AuditionNOW UPDATE: 9/19/2023
The National Office has assured us that you will be able to log into the new system using a single sign-on through the National NATS website AND that it will be easier than past years. When you log into www.nats.org, it should take you to your “Member Home” page. (If not, you can simply click on your email address in the upper right-hand corner of the page, and it will take you to your “Member Home” page.). You can then scroll to the bottom of the “Member Home” page where you will find the button to register for an audition. You will simply click on the registration button, and it will take you directly to AuditionNow, where you will already be logged in and able to register yourselves and your students.
Select Location-upper left corner of screen-Indiana
Select Event-middle of screen-Indiana NATS Chapter 2023 Register yourself.
Register you students. DO NOT PAY UNTIL ALL STUDENTS HAVE BEEN REGISTERED and you have confirmed the information.
Visit the NATS NSA website resource page and review all of the guidelines for video submissions (for Commercial Music Only for Indiana) categories, rubrics, etc. If entering CM categories, please look for the separate online event for CM categories.
A fillable Information Sheet was sent to you in mid-August to help collect all of the student information needed to register your students. (Once you enter your students’ information into AuditionNow the first time, that information will be in the system from year to year, and there will be some exciting new features that allow you easy access to all your students’ information at any time throughout the year!). It is highly encouraged you send the information sheet to your students or have them complete it at their lessons, so you have ALL the information needed to register your students for the first time. Please wait to pay your fees until all students have been registered and you have verified their information.
The adjudicator training videos for Children and Youth Categories and Commercial Music Categories are getting very positive reviews. You may wish to review those for future auditions. Additional training videos for spirituals and musical theatre categories will be becoming soon
We are one of the first chapters to use the software and will likely run into glitches and issues that will need to be worked out by the developer. Parts of the software, scheduling etc. are still being developed and finished. Should you have questions or run in to issues please send us an email and we will work through it together. We still do not have Administration access yet but have been assured we will this week. This should not affect you registering your students. We just ask for your patience and support. All of Indiana’s policies remain the same-
An Accompanist may only play for 10 events.
Students must provide Adjudication Sheets to the judges on the day of the auditions.
All instructors are required to judge on the day of auditions.
Instructors wishing to be excused from judging must pay a $75.00 fee in addition to the $40.00 registration fee, to support the hiring of a replacement judge.
Students may register for more than one category (Classical, Musical Theatre, CCM)
Each registered event is $15.00 per event. Happy registering, and let us know if you have any questions!
Sincerely,
Tammie Huntington
David B Mannell
2023 Indiana NATS Fall Student Auditions
IN-PERSON
The auditions will be held at
Butler University - School of Music-Lilly Hall
4600 Sunset Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46208
November 4, 2023
Registration Opens: September 15, 2023
Closes: October 16, 2023
The Indiana NATS chapter is pleased to announce the fall student auditions will be held In-Person, at Butler University, Lilly Hall 4600 Sunset Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46208 with hosts Dana Zenobi and Oliver Worthington. We want to thank them for agreeing to host this year’s auditions.
New Registration Software
We were informed the middle of August that the National Board voted in June to use a new registration software for all NSA auditions. The new software is call AuditionNOW. Training for the new software will not be available until mid-September causing for a later and shorter registration period. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and ask for your patience as we all learn the new system. Once the training has taken place, you will receive directions on how to use the site. We have been assured it will be easier than the former software. Student information from the previous software will not be transferred and you will need to start from scratch in entering student information. The attached form, provided by National has the information you will need to register your students. It can also be accessed at Pre-Student Registration Form. In the meantime, you should start gathering all your student’s information and have it ready when AuditionNOW becomes available. Thank you in advance for your patience and flexibility. As a reminder, National changed the labeling of NSA categories last year. Visit Nationals site 2023-2024 Categories of Entry for repertory requirements, terminology and general information. For categories being offered at the Indiana NATS auditions please refer to the attached file, Categories being offered at Indiana NATS Chapter Auditions 2023 . The repertory requirements have not changed for any of the categories, only the labeling. Additional information will be sent regarding judging, as well as rubrics for Classical, Musical Theatre and Commercial Music categories.
NOTE: The new Commercial Music Categories for Indiana NATS will be conducted via video recordings and submitted through AuditionNOW.
For complete NSA Regulations and Resources
NSA Resource Page
Students will provide adjudication sheets to judges on the day of the auditions.
After the 2019 Indiana NATS student auditions, members voted to require students to provide their adjudication sheets for the judges on the day of the auditions. It is assumed Instructors will print those from AuditionNOW and provide them to their students prior to the auditions.
Judging
Members registering students are required to judge on the day of the auditions. Additional fees will be charged for those requesting to be released.
Registration Fees
Student Registration: $15.00 per event
Teacher Registration: $40.00
Teacher Release Request: $75.00 (in addition to Teacher Registration)
Staff Accompanist: $30.00 (3 Songs) (Categories 3-6, 12 & HJ)
$40.00 (4-5 Songs) (Categories 7-10)
Confirming Repertory
You are asked to please check and double check the repertory you are entering for each student to make sure it meets the requirements for their category. The category labeling has been changed but repertory requirements for each category remain the same. If you have any questions or concerns regarding a piece meeting the repertory requirement please contact the hosts Dana Zenobi [email protected], Oliver Worthington [email protected], or David B Mannell [email protected] immediately so your questions can be answered and an official decision made. Should a repertoire change need to occur, you and your student will have time to make the change. Any student’s repertoire that does not meet the category requirement will sing for “Comments Only."
We hope you and your students will be a part of this exciting and rewarding experience.
Tentative Timeline
September 15-October 16th: Registration Open
The AuditionNOW registration site will be open to allow TEACHERS to register themselves and their students for the auditions. The registration site is NEW this year, so please plan ahead and register early.
All teachers sending students are required to judge on the day of the auditions.
Teachers will print 3 copies of each student’s adjudication sheet which the student will present to the judges at the time of their auditions. This is a new policy passed by the Indiana NATS members in 2019.
October 16th
Registration closes at 11:59 PM. No changes are permitted after registration is closed unless repertory did not meet the requirements.
October 17th-30th
Repertoire will be vetted and the singers will be divided into categories and schedule set.
October 31st
Student Performance Schedule available on AuditionNOW
(Reminder: Students will provide judges with their Adjudication Sheets on the day of the Auditions)
November 4th Student Auditions (In-Person)
Annual chapter meeting Time/Room TBA
Auditions 9:00 AM-3:00 PM (Tentative)
Awards Announcement once results are completed- Time TBA
IN-PERSON
The auditions will be held at
Butler University - School of Music-Lilly Hall
4600 Sunset Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46208
November 4, 2023
Registration Opens: September 15, 2023
Closes: October 16, 2023
The Indiana NATS chapter is pleased to announce the fall student auditions will be held In-Person, at Butler University, Lilly Hall 4600 Sunset Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46208 with hosts Dana Zenobi and Oliver Worthington. We want to thank them for agreeing to host this year’s auditions.
New Registration Software
We were informed the middle of August that the National Board voted in June to use a new registration software for all NSA auditions. The new software is call AuditionNOW. Training for the new software will not be available until mid-September causing for a later and shorter registration period. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and ask for your patience as we all learn the new system. Once the training has taken place, you will receive directions on how to use the site. We have been assured it will be easier than the former software. Student information from the previous software will not be transferred and you will need to start from scratch in entering student information. The attached form, provided by National has the information you will need to register your students. It can also be accessed at Pre-Student Registration Form. In the meantime, you should start gathering all your student’s information and have it ready when AuditionNOW becomes available. Thank you in advance for your patience and flexibility. As a reminder, National changed the labeling of NSA categories last year. Visit Nationals site 2023-2024 Categories of Entry for repertory requirements, terminology and general information. For categories being offered at the Indiana NATS auditions please refer to the attached file, Categories being offered at Indiana NATS Chapter Auditions 2023 . The repertory requirements have not changed for any of the categories, only the labeling. Additional information will be sent regarding judging, as well as rubrics for Classical, Musical Theatre and Commercial Music categories.
NOTE: The new Commercial Music Categories for Indiana NATS will be conducted via video recordings and submitted through AuditionNOW.
For complete NSA Regulations and Resources
NSA Resource Page
Students will provide adjudication sheets to judges on the day of the auditions.
After the 2019 Indiana NATS student auditions, members voted to require students to provide their adjudication sheets for the judges on the day of the auditions. It is assumed Instructors will print those from AuditionNOW and provide them to their students prior to the auditions.
Judging
Members registering students are required to judge on the day of the auditions. Additional fees will be charged for those requesting to be released.
Registration Fees
Student Registration: $15.00 per event
Teacher Registration: $40.00
Teacher Release Request: $75.00 (in addition to Teacher Registration)
Staff Accompanist: $30.00 (3 Songs) (Categories 3-6, 12 & HJ)
$40.00 (4-5 Songs) (Categories 7-10)
Confirming Repertory
You are asked to please check and double check the repertory you are entering for each student to make sure it meets the requirements for their category. The category labeling has been changed but repertory requirements for each category remain the same. If you have any questions or concerns regarding a piece meeting the repertory requirement please contact the hosts Dana Zenobi [email protected], Oliver Worthington [email protected], or David B Mannell [email protected] immediately so your questions can be answered and an official decision made. Should a repertoire change need to occur, you and your student will have time to make the change. Any student’s repertoire that does not meet the category requirement will sing for “Comments Only."
We hope you and your students will be a part of this exciting and rewarding experience.
Tentative Timeline
September 15-October 16th: Registration Open
The AuditionNOW registration site will be open to allow TEACHERS to register themselves and their students for the auditions. The registration site is NEW this year, so please plan ahead and register early.
All teachers sending students are required to judge on the day of the auditions.
Teachers will print 3 copies of each student’s adjudication sheet which the student will present to the judges at the time of their auditions. This is a new policy passed by the Indiana NATS members in 2019.
October 16th
Registration closes at 11:59 PM. No changes are permitted after registration is closed unless repertory did not meet the requirements.
October 17th-30th
Repertoire will be vetted and the singers will be divided into categories and schedule set.
October 31st
Student Performance Schedule available on AuditionNOW
(Reminder: Students will provide judges with their Adjudication Sheets on the day of the Auditions)
November 4th Student Auditions (In-Person)
Annual chapter meeting Time/Room TBA
Auditions 9:00 AM-3:00 PM (Tentative)
Awards Announcement once results are completed- Time TBA