Winners of 2017 Competition
Lauren Elder
Derek Bodkin
World Champion - Derek Bodkin, Monterey, California
Best All-Around
1st Female - Lauren Elder, NY, New York
1st Male - Derek Bodkin, Monterey, California
2nd - Yuki Takeda, Japan
3rd - Chris Lee, California
Live Band
3rd - Chris Lee, Freemont, California - Wind
2nd - Lauren Elder, NY,NY - Flyin' Home, Benny Goodman
1st - Derek Bodkin, Monterey, CA - Lady Be Good, Gershwin
Self-accompaniment / aka "Hikifuki"
3rd - Derek Bodkin, California - on Guitar
2nd - Yuki Takeda, Japan on the "Quatro"
1st - Lauren Elder, NY,NY - Original Composition w/Ukulele
Popular Pre-Recorded
3rd - Steve Herbst, NY, NY
2nd - Tormod Borgen Rogne, Norway
1st - Derek Bodkin, Monterey, California
Classical Pre-Recorded
3rd - Ryosuke Takeuchi, Japan
2nd - Chris Lee, Freemont, California
1st - Jeffrey Amos, Toronto, Canada
THE ALLEN DEHART AWARD
Honorary award given to the person who is expanding the awareness, enjoyment, and respect of
musical whistling as a fine art.
Geert Chatrou
&
"Whistling" Tom Bryant
Winners of 2015 Competition
THE ALLEN DEHART AWARD
Honorary award given to a person who is expanding the awareness, enjoyment, and respect of
musical whistling as a fine art.
Ryosuke Takeuchi (Japan)
The first winner of the award was chosen by the board of the Masters of Musical Whistling for his ongoing world-wide contribution to the world of whistling competition and "Hikifuki" (self-accompaniment) style of musical whistling
WORLD CHAMPION - Master of Musical Whistling"
(Top Cumulative Scores in Two Divisions)
Yasunori Okuno (Japan)
Pre-Recorded Background Music Division
1st Place: Terry Rappold (U.S.A.) / Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen
2nd Place: Yasunori Okuno (Japan) / Zauberkraft, composed - Masashi Hamauzu, arrangement - Yasunori Okuno
3rd Place: Steve Herbst (U.S.A.) / Claire de Lune - Claude Debussy
Live Band Accompaniment Division
(In the spirit of the International Whistling Convention and beliefs of the board of the Masters of Musical Whistling, this division honors two high scoring performers, male and female, to make sure there is an outstanding female whistler who can serve as an ambassador for the art of musical whistling and inspire other women to join ranks of professional whistlers.)
1st Place (Male): Eric Gradman (U.S.A.) / Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder
1st Place (Female): Molly Lewis (U.S.A.) / So Wrong - Patsy Cline
2nd Place: Yasunori Okuno (Japan) / Rosenkrantz - Masashi Hamauzu
3rd Place: Francesco Bonifazi (U.S.A.) / Blue Skies - Irving Berlin
Self-Accompaniment Division
1st Place: Francesco Bonifazi (U.S.A.) / Take The A Train - Duke Ellington (Guitar)
2nd Place: Ryosuke Takeuchi (Japan) / Let It Go - Kristen Anderson Lopez and Robert Lopez (Guitar)
3rd Place: Laura Loftsgarden (U.S.A.) / Mmmm Bop - Hansen (Autoharp)