National Association of Teachers of Singing

Founded and incorporated in 1944

The Mid-Atlantic Region Dr. Robert Wells, Governor

March 2015 Dear NATS Colleagues: I hope that this finds you well and surviving another eventful winter meteorologically speaking. As Chapter and District Auditions are nearing completion, we are looking forward to another exciting Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference on March 27-28, 2015. Special thanks to Martha Randall and her colleagues at the University of Maryland, College Park our hosts for the Regional Conference and Student Auditions. This letter outlines several important items pertaining to this years Regional Conference:

Teacher Registration Process for Confirmation of Student Application Data

Tentative Schedule for Regional Conference and Auditions Master Class with Mark Oswald

Student Auditions Teacher Registration Please read thoroughly the attached Teacher Registration/Banquet Reservation Instructions. (This is an attached document with a link for on-line submission.). On-line registration and reservation instructions are contained in this document. You will also find specific instructions for payment of all necessary fees in this same Instruction Sheet. Please do remember: All teachers with students participating in the Regional Auditions must submit the $30.00 Teacher Registration Fee. Teachers of participating students agree to adjudicate auditions on March 28th. Those teachers who are unable to judge student auditions must secure an eligible substitute judge and submit a $50.00 Substitute Judge Fee in addition to the Teacher Registration Fee.

Student Application Confirmation

Upon completion of each respective districts auditions, application data for all students who advance to the regional level are automatically transferred to the Mid-Atlantic Regional website for you. It is essential that you confirm your students application data. You MUST log on to the regional website and validate each of your students' applications. If there are no changes to be made, then simply click through each step to finalize the application. If there are necessary adjustments (repertoire, accompanist, attendance intentions, etc.), make those changes as you review the data, revising the supplied information where appropriate. You must click through to the end of the process in order to confirm all changes and/or student participation. You should find the process very similar to the one used on your district website. The website will check the application for errors and will save your work automatically. Your username and password are the same as you use on the district website. To begin, visit this address: www.midatlanticnats.org Please Note: This process is mandatory if you are sending students on to the regional auditions. The deadline for completion of this process is 11:59 PM, 16 March 2015. You may return to the regional website through that date to review and edit your submissions. Repertoire Changes, Accompanists, and Copyright Teachers may make changes to student audition repertoire at any time prior to 11:59 PM on March 16, 2015. Please be aware that no repertoire changes will be permitted after the March 16th deadline. In light of the fact that some districts permit repertoire changes on the day of student auditions, it is critical that all teachers recognize that such last-minute changes are not permitted at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Student Auditions. (This policy was reaffirmed by the Regional Board at its meeting in April 2011.) A list of available pianists follows in this letter and will be posted to the Mid-Atlantic Region website. The posted list will be updated periodically. All pianist arrangements must be completed and confirmed no later than March 16, 2015. Please keep in mind that no pianist may play for more than ten (10) student auditions. Please be mindful of NATS policies as they relate to copyright laws. No photocopied music is permitted in student auditions, with the exception of a single page of photocopied music to facilitate a difficult page turn. Member teachers are encouraged to review NATS copyright policies available at the following link: http://www.nats.org/programs/student-auditions-adjudications.html At this point, we are unable to permit pianists to utilize iPad or Tablet computers when playing auditions. This policy is set by the NATS Board of Directors. Until such time as the national organization revises its policies, we will be unable to allow use of digital scores in any student auditions.

Tentative Schedule for the Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference and Auditions

PLEASE NOTE: ALL TIMES SUBJECT TO CHANGE Friday, March 27, 2015

9:00 AM Board Meeting (Mid-Atlantic NATS Regional Officers)

12:00 noon Lunch for Board Members

2:00 PM 5:00 PM Master Class with Mark Oswald

5:30 PM Banquet Teachers and Students welcome (Reservations required by March 20th) See Teacher Registration/Banquet Reservation Instructions

Saturday, March 28, 2015

8:15 AM Registration

9:00 AM Judges Meeting (Mandatory for ALL participating teachers)

9:30 AM Student Auditions begin

ca. 11:30 AM Box Lunches provided for all teachers

ca. 3:30 PM Honors Recital*

*Honors Recital start time may be adjusted (earlier/later) based on the number of student auditions.

Transportation information, driving directions to and a campus map of the University

of Maryland, College Park and the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center can be found

at this link:

http://theclarice.umd.edu/parking-and-directions Hotel Accommodations in College Park and surrounding vicinity

http://cvs.umd.edu/visitors/offcampus.html

Pianists A list of available pianists is attached. Please be aware that all arrangements are to be made directly between the singer and the pianist. The Mid-Atlantic Region suggests a fee of $40.00 for one 30-minute rehearsal and the audition. While this fee is may be appropriate in many locations within our region, there are geographic areas in which the market rate may be higher. Pianists may, at their discretion, request a higher fee based on accepted market rates, and they are under no obligation to adhere to the suggested fee. Please check the Mid-Atlantic Regional NATS website (http://www.midatlanticnats.org) regularly for updated information. As always, should you have questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to be in touch. Very sincerely,

Robert Wells, DMA Governor, Mid-Atlantic Region NATS

2015 Mid-Atlantic Region Auditions Pianists Barry Hamilton Bsham55@aol.com 301-943-6173

Laurie Bunn 702-973-4502 laurievivonabunnn@cox.net

Janice Wood jwood.piano@gmail.com 301-982-1841 (h) 301-233-2526 (c) Vincent Henningfield 443 695 0859 - cell vhenningfield@gmail.com Patricia McKewen Amato mamato@towson.edu pattimcamato@gmail.com 410-591-3218 George Peachey gpeachey@verizon.net (301) 933-6454 Katherine Williams 301-922-0250 cell 301-482-0907 home kathwilliams132@gmail.com Gillian Cookson E-Mail : HRHQGC@comcast.net Tel : 202 483-0646 cell : 202 215-6822 Zoe Coppola Zoe.coppola@gmail.com 607-760-0268 Jonathan Tuzman tuzmusic@gmail.com 862.202.3623 Mary Gottlieb 301-807-6243 blackandwhites88@aol.com Alison Shafer 301-964-9641 alisonshafermusic@yahoo.com

Billy Summers bsummers4@elon.edu 336/447-0721 Holly Hayes (301) 749-4270 holly.hayes@pgcps.org Steve Kim kieun.kim@pgcps.org kekim23@hotmail.com Phone: 415-706-2741 Sue Pumplin spumplin@icloud.com 443-823-3731 Janna Leigh Ryon, DMA 301-805-2600 x2157 school 301-379-8110 cell janna.ryon@pgcps.org Andrew Welch andrew.jonathan.welch@gmail.com Anthony Smith 804.971.6104 anthonysmithmusic@gmail.com ningsy23@gmail.com Yee-Ning Soong Natalie Beal 301-752-7232 nataliebeal@live.com Patricia Taylor phtaylor57@yahoo.com Alex Chan alex.cke@gmail.com Michael Langlois langlois1@gmail.com Dr. Eunae Han 908-907-4201 han.eunae@gmail.com Saeha Youn 415-695-4182 syoun@umd.edu