N AT I O N A L A S S O C I AT I O N o f T E A C H E R S o f S I N G I N G
NATIONAL STUDENT AUDITIONS 2022 FINALS
HIGH SCHOOL FINALS
Friday, July 1 at 4 p.m.
COLLEGE-AGE & UP FINALS
Saturday, July 2 at 4 p.m. Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile Grand Ballroom I, 7th Floor #OfficialNATS H #NATSChicago2022 H NATS.org H #NATSinChicago
CHICAGO
NATIONAL STUDENT AUDITIONS
57TH NATIONAL CONFERENCE
AUDITION CATEGORIES
COORDINATORS
Category MT 3A Lower High School Musical Theatre Treble Voices MT 4A Lower High School Musical Theatre TBB Voices MT 3B Upper High School Musical Theatre Treble Voices MT 4B Upper High School Musical Theatre TBB Voices CL 3A Lower High School Classical Treble Voices CL 4A Lower High School Classical TBB Voices CL 3B Upper High School Classical Treble Voices CL 4B Upper High School Classical TBB Voices MT 5 Lower Musical Theatre Treble Voices MT 6 Lower Musical Theatre TBB Voices CL 5 Lower Classical Treble Voices CL 6 Lower Classical TBB Voices HJ 7 Hall Johnson Spirituals Competition (All Voice Types) MT 7 Upper Musical Theatre Treble Voices MT 8 Upper Musical Theatre TBB Voices CL 7 Upper Classical Treble Voices CL 8 Upper Classical TBB Voices CL 9 Advanced Classical Treble Voices CL 10 Advanced Classical TBB Voices
Length of Study No limit—all HS No limit—all HS No limit—all HS No limit—all HS No limit—all HS No limit—all HS No limit—all HS No limit—all HS 0–2 years post-HS 0–2 years post-HS 0–2 years post-HS 0–2 years post-HS post-High School 3-5 years post-HS 3-5 years post-HS 3-5 years post-HS 3-5 years post-HS 4 or more years post-HS 4 or more years post-HS
Age Range | Limit 14–16 | 9th or 10th Grade 14–16 | 9th or 10th Grade 16–19 | 11th or 12th Grade 16–19 | 11th or 12th Grade 14–16 | 9th or 10th Grade 14–16 | 9th or 10th Grade 16–19 | 11th or 12th Grade 16–19 | 11th or 12th Grade 22 22 22 22 17-23 25 25 25 25 22–30 22–30
National Student Auditions Coordinator: Daniel Johnson-Wilmot National Coordinator for Competitions and Auditions: Mark McQuade Site Coordinators: Rebecca Schorsch, John Hacker, and Mark Crayton Staff Pianist Coordinators: Dana Brown National Student Auditions Committee: Dan Johnson-Wilmot (Chair), Diana Allan, Carole Blankenship, Karen Brunssen, Allen Henderson, Mark McQuade, Robert Wells, Everett McCorvey, Amy Pfrimmer, Frank Ragsdale, Alisa Belflower MUTH Advisory Subcommittee Dan Johnson-Wilmot, Edrie Means Weekly, Mary Saunders Barton, Noel Smith, Alisa Belflower NSA Comments Subcommittee Dan Johnson-Wilmot, Amy Pfrimmer, Jerry Elsbernd, Julie Wieck, Mark Kano
AWARDS High School and Lower College Categories* $1,200 1st place in each category - Dorothy Sawatski Prize for the Lower College Treble Category $600 2nd place in each category $450 3rd place in each category
Upper College and Advanced Categories* $1,600 1st place in each category $900 2nd place in each category $500 3rd place in each category
Hall Johnson Spiritual Category* $2,000 1st place — sponsored by the Hall Johnson Estate $900 2nd place $500 3rd place
*Should there be a tie, an award will be pooled and divided evenly between the singers. Both winners will be named Place Winners. Not all prizes must be awarded in all categories, depending on enrollment and/or adjudication.
NSA 2022 Award Fund Contributors 2022 AWARD SPONSORS Hall Johnson Estate Hall Johnson Spiritual, 1st Pl National Association of Teachers of Singing Hall Johnson Spiritual, 2nd Pl, 3rd Pl • 2 full tuition scholarships to the American Spirituals Initiative at the Bay View Festival sponsored by the Bay View Music Festival • 1 full tuition scholarship to the American Spirituals Initiative sponsored by the American Spiritual Ensemble Nita Herrick-Colpitts Dorothy Sawatski Prize for 1st Place in the Lower College Treble Category
STAFF COLLABORATIVE PIANISTS Cody Michael Bradley Dana Brown Paula Gelpi Jonathan Gmeinder
Jodi Goble Nick Graffagna Steven Gross Linda Madonia
Jeffrey Poindexter Olga Slyanskaya Nick Sula
2021-22 DONOR CONTRIBUTIONS Donnie Ray Albert Laurence Albert Mary & Jack Anderson Jamie Baer-Peterson Ginger Beazley Frances Brockington Melinda Brou Karen Brunssen Bob Bryan Cal-Western Region Carol Chapman Connecticut Chapter of NATS Judy Ann Curtis Sarah Daughtrey Meghan Dibble Janice Edwards Kate Egan Ruth Ellis
Elizabeth Eschen Tod & Elaine Fitzpatrick Laurena Gatlin Kayla Gautereaux Melissa Givens Stephanie Henkle Bill Henson Nita Herrick-Colpitts Danielle Howard Vindhya Khare Julie & Josh Krugman. Kendra Krugman Marika Kyriakos Rita Larkin Kathleen Ludowise Kristen Matson Karen Michaels Ingrid Mueller Wendy Mullen
SEMIFINALIST VENUE SPONSOR Special thanks for Roosevelt University for serving as the host for the Semifinal Rounds and student sessions.
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Linda Poetschke April Pellegrini Jane Randolph Jolie Rocke Lisa Roy Bonnie Salewski Rebecca Salter Debra Smith Stephen Sudik Deborah Ann Thurlow Cynthia Vaughn Michael Warren Patricia Weis Robert Wells West Central Region Melanie Williams John Wright Adriana Zabala
SEMIFINALISTS BY CATEGORY MT 3A Lower High School Musical Theatre Treble Voices Gracie Bryant Elizabeth Hall Alivia Rowe Isabella Carroll Emily Humphreys Rebecca Schledwitz Natalie Graves Juliette Molina Caragh Zeigler Jayden Greicius Celia Reed MT 4A Lower High School Musical Theatre TBB Voices Kazmer Beaudry Anders Haglund William Russell Jacob Forney Brody Harpstrite Liam Swinney Keenan Friberg Jake Leonard William Wheaton Wesley Geary William Lovell MT 3B Upper High School Musical Theatre Treble Voices Sydney Barnes Janessa Minta Ashley Woytal Valerie Golobic Paige Robinson Anna Zavelson Elizabeth Howlett Elana Simard Norah Meisch Hannah Tramonte Kylie Merrill Carly Williams MT 4B Upper High School Musical Theatre TBB Voices Andrew Bakun Jack Haroutunian Jah’mez Moore Keith Bateman Joseph Harris Ron Earl Nicolas Parker Bowen Joseph Kayne Isaiah Raasch Jackson Daley Wilson Lindberg Charles Eastman Daman Mills Gavyn Falwell Samuel Milton CL 3A Lower High School Classical Treble Voices Isabelle Baron Brooke Huntzinger Viveka Saravanan Alicia Chu Lauren Kimball Claire Shirley Grace Chung Riah Lubansky Caragh Zeigler Olivia Corliss Tiffany McKalko Sophie Hill Leah Mendelin CL 4A Lower High School Classical TBB Voices Jesse Flaherty Patrick Logue Liam Swinney Wesley Geary William Lovell Eddie Qiwu Yin Tejas Gururaja Brayden Mizell Ryan Zhou Owen Kilgore Prithu Neog Trey Logeman Ryan Roberts CL 3B Upper High School Classical Treble Voices Darby Allen Janki Namboodiripad Sophia Stopyra Marie Conceicao Charly Rentz Fangzhen Wang Jana Harmon Alyssa Richardson Madeleine Zuckerman Paige Klemenhagen Paige Robinson Mary Margaret McNeil Ashley Stewart CL 4B Upper High School Classical TBB Voices Zachary Bushard Matthew Kleyman Daniel Uglunts Charles Eastman Luke Randazzo Dennis Xu Anders Haglund William Scarrow Henry Hsiao Sophia (Sam) Song MT 5 Lower Musical Theatre Treble Voices Olivia Adams Erika Hill Jillian (Jill) Stark Lily Brannigan Tia Lempert Kate Turner Camille Colley Claire Marshall Michea Walls CaSandra Kay Danubio Sitare Sadeghi Berri Harris Kaiya Shivers
MT 6 Lower Musical Theatre TBB Voices Kyle Bjorge Iván Moreno Benjamin Bowers Johnny Mulcahy Jared Brooks Jaden Reed Aryn Herndon Henry Seifried Nathan Le Jalen Tinsley CL 5 Lower Classical Treble Voices Abigail Arnold Elizabeth Hanje Caroline Carter Grace Hankins Ella Dabney Isabelle Kosempa Svea Hagen Ellie Martinson CL 6 Lower Classical TBB Voices Johnny Alves Chris Eaton Jack Burrows Travis Guillory Joseph Carlisle Jacob Huffty Matthew Dexter Matthew Juhlin Nicholas Dieux Evan June
Giovanni Valforte JD Willis
Abigail Sprague Marlena St. Jean
Gerard McCrohan Noah (Nevada) Messick James Wright
HJ 7 Hall Johnson Spirituals Competition Preston Anderson Jared Kellman-Medina Safiatou Souare Franklin Espinosa Tyshaun Knight Kourtnei Tucker Elijah Henderson Matthew Merritt Hanna Ward Timothy Hurtt Matthew Quarles MT 7 Upper Musical Theatre Treble Voices Hannah Carroll Lauren Janoschka Madysen Simanonis Jackera Davis Dani Major Christabel Sosa Allegra Greenawalt Anna Rumbolt Madison Stark Hannah Hufford Hannah Sapitan MT 8 Upper Musical Theatre TBB Voices Zach Barry Matt McCoy Anthony Blatter Johnny Rabe Cameron Carnes Dylan Ramirez Connor Klaassen Matthew Robison
Joel Rodriguez Blake Stevenson Noah Strube
CL 7 Upper Classical Treble Voices Isabella Abbrescia Gabriela Godin Ashley Brewer Molly McDonough Stephanie Chee Kennedy Miller Halle Fish Riley Ortega
Rufina Robbins Payton Tanner Anne Teeling
CL 8 Upper Classical TBB Voices Yonathan Astatke Ryan Hernandez Anthony Blatter Collin Jumes Hugh Davis Gabriel Lockheimer-Toso Kellan Dunlap John Momeyer
Jackson Ray Darius Scott Robert Wise
CL 9 Advanced Classical Treble Voices Alexandra Burch Ru Huang Parker Carls Alexandria Jackson Kristen English Yoo Jin Jung Katie Gatch Helaine Liebman Elizabeth Hayes Tess Ottinger CL 10 Advanced Classical TBB Voices Matthew Aiken Juan Garcia Conor Broaders Dylan Glenn Nicholas Carratura George Hegedus Seth Clarke Guillermo Keymolent Jacob Engel Jake Larcqua
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Michelle Ravitsky Tori Rudolph
Ryne Olson Xiao Shi Cameron Smith Sebastian Sorensen
SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL NATS NSA ADJUDICATORS Preliminary and Quarterfinal Round Adjudicators Aaron Agulay AJ Wester Alan Bennet Alexander Hahn Alexis Davis-Hazell Alina Ilchuk Alisa Belflower Allison Houston Amanda Pauley Amanda DeMaris Amanda Taylor Amy Jarman Amy Pfrimmer Amy Johns Amy Del Santo Amy Arye Andrea Dismukes Andrea Jarmon Andrew White Angela Collier Ann Greenan Ariana Wyatt Ayumi Nakamae Barbara Ann Peters Beatrice Bergér Gee Belinda Andrews-Smith Blayne Ziegenfuss Bradley Barrett Brandon Marcus Brendan Buckley Brian Bonin Brian Kuhnert Brian Horne Brian Nedvin Brian Leeper Bruce Perry Bruce Perry Byron Jones Caitlin Mohr Cara Transtrom Carole Blankenship Caroline Smith Carolyne DalMonte Carrie Stevens
Casey Carter Cassie Okenka Catherine McDaniel Chad Sloan Chad Sonka Charlene Pauls Charles Moore Chelsea Stotter Chris Thompson Christi Amonson Christian Morren Christina Russo Christina Dragoo Christine Seitz Christopher McKim CJ Greer Claire Vangelisti Constance Roberts Craig Price Craig Allen Cristina Castaldi Crystal Johnson Cynthia Johnson Dana Zenobi Danielle Howard Darla Pumphrey Deborah Popham Debra Rentz Denise Howell Diana Allan Diana Livingston Friedley Diane Reich Dierdre Welborn Dominic Armstrong Elizabeth Winstead Elizabeth Linnartz Elizabeth Daniels Ellie Seligman Elliot Archer Eric Balboni Eric Brown Erin Pettit Erin Lippard Eva Kendrick
Evan Jones Frances Brockington Frank Ward Gary Green George Spitzer Gigi Schwartzman Grant Knox Gregory Brookes Hannah Murray Heather Romig Hilerie Klein Rensi Ivalah Allen Jacob Lassetter Jamie Van Eyck Jamie-Rose Guarrine Janani Sridhar Jaunelle Celaire Jean Wozencraft-Orenllas Jeanai LaVita Jeanne Fischer Jeff Bauman Jeff Seppala Jeff Carter Jennifer Wilson Jennifer Mather Jeremy Hunt Jeremy Powell Jerry Elsbernd Jessica Doylr-Mekkes Joel Balzun John Pierce John Grau John Wright Jon Gruett Jon Bassett Joshua May Joy Burdette Juan Héctor Pereira Judith Raiford Julie Krugman Julie Ann Wieck Kara Quello Karen Brunssen Kate Egan
Kathleen Martin Kathryn Gresham Kathy Cammett Katie DeFiglio Katie Tupper Keely Phillips-Carter Kelley Hijleh Kelly Burns Ken Prewitt Kenneth Wood Kerstin O’Shields Kim Robson Kim Bentley Kimberley Davis Kimberly Moeller Kimberly Lauritson Korianne Johnson Krista Wilhelmsen Kristen Wunderlich Kristin Clark Laura Mashburn Laura Osgood Brown Laura Shepherd Laura Matern Laurie Lashbrook Leah Kennedy Leanne Freeman-Miller Liesl Dromi Lila Noonkester Lindsay Whitney Lindsay Cummings Lisa Barksdale Lisa Odom Loretta Haskell Lori Sen Lynn Holliman Madeleine Gray Marcía Porter Margaret Woods Maribeth Crawford Maribeth Hahn Mark Kano Marquese Carter Mary Ellen Schauber
Matt Ogelsby Mei Zhong Melanie Williams Melinda Brou Melissa Chavez Melissa Trinkman MeredithCornwell Meredith Ziegler Michael Preacely Michelle McIntire Michelle Haché Mimmi Fulmer Mitchell Hutchings Molly Holleran Monica Williams Nathan Krueger Nicholas Provenzale Nicholas Larson Nicole Jensen Nina Tober Noel Clark Patricia Callaway Patricia Thompson Patricia Weis Paula Patterson Paula Patterson Paula Corbin Swalin Paula Patterson Peggy Holloway Phyllis Horridge Polly Baldridge Rachel Goldenberg Rachel Warrick Rachel Stenbuck Rachel Verlarde Rebecca Pieper Rebecca Coberly Rebecca Salter Rebecca Wilson Reg Pittman Regina Torres Reverie Berger Richard Kosowski Robert Chafin
Semifinal Round Adjudicators Amanda Majeski Bradlet Barrett Caroline Simyon Cathy Siarris Chad Sonka Chris Thompson Christina Amonson Claire Vangelisti Craig Allen David Mannell
Deborah Lucas (McCarthy) Denise Rivera Diedre Welborn Elena Batman Elizabeth Winstead Erin McCarthy Frank Ragsdale Gaye Klopak Ivalah Allen Jeanai La Vita
Julie Krugman Karen Rees Kyle Stegall Liesl Dromi Linda DiFiore Lisa Sain Odom Loraine Sims Mark Crayton Mary Jane McCloskey Mary Saunders Barton
Matthew Hoch Melanie Sonnenberg Melinda Brou Michael Preacely Nicholas Provenzale Nicole Jensen Rachel Velarde Randall Umstead Rebecca Pieper Rebecca Salter
Reg Pittman Robin Cotton Shan Han Stephen Lancaster Stephen Ng Susan Bender Susan Dennis-Patton T. Jordan McCarthy William Hudson
Robert Strauss Robert Barefield Robin Cotton Roma Prindle Ron Land Ryan Bede Sarah Daughtrey Sarah Holman Sarah Maines Sarah Dautrey Saundra DeAthos-Meers Scott LaGraff Serena LaRoche Shari Speer Sharon Campbell Shelby VanNordstrand Shellie Beeman Stella Roden Stephanie Thorpe Stephanie Fox Stephen Lancaster Steve Bogard Surso Jaclyn Susan Blyth-Schofield Susan Wallin Sylvia Stoner-Hawkins Tana Field Tara Warfield Taylor Hightower Teri Bickham Thomas Jones Tracey Ford Vanessa Jump Nelson Victoria Vargas Wayne Pope WeiShu Tsai Wendy Morgan-Hunter Wendy Hillhouse Will Perkins Yvonne Gonzales Redman
Final Round Adjudicators Alexis Davis-Hazell Marcía Porter Kevin Wilson John Wright
Make Plans for NSA in 2023 and 2024! • Audition in your region competition. • Advance to the NATS National Student Auditions. • Win your share of more than $35,000 in prizes. Five singers from each regional category with a national category equivalent will advance to the National Online Preliminary Round. The top 14 singers from each category in the Preliminary Round will advance to the National Semifinal Round. The top three singers from each category will advance to the National Final Round. Prize money is awarded to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners. Eligibility: All singers ages 14-30 as of your regional audition date.
2023
Early April 2023: NSA National Preliminary Round Application Deadline (by invitation only) Summer 2023: NSA Semifinal and Final Rounds during the NATS 2023 Summer Workshop, Location TBD
2024
Early April 2024: NSA National Preliminary Round Application Deadline (by invitation only) June 28 – July 2, 2024: National Student Auditions Semifinal and Final Rounds during the NATS 58th National Conference, Knoxville, Tennessee
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