Schedule of Events

Texoma Region’s 71st Conference and

70th Annual Student Auditions November 4-6, 2021

Hosted virtually by Texas Tech University

All times listed are Central US times

For those teachers entering students in the student auditions,

attendance at one of these three Judges Meetings is mandatory.

Judges Meetings

Saturday, October 23,        10:00 am

Sunday, October 24        5:00 pm

Tuesday, October 26        7:00 pm

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2021

9:00am

Judging Schedule released and preliminary student auditions judging begins

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2021

TEXOMA Region Board of Control Meeting

Zoom

9:00 pm

Preliminary Judging Due

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2021

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2021

9:00am

Opening Ceremony and Semifinals announcements

10:00-10:50am

Artist Series #1

Lazar Weiner (1897-1982) and the Treasure of Yiddish Art Song

Mikhail Smigelski, bass-baritone

Laura Bleakley, piano

YouTube

Bio

11:00-11:50am

Artist Series #2

Singing on the Spectrum: Understanding Neurodiversity in the Collegiate Music Setting

Rebecca L. Renfro, presenter

YouTube

Bio

12:30-1:20pm

Artist Series #3

Try Me, Good King: The Last Words of the Wives of Henry VIII - A Performance Guide

Heather Hawk, soprano

Leslie Spotz, piano

YouTube

Bio

1:30-2:20pm

Artist Series #4

Canciones de Manuel M. Ponce: An Introduction to the Mexican Art Song Canon

Jessica Rosas Posada, soprano

Jackie Wood, piano

YouTube

Bio

2:30-3:20pm

Artist Series #5

Juliana Hall’s Cameos and the Female Visual Artist as Muse – From Inspiration to Creation and Beyond

Molly Fillmore, soprano

Elvia Puccinelli, piano

YouTube

Bio

5:30pm

Artist Series Q&A Sessions

Zoom

7:00pm  

Guest Artist Recital

John Paul Huckle

 Vimeo

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2021

9:00-9:50am

Artist Series #6

Let’s Start at the Very End: Teaching the Singers of Generation Z 

Sarah Daughtrey, presenter

YouTube

Bio

10:00-10:50am      

Artist Series #7

K-pop, K-culture and K-opera

Soo Hong Kim, soprano;

Kwan Kyun Joo, tenor;

Soo Kyung Lee, piano

YouTube

Bio

11:00-11:50am

Artist Series #8

Ned Rorem’s Magnum Opus: Selections from Evidence of Things Not Seen 

Autumn West, soprano;

Olivia Yokers, soprano;

April Golliver-Mohiuddin, mezzo-soprano;

Catherine McDaniel, mezzo-soprano;

Jeffrey Picón, tenor;

Steven Sanders, tenor;

André Chiang, baritone;

Robert Glaubitz, baritone;

Megan Barth Argo, piano;

Megan Clewell, piano;

Jan McDaniel, piano

YouTube

Bio

1:00-1:50pm

Artist Series #9

Twenty-Four—A New Opera from Old Sources

Tony Boutté, presenter

YouTube

Bio

2:00-2:50pm

Artist Series #10

Gisela Hernandez Gonzalo’s Nueve canciones

Blythe Cates, soprano;

Orit Eylon, mezzo-soprano;

Ara Koh, piano 

YouTube

Bio

3:00pm

Semifinal scores are due

4:00-4:45pm

Texoma Business Meeting

Zoom

4:45-5:45pm

Artist Series Q&A Sessions

Zoom

7:00pm      

TTU opera presents Die Fledermaus 

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2021

9:00am

Announcement of Finalists

YouTube

2:00pm     

NATSAA

Final Competition and Presentation

Competitors at Texas Wesleyan University

YouTube

7:00pm     

Finals: Divisions 7B, 8B, 9, 10, 11B, 12B, 13, 14

Announcement of all Youth and College final results

Announcement of Grady Harlan Award Winner

Auld Lang Syne

Adjournment

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National Association of Teachers of Singing

Executive Director | Allen Henderson

President | Carole Blankenship

TEXOMA Region

Governor | Melinda Brou

Student Auditions Chair | Daniel Hunter-Holly

Treasurer/Registrar | Gregory Brookes

Assistant Student Auditions Chair | Michael Walsh

Webmaster | San-ky Kim

NATSAA Chair | Melinda Brou

Hall Johnson Competition Chair | Sarah Daughtrey

Musical Theater Auditions Chair | Brian Kuhnert

Artist Series Chair | Jeffrey Snider