| | Class A | Class AA | Class AAA | Class AAAA | National Class (1997-2012) |
| 1996 | North Catholic | Mars Area: "The Beatles" (87.10) | East Allegheny | Kiski Area: "The Music of Gershwin" (Open Class) |
| 1997 | Serra Catholic | Beaver Area: "Damn Yankees" | Gateway: "Slavonic Dances" | West Allegheny | Norwin: "Hollywood Classics" |
| 1998[2] | No participants in class | Mars Area: "The Music of Buddy Rich" (87.70) | Gateway: "Emotions of the Soul" (92.45) | McKeesport: "Earth, Wind, and Fire" (89.40) | Norwin: Boris Kozhevnikov's "Symphony #3" (96.60) |
| 1999 | South Park | Mars Area: "Swinging into the Next Millennium" | Cancelled: No Champion | Cancelled: No Champion | Cancelled: No Champion |
| 2000 | South Park | Mars Area: "Blood, Sweat, and Tears: Lucy's Back with an Attitude" (86.00) | West Allegheny: "Jesus Christ Superstar" | Gateway: "The Odyssey" | Norwin: "Reflections of Earth" |
| 2001[3] | Beaver Area: "Les Misérables" (81.75) | Southmoreland: "The Jackson Five!" (87.90) | Deer Lakes: "Fiddler on the Roof" (89.80) | Trinity (92.85) | Norwin: "Knights of Honour" (94.95) |
| 2002[4] | Beaver Area (82.70) | Elizabeth Forward: "Pianoforte" (81.60) | Mars Area: Selections from "City of Angels" (91.15) | Trinity (88.65) | Kiski Area: "Route 66: Enjoy the Ride!" (96.15) |
| 2003[5] | Cochranton (82.35) | East Allegheny: "The Music of Gershwin" (81.20) | Mars Area: "Going Slightly Insane!" (91.00) | Trinity: "The Music of Chase" (88.35) | Kiski Area: "Head, Hands, and Feet" (95.80) |
| 2004[6] | Quaker Valley: "Cirque du Soleil" (84.83) | Blackhawk (90.03) | Gateway: "Locomotion" (92.50) | Trinity: "Once Upon A Time" (90.03) | Norwin: "Fiesta!" (96.48) |
| 2005[7] | Beaver Area (83.30) | Fox Chapel (89.13) | Gateway: "Reflections" (91.68) | Trinity: "Wicked" (89.95) | Norwin: "Grooves in Motion" (94.35) |
| 2006[8] | Deer Lakes: "Cirque du Soleil" (83.53) | Fox Chapel: "Paint Me a Picture" (86.65) | West Allegheny: "Black, White, and Red All Over" (88.23) | Trinity (89.43) | Kiski Area: "Viva Las Vegas" (94.63) |
| 2007[9] | Beaver Area (82.88) | Blackhawk: "Sesame Street" (89.10) | Gateway: "From the New World" (90.98) | Trinity: "New York, New York" (90.58) | Kiski Area: "The Rhythm of Life" (94.45) |
| 2008[10] | Fox Chapel: "Out of the Box" (85.65) | Mars Area: "Songs of the Beatles" (87.80) | Trinity: "Cloudburst" (90.30) | Gateway: "Canon" (92.20) | Kiski Area: "Click" (95.45) |
| 2009[11] | Cochranton: "Clockworks" (86.40) | Mars Area: "Blood, Sweat, and Tears" (86.45) | Trinity: "Frequency" (85.33) | Gateway: "Winter Sketches" (88.83) | Kiski Area: "Pursuit" (94.55) |
| 2010[12] | Fox Chapel: "Rebound" (84.83) | Blackhawk: "This is Halloween" (86.48) | Mars Area: "The Music of Kansas" (86.15) | Moon Area: "Renaissance" (88.80) | Kiski Area: "Imaginarium" (93.35) |
| 2011[13] | Deer Lakes: "Rivers" (79.53) | Blackhawk: "The Wicked Wiz of Oz" (86.35) | Trinity: "Kaleidoscope" (85.63) | Moon Area: "To the Top" (89.58) | Norwin: "Salvation" (93.30) |
| 2012[14] | East Allegheny: "Only the Good Die Young" (77.78) | McGuffey: "New Orleans Sketches" (80.18) | West Allegheny: "Brazil" (83.43) | Gateway: "Beyond the Forest's Edge" (87.68) | Norwin: "The Road to You" (93.20) |
| 2013[15] | Blackhawk: "Les Misérables" (83.73) | Mars Area: "A Night in the City" (86.73) | Gateway: "It Just Ain't Right" (90.00) | Norwin: "The Rise of the Knight" (93.60) |
| 2014[16] | Blackhawk: "Mirage" (80.85) | Mars Area: "The Phantom of the Opera" (86.00) | Gateway: "Flashback" (88.78) | Norwin: "When Worlds Collide" (92.80) |
| 2015[17] | Blackhawk: "Through the Window" (78.23) | Deer Lakes: "The Hero in Us All" (80.73) | Gateway: "Egyptian Impressions" (86.88) | Kiski Area: "Origins" (90.98) |
| 2016[18] | Leechburg: "The Drake Equation" (77.75) | Deer Lakes: "MI-6: The 007 Archives" (80.48) | Gateway: "Puppet Master" (84.75) | Norwin: "Con4mity" (89.78) |