Summer Program Auditions

NATS is finding ways to assist singers in locating and auditioning for summer programs and young artist programs. The first National NATS Summer Program Auditions (SPA), a unified summer program audition opportunity, has been created. This virtual event allows singers to submit their application and video auditions in one place to be considered for multiple programs! Interested students pay one $20 fee* to submit to their participating programs of 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 open December 1, 2020. Programs will begin looking at materials by mid-January. No additional applications will be accepted after February 1, 2021. NATS teachers and singers with questions should contact . Information about registering for the National NATS Summer Program Auditions is available in the links below.

Audition Details (FAQ)    Summer Program Summary    Register Here

High School Programs

2021 High School Vocal Performance Intensive $	AAMS International Summer Institute	ArtsBridge Summer ArtSong $
Austria Summer Music Festival	Boston University Tanglewood Institute $	La Musica Lirica
Neil Semer Vocal Institute	Neil Semer Vocal Institute in Canada	Schmidt Vocal Institute
Spotlight on Opera  (high school program only if online) $	The Singer’s Theatre Senior Intensive	Trentino Music Festival
Interlochen Arts Camp $ code NATS2021 to waive application fee	Westminster Choir College Vocal Institute $ Westminster Choir College HS Solo Vocal Artist $	WNO Opera Institute

Alphabetical listing (High School):

• 2021 High School Vocal Performance Intensive $
• AAMS International Summer Institute 
• ArtsBridge Summer ArtSong $
• Austria Summer Music Festival 
• Boston University Tanglewood Institute $
• Interlochen Arts Camp $ (code NATS2021 to waive application fee)
• La Musica Lirica
• Neil Semer Vocal Institute (NSVI)
• Neil Semer Vocal Institute in Canada
• Schmidt Vocal Institute
• Spotlight on Opera (high school program only if online) $
• The Singer’s Theatre Senior Intensive 
• Trentino Music Festival 
• Westminster Choir College Vocal Institute $
• Westminster Choir College HS Solo Vocal Artist $
• WNO Opera Institute

$ Additional application fee

Adult Programs

• AAMS International Summer Institute 
• Accademia di Europea di Firenze Summer Opera Workshop
• AIMS $
• ArtsBridge Summer ArtSong $
• Austria Summer Music Festival 
• Bay View Music Festival 
• Canadian Operatic Arts Academy and Academia Europea Dell'Opera 
• CoOPERAtive Program 
• Dramatic Voices Program Berlin 
• Druid City Opera Workshop 
• FIO ITALIA 
• Florida VOICE Project (Sherrill Milnes VOICE Programs) $
• International Performing Arts Institute (IPAI) 
• La Musica Lirica 
• London Summer Music Theatre Academy 
• Lunigiana International Music Festival $
• Music Across the Pond 
• Music in the Marche
• Music Theatre Academy at Laurier 
• Neil Semer Vocal Institute (NSVI)
• Neil Semer Vocal Institute in Canada
• Opera Seme 
• Opera Viva! $
• Opera Workshop in the Flint Hills
• Orvieto Musica Art of Song
• Red River Lyric Opera $
• Savannah VOICE Festival Apprentice Program (Sherrill Milnes VOICE Programs) $
• Sherrill Milnes VOICE Studio $
• Source Song Festival 
• Spotlight on Opera $ 
• Taos Opera Institute
• The Patti and Allan Herbert Summer Music Program at Salzburg 
• The Singer’s Theatre Senior Intensive 
• Vienna Summer Music Festival $
• Vienna: Language of Lieder $

$ Additional application fee.