NATS Events

Please mark your calendars for the NATS Northwest Regional Conference, “The Next Step – Transitions in the Life of a Singer”, October 14 – 16, 2011 at the University of Portland, in Portland Oregon.

We are pleased to announce that Edrie Means Weekly will be our main presenter. Ms. Weekly has performed leading operatic roles with such companies as Houston Grand Opera, Washington Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Cleveland Opera, and the State Opera of Cairo, Egypt. In addition, she is equally at home on the Musical Theatre stage where she has performed in My Fair Lady, Carousel, The King and I, West Side Story, Show Boat, The Sound of Music and most recently at the Kennedy Center's production of Stephen Sondheim's Follies. As well as opera and music theatre, Ms. Weekly is in demand as a contemporary music specialist and has sung in the world premieres of works by Philip Glass, Dominick Argento, Jacob Druckman, and Stewart Wallace. She has been on the faculty of Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester Virginia since 1995, and in addition to her performing and teaching career, she is a regular presenter at the Voice Foundation's annual conference Care of the Professional Voice.

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