During our 75th Anniversary, we are pleased to profile Jon Barker in the “NATS for a Lifetime” online article series. Jon Barker, DMA, made a great choice when he decided to forego the possibility of studying engineering and instead built a lifetime of singing and teaching others to sing. Dr. Barker joined NATS in 1961. He refers to his NATS experiences at the local, regional, and national levels as “super!” Through NATS, he enhanced his knowledge of the science of voice and voice pedagogy. READ MORE