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Announcing the FULLY ONLINE 2020 Fall Student Auditions (Deadline Nov. 4, 2020)

Your NATS Michigan Board is thrilled to announce that this year's Fall Student Auditions are moving forward as a fully online event.This is a fantastic opportunity for all of us and our students to showcase the work we've done in our new teaching & learning environments.We have worked to make the categories as diverse and inclusive as possible. After the successful addition of Youth and Adult Categories last year, we have now added two more new categories for CCM (Contemporary Commercial Music) singers! This year we will also invite students to enter in more than one category, and have lowered the fee structure both for teachers, and for students entering multiple categories.Online auditions will be conducted just like live auditions, judging assignments will be made accessible on the AuditionWare site. Judges will review, critique, score and complete comment sheets for each singer in their assigned category. These will be submitted through the AuditionWare site. Winners w…
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COVID-19 Resources

NATS has been providing really outstanding leadership at the National Level this past week.  If you're not on social media, please know that most of the communications are being distributed that way, through Facebook
Some examples:  They have in short order released the following special edition NATS Chat videos:  Calming the Corona Virus Crisis and Taking Your Teaching Online Moving Voice Pedagogy Classes Online during Covid-19 Teaching Lyric Diction Online During Covid-19 NATS You Tube Channel can be found here for further video topics
In addition, members are doing an outstanding job sharing resources such as:
Digital Voice Pedagogy Resources Setting up Zoom for Voice lessons
I know not everyone is on Facebook, so I wanted to take a moment to reach out to be sure that you're aware of these resources and to encourage us to connect in any way we can.  I will make an effort to share any livestream concerts on the NATS Michigan Like Page (for us, students, parents, community) and o…
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Michigan Fall Student Auditions Results

Hope College and our host Dr. Jung Woo Kim offered us all a beautiful day of music making!
Please find the results below. 

We hope you all join us at the Regional Auditions, Hosted by Bowling Green State University on March 7th, 2020.  Click here for more information.

NATS MICHIGAN FALL 2019 STUDENT AUDITIONS- HOPE COLLEGE RESULTSSPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD FEATURING MUSIC BY WOMEN COMPOSERS3BMariella PiazzaLiebst du um SchönheitPerry7BCassidie SingelynThe Year's at the springBoover8BJoshua DanielsonThe Apple OrchardPeavler11ALindsay NicholsAh Love but a dayOlivacce11BGrace Van HovenGrace Van HovenOlivacceYOUTH1stZoe StraleyNoelle Jacquez2ndChiara MartellaJessica Fielder2ndMadison McKeownSally MikatADULT1stEllen WallenfangJessica Fielder2ndRayMond FieldsRachel Andrews3rdBianca ThornRachel AndrewsHIGH SCHOOL1aLower High School Music Theate Treble Voice1stChristina JaradCarol Perry2ndIsabel MincySally Mikat3rdAshley Elliott-RoweLiz GrayInterlochen Arts Academy1bUpper High School …
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NATS Michigan Auditions Deadline October 15th!

Hello all,
Keep in mind that our deadline to register is fast approaching-- Tuesday October 15th.  The auditions will take place at Hope College in Holland MI on Saturday November 2nd. 

The cost is $25 per teacher plus $25 per student.  You are more than welcome to bring your own pianist, if you'd like to use a staff accompanist, the fee will be $40 per singer. 

Please read the full informational email at our registration home page accessible through your member home on nats.org

New awards this year to honor Women Composers-- have your students program music written by women to qualify!!

Thanks
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2019 Great Lakes NATSAA Auditions Deadline September 9th

As announced in March the Great Lakes Region NATSAA auditions will be at Purdue University Fort Wayne.  The dates are November 8th and 9th.   If you've never participated or directed students to participate in NATSAA, click here to read more about it.  It's intended to help singers launch their professional careers.  The age range is 21-35 as of the application deadline.  For details on our Great Lakes Preliminary Round please click here to be directed to the Great Lakes Regional website.
The Great Lakes website is still being designed and updated but has the needed information on it.  It can be  viewed at   https://greatlakesregionnats.weebly.com/ if you have troubles with the link copy and paste the link.
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National Music Theater Competition Deadline September 15

The application fee for students of NATS members is $75.  Students ages 20-28 (as of September 5 2019) may compete online or in person for significant prizes:  1st Prize: $5,000 PLUS a concert at the next NATS National Conference, $1,000 Gift Certificate from Hal Leonard, Career Management Services package from Stage Door Connections.

2nd Prize: $2,500 PLUS a $500 Gift Certificate from Hal Leonard.


3rd Prize: $1,000 cash prize.


4th Prize: $750 cash prize.
The first national competition for the music theater soloist seeking the best emerging talent in 2020.The 2020 NMTC semifinal and final rounds will be held  in New York City at the Roosevelt Hotel Grand Ballroom, as part of the 2020 NATS Winter Workshop, January 10-12, 2020. 
Deadline to apply is September 15th.  Students have until October 15th to upload preliminary videos.https://www.nats.org/music_theater_competition.html
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Announcing NATS Michigan Fall 2019 Student Auditions

Many thanks to Dr. Jung Woo Kim and our colleagues at Hope College for offering to host our Fall 2019 Michigan Student Auditions.  We'll enjoy convening there on Saturday November 2, 2019. Registration will open after Labor Day this fall.  An email with further detail will be sent to all members of our NATS Michigan Chapter at the end of August.
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