Summer Program Auditions

Apply to your dream summer and young artists programs all at once!

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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 1 through December 31, 2023. Programs will have access to student materials beginning January 15, 2024. NATS teachers and singers with questions should contact . Information about registering for the National NATS Summer Program Auditions is available in the links below.

Summer Program Summary

Audition Details (FAQ)

High School Application

Adult Application 

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. Each year, October 15 is the annual deadline to confirm your organization’s participation in the following year's NATS Summer Program Auditions.

High School Programs

AAMS
AAMS Emerging Young Artist Workshop

AAMS Todi Italy
AAMS International Summer
Music Institute, Todi, Italy

Austria Summer Music Festival

Austria Summer Music Festival

Berkshire High Peaks Festival
Berkshire High Peaks Festival

BIIMA Breno Italy International Music Academy
BIIMA- Breno Italy International Music Academy

Boston University Tanglewood Institute
Boston University Tanglewood Institute $
Colorado Vocal Institute
Colorado Vocal Institute

FIO ITALIA
FIO ITALIA

La Musica Lirica
La Musica Lirica

Neil Semer Vocal Institute (NSVI)
Neil Semer Vocal Institute (NSVI) $

 

Opera Lucca
Opera Lucca $
Schmidt Vocal Institute
Schmidt Vocal Institute
  
Summer Choral Institute at Fredonia
Summer Choral Institute at Fredonia

 Varna International Music Academy
Varna International Music Academy
 Walnut Hill School for the Arts - Summer Voice Intensive
Walnut Hill School for the Arts
Summer Voice Intensive

High School Programs (alphabetical):

$ Additional application fee


Adult Programs (alphabetical):

$ Additional application fee.

Adult Programs

AAMS
AAMS Emerging Young Artist Workshop

AAMS Todi Italy
AAMS International Summer
Music Institute, Todi, Italy

AIMS, American Institute of Musical Studies

AIMS, American Institute of Musical Studies $

Austria Summer Music Festival
Austria Summer Music Festival

 Bach-Millennium Music
Bach-Millennium Music $
Bay View Music Festival
Bay View Music Festival 

Berkshire High Peaks Festival
Berkshire High Peaks Festival

Berlin Opera Academy
Berlin Opera Academy $

BIIMA Breno Italy International Music Academy
BIIMA- Breno Italy International Music Academy
Collaborative Piano Institute Vocal Academy

Collaborative Piano Institute Vocal Academy

Dramatic Voices Program Berlin 

Dramatic Voices Program Berlin $

Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival: Opera & Musical Theatre Intensive Program 

Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival:
Opera & Musical Theatre Intensive Program

FIO ITALIA
FIO ITALIA

Florence Summer Opera Program: Celebrating Puccini

Florence Summer Opera Program:
Celebrating Puccini

International Music Festival of the Adriatic

International Music Festival of the Adriatic

International Performing Arts Institute

International Performing Arts Institute 

La Musica Lirica
La Musica Lirica

Lanzarote Opera Festival & Academy 
Lanzarote Opera Festival & Academy

London Summer Music Theatre Academy

London Summer Music Theatre Academy

Music Across the Pond 
Music Across the Pond
Music in the Marche
Music in the Marche

Musica Proibita Summer Opera Program 2024
Musica Proibita Summer
Opera Program 2024

Neil Semer Vocal Institute (NSVI)
Neil Semer Vocal Institute (NSVI) $ 
Opera in Concert in Italy
Opera in Concert in Italy

Opera Lucca
Opera Lucca $

Opera Seme

Opera Seme

Opera Studio

Opera Studio

Opera Viva!
Opera Viva! $
Orvieto Musica

Orvieto Musica

Patti and Allan Herbert Frost School of Music Program at Salzburg
Patti and Allan Herbert Frost School
of Music Program at Salzburg
Soo Opera Apprenticeship
Soo Opera Apprenticeship 
 Spotlight on Opera

Spotlight on Opera $

 Taos Opera Institute

Taos Opera Institute

The CoOPERAtive Program at Westminster Choir College 

The CoOPERAtive Program at
Westminster Choir College

Varna International Music Academy
Varna International Music Academy
 Vienna Summer Music Festival

Vienna Summer Music Festival