NATS 54th National Conference Program Schedule**
Thurs, July 7 l Fri, July 8 l Sat, July 9 l Sun, July 10 l Mon, July 11 l Tues, July 12
Exhibitors l Printable Version 
*Program schedule subject to change as needed
Saturday, July 9, 2016
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. – Empowered Performance: Using Yoga to Transform Singer's Experiences on Stage (Chicago Ballroom ABC – 5th Floor); Presenter: Sarah Whitten
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. – Good Morning Kick Start (Marriott Ballroom – 4th Floor); Presenter: Elizabeth Rotoff
Morning Coffee & Conversation
8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. – Morning Coffee & Conversation with Teachers of Transgender Singers (Grand Ballroom Salon I – 7th Floor); Presenters: Nancy Bos and Loraine Sims
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. – Registration Open (5th Floor Registration Area)
Breakout Sessions (9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.)
- Do We Hallucinate Vowels? Rethinking How We Teach Formants, with Practical Implications for the Female Secondo Passaggio (Chicago Ballroom ABC – 5th Floor); Presenter: Ian Howell
- Why Would I Want to Occlude Anything? The When and How of Semi-Occluded Vocal Tract Exercises (Chicago Ballroom E-H – 5th Floor); Presenter: Lynn Maxfield
- Stepping on Stage Panel: Casting in the East, Midwest, and West (Grand Ballroom Salon I – 7th Floor); Presenters: Bob Garrett, Lindsay Levine, Dawn Gray, Ryan Saab
- Making our Garden Grow: Cultivating 21st-Century Art Song (Marriott Ballroom – 4th Floor); Presenter: Julia Bentley
- You’ve Got a Business, Teaching Singing. Entrepreneurialism and the Contemporary Independent Voice Studio (Avenue Ballroom – 4th Floor); Presenter: Davin Youngs
National Student Auditions
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. – National Student Auditions – Semifinals (Roosevelt University – Off-site); Introduced by Dan Johnson-Wilmot, NSA Coordinator
10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. – Exhibit Hall Open (Grand Ballroom Salon II & III – 7th Floor)
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. – Refreshment Break (Grand Ballroom Foyer – 7th Floor)
Plenary Session
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – Master Class with Renée Fleming (Chicago Ballroom – 5th Floor); Presenter: Renée Fleming
Publishers Showcase
12:10 p.m. – 12:55 p.m. – Exhibitor Publishers Showcase (Grand Ballroom Salon I – 7th Floor); Presented by Music Together LLC
Publishers Showcase
1:10 p.m. – 1:55 p.m. – Exhibitor Publishers Showcase (Grand Ballroom Salon I - 7th Floor); Presented by Inside View Press
12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Poster Paper Sessions 1 (Grand Ballroom Salon II & III – 7th Floor); Coordinated by John Nix
12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Intern Program Reunion Sponsored by Hal Leonard Corporation – Bring your lunch and join us! (O'Hare - 10th Floor)
Plenary Session
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. – Renée Fleming Q & A (Chicago Ballroom – 5th Floor); Presenter: Renée Fleming with Rachelle Fleming
Recital
3:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. – 2014 NATSAA Winner Recital, Melissa Wimbish, soprano; Ta-Wei Tsai, piano (Chicago Ballroom – 5th Floor)
Breakout Sessions (5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.)
- Let's Get Moving! Body Mapping Activities for School and Studio (Chicago Ballroom ABC – 5th Floor); Presenters: MaryJean Allen, Melissa Malde and Kurt-Alexander Zeller
- Vocal Health on Broadway & Beyond (Chicago Ballroom E – H - 5th Floor); Presenter: David Sisco
- Assessment Tools for Applied Voice Teachers (Marriott Ballroom - 4th Floor); Presenters: Corinne Ness, Daniel Hunter-Holly
- NATS Talks (Avenue Ballroom - 4th Floor); Presenters: Liana Valente, Christopher Thompson, Andrew White, Jay White
- Breakout Session: Collaborative Coaching with Warren Jones (Grand Ballroom Salon I - 7th Floor)
6:30 p.m. - 7:45 p.m. – President’s Reception – by invitation only (Denver/Houston/Kansas City - 5th Floor)
6:45 p.m. – National Music Theater Adjudicator Meeting (Miami – 5th Floor); Presiding: Donald Simonson, NATS Past President & NMTC Coordinator
National Music Theater Competition
8:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. – National Music Theater Competition Finals – (Chicago Ballroom - 5th Floor); Introduced by Donald Simonson, NATS Past President & NMTC Coordinator
Intermission Concert (approx. 9:30 p.m.) – 2014 National Music Theater Competition Winner, Michael Maliakel, baritone; Jason Weisinger, piano (Chicago Ballroom – 5th Floor)
Late Night NATS
10:30 p.m. (following NMTC) - Walk Together Children: A Great NATS Camp Meeting (Chicago Ballroom - 5th Floor); Presenters: Henry Pleas, and Charles Hayes
**Program schedule subject to change as needed.
