BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Exware Solutions Inc.//ExSite v3.8//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ExSite-EvtCal-1537-@nats.org DTSTAMP:20260414T115315 DTSTART:20250307 DTEND:20250309 SUMMARY:Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter Auditions DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Dallas-Fort Worth N.A.T.S. Chapter Auditions\nEve nt Date: March 7-8, 2025\n\nQUICK SUMMARY:\n\nThe DFW Chapter Spring Aud itions will be held at Collin College’s Wylie Campus on Friday, March 7th (Commercial Music and Music Theatre), and Saturday, March 8th (Class ical and Performer of the Year).\nThe registration process for the audit ions will open on Friday, February 7.\nThe registration deadline is Tues day, 24 February at 5:00 PM.\nPlease carefully review the following cale ndar, eligibility and registration requirements, and the highlighted cha nges for these auditions.\n\nIf you do not plan to register students for these auditions but would be interested in serving as a judge, please s end Casey an e-mail by February 24th (ccarter@collin.edu).\nWhen are the AUDITIONS (all times are Central Time)?\n\n-- Registration Period --\n\ nFriday, 7 February - Registration Opens - AuditionWare\nSunday, 9 Febru ary, 3:00 PM - Informational Meeting, Zoom. Request the link here.\nTues day, 25 February , 5:00 PM - Registration Closes - All fees, Minor Chape rone Forms, and Complete Repertoire due\nTuesday, 3 March - Schedule Pub lished to AuditionWare\n\n-- Adjudication Period and Announcements --\n\ nMusic Theatre and Commercial Music\nFriday, March 7\n1:30 PM - Judges M eeting\n2:30 PM - Preliminary Rounds\n6:30 PM - Finals Announcements\n7: 00 PM - Finals\n\nClassical and Glidden Singer of the Year\nSaturday, Ma rch 8\n8:00 AM - Judges Meeting\n9:00 AM - Prelims Begin\n12:30 PM - DFW Membership Meeting (Lunch ordered in AuditionWare)\n1:30 PM – Masterc lass with Tenor David Portillo\n2:30 PM - Finals Announcements\n2:45 PM - Finals Begin\n\n \n\n-- ELIGIBILITY REMINDERS: --\n\nEligibility to R egister:\nTo register students for the Student Auditions, you will need to be up to date on your NATS national dues AND have paid your DFW Chapt er Dues..\nYou will access the registration process through the NATS web site at nats.org. Login at the NATS website, click on Member Home, and t hen scroll down until you see the green box “NATS Audition Registratio n.”\nThis will take you to the AuditionWare registration program.\n\nP lease be aware that it can take up to 24 hours for your dues to roll ove r into the registration website; this means, if you do not pay your dues until February 21st, you will not have access to the registration websi te to your students in time. Your \nbest bet to make the process as easy as possible is to go ahead and check now that your dues are up-to-date and that you can get into the registration system, regardless of when yo u plan to register.\n\nNATS STUDENT AUDITIONS RESOURCES - Please utilize these resources for your repertoire, audition, and audition questions.\ nNATS NSA Resource Center\nNATS NSA – Frequently Asked Questions\nChil dren & Youth Category Resources\nCommercial Music NSA Category Resources \nMusical Theatre NSA Category Resources\nTexoma Region Repertoire Datab ase – a great place to discover new repertoire but this is not a compl ete listing.\n\n-- REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS & INFORMATION --\n\nTeacher registration fee: $25.00\nStudent registration fee: $25.00 per category (students can enter in all three divisions)\nTeachers can enter a maxim um of TEN singers on Friday, and TEN singers on Saturday.\nRegistration for the auditions is accessed through AuditionWare, the new registration website. You must access Audition Ware through the NATS website.\n\nIn order to access AuditionWare and register students, you must:\nLogin to https://nats.org. The login information for this website is unique to yo u and administered by the National NATS Office.\nOnce you are logged in, navigate to the “Member Home” page (the link is accessed through th e “Menu” link, in the upper right corner of the website). [https://n ats.org/cgi/page.cgi/members_home.html]\nOn the Member Home page, scroll down and select the green “NATS Auditions Registration” box. This w ill open AuditionWare. (If you do not see this link, your dues are not u p-to-date.). This will take you directly to AuditionWare and log you in automatically.\n\nOn the left panel of the AuditionWare landing page, co nfirm that the Region is listed as “DFW Chapter.” You can switch bac k and forth from your Region to the DFW Chapter using the “Location” button.\nSelect the “Dallas Ft. Worth – Spring 2025 DFW NATS” box . This won’t be available until registration opens on Friday, February 7th.\nIf your School or Studio is NOT listed in the drop-down menu, sen d Casey Carter an email to request the information is added to the menu [ccarter@collin.edu].\nSPRING TEXOMA CATEGORIES\n\nFull details about th e age limits, repertoire requirements, and audition specifics can be fou nd here.\n\nChildren and Youth Categories (MT1, MT2)\nMusical\n\nHigh Sc hool Categories (MT3, MT4)\nTheatre\n\nPost High School Categories (MT5, MT6, MT7, MT8)\nCategories\n\nAdvanced Categories (MT9, MT10)\n\nAdult Categories (MT11, MT12, MT 13, MT 14) - these categories do not advance to the NSA Auditions during the 2024/25 auditions cycle.\n\nChildren and Youth Categories (CM1, CM2)\nCommercial\n\nHigh School Categories (CM3, CM4)\nMusic\n\nPost High School Categories (CM5, CM6, CM7, CM8)\nCatego ries\n\nAdvanced Categories (CM9, CM10)\n\nAdult Categories (CM11, CM12, CM13, CM14) - these categories do not advance to the NSA Auditions duri ng the 2024/25 auditions cycle.\nClassical\n\nChildren and Youth Categor ies (CL1, CL2)\nCategories\n\nHigh School Categories (CL3, CL4)\n\nPost High School Categories (CL5, CL6, CL7, CL8)\n\nAdvanced Categories (CL9, CL10)\n\nAdult Categories (CL11, CL12, CL13, CL14)\n\nBefore you begin to register students, you will need the information in the Fillable Stud ent Pre-Registration Form for Teachers for each student.\n\nInformation must be accurate and complete since it is also used in the submission pr ocess as students advance towards the National rounds.\nYou can save and leave the audition form if you find you need to complete it later.\nDo NOT use the teacher’s email, mobile, nor address.\nEach entry must hav e a unique email and mobile identifier.\nMinor students? You MUST enter the parent/guardian email and mobile information.\nDo not enter the emai l and telephone information of a minor in the system\nYou may find it us eful to have students fill out the Fillable Student Pre-Registration For m for Teachers.\n\nFirst Name\nLast Name\nPhone Number (unique for each student)*\nMinor Students: provide the phone number for a parent/guardia n – we will not contact minor students.\nEmail (unique for each studen t)*\nMinor Students: provide a unique email for a parent/guardian – we will not contact minor students.\nComplete Mailing Address\nBirth Date (month, day, year)\nAudition Category\nPianist Name\nPianist Email Addre ss\nENTERING MINOR STUDENTS?\n\nYou CANNOT enter the email or mobile num ber of a minor student in the system. You must provide the email and mob ile information for the parent or guardian of the student. No exception. \nAs of the 2023/2024 NATS NSA Season, all minor students require a chap erone and signed permission form to perform and attend a NATS event. It is essential that you only provide email addresses and telephone numbers of the parent/guardian when registering minor students.\n\nTeachers wil l need to collect a complete, signed NATS Permission of a Minor in Live Events documentation and submit to Casey Carter in one email for your st udio no later than Tuesday, February 25th,\nCOLLABORATIVE PIANIST AND AC COMPANIMENT REQUIREMENTS\n\nIn Musical Theatre and Classical Category Au ditions:\n\nA live pianist must accompany the singer. The collaborative pianist cannot be the teacher of the student.\nIn Commercial Music Categ ory Auditions:\n\nMandatory: Perform with a microphone on camera amplify ing vocals—using no additional effects/filters. The microphone used on camera may feed directly into the camera or an external amp/speaker.\nI n either live auditions or video submissions, for each song entered you may choose to: 1. self-accompany from memory on an acoustic instrument, 2. perform with only one live acoustic instrumentalist (a keyboard is ac cepted as the only acoustic exception), \nor 3. perform with an instrume ntal pre-recorded track with no backing vocals. Remember: an acoustic gu itar is accepted, but an electric guitar is not due to time and tech lim itations.\nYou may make the same or different accompaniment choices for each selection taking care to follow the NSA Commercial Music requiremen ts for the category entered.\nIf your voice teacher is your accompanist, their face must not be visible in the video.\n\nAccompanying instrument alists may play by ear, from memory, from a score the singer composed, o r from copyright- compliant: lyric sheets, lead sheets, sheet music, mus ic in a published book, purchased transpositions, original music for ori ginal songs, \nor published music with markings to personalize your inte rpretation. Any photocopies must be accompanied by written permission of the copyright holder.\nA page-turner other than your voice teacher may be visible on camera as needed.\n\nIf you should need further assistance regarding the upcoming conference or auditions, the following points of contact will come in useful. For questions regarding…\n\nStudent Audi tions: Casey L. Carter ccarter@collin.edu– Auditions Chair\nDFW Chapte r Questions: Corey Trahan corey.trahan@tcu.edu – DFW Chapter President \nPerformer of the Year and Master Class Questions: Brock Johnson brock. g.johnson@gmail.com– DFW Chapter Vice-President/President Elect\n\n--- ---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\ n \n\nDallas/Ft.Worth Chapter - Website\nCorey Trahan, President\ndall asftworthpresident@nats.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR