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	Final Results for the 2008 Klein Competition: (in alphabetical order) 4th Prize Winner Emily Deans, a 23-year-old violist, studies with Kim Kashkashian at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, MA. 1st PRIZE WINNER Winner of the Weiss Prize for Best Performance of Commissioned Work by Frank Stemper Tessa Lark, an 18-year-old violinist from Richmond, KY, studies with Miriam Fried at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, MA. Benjamin Jensen, a 23-year-old double bassist from Syracuse, NY, studies with Bruce Blansby at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN. Siwoo Kim, an 18-year-old violinist from Seoul, South Korea, studies with Roland and Almita Vamos and attends Westerville South High School in Westerville, OH. 4th Prize Winner Char Prescott, a 19-year-old cellist from Bethesda, MD, studies with Hans Jorgen Jensen at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. 2nd Prize Winner Robin Scott, a 21-year-old violinist from Indianpolis, IN, studies with Miriam Fried at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, MA. 3rd Prize Winner Ying Xue, a 22-year-old violinist from Urumqi, China, studies with Donald Weilerstein at the New England Conservatory on Music in Boston, MA. Meta Weiss, a 20-year-old cellist from Tucson, AZ, studies with Norman Fischer at Rice University in Houston, TX.