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For Immediate Release					October 29, 1996
 

Lawrence University Students Claim Three Firsts at State Music Competition
  
 
APPLETON, WIS.-- Clint Fox, Lisa Rhoades and the Lawrence University Saxophone
Quartet earned first-place honors at the state Music Teachers National
Association (MTNA) collegiate competition held Oct. 25 in Eau Claire and will
advance to the regional competition in February in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Fox, a senior piano major, won the Young Chang piano competition, performing a
concerto by Liszt as well as works by Hadyn, Schubert and Bach.  He is a
student of Kathleen Murray. 	

Rhoades, a junior majoring in saxophone performance, won the solo competition,
performing works of Bach, Brahms, Larssen, Ibert and Kelterborn.  She is a
student of Steven Jordheim.

The saxophone quartet of Rhoades and seniors Matthew Livingston, Javier Arau
and Paul Gronert placed first in the chamber music category.  They performed
works by Bach, Stock, Singelee and Jelly Roll Morton.    

The state MTNA competition is open to all collegiate music students in
Wisconsin.