Lifetime Achievement Award | Distinguished Service Award | Don Schmeer Friend of Music Award
Lifetime Achievement Award (Dave Goedecke Award)
| 1992 Rowland Nielson | Music Educator/Board Member | |
| 1993 Ralph Bredenberg | Music Educator | |
| 1994 Steve Connoly | Music Educator | |
| 1995 Sylvester McElroy | Music Educator | |
| 1996 Bill Crane | Music Educator | |
| 1997 Dave Goedecke | Music Educator | |
| 1998 LeRoy Roach | Music Educator/Former Board Member | |
| 1999 Joe Foster | Music Educator/Past President | |
| 2000 Larry Sutherland | Director of Bands, CSU Fresno | |
| 2001 Burl Walter | Director of Bands, Reedley High School | |
| 2002 Margaret Neu | Music Educator, Davis Public Schools | |
| 2003 Lyle Stubson | Music Educator/Former Board Member | |
| 2004 Frank "Buck" Shaffer | Director of Bands, Porterville High School | |
| 2005 Bill Schneider | Retired Band Director | |
| 2006 Duane Weston | Director of Bands, College of the Sequoias | |
| 2007 Tom Cole | Director of Bands, Rancho Bernardo High School | |
| 2008 Bill Hill | Retired Music Educator, Past President | |
| 2009 William Johnson | Director of Bands, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo | |
| 2010 Warren Torns | Director of Bands, Mt. Carmel High School | |
| 2011 Robert Halseth | Director of Bands, Sacramento State University | |
| 2012 Dr. Edward Harris | Director of Bands, San Jose State University | |
| 2013 Dr. Thomas Lee | Director of Bands Emeritus, UCLA | |
| 2014 John Larrieu | Music Educator | |
| 2015 Timothy Smith |
Retired, California State University East Bay | |
| 2016 Ella Webb |
Retired Music Educator |
| Leroy Darling | First President of CBDA | |
| Joe and Donna Foster | CBDA Past President | |
| Don Schmeer | Byron Hoyt Sheet Music Service | |
| 1988 William Crane, Jr | CBDA Past President | |
| 1989 Ron Jones | CBDA Past President | |
| 1989 Jerry Kirkpatrick | CBDA Past President | |
| 1989 Lyle Stubson | CBDA Past President | |
| 1990 Bill Hill | CBDA Past President | |
| 1991 Joe Catanesi | Music Industry | |
| 1992 Tony Mickela | CBDA Past President | |
| 1993 Duane Weston | CBDA Past President | |
| 1993 Bob Flentge | CBDA Past President | |
| 1994 Jack Hagopian | Music Industry | |
| 1995 Ty West | CBDA Past President | |
| 1996 Burl Walters | Past Board Member | |
| 1997 Edie Easterby | Music Industry | |
| 1998 Art Holden | Past Board Member | |
| 1999 Marty Baum | CBDA Past President | |
| 2000 Michael Doty | CBDA Past President | |
| 2001 Mark Troxell | Byron Hoyt Sheet Music Service | |
| 2002 Meryl Wamhoff | Convention Host | |
| 2003 John Abigana | CBDA Past President | |
| 2004 Mike Corrigan | CBDA Past President | |
| 2005 Roxanna Macheel | CBDA Past President | |
| 2006 Lisa Butts | Convention Host | |
| 2007 Scott Grady | JW Pepper and Son Music | |
| 2008 Dave Green | CMEA Band Representative | |
| 2009 Dr. Gary P. Gilroy | Director of Bands, CSU Fresno | |
| 2010 Don Wersky | CBDA Webmaster 2000-2009 | |
| 2011 Norm Dea | CMEA President | |
| 2012 Michael D. Stone | CBDA President | |
| 2013 Paul Lucckesi | Director of Jazz Studes, Buchanan HS | |
| 2014 Dan Okamura | Madera Unified School District | |
| 2015 John Burn |
CBDA Past President | |
| 2016 Rowland Nielson |
Retired/CBDA Board Member |
Don Schmeer Friend of Music Award
| 1994 Don Schmeer | Music Industry | |
| 1995 Karl Bruhn | NAMM | |
| 1996 Henry Use | LACAE Cal Coalition for the Arts | |
| 1997 Gordon Shaw | 1997 UC Irvine "Mozart Effect" | |
| 1998 Delaine Eastin | State Superintendant of Public Education | |
| 1999 Carolyn Lindeman | Past President of CMEA | |
| 2000 Paul Noll | Music Industry | |
| 2001 Dr. Tim Lautzenhiser | Music Educator/Speaker | |
| 2002 Max McKee | ||
| 2003 Bob Ward | Music Industry | |
| 2004 John Larreiu | CMEA Executive Director | |
| 2005 Jim Hart | Music Industry | |
| 2006 Kirby Fong | CBDA Photographer | |
| 2007 Arnold Schwarzenegger | Governor, State of California | |
| 2008 Nick Rail | Music Industry | |
| 2009 Glenn Roberts | Music Industry | |
| 2010 Dave and Monika Strand | We Care! Coffee Company | |
| 2011 Richard Kirk | Music Industry | |
| 2012 Bob Lutt | Cazadero Music Camp | |
| 2013 Kristine Alexander | The California Arts Project | |
| 2014 Robert Long | Radisson Fresno | |
| 2015 Dr. Gary P. Gilroy | California State University Fresno | |
| 2016 Deborah Gibbs |
CEO/Owner - World Projects |