Rio Grande Chapter
National Association of Teachers of Singing
Rio Grande NATS Conference
University of New Mexico
March 8 - 9, 2024
Conference Schedule
February 7 - 28, 2024
Registration on AuditionNow (All fees due Feb. 28)
March 8, 2024
2:00 pm Check-in Begins
3:00 pm Mandatory Adjudicators Meeting
4:00 pm Preliminary Round Auditions Begin
6:00 pm Break / Student Mixer with dinner provided; sponsored by UNM SNATS
7:30 pm NATS Members Empowerment Concert
March 9, 2024
9:00 am Preliminary Rounds Continued
11:00 am Preliminary and Semi-final Rounds as needed
12:00 pm Chapter Members Lunch Business Meeting (Finals judges secured during this time)
1:00 pm Empowerment Semi-final Auditions
2:00 pm Finals Round Concert
Category
To support our members’ and students’ knowledge of and interest in underrepresented composers, the Rio Grande Chapter is pleased to announce the first-annual “Empowerment” prize. This year’s Empowerment category includes art songs by Black, indigenous, Latin American, Hispanic, Asian, Asian-American, or Pacific Islander composers. In subsequent years, we will identify and amplify other underrepresented groups.
Competition
Post-high school finalists whose competition repertoire includes one of these songs will be eligible to compete in the Empowerment semi-final auditions at 1 pm on Saturday. The top five finalists in this category will perform in the Finals Concert. A single prize will be given for the best performance in the Empowerment category.
Concert
NATS members are invited to perform on the Friday night Empowerment Concert. Each member will perform one or two songs (as time allows) from the Empowerment category repertoire. Interested performers should send their repertoire to the Rio Grande Chapter Program Chair, Olga Perez-Flora at oflora@unm.edu by Friday, March 1.