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Two music students at the University of Kansas received first-place awards at the Naftzger Young Artists Auditions and Music Awards competition.

David James Lara, spring 2006 master's degree graduate from Buhler, won first place in the voice category. James Daniel Cockman III, a doctoral student from Pleasant Hill, Mo., wond first in piano. Lara and Cockman received $2,000 each for their first-place awards.

Three more KU students also were selected for final performance competition: Eunmee Song and Hae Ju Choi in piano and Jonathan Thomas in voice.

Lara sang "Hai gia vinta la causa" from "The Marriage of Figaro" by Mozart, "Au bord de l'eau" by Faure, "Come Away, Death" by Quilter and "Aufenthalt" by Schubert. Mark Ferrell, KU associate professor of voice/opera, was his accompanist.

Cockman performed Igor Stravinsky's "Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments." Jack Winerock, KU professor of piano, was his accompanist.

Musicians performed for judges May 5, and three students from each division - voice, piano and instrumental - were chosen to perform in the finals May 6.

The Naftzger Young Artists Auditions and Music Awards competition is open to residents of Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma or nonresidents who are enrolled in a college, university or conservatory in Kansas, Oklahoma or Missouri.

The annual competition is sponsored by the Naftzger Fund for the Arts and administered by the Wichita Symphony Society Inc. The 2006 Naftzger Awards offered up to $11,000 in cash prizes.

More information in the KC infoZine and KCStar story.

posted by Brent Hugh at 6/06/2006
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