Minnesota IRON RANGE IDOL COMPETITION $18,000 Prizes Including CD DEMO RECORDING AWARDS Scholarships Sponsored by LIVING WATER MUSIC RECORDING STUDIO and LIABRAATEN TEACHING STUDIOS

Welcome to Living Water Music, Inc. We are a multi-faceted professional music service with studios in Hibbing, Eveleth, Ely and Duluth. Locally owned by Craig LiaBraaten, Living Water Music provides Minnesota, Wisconsin, North & South Dakota with a wide range of music services and products.

Living Water Music can reliably and cost-effectively manage all your music service needs, be they entertaining, learning, recording, performing, or marketing. LWM, Inc. delivers the full spectrum of customized music services and products at great benefit to you.

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IMPORTANT NEWS
TWO NEW COMPETITIONS HAVE BEEN STARTED

THIS PAGE IS DEVOTED TO LIVING WATER MUSIC'S EXCITING NEW
"IRON RANGE IDOL" COMPETITION
Our First "Iron Range Idol" was crowned on July 14th, 2004 in the "Little Theater" at the
Hibbing Memorial Building. The first "Idol" Competition of any kind held in Northern Minnesota.
Over $18,000 in Music Scholarships, Trophies and CD Recording Awards were sponsored and presented to Young Vocalists by Living Water Music, Inc. and the LiaBraaten Teaching Studios of Hibbing, Minnesota, Virginia, Minnesota, Ely, Minnesota, Eveleth, Minnesota and Duluth Minnesota.
Since 1994 Living Water Music, Inc. and the LiaBraaten Teaching Studios have given more than $211,000 in Music Scholarhips, Trophies & CD Recording Awards to kids from Northern Minnesota

Newspaper Articles and Radio Coverage Featured the Exciting Competition, and the News Articles are shown below. From a pool of over 100 entrants, 25 Semi-Finalists were chosen. From these 25 Semi-Finalists, 4 Finalists were selected by Audience Applause to Compete for the Title of "Iron Range Idol"

AWARD-WINNING PROTEGES OF CRAIG LIABRAATEN
FRONT ROW: EMILIE WIVODA OF HIBBING, MINNESOTA (VOCALIST),
ALEXANDRA CRUM OF CHISHOLM, MINNESOTA (VOCALIST-SONGWRITER),
KEKE SIRJORD OF HIBBING, MINNESOTA (PIANIST),
RACHEL EASTMAN OF ZIM, MINNESOTA (PIANIST, VOCALIST)
MEGHAN BITTNER OF HIBBING, MINNESOTA (VOCALIST)
BACK ROW: JACOB RAHIER OF BIGFORK, MINNESOTA (VOCALIST),
HEIDI KING OF KEEWATIN, MINNESOTA (PIANIST),
CASSIE WENBERG OF HIBBING, MINNESOTA (VOCALIST),
JENNA MASSINGILL OF KEEWATIN, MINNESOTA (PIANIST),
MEGAN VIDAS OF EVELETH, MINNESOTA (VOCALIST),
ERIKA BAUMAN OF VIRGINIA, MINNESOTA (PIANIST),
NEAL SULLIVAN OF NASHWAUK, MINNESOTA (PIANIST),
KELY BAXTER OF AURORA, MINNESOTA (PIANIST),
NONA LENDACKY OF HIBBING, MINNESOTA (SONGWRITER-VOCALIST),
REV. JAMES KANE OF VIRGINIA, MINNESOTA (SONGWRITER-VOCALIST)
NOT PICTURED: ALEX SCHLOTEC OF EVELETH, MINNESOTA (PIANIST),
CARSON RODGERS OF GILBERT, MINNESOTA (PIANIST),
ANGIE SKIPPER OF LAKE VERMILLION, MINNESOTA (VOCALIST),
CHARITY AULTMAN OF EVELETH, MINNESOTA (PIANIST),
BRANDON MONSON OF VIRGINIA, MINNESOTA (VOCALIST),
HANNAH JOKI OF DULUTH, MINNESOTA (PIANIST),
KELSEY MAYRY OF DULUTH, MINNESOTA (VOCALIST),
KAILY MAYRY OF DULUTH, MINNESOTA (PIANIST),
GRACE BEFERA OF DULUTH, MINNESOTA (VOCALIST),
JESSICA BEFERA OF DULUTH, MINNESOTA (PIANIST),
SEAN PETERLIN OF HIBBING, MINNESOTA (VOCALIST, PIANIST)
TOGETHER THESE STUDENTS WERE AWARDED MORE THAN
$18,000 IN MUSIC SCHOLARSHIPS AND CD DEMO RECORDINGS.
SINCE 1994 LIVING WATER MUSIC, INC. AND THE LIABRAATEN
TEACHING STUDIOS HAVE AWARDED MORE THAN $211,000
TO YOUNG MUSICIANS, VOCALISTS, COMPOSERS FROM MINNESOTA.
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HERE THE AWARD-WINNING MUSIC STUDENTS OF
CRAIG LIABRAATEN GATHER IN THE RECORDING STUDIO
AT 2225 FIRST AVENUE, HIBBING, MINNESOTA

AWARD-WINNING LIABRAATEN SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
APPEAR IN THE FRONT LOBBY OF LIVING WATER MUSIC, INC.
THESE YOUNG ARTISTS ARE THE CREAM OF THE CROP
THEY ARE BUSY CREATING THEIR OWN ORIGINAL CDS
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