The Phi Beta Mu Scholarship has been established to recognize high school music accomplishments of the highest level and to encourage outstanding instrumentalists to study music.
| 1985 | Kragg Barente | Lugoff-Elgin |
| 1986 | Chris Wylie | Camden |
| 1987 | Miller Asbill | Spring Valley |
| 1988 | Dick Barnes | Boiling Springs |
| 1989 | Chris Griffin | Dorman |
| 1990 | Mike Doll | Dorman |
| 1991 | Suraj Menachery | Spring Valley |
| 1992 | Jeff Ramsey & Melissa Gray | Dorman |
| 1993 | Laura Shealy | Chapin |
| 1994 | Chantalle Baker | Lower Richland |
| 1995 | Scott Solkofski | Irmo |
| 1996 | Jason Montgomery | Irmo |
| 1997 | J. R. Stock | Irmo |
| 1998 | Daniel Paquin | Irmo |
| 1999 | Brian Anderson | Irmo |
| 2000 | Bobby Powell | Wren |
| 2001 | Will Avrett | Wando |
| 2002 | Brandy Lane | Spring Valley |
| 2003 | Erica Hall | Aiken |
| 2004 | Heather Shelley | Ridge View |
| 2005 | Matthew Younglove | Fort Mill |
| 2006 | Michael McGinn | Northwestern |
| 2007 | Nave Graham (1st) | Lugoff-Elgin |
| 2007 | Paul Dickinson (2nd) | West Florence |
| 2008 | Linard McCloud (1st) | Wando |
| 2008 | Blair Francis (2nd) | Ridge View |
| 2009 | Heather Gates (1st) | Clover |
| 2009 | Brianna Leaman (2nd) | Dutch Fork |
| 2009 | Ben Westcott (3rd) | Wando |
| 2009 | Kyle Patterson (Hon. Ment.) | Blue Ridge |
| 2010 | Evan Clark (1st) | Blythewood |
| 2010 | McKenzie Rickman (2nd) | Spring Valley |
| 2010 | Weston Olenki (3rd) | Woodruff |
| 2011 | Dillon Ashby (1st) | Ridge View |
| 2011 | Elizabeth Douglas (2nd) | Chesterfield |
| 2011 | Alex Gex (3rd) | Wando |
| 2012 | Nikki Hillis (1st) | Stratford |
| 2012 | J.J. Milakovich (2nd) | Spring Valley |
| 2012 | Okari Ogawa (3rd) | Spring Valley |
| 2013 | Jake Mann (1st) | Nation Ford |
| 2013 | Maria Nyikos (2nd) | Midland Home School Band |
| 2013 | Emily Hessler (3rd) | Nation Ford |
| 2014 | Kyle Thompson (1st) | Northwestern |
| 2014 | Grace Law (2nd) | Wando |
| 2014 | Mimi Harding (3rd) | Spring Valley |
| 2015 | Savannah Huggins (1st) | Summerville |
| 2015 | Melvin Robinson (2nd) | James F. Byrnes |
| 2015 | Jordan Yates (3rd) | Spartanburg |
| 2016 | Harrison Thornton (1st) | Boiling Springs |
| 2016 | Alex Clark (2nd) | River Bluff |
| 2017 | Bridget Conley (1st) | Charleston School of the Arts |
| 2017 | Chris Juhn (2nd) | Spring Valley |
| 2017 | Caroline Bohanna (3rd) | Cane Bay |