Greetings to you all, Michigan NATS members! This is just a quick note to let you know that your Michigan NATS Board has voted to hold our fall auditions online again this year. Our timeline will be similar to last year: September 20: Online Registration Opens November 5: Registration closes at 11:59 pm November 6-8: Audition committee reviews entries November 9-15: Online adjudication takes place This schedule is subject to revision, but please consider November 5th to be the deadline for the purposes of planning for your students. I will send out a full final schedule and information as soon as possible. The Board is interested in sponsoring the membership of a Student member (graduate student or undergraduate student with a strong interest in teaching) who would help us coordinate our social media and be a programming consultant. If you have any students who might fit the bill, please contact me to nominate them: altadantzler@oakland.edu Lastly, please note that the
With our auditions this fall being fully online, I wanted to address some FAQ's that may help us all prepare for our upcoming November 4th deadline: 1. New CCM categories: We have three-- High School, Collegiate and adult. Children can sing in any style, so no need for a separate category there 2. Judging Preferences: Please update your judging preferences in the system. Since we don't have to deal with room logistics we have a wonderful opportunity to align your assigned categories with your expertise! 3. Time limits: they still apply-- if a category has a 10 minute limit, we will listen to the songs in the order they are listed, and will stop after 10 minutes. Cuts are allowed in piano introductions, interludes and playouts. 4. Registration/Payment: At the state level, this is handled by teachers-only! no students may register themselves 5. Residence requirements: Many of us are teaching via zoom which means greater geographical flexibility. Students are entered ba