| 1996 - 5th Annual RAMI Awards Winners |
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| Acoustic Rock |
Wood Music Co. |
| Album |
My Town - The Hillworms |
| Alternative |
Groove Child |
| Blues |
Pistol Pete & the Professionals |
| Brass |
Becky Asher |
| Choral Group |
Mendelssohn Club Chior |
| Christian |
Peace Child |
| Classic Rock |
Bare Bones |
| Classical Composer |
Renato Premezzi |
| Classical Ensemble |
Rockford Symphony Orchestra |
| Community Service |
Moonlight Jazz Orchestra |
| Country/Southern Rock |
ThunderHeart |
| Folk |
Catfish John Pritchett |
| Funk/R&B |
Harlan Jefferson & the Funk Attack |
| Gospel |
St. Luke's Male Chorus |
| Hard Rock |
Minus May |
| Jazz Contemnporary |
Beat Merchants |
| Jazz Traditional |
Dorothy Paige-Turner & the Joel Ross Quartet |
| Latino |
Chicano Band |
| Light Person |
Paul Lindsey |
| Live Sound Person |
Chris Mentzel |
| Modern Music Composer |
John Kubilus |
| Musical Outreach Organization |
Mendelssohn Club |
| Oldies/Variety |
Missing Links |
| Percussionist |
Bob DiVita |
| Pianist |
Joel Ross |
| Pop |
Arik Jensen |
| Rap/Hip-Hop |
Get It Straight |
| Recording Studio |
Noise Chamber |
| Song |
"American Dream" Mike Donzi |
| Strings |
Michael Beert |
| Studio Sound Person |
Jimmy Johnson - Noise Chamber |
| Thrash/Mosh |
Sarkoma |
| Winds |
Greg Sisler |