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SUMMARY:2024 NATS National Student Auditions - Deadline to Apply
DESCRIPTION:-- --\n\n-- National Student Auditions --\n\nThe annual Nati
 onal Student Auditions are an exciting experience where student singer
 s perform and receive written feedback, along with national prize totals
  of more than $84,000 with additional awards presented at NSA region an
 d chapter auditions!\n\nThe NSA includes solo vocal performance categori
 es in Classical Music, Musical Theatre, Commercial Music, and American N
 egro Spirituals. Most NSA categories are open to children through adults
  30 years old or younger, who study voice with a NATS member.\n\nHow It 
 Works: In these auditions, which now include international students, th
 e students of NATS members begin by entering one of the 15 region NSA ev
 ents. A few regions, use chapter auditions to qualify students for their
  region’s NSA. The top five placing performers in each region’s elig
 ible NSA categories are invited to enter the national preliminary level 
 of auditions via video submissions. Students in NSA auditions receive d
 irect feedback in the form of written comments from panels of experts. F
 ifteen singers in each of the 34 NSA categories plus the biennial Hall 
 Johnson Spirituals Competition and in alternate years the 3 American Neg
 ro Spirituals Categories — ALL advance to the national semifinal audit
 ions. The top three singers from each national semifinal category advan
 ce to national finals. The live national semifinal and final auditions w
 ill be held in conjunction with NATS 58th national conference in Knoxvil
 le, Tennessee, June 28–July 2, 2024, with the live auditions held duri
 ng or adjacent these dates.\n\nNational NSA Entry Fee: $75 per categor
 y of entry (nonrefundable)\n\n* Prizes: Prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd pla
 ce in each of the 35 categories total more than $84,000.\n\n* Competitio
 n Dates: Online national preliminary audition screening begins second 
 Friday in April, with the national semifinals and finals scheduled in co
 njunction with the NATS national conference. \n\n* Deadline to Enter Na
 tional NSA: April 12, 2024 (entry by emailed invitation-only, followi
 ng region auditions)\n\nApplication, repertoire information, and complet
 e rules\n\n 
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