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For Immediate Release					November 11, 1996
 
Lawrence University Students Claim Two Firsts at State Music Competition
  
 
APPLETON, WIS. -- Lawrence University students Keith Harris and KrisAnne Weiss
were first-place winners in the senior men and continuing senior women
divisions at the annual Wisconsin chapter of the National Association of
Teachers of Singing (NATS) audition competition held Nov. 8-9 at Lawrence. 
Harris is a voice student of Lawrence professor Ken Bozeman.  Weiss is a
student of professor Patrice Michaels Bedi.

Senior Cathy Statz, junior Stephen Rodriques-Pavao and sophomore Ingrid Haugen
were second-place winners in the competition.  Senior Paul Speiser and
sophomores Chad Freeburg, Rachel Edie, Carrie Henneman and Shayleen Thompson
were all finalists in their respective divisions. 

The NATS competition featured more than 300 singers from public and private
colleges in Wisconsin.  Competitors are required to sing several arias in
different languages and time periods in the preliminary round as well as in the
finals.