Enid and Henry Woodward, two extraordinary musician-teachers, taught at Carleton College from 1942 to 1973. At their retirement, their many friends established an endowment fund in their honor to help support a concert each year by an outstanding musician or ensemble. The notable artists who have appeared on this series are listed below.

  • 2016–17: Lawrence Archbold, Enid and Henry Woodward College Organist
  • 2015–16: Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh
  • 2014–15: Rolf Haas, violin, and Miki Aoki, piano
  • 2011–12: Nina Olsen, clarinet, with Mary Laymon, soprano, and Mary Jo Gothmann, piano
  • 2010–11: Trio Montecino
  • 2009–10: Nicola Melville and Guest Artists
  • 2008–09: Antero Winds
  • 2007–08: Renegade Ensemble
  • 2006–07: Peter Jankovic, guitar
  • 2005–06: In Celebration of Phillip Rhodes – Carleton Orchestra, Carleton Choir
  • 2004–05: Rhythm Fantasies (South Indian Music)
  • 2003–04: VocalEssence
  • 2002–03: North Star Cinema Orchestra and Quadrille Band
  • 2001–02: Lawrence Archbold, Enid and Henry Woodward College Organist
  • 2000–01: The Veblen Trio
  • 1999–00: Edith Davis, soprano, Dallas Tidwell, clarinetist, and Anne Mayer, pianist
  • 1998–99: Marion Verbruggen, recorder
  • 1997–98: The Dale Warland Singers
  • 1996–97: Calliope: A Renaissance Band
  • 1995–96: The Chamber Music Society of Minnesota
  • 1994–95: The Chicago Brass Quintet
  • 1993–94: Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys
  • 1992–93: Richard Fuller, fortepianist
  • 1991–92: The Mozartean Players
  • 1990–91: William Sharp, baritone, and Steven Blier, pianist
  • 1989–90: The Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio
  • 1988–89: The Waverly Consort
  • 1987–88: Orford String Quartet
  • 1986–87: Zeitgeist
  • 1985–86: LaSalle String Quartet
  • 1984–85: Gustav Leonhardt, harpsichordist
  • 1983–84: Lucy Shelton, soprano
  • 1982–83: The Musicians of Swanne Alley
  • 1981–82: Sequoia String Quartet
  • 1980–81: Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano, and Gilbert Kalish, pianist
  • 1979–80: Da Capo Chamber Players
  • 1978–79: Concertus Musicus
  • 1977–78: Ivan Moravec, pianist
  • 1976–77: Tashi Chamber Ensemble
  • 1975–76: Gustav Leonhardt, harpsichordist
  • 1974–75: David Bar-Illan, pianist
  • 1973–74: Marie-Claire Alain, organist