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For Immediate Release	                            July 6,1999

Lawrence University Organ Major Wins Regional Music Competition


     APPLETON, WIS. -- Paul Weber, a senior at Lawrence University, won the
American Guild of Organists Region VI Young Artists competition held June 29
in Omaha, Neb.  He qualified for the 10-state regional competition earlier
this year by winning a district competition in St. Paul, Minn. 	
     A 1995 graduate of Appleton West High School, Weber received $1,000 for
his first-place performance.  A student of music professors George Damp and
Wolfgang Rubsam, Weber performed works by Bach and Oliver Messiaen as well
as one of his own original compositions.  He is majoring in organ
performance and composition.