Jacob Allen, a 1999 graduate of Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School, earned first-place honors in the upper college music theater division at the Wisconsin Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing competition.

A senior at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wis., he is the son of Shirley Allen, of Oxford and Daniel Allen of South Paris.

The two-day competition, on Nov. 7 to 8 on the Lawrence campus, featured more than 420 singers from colleges and high schools throughout Wisconsin. Competitors are required to sing between two and four classical pieces from different musical eras and at least one selection must be sung in a foreign language. Mezzo-soprano Karen Brunssen and two state voice teachers served as jurors.