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NATS (The National Association of Teachers of Singing) is dedicated to encouraging the highest standards of singing through excellence in teaching and the promotion of vocal education and research. With over 5,000 members in the United States, Canada and more from 25 other countries, we are the largest association of teachers of singing in the world. We meet for mutual education and the sharing of ideas, information, concepts and techniques. Competitions, master classes and workshops provide performing opportunities and learning experiences for our students. Here is the Current President's letter
Tahoma Chapter members,
It is my pleasure to write to you as the new NATS Tahoma Chapter president. As many of you may know, Dr. James Brown is taking a sabbatical year from teaching. So I have been selected to stand in as chapter president for the next year. As I am still relatively new to the South Sound area, I know many of you only by name. You can look forward to a personal phone call from me in the near future. I hope to use this opportunity to get to know you better as professional colleagues and to discuss your expectations for NATS and our chapter. Our next chapter function will be held November 19, 2011. We decided to push back the date of our fall meeting to avoid conflicts with some other regional events. This event will take place 9:00am to 12:00n at the University of Puget Sound, School of Music, Room L-6 (Choir Room). We will start with a short chapter meeting at 9:00am, followed by a presentation at 10:00am by Dr. Dawn Padula, a chapter member and Director of Vocal Studies at UPS. Her presentation is entitled, Discovering a Language of Communication Between Female Voice Teachers and Male Students Regarding Instruction in Registration Negotiation and Passaggio. Personally, even as a male teacher who deals with register balance and passaggio every day, I am very excited to hear Dr. Padula's insights on the subject. Please note our other chapter events below: Our High School adjudications are set for January 28, 2012 at UPS. The Scholarship Recital is scheduled for February 6, 2012, tentatively at HHC. Adult and College adjudications are scheduled for March 3, 2012, again at UPS. Last year, many people were disappointed that awards levels were lowered. This was a temporary only necessity, as we were perilously close to running into the red. We are happy to report that our chapter had a very good showing for adjudications last year, and so we are restoring the previous awards levels for the coming year. Deadlines for the High School adjudications and Scholarship applications are December 15, 2011. We have decided to extend the deadline for Adult and College adjudications to February 1, 2011. We hope this will be more convenient for some of you. However, if you are on the semester system, and are unavailable through January, you might want to apply early anyway. Our Spring Fling event is scheduled for April 21, 2012, tentatively at Highline Community College. We will update you as all times, places and details are finalized. Besides local events, you are encouraged to attend our Northwest Regional Conference, to be held October 14-16 at the University of Portland. Look for your registration brochure, coming soon via email. The Northwest Regional NATSAA Finals will be held March 25, 2012 at the University of Washington. The National Conference will be held this coming year in Orlando, FL, June 29-July 3. You can keep up with other events outside of the chapter by joining the NATS Northwest Region on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/242380525794790/ The new technology is painful to some of us, but it can be useful. Enjoy. That is all for now. I look forward to talking with each of you soon. Glenn Guhr, DMA University of Puget Sound glennguhr@yahoo.com guhrgd@plu.edu 206-715-3104 |
