - Elizabeth Ludwig-Fennell
1990 - Gladys Stone Wright
1992 - Coby Lankester, Holland
1997 - Barbara Buehlman
2002 - Linda Moorhouse
2003 - Judith Grimes
2004 - Paula Crider
2006 - Patricia Garren