Summer Program Auditions
Apply to your dream summer and young artists programs all at once!
NATS is finding ways to assist singers in locating and auditioning for summer programs and young artist programs. National NATS Summer Program Auditions (SPA) is a unified summer program audition opportunity that allows singers to submit their application and video auditions in one place to be considered for multiple programs! Interested students pay a one-time $25 fee* to submit to up to 5 participating programs of their choice. (*Some programs require additional fees. See listings.)
All participating singers also are automatically considered for one of several “Dillard Scholar Awards” in memory and honor of our late NATS president Jane Dillard. These awards are intended as scholarship monies toward costs associated with attendance at one of the participating summer programs or young artist programs.
Applications are open November 15 through December 31, 2025. Programs will have access to singer materials beginning January 15, 2026. NATS teachers and singers with questions should contact Craig Price. Information about registering for the National NATS Summer Program Auditions is available in the links below.
Summer Program Summary (Pre-College)
Summer Program Summary (Adult)
Pre-College Programs:
- AAMS International Summer Music Institute, Todi, Italy
- ArtsBridge Summer Classical Vocal Performance $
- Berlin Opera Academy $
- BIIMA-Breno Italy International Music Academy
- BU Tanglewood Institute (BUTI) $
- Colorado Vocal Institute
- Furman University Young Artist Vocal Experience
- La Musica Lirica
- Neil Semer Vocal Institute (NSVI) $
- Queens Summer Vocal Institute-High School Division $
- Solo Vocal Artist
- Spotlight on Opera at Tulsa Opera $
- Trentino Music Festival - Musical Theatre Studio
- Trentino Music Festival - Opera Studio
- Varna International Music Academy
$ Additional application fee
Adult Programs:
- AAMS International Summer Music Institute, Todi, Italy
- AAMS Emerging Artist Workshop, Kennedy Center
- AIMS – American Institute of Musical Studies $
- Bel Canto in Todi $
- Berlin Opera Academy $
- BIIMA-Breno Italy International Music Academy
- FSU "Art of the Crossover" Opera to Musical Theatre Workshop
- La Musica Lirica
- MPM Summer Opera Program 2026
- Music in the Marche
- Neil Semer Vocal Institute (NSVI) $
- Opera in Florence: The Global Citizen Artist
- Opera Seme
- Orvieto Musica Festival
- Queens Summer Vocal Institute-Opera Division $
- Si parla, si canta!
- SongFest at Furman University
- Soo Opera
- Spotlight on Opera at Tulsa Opera $
- Summer Music in Tuscany
- Taos Opera Institute
- The CoOPERAtive Program, Westminster Choir College at Rider University
- The Herbert Summer Music Program at Salzburg
- Trentino Music Festival - Musical Theatre Studio
- Trentino Music Festival - Opera Studio
- Varna International Music Academy
- Vienna Summer Music Festival
$ Additional application fee.
Program Enrollment
Does your school or summer program want to be part of the NATS Summer Program Auditions lineup? Learn more about the program benefits. November 1 is the annual deadline to confirm your organization’s participation in the following year's NATS Summer Program Auditions.
