Advancing to Semi-Final Round

SPECIFIC CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

Registration opens at 8 a.m., Friday, October 21 in the Larsen Fine Arts Center at Olivet Nazarene University. (Campus map)

A judges’ meeting commences at 9 a.m., with first round of National Student Auditions adjudication commencing at 10 a.m.

Presentations/interest sessions occur throughout the day.

American soprano Christine Brewer presents a performance class at 8 p.m., featuring students from around the region.

Tali Allen, Director of Education at The Muny in St. Louis, guides a conversation and shares her approach to equity, inclusion and access through arts educational programming at 8.30 a.m., Saturday, October 22.

The finals adjudication starts at 9.30 a.m., kicking off with the recognition of the Central Region Lifetime Achievement Award.

REGISTRATION OPENS ON SEPTEMBER 20.

The Central Region 2022 conference is open to all who have registered, either as teachers or as participants in the National Student Auditions.

Central Region National Student Auditions information details and instructions

Video Submission Quick Guide Cheat Sheet

To register, log in to nats.org, click on your email address in the top right corner, and scroll down to the green NATS AUDITIONS REGISTRATION button. All students must be registered solely by their sponsoring teacher.

Individual registration for attending teachers is $35. Registration is $35 for each student who is being adjudicated.

NATS members wishing to attend and adjudicate but not send students may register at no cost!

Individual registration for teachers registering students but not actually attending the conference and adjudicating is $75.

Conference presentations will be recorded. Virtual future access for those not attending the conference is also $35.

Christine Brewer will work with selected students in a performance class on Friday evening.

Ms. Brewer’s bio.

Kurt R. Hansen

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Coordinator, voice and opera program at Northwestern University. Tenor Kurt Hansen is a specialist in oratorio, most notably the J. S. Bach Passions. He has performed as a soloist in Europe, South America, Asia, and the United States, including engagements with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Sir Georg Solti and Claudio Abbado, the Omaha Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, and Music of the Baroque. Also a frequent recitalist and performer in opera, Hansen has recorded on the Lyra label with Music of the Baroque and Colorado Mahlerfest.

Read the full details of each presentation.

Tali Allen, Director of Education at The Muny in St. Louis, guides a conversation and shares her approach to equity, inclusion and access through arts educational programming.

Dr. Ann Marie Daehn & Dr. Carol Chapman, “Let’s Give Them Something to Talk About: Repertoire that passes the Bechdel Test”

Alexa Bartschat, “How COVID Has Affected Choral Instruction”

Dr. Chuck Chandler, “Diverse and Inclusive Expressions of Love in Penny Rodriguez’s Nine Poetic Love Songs”

Rebecca Schorsch, “A Matter of Style: A guide for singers in a world of seemingly endless musical genres”

Mitchell Widmer, “O Gott Vater, wir loben dich: The Singing of the Old Order Amish in Johnson/Washington County, Iowa”

Dr. Olivia Doig Skaff, “Composition of a City: An approach to teaching vocal repertoire through a culturally responsive lens”

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Book no later than October 6
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Hampton Inn Bourbonnais
64 Ken Hayes Dr.
Bourbonnais IL 60914
$139 a night
Book no later than September 30
Call 815-933-3800 and for the code NAT or use link.
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Comfort Inn
1500 Illinois Highway 50
Bourbonnais IL 60914
$80 a night
Book no later than october 10
Booking link coming by September 23

REGISTRATION OPENS SEPTEMBER 20.

Children, Youth, and High School categories (1 through 4 and AS3) will be held virtually. Registration and video submission deadline is November 15.

Central Region National Student Auditions information details and instructions

Video Submission Quick Guide Cheat Sheet

To register, log in to nats.org, click on your email address in the top right corner, and scroll down to the green NATS AUDITIONS REGISTRATION button. All students must be registered solely by their sponsoring teacher.

Information on all categories eligible for National Student Auditions (high school age through graduate/doctoral student divisions).

Information on all other categories (pre-high school, avocational).

Information on the American Negro Spiritual category (for high school age and older).

Children, Youth, and High School (categories1 through 4 and AS3) video submission deadline is November 15, 2022. Adjudication of first and second round will be complete in mid-December, with the prize announcement on December 21.

Teachers will only pay one registration fee, even if entering students in on-line and in-person auditions. (Please note: the AuditionWare system will require you to pay a registration fee for the Children/Youth/High-School auditions, since this is technically a separate event. The Central Region will reimburse those fees after November 15 IF you registered students for the in-person conference.)

Registration fee for teachers, and entry fee per student for auditions, is $35. Teachers may enter students in all categories for which the student is prepared (for instance, a student may be in both a CL and an MT category, with payment of entry fee for each category).

Prize amounts range from first-place awards of $300 (category 12) to $150 for the children/youth/high-school categories, with the smallest award for third place set at $50.