FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE						May 23, 1995
 
Lawrence University Concert Choir Presents Chant: A Life Through the Ages
 
	APPLETON, WIS. - The Lawrence University Concert Choir, under the
direction of conductor Richard Bjella, will explore "Chant: A Life Through the
Ages" as the ensemble presents its final concert of the academic year Friday,
June 2 at 8 p.m. in the Lawrence Memorial Chapel.  University organist George
Edward Damp will assist.  The event is free and open to the public.

	The program will include Ovis aeternitatis, by Hildegard von Bingen;
Missa Pange Lingua, by Josquin des Pres; and Maurice DuruflUs Requiem.

	Damp teaches courses in music history, organ and harpsichord.  He holds
the bachelor of arts degree in music and the master of arts degree in
musicology from Cornell University, and the doctor of musical arts degree in
organ performance from the Eastman School of Music, where he was a student of
Russell Saunders.  He is currently organist at Grace Episcopal Church in
Sheboygan. 

	Bjella was a national finalist in the conducting symposium held in New
York and also has been a conducting fellow at the Bach Festival in Eugene,
Oregon.  He has guest conducted over 300 different festivals and choral
workshops throughout the United States and will be conducting the Wisconsin
Ambassador Choir in Europe this summer.  The Lawrence Concert Choir has
performed with such diverse ensembles as the Musica Sacra, Dave Brubeck and his
quartet and the National Choir of Israel.  They recently appeared at the
National Kodaly Music Educator's Conference held in Minneapolis.      


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