Past NATS Interns

2024 - Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida

Master Teachers
Collaborative Piano: Donna Loewy (University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music)
Voice: Alfonse Anderson (University of Nevada, Las Vegas), Melissa Foster (Northwestern University), Mike Ruckles (Mike Ruckles Voice Studio), and Louise Toppin (University of Michigan)

Collaborative Piano Interns
Hyun Kim – Kansas City, Missouri
Jiyeon Lee – Carbondale, Illinois
Dario Martin – Fairbanks, Alaska
Bobby Pace – Chadron, Nebraska

Voice Interns
Kirsten Blair – Fairbanks, Alaska
Natalie Cummings – Austin, Texas
Sakinah Davis – River Ridge, Louisiana
Brittany Fouché Strine – Jacksonville, Florida
Christina Haldane – Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Christina Ray – Columbia, Missouri
Carissa Scroggins – Carbondale, Illinois
Anne Slovin – South Bend, Indiana
Justin T. Swain – Athens, Ohio
WeiShu Tsai – Ruston, Louisiana
Sarah VandenBrink – Holland, Michigan
Lisa Williamson – Colchester, Connecticut

2023 - West Chester University, West Chester, PA

Master Teachers
Collaborative Piano: Julie Gunn (University of Illinois)
Voice: Cindy Dewey (Utah State University), Lorna MacDonald (University of Toronto), Trineice Robinson-Martin (Soul Ingredients Voice Studio), and Nathan Gunn (University of Illinois)

Collaborative Piano Interns
Dasom Kwon — Columbus, Ohio
Michael McAndrew — Beaumont, Texas
Yu-Hsin Teng — Austin, Texas
Issac Vargas — Amarillo, Texas

Voice Interns
Lara Brooks — Columbus, Ohio
Justin DeLong — Findlay, Ohio
Evan Bravos — Chicago, Illinois
Ju Hyeon Han — Brooklyn, New York
Christine Jobson — Union City, New Jersey
Casey Joiner — Lubbock, Texas
Paul Patinka — Providence, Rhode Island
Will Perkins — Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Sarah Pigott — Clinton, Mississippi
Laura Pritchard — Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Cayla Rosché — Madison, Wisconsin
Olivia Yokers — Henderson, Nevada

2022 - Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA

Master Teachers
Collaborative Piano: Alan Darling (Northwestern, Bienen School of Music).
Voice: Barbara Hill Moore (Southern Methodist University), Scott Piper (University of Michigan), Eden Casteel (Independent Studio, RI), and Darryl Taylor (University of California, Irvine)

Collaborative Piano Interns
Michael Bagby — Dubuque, IA
Jonathan Gmeinder — Chicago, IL
Amelia Hammond — Los Angeles, CA
John Robertson — Bessemer, AL

Voice Interns
Darian Clonts — Harrison, NJ
Wesley Dunnagan — Durango, CO
Jeremy Gussin — Berea, OH
Courtney Jameson — Memphis TN
Nicole Jenkins — Harrisonburg, VA
Sarah Luebke — Fredonia, NY
Nicky  McGrath — Toronto, ON
Marita Stryker — Leesburg, VA
Madison Tarbox — Fairfax, VA
Shayna Tayloe — Brownsville, TX
Paulina Villarreal — Memphis, TN
Jessica Walch — Cedar Grove, NJ

2021 - Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA

Master Teachers 
Collaborative Piano: Craig Terry (Ryan Opera Center, Lyric Opera of Chicago)
Voice: Theresa Brancaccio (Northwestern University), Frank Ragsdale (University of Miami), Michelle Markwart Deveaux (Independent Studio, CA), Kari Ragan (University of Washington, Independent Studio)

Collaborative Piano Interns
Taylor Hutchinson — Kirksville, MO
Kyung-Eun Na — Englewood, NJ
Tomasz Robak — Davidson, NC
Joseph Welch — Bunker Hill, IL

Voice Interns 
Corie Auger, mezzo-soprano — Grand Rapids, MI
Douglas Carpenter, baritone — Las Vegas, NV
Joshua Glasner, baritone — Dubuque, IA
Lily Guerrero, soprano — San Antonio, TX
Sarah Kim, soprano — Washougal, WA
Caitlin Moore, mezzo-soprano — Denver, CO
Whitney Myers, soprano — Tulsa, OK
Aaron Paige, tenor — Muncie, IN
Meredith Pyle, soprano — Los Angeles, CA
Kyle Sackett, baritone — Madison, WI
Emily Siar, soprano — Jamaica Plain, MA
Marcy Stonikas, soprano — Tallahassee, FL

2020 - Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA (Held in 2021)

Master Teachers 
Collaborative Piano: Valerie Trujillo (Florida State University)
Voice: Ollie Watts Davis (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Carla LeFevre (University of North Carolina at Greensboro), Dean Southern (Cleveland Institute of Music), Cynthia Vaughn (Independent Studio, WA)

Collaborative Piano Interns
Patricia Au - Boston, MA
Qiao Zheng Goh - Chapel Hill, NC
Casey Robards – Urbana, IL
Natalie Sherer – Ann Arbor, MI

Voice Interns 
Sarah Bucher - Bellbrook, OH
Katherine Calcamuggio Donner - Louisville, KY
Sarah Folsom - Cincinnati, OH
Susan Gouthro - Harrisonburg, VA
Liz Gray - Interlochen, MI
Carrie 'CJ' Greer - Reno, NV
Samuel Handley - Sheboygan, WI
Michael Hendrick - Baton Rouge, LA
Charles Moore - Greeley, CO
Daniel Stein - Athens, OH
Gretchen Windt - Salt Lake City, UT
Rachel Lindsay Wood - Whitewater, WI

2019 - New England Conservatory

Master Teachers 
Collaborative Piano: J.J. Penna (Westminster Choir College of Rider University/The Juilliard School)
Voice: Lynn Helding (University of Southern California), Mary Henderson-Stucky (Independent Studio and University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music), Dan Johnson-Wilmot (Viterbo University), Kevin Wilson (Boston Conservatory at Berklee)

Collaborative Piano Interns 
Allan Armstrong – Bloomington, IN
J. Bradley Baker – Hillsboro, KS
Michael Womack – Magnolia, AR

Voice Interns 
Marquese Carter – Statesboro, GA
Jean Bernard Cerin – Lincoln University, PA
Bryan DeSilva – East Boston, MA
Andrew Garland – Boulder, CO
Kerry A. Ginger – Durango, CO
Suna Gunther – Albany, NY
Errik M. Hood – Logan, UT
Seth Keeton – Salt Lake City, UT
David Kirkwood – Houston, TX
Rhea Olivaccé – Portage, MI
Christopher Reames – Cookeville, TN
Melissa Treinkman – Venice, CA

2018 - University of Colorado-Boulder

Master Teachers
Collaborative Piano: Arlene Shrut (The Juilliard School)
Voice: Margaret Cusack (Westmister Choir College), Matt Edwards (Shenandoah University), Brian Gill (Indiana University), Jan Prokop (Independent Studio, NYC, and Montclair State University)

Collaborative Piano Interns 
Mark Bilyeu – Minneapolis, Minnesota (Source Song Festival, Independent studio)
Wendy Blackwood – Athens, Ohio (Ohio University)
Hye-Seon Choi – Singapore (Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, National University of Singapore)

Voice Interns
Alta Boover – Lake Orion, Michigan (Oakland University)
André Chiang – Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Louisiana State University GA, Independent studio)
Keith Colclough – Topanga, California (Pepperdine University)
Catherine Compton – Brownsville, Texas (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)
Mitchell Hutchings – Boca Raton, Florida (Florida Atlantic University, Independent studio)
Emily Jaworski – Plymouth, New Hampshire (Plymouth State University)
Mark Kano – Louisville, Kentucky (Bellarmine University, Independent studio)
Matthew Valverde – Alamosa, Colorado (Adams State University)
Victoria Vargas – Minneapolis, Minnesota (Carleton College, MacPhail Center for Music, Independent studio)
Todd Wedge – Atlanta, Georgia (Kennesaw State University)
Autumn West – Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Oklahoma City University)
Angela Yoon – Waco, Texas (Baylor University)

2017 - University of Toronto

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Master Teachers 
Collaborative Piano: Warren Jones
Voice: Peggy Baroody, Kenneth Bozeman, Mary Saunders Barton, and W. Stephen Smith 

Collaborative Piano Interns
Rachel AuBuchon – Greensboro, North Carolina (University of North Carolina at Greensboro)
Neil Nanyi Qiang – Dayton, Ohio (Central State University)
Nicholas Shaneyfelt – Decorah, Iowa (Luther College)

Voice Interns
Thomas Erik Angerhofer – Ithaca, New York (Ithaca College)
Kelly Burns – Athens, Ohio (Ohio University)
Michelle Markwart Deveaux – Sacramento, California (Independent Studio)
Katherine Jolly – St. Louis, Missouri (Saint Louis University)
Sonya Harper Nyby – Toronto, Ontario (Classical Music Conservatory)
Kathryn Leemhuis – Normal, Illinois (Illinois State University)
Bridget Moriarty – Mattydale, New York (Syracuse University)
Tara Nixon – Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina (Duke Voice Care Center & Independent Studio)
Carol Perry – Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan (Independent Studio)
Katherine Petersen – Chicago, Illinois (Northeastern Illinois University)
Colleen Elizabeth Skull – Norwood, New York (SUNY Potsdam)
Jeffrey Williams – Clarksville, Tennessee (Austin Peay State University)

2016 - University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Master Teachers: James Doing, Jeannette Lovetri, Julie Simson, Stephen King
Interns: Elizabeth Ann Benson, Melissa Brobeck, Derek Chester, Meghan Dewald, Les Flanagan, Jamie-Rose Guarrine, Michael Hanley, Katie Hannigan, Aaron Humble, Jeffrey Seppala, Daniel Shirley, Jamie Van Eyck.

2015 - University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Master Teachers: Mary Ann Hart, Marilyn Mims, Don Simonson, Craig Tompkins
Interns: Nicole Asel, Chadley Ballantyne, Daniel Bubeck, Maribeth Crawford, Kelly M. Holst, Peter C. Keates, Seth Killen, Linda McAlister, Anne Jennifer Nash, Jonathan Stinson, Sylvia Stoner-Hawkins, Angela Young Smucker 

2014 - The Ohio State University - Columbus

Master Teachers: Kathryn Duax, Brian Horne, Jonathan Retzlaff and Mary Saunders Barton
Interns: Hugh (Conor) Angell, Dennis Bassett, Minnita Daniel-Cox, Julia K. Foster, Laura Hynes, Grant Knox, Joshua May, Chad Payton, Deborah Popham, Emily Sinclair, Hope Fairchild Thacker, Christy Turnbow

2013 - Vanderbilt University - Nashville, Tennessee

Master Teachers: Kenneth Bozeman, Karen Brunssen, Allen Henderson, Edrie Means Weekly
Interns: Christian Bester, Gregory Brookes, Wayne Davis, Bronwen Forbay, Ian Howell, Anna Hersey, Jeffrey McEvoy, Kirsten Kunkle, Elizabeth Petillot, Jennifer D’Agostino, Loralee Songer, Susan Williams

2012 - Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Master Teachers: George Shirley, Donald Simonson, Lisa Popeil, Julia Faulkner
Interns: Chuck Chandler, Shauna Fallihee, Klaus Georg, Susan Hockmiller, Hsin Yi Lin, Emily Martin, Elizabeth McDonald, Megan Miller, Cory Renbarger, Alissa Rose, Stacey Tappan, Meredith Ziegler

2011 - University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire

Master Teachers: Christopher Arneson, Claudia Catania, Marietta Simpson,  David Small
Interns: Joel Burcham, Soon Cho, Jennifer Farrell, Tana Field, Rachel Goldenberg, Isaac Hurtado, Sean McCarther, Katherine Peterson, Jared Schwartz, Patricia Toledo, Angela Winter, Holly Wrensch

2010 - Stetson University - DeLand, Florida

Master Teachers: Elizabeth Daniels, Marjorie Halbert, Norman Spivey, Earl Coleman
Interns: Kenneth J. Bryson, Ted Christopher, Ann Marie Daehn, Erin Guinup, Luvada A. Harrison, Jeremy Hunt, Jason Lester, Stacey Mastrian, Katherine Osborne, David Playfair, Melissa Schiel, Charles Stanton

2009 - Shorter College - Rome, Georgia

Master Teachers: Carmen Balthrop, Jeannette LoVetri, George Gibson, Scott McCoy
Interns: Tiffany Blake, Matthew Edwards, Heather Winter Hunnicutt, Matthew Latta, Jonathan Pilkington, Amanda Munton, Clea Nemetz, Lorraine Yaros Sullivan, Eric Thomas, Bradley Thompson, Randall Umstead, Andrew Whitfield

2008 - New Mexico State University - Las Cruces, New Mexico  

Master Teachers: Barbara Hill Moore, Charles Peterson, George Shirley, Marilyn Taylor 
Interns: Maureen Carlson, Timothy Culver, Ellie Escher, Angela Haas, Christina Howell, Alexander Hurd, Elizabeth Johnson, Matthew Markham, Alison Nystrom, Matt Oglesby, Stephanie Thorpe, Jennifer Trost 

2007 - University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Master Teachers: Martha Randall, Jane Dillard, Stephen King, Jerold Siena
Interns: Iwao Asakura, John Boelling, Julie Dross, David Dillard, Kathryn Gresham, Kimberly Gratland James, San-Ky Kim, Diane Thueson Reich, Andrea Veal, Jay White, Eric Lazarow, Michael Hix

2006 - University of Missouri, Kansas City

Master Teachers: James McDonald, Lorraine Manz, Stephanie Samaras, Donald Simonson
Interns: Janelle DeStefano, Jason Hiester, Matthew Ryan Hoch, Kristine Hurst-Wajszczuk, Kristofer Johnson, Christopher McKim, Lisa Sain Odom, Anthony Radford, Jamie Reimer, Paula Corbin Swain, Stacey Storrerah Uthe, Thomas Weis

2005 - Nazareth College - Rochester, New York

Master Teachers: Robert Edwin, Jane Dillard, Cynthia Munzer, Scott McCoy
Interns: Shannon Unger, Matthew Schloneger, Jennifer Kay, Rebecca Olthafer, Nancy Box, Tanya Kruse, Shawn Puller, Lara Troyer, Chai-Wei Lee, Mitra Sadeghpour, Chinghsuan Lily Hseih, Amy Cochrane

2004 - Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Master Teachers: Deborah Baxter, Robert McIver, Clifton Ware, Linda DiFiore
Interns: Jeanie Darnell, Roderick George, Michelle Latour, Christopher Mitchell, Jenifer Davis Jones Mosher, Stephen Ng, Quinn Patrick, Marcia Porter, Patrice Prunty, Aiden Soder, Charles Turley, Misook Yun

2003 - State University of New York (SUNY) College at Fredonia

Master Teachers: Gwenellyn Leonard, Judith Nicosia, Jerrold Pope, John Van Cura
Interns: Stephanie Adrian, Abra Bush, Raymond Feener, Geoffrey Friedley, Gerald Gray, David Grogan, Patrice Jegou, Mario Martinez, Deborah Massell, Ellen Ritchey, Rebecca Sherburn, Richard Weidlich

2002 - Boise State University - Boise, Idaho

Master Teachers: Elaine Bonazzi, Costanza Cuccaro, Ludlow Hallman, Robert Harrison
Interns: Jon Harney, David Katz, Timoty Schmidt, Mark Walters, Leslie Jones, Jacqueline J. Leary-Warsaw, Dawn LeMasney, Ayumi Nakamae, Cynthia Reinhardt, Bridget Rose, Jennifer Tibben-Lembke, Anne Wintle

2001 - University of Dayton - Dayton, Ohio

Master Teachers: Mary MacKenzie, Julie Simson, Roy Delp, John Ramsaur
Interns: Bonnie Draina, Elizabeth Harrington, Barbara Hudson, Nancy Jantsch, Margaret Olson, Mia Durham Spencer, Michelyn Wright, Thelma Rozukalns, Eric R. Bronner, See-yin (Oliver) Lo, Todd Queen, Ryan Turner

2000 - Ithaca College - Ithaca, New York

Master Teachers: Shirlee Emmons, Carol Webber, Paul Kiesgen, George Shirley
Interns: Michael J. Cochran, Gerald Seminatore, See-yin (Oliver) Lo, Tod Fitzpatrick, Sandra Boysen, Barbara Clark, Donna Zapola Connolly, Jill R. Pearson, Mei Zhong, Rebecca L. Folsom, Gayle Shay, Christine Thomas

1999 - Central Washington University - Ellensberg, Washington

Master Teachers: Darlene Kliewer-Britton, Chloe Owen, Marvin Keenze, William McIver
Interns: Douglas W. Bolin, Carl Johengen, Jean-Ronald LaFond, Patrick Newell, John Thomasson, Janine Hawley, Beth A. Ray, Claudia Friedlander, Debra Kotulski, Eileen Strempel, Emily Truckenbrod, Dorothy E. Maddison

1998 - Austin Peay State University - Clarksville, Tennessee

Master Teachers: Lindsey Christiansen, Barbara Honn, Jack Coldiron, Leslie Guinn
Interns: J. R. Fralick, Robert Mirshak, Philip A. Christiansen, Jr., Robert Peavler, Lynn Thompson, Ephraim Ho-Yin Cheng, Venus Dixon Hamilton, Kathleen Otterson, Julianne Best, Laura L. Broughton, Carol Fuqua, Joanne Mouradjian

1997 - Pennsylvania State University - University Park, Pennsylvania

Master Teachers: Jean Westerman Gregg, James McKinney, Glenda Maurice, Dale Moore
Interns: Robin Fisher, Sandra Thurow Hill, Catherine Nix, Juliette Singler, Wanda Brister-Rachwal, Shang-Fen Chyou, Jeffrey D. Ballard, James Doing, Darryl Taylor, Patrick Evans, Aurelius (Rex) Gori, Gregory I. Smith

1996 - Ohio State University - Columbus, Ohio

Master Teachers: Lindsey Christiansen, Shirlee Emmons, Jack Coldiron, Vernon Yenne
Interns: Patrice Michaels, Jacqueline Collett, Cindy Ensley, Gina Epifano, Linda Lister, Laura Rushing-Raynes, Priscilla Peebles, Susan Stetson, Robert L. Best, Jr., Brett R. Johnson, Elliot Jones, Joseph H. Hopkins

1995  - Florida State University - Tallahassee

Master Teachers: Darleen Kliewer-Britton, Dodi Protero, Dale Moore, Herald Stark
Interns: Pamela Morris Austin, Celeste M. Emmons, Karen Patton Hall, Melanie A. Ohm, Ruth M. Robertson, Lissa S. Staples, Robert Barefield, Kenneth A. Bohannon, Daniel Ihasz, David Alan Jones, Jason Oby, Kurt-Alexander Zeller

1994  - University of Colorado - Boulder

Master Teachers: Ellen Faull, Barbara Honn, Thomas Houser, George Shirley
Interns: Paula Chipman, Alandra Fowler, Debra Greschner, Peggy A. Horrocks, Arlene R. Jantz, Jennifer Kallenberg, Marybeth Davison Smith, Deborah A. Thurlow, John P. Nix, David T. Schubert, William Shomos, Norman Spivey

1993 - Ohio State University - Columbus

Master Teachers: Chloe Owen, Carol Kimball, Irvin Bushman, Edward Baird
Interns: Christine Carlton, Linda Dykstra, Sarah Holman, Mary Katherine Kelton, Gooywon Elissa Kim, Julianna Sabol, Kerry Walters, Hillary Watter, Brenda K. Witmer, Allen C. Henderson, Eric Johanson, Evan Walker

1992 - North Texas State University - Denton

Master Teachers: Barbara Doscher, Shirlee Emmons, Robert Grooters, James McKinney
Interns: Barbara E. Burdick, Judith Coe, Karen Davis-Bernard, Laura Greenwald, Caroline H. Harder, Maryl E. Mantione, John David Faber, Thomas Huebner, J. Stephen King, Stephen Morscheck, Jeffrey W. Price, Thomas A. Gregg

1991  - University of Minnesota - Minneapolis

Master Teachers: Barbara Doscher, Karen Peeler, Horst Gunter, Bruce Lunkley
Interns: Shirley A. Brumbaugh, Carolyn Sue Finley, Kay Irmiter, Nancy Koon Jones, Julie Simson, Donald Callen Freed, Duane Richard Karna, Jonathan A. Retzlaff, John Robin Rice, Wendell R. Davis, Daniel R. Newman