Texoma NATS 2024 Online Auditions (Spring)
Registration for the NATS National Student Auditions: Texoma Region – online auditions will open January 2024.
Please carefully review the following calendar, eligibility and registration requirements, and the highlighted changes for these auditions.
[NOTE: If you do not plan to register students for these auditions but would be interested in serving as a judge, please send me an e-mail by February 16 (debipopham@gmail.com).]
A few additional reminders:
· Make sure your affiliation in AuditionNow is set to “Texoma Region.” This is done on the AuditionNow homepage: you should see a “location” button at the top of the page.
· If you teach at a school or university, it is critical that you use the EXACT same school/university name as your colleagues. If you are an independent studio teacher, please enter your studio as Your NAME Independent Studio. If there are multiples of the same names, errors can be made in adjudication assignments.
· Please read and review the video requirements with your students! I’ve included additional information below.
· The top five finalists from each category are eligible to enter the NSA National YouTube Round.
Important video information for the 2024 auditions:
· For the online rounds, recorded accompaniment tracks ARE permitted for Classical, Musical Theatre and Commercial categories (The NATS NSA Video Submission Guidelines does not explicitly state this, but we have confirmed this is permitted. To clarify, Classical and Musical Theatre, videos must be piano only, even with a recorded accompaniment track. Videos with additional instruments will not be permitted, with the exception of the Commercial Music categories.)
· NEW THIS YEAR! Each video title should be listed in the following format: NATS NSA—Singer’s Full Name. Do not include Texoma or the chapter affiliation anywhere in the video.
· NATS NSA Video Submission Guidelines This is the official video submission requirements for NATS. Please read this carefully to ensure your students’ videos meet the requirements.
CALENDAR
· Tuesday, January 16: registration opens
· Friday, February 16, 6:00 pm: registration closes (all student information, repertoire, and payment for registration must be completed by this date)
· Friday, February 23, 6:00 pm: video submission deadline
· Friday, March 1: Preliminary Round judging begins
· Sunday, March 10, 9:00 pm: Preliminary Round scores and comments are due
· March 12-19: additional rounds as needed
· Results will be announced by March 20
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS (see the National Student Auditions Regulations for full details)
· Teachers registering students for auditions must be members in good standing at the national level of NATS at the time of registration as well as all rounds of the event.
· The region of a NATS member is determined by the physical address in their NATS membership file. Typically, NATS members may only belong to the region of their membership-address. They may only enter their students in that one region’s auditions in accordance with the audition procedures of that region. Exceptions to this regulation may be made with the approval of the Vice President for Auditions, the NATS Competitions and Auditions Coordinator, or the National Student Auditions Coordinator.
· Members may enter only those students currently studying with them in the audition and may not enter students of other members.
· If a student has been studying with a sponsoring teacher fewer than eight months, acknowledgment must be made of the former teacher both on the application and in any public announcements. Members will disclose at NATS events the name of a student’s previous voice teacher if the student has studied with the current teacher fewer than eight months.
NATS NSA – Musical Theatre/Contemporary Music/Classical Categories being offered
Full details about the category and repertoire requirements can be found here. Categories with low registration may be combined as needed.
Musical Theatre |
MT 1 |
Children Musical Theatre—All Voices |
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MT 2 |
Youth Musical Theatre—All Voices |
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MT 3A/4A |
Lower HS Musical Theatre, Ages 14-16 |
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MT 3B/4B |
Upper HS Musical Theatre, Ages 16-19 |
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MT 5/6 |
Lower Musical Theatre (Post HS), Age Limit: 22 |
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MT 7/8 |
Upper Musical Theatre (Post HS), Age Limit: 25 |
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Contemporary |
CM 1 |
Children Contemporary Music—All Voices |
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CM 2 |
Youth Contemporary Music—All Voices |
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CM 3A/4A |
Lower HS Contemporary Music, Ages 14-16 |
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CM 3B/4B |
Upper HS Contemporary Music, Ages 16-19 |
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CM 5/6 |
Lower Contemporary Music (Post HS), Age Limit: 22 |
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CM 7/8 |
Upper Contemporary Music (Post HS), Age Limit: 25 |
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Classical |
CL 1 |
Children Classical—All Voices |
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CL 2 |
Youth Classical—All Voices |
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS & INFORMATION
· Student registration fee: $25.00
· Registration for the auditions is accessed through AuditionNow, the new registration website. You must access AuditionNow through the NATS website. In order to access AuditionNow and register students, you must:
1. Login to https://nats.org. The login information for this website is unique to you and administered by the National NATS Office.
2. Once you are logged in, navigate to the “Member Home” page (the link is accessed through the “Menu” link, in the upper right corner of the website). [https://nats.org/cgi/page.cgi/members_home.html]
3. On the Member Home page, scroll down and select the green “NATS Auditions Registration” box. This will open AuditionNow. (If you do not see this link, your dues are not up-to-date.). This will take you directly to AuditionNow and log you in automatically.
4. On the left panel of the AuditionNow landing page, confirm that the Region is listed as “Texoma Region.” Depending on your NATS Chapter, you may also be working on registration for Chapter Auditions. You can switch back and forth from your Chapter to the Texoma Region using the “Location” button.
5. Select the “2024 Texoma NATS Online Auditions” box. This won’t be available until registration opens on Wednesday, January 16.
HIGHLIGHTED CHANGES
· The registration fee has been increased to $25 in order to support monetary prizes for all categories.
· Starting in 2022, the High School MT categories were split into Lower and Upper divisions for the NSA, and therefore, within Texoma Region. Determining the placement for High School students depends on the age and grade level of the student, not the years of study.
· These auditions include Musical Theatre (all levels), Contemporary (all levels), and Classical (children and youth categories only)
· NATS is no longer allowing recorded accompaniments for Classical and Musical Theatre (including programs like Appcompanist); however, teachers are allowed to accompany students in their videos so long as the teacher is not visible in the video.
· Published transpositions are permitted.
NATS STUDENT AUDITIONS RESOURCES
· NATS NSA – Frequently Asked Questions
· Children & Youth Category Resources
· Commercial Music NSA Category Resources
· Musical Theatre NSA Category Resources
As your students prepare their videos, please keep the following requirements in mind:
· Students may sing with a live pianist, their teacher, or recorded accompaniment (recorded accompaniment for Contemporary Categories only) in their video entries.
· If the teacher is the accompanist, they should not be in view in the video.
· Accompanists must play from authorized copies that are compliant with the NATS Copyright Policy.
For further information, please contact:
Dr. Debi Popham
Auditions Chair, Texoma Region NATS
debipopham@gmail.com