2023 NATS STUDENT AUDITIONS
October 21, 2023 @ HOUGHTON UNIVERSITY
PURPOSES:
Empower artistic development
Award vocal excellence
Provide constructive feedback
Building inclusive safe vocal community for all members and their students
Meetings and Deadlines
September-Registration Information:
email from the auditions coordinator, Tiffany Du Mouchelle
October 1 - Registration ends
October 21 - Chapter Auditions
October 29 - Business Meeting, 12:30pm
Zoom (for business meeting):
http://fredonia-edu.zoom.us/j/94080502028?pwd=aWpvb3U5QVVOSEM3UHRuak95bXIIUT09
DAY-OF INSTRUCTIONS
8:15am - Registration/check-in
8:15am - Rehearsals start
8:30am - Judges Meeting and Breakfast (arrive by 8:20)
9am-12:30pm - First round of auditions
12:30 - Lunch
Second round of auditions: all members will adjudicate and provide comments:
Finalists from each category will be chosen to perform a piece of their choosing in this round, an open concert format. This finalist recital will begin at approximately 2 pm.
FEES:
$15 Advanced levels
$10 All other levels
REGISTER:
log in to www.nats.org
select “Member Profile”
select NATS AUDITIONS REGISTRATION
select My Registration: New York Finger Lakes – Auditions
Video tutorial for registration:
NATS CNYFL 22-23
Student Auditions at Ithaca College
Host: Marc Webster from Ithaca College
WINNERS LIST (FA22)
Congratulations to all singers and teachers!
CNYFL NATS 2022 Auditions Final Results
Classical – Upper Advanced
First Place: Alexander Bonner (Student of Thomas Goodheart)
Second Place: Gudrun Brjansdottir (Student of Tamara Acosta)
Third Place: Hannah Cayem (Student of Patrice Pastore)
Classical - Lower Advanced
First Place: Xiaoge Zhang (Student of Kathryn Cowdrick)
Second Place: Matthew Merolla (Student of Thomas Goodheart)
Third Place: Syona Ayyankeril (Student of Deborah Montgomery)
Classical – 4th/5th Year College/Independent Studio TBB
First Place: Ben Johnson (Student of Donald George)
Second Place: Byron DeLeon (Student of Marc Webster)
Third Place: Carson Witherite (Student of Todd Ranney)
Classical – 4th/5th Year College/Independent Studio Treble
First Place: Madelin Morales (Student of Kathryn Cowdrick)
Second Place: Anchal Dhir (Student of Dawn Pierce)
Third Place: Athena Rajnai (Student of Patrice Pastore)
Classical – 3rd Year College/Independent Studio TBB
First Place: Tynan Butler (Student of Marc Webster)
Second Place: Nicholas Jones (Student of Marc Webster)
Third Place: Mico Hayden (Student of Marc Webster)
Classical – 3rd Year College/Independent Studio Treble
First Place: Emma Commisso (Student of Patrice Pastore)
Second Place: Cole Denton (Student of Donald George)
Third Place: Alison Matthews (Student of Patrice Pastore)
Classical - Adult
First Place: Joelle LaChance (Student of Katherine Ciesinski)
Second Place: Janine Willis (Student of Deborah Montgomery)
Classical – 2nd Year College/Independent Studio TBB
First Place: Carter Route (Student of Todd Ranney)
Second Place: Eddie Hayes (Student of Donald George)
Classical – 2nd Year College/Independent Studio Treble
First Place: Daphne Buan (Student of Kathryn Cowdrick)
Second Place: Abigail Sprague (Student of Thomas Goodheart)
Third Place: Haley Rayfield (Student of Dawn Pierce)
Classical - 1st Year College/Independent Studio TBB
First Place: Robert Dakwar (Student of Thomas Goodheart)
Second Place: Paul Narkewich (Student of Patrice Pastore)
Third Place: Jackson Kelly (Student of Robert Strauss)
Classical - 1st Year College/Independent Studio Treble
First Place: Alexandra Dubaniewicz (Student of Kathleen Roland-Silverstein)
Second Place: Danielle Yamashiro (Student of Rachel Schutz)
Third Place: Emily Dimock (Student of Brenda Dawe)
Musical Theatre - Upper College/Independent Studio
First Place: Emily Corlew (Student of Steven Groth)
Second Place: Linette Taylor (Student of Kimberly Prins Moeller)
Musical Theatre: Lower College/Independent Studio TBB
First Place: Christian Burdick (Student of Marc Webster)
Second Place: Grant Halliburton (Student of Marc Webster)
Musical Theatre: Lower College/Independent Studio Treble
First Place: Leah Kelly (Student of Sarah Luebke)
Musical Theatre - Youth
First Place: Sasana Roberto (Student of Barbara Powell)
make sure to know the repertoire and timing for the repertoire for registration.
step by step instruction for registration
https://www.nats.org/_Library/NSA_Files/Accessing_the_NATS_Auditions_Registration_System_-_PDF_instructions.pdf
Additional Events
Ithaca College: Voice Intensives 2022
Check this out everyone! It is free for the members! For further questions: mwebster@ithaca.edu
Opera ithaca-
questions: dmontgom@ithaca.edu
2022 Opera Ithaca Festival
October 22-November 26
WEEKLY ZOOM HANGOUT
let us know some topics you are interested in: We will gather the list of topics and hold hang-out sessions to share ideas about singing and teaching. Contact: bewlayhe@buffalostate.edu
possible topics:
share repertoire you use for beginning singers by voice types-Treble, TBB. We can meet once for Treble and once for TBB.
collaboration on studio exchange-share ideas on what you may be looking for. We can match up with some studios who share interests.
NATSCNYFL EXECUTIVE BOARD
Rob Strauss, President
Holly Bewlay, Vice President
Kimberly Prins Moeller, Treasurer/Membership Coordinator
Tiffany Du Mouchelle, Auditions Coordinator
James Harrington, Secretary/Website Manager
Jennifer Kay, Past President
GET IN TOUCH
Natscnyfl would love to hear from you. Do not hesitate to contact us.
email directly to speak with the chapter executive board:
President: Robert.Strauss@fredonia.edu
Vice president: bewlayhe@buffalostate.edu
Treasurer: Kimberly.prins@gmail.com
Auditions coordinator: tiffanydumouchelle@yahoo.com
Secretary: James.harrington@fredonia.edu
or email the chapter: cnyflnats@gmail.com
