National Association of Teachers of Singing- San Diego Chapter

Hey singers...it’s time for Fall Student Auditions with NATS San Diego! . Join in the fun and re-post in your story for a chance to win a free $30 entry into the student auditions this year! . We are hosting an online Musical Theater and Rock/Pop styles voice competition with personalized written feedback and cash prizes. ... . Registration is due October 12th and videos can be uploaded until October 26th. . These awards look great on a college resume, but it’s also going to give you full-length self-tapes, great guest judges and adjudicators, and a community for the honors zoomconcert on November 7th. . Strut your stuff and practice performing from the comfort of your own home. . Can’t wait to see what you submit! See more

NATS Teachers in the San Marcos area - a mom is looking for lessons for her 5 year old daughter. Anyone up there work with littles? Feel free to DM Stephanie Sabin... Thanks so much!

This Sunday, October 4, 2020 at 4p - 5:15p (PDT) please join Music Director, John-Luke Addison and Voice Teacher, Stephanie Sabin in "How to Talk to a Pianist". The description of the class is below - Replay is available for 3 days if you can't make it "live". Bring your music and questions!... Hope to see many faces on Sunday! See more

Looky-Look! A fun workshop coming up with the awesome Music Director, John-Luke Addison Saturday, Sept 19th at 10a and again on Sunday, Oct 4th at 4p! How many of you out there still aren't quite comfortable talking to a collaborative pianist about how you want your music played? How many of you think they should just "know" what to do? ... In this workshop, John-Luke Addison will share helpful tools and vocabulary on how to best collaborate with your pianist, how to be best prepared with your music and he'll be answering any questions you may have about preparing and marking your music. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Zoom now has a "high-fidelity music mode" if you download the latest version (5.2.2). Cannot wait to try this out!Zoom now has a "high-fidelity music mode" if you download the latest version (5.2.2). Cannot wait to try this out!

Dear San Diego ..... Please somebody win this. $500-$5000 prize. https://www.catapultopera.org/accelcomp

Ah yes, the god old’ days. Check out my friend Elise Roth and her creative take on this Judy Garland and Gene Kelly diddy. https://www.facebook.com/1609860120/posts/10217858333242558/

Collegebound folk, please read this article, share, and empower yourself financially with colleague Dr. Dana Lynne Varga and Zach Finkelstein’s research. She has created an incredible brand and forged a path for herself in service to her industry while maintaining a performance career and expanding her brand to China during the pandemic (also owns a house in the Boston area, has a wonderful hubby and 2 kids to boot)! Nobody knows for sure what life as a musician wil...l look like post-COVID. The best-case scenario, that music returns in 2021 and a vaccine becomes widely available, will still result in a scarcity of auditions and jobs for musicians for years to come as organizations that have survived COVID-19 piece themselves back together. ...For less than $10,000, a student could spend the next year in an immersive musical experience, with a mix of private instruction in languages, diction, lessons, music theory, keyboard skills, and training and performance through a series of online pay-to-sing bootcamps..(with furloughed instructors from the college they hoped to attend). https://theempoweredmusician.com/an-impossible-choice-musi/

Jennifer D'Onofrio, Students Auditions Coordinator, announcing our ZOOM Question and Answer Session on August 30th at 4pm. Musical Theater and Pop/Rock NATS Student Auditions Fall 2020 Registration is Sept 27-Oct 26 Payment is due by Oct 12... Judging will take place Oct. 28- Nov 4 November 7th is the "Live" Winner’s Zoom Recital Videos of 1st place singers will be featured in the "Live" Zoom Recital. The 2nd and 3rd place links will be posted on our website. https://youtu.be/nort-hvozG4

We think if we can make our immune systems stronger, we’ll be better able to fight off this coronavirus, as well as other viral and bacterial pathogens that may be unleashed in the future." https://www.ksdk.com//63-0e889f1b-3ba5-4ec4-b4f4-dd39fc7c4 From the study: Singing modulates mood, stress, cortisol, cytokine and neuropeptide activity in cancer patients:... ..singing was associated with reductions in cortisol, beta-endorphin and oxytocin levels. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4854222/

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