Conference Schedule NW NATS 2019
I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing!
Technology & Community in Teaching Singing
Welcome to another Northwestern Regional Conference! The place to learn, gather with familiar faces, make new friendships, and fill your bag with new teaching tricks and tools for your studio. This NATS Northwestern Regional Conference is being held in beautiful British-Columbia at the conveniently located Vancouver Symphony Orchestra School of Music, right in downtown Vancouver. This promises to be a wonderful weekend learning opportunity for all NATS teachers, students and colleagues.
We will again be enjoying the exciting NATSAA competition during our regional conference. It will take place in the same location at the beautiful VSO School of Music. The first round will be held on Friday November 1 from 9am-5pm, and the final regional round on Saturday evening, November 2. All events take place in Pratt Hall of the VSO School unless otherwise indicated. Friday November 1 NATSAA9 am to 6 pm. NATSAA Preliminaries - Ensemble Room Small Audience Welcome REGISTRATION & MEET AND GREET 4 pm. Registration Opens - Foyer outside Pyatt Hall 5:00-6:30 pm. Meet and Greet & Vendor tables - Salon OPENING SESSIONS: COMMUNITY AND COMMUNICATION (Pyatt Hall) 6:30-7 Opening Ceremony & First People Blessing (Vancouver Chapter) 7-7:50 Communication Skills with S. Rebeqa Rivers BREAK 8-9:00 Singing Through Change: Working with Women in Midlife, Menopause, and Beyond with Nancy Bos 9-9:30 Community Singalong - Vancouver Chapter Saturday November 2 MORNING SESSIONS: VOICE PROFESSIONS AND PROFESSIONALS 8:00-9:00 AM Break-out Breakfasts (Academic and Studio) 9:30-10:25 Making Friends with an SLP with Sherri Zelazny 10:30-11:30 Music Therapy: An Interactive Introduction with Stephen Williams 11:30-11:40 Coffee Break PLENARY SPEAKER: BRIAN HORNE 11:40-12:30 Formants for Dummies with Brian Horne 12:30-1:00 Housekeeping/NATS Foundation 1:00-2:30 Banquet at Glowbal Restaurant AFTERNOON SESSIONS: REPERTOIRE 2:45-3:45 Masterclass with Brian Horne 3:45-4:00 Coffee Break 4:00-4:45 Recalling Schubert’s Winterreise with Catherine Laub 4:45-5:10 Hooray for Hollywood! with Kevin Helppie 5:10-7:00 Dinner (on your own) EVENING: NATSAA FINALS 7:00-9:30 NATSAA Competition Final Round Sunday November 3 MORNING SESSIONS: TECHNOLOGY 8:00-9:15 AM Leadership Breakfast with RG, DG’s and Chapter Presidents 9:30-10:20 More Students and Passive Income with Robert J. Lunte 10:30-11:20 Video Auditions for the Performing Arts with Donovan Skaggs 11:30-12:20 YouTube and Online Lessons with Valerie White Williams 12:30-1:00 Wrap-up with a Raffle! |
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