Schedule

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AUDITION AND CONFERENCE SCHEDULE - CWR NATS 2025

@ GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY - PHOENIX ARIZONA

1/17/25 FRIDAY

10:00 AM - 10:00 PM - Rehearsal Space Available

4:00 PM Registration Opens

6:30-8:00PM Welcome Reception

MOSAIC, Affinity Groups - Ethington Lobby - Building #21

1/18/25 SATURDAY

8:00 AM Registration Desk Opens (Building #35 lobby)

Raffle tickets available for purchase

9:00 AM Mandatory Auditions Judges Meeting

9:30 AM - 6:00 PM CWR NATS Auditions Semi-Finals

Student Workshops - Building 19

10:00AM Melissa Treinkman - Healthy Belting HINTS (High School)

10:30AM Melissa Heath - Ornamentation 101 (College and Up)

11:30AM - Emma England - Communicating Text (Youth)

12:30PM - Robyn Frey-Monell - How to Character (Youth)

1:00PM - Valdis Jansons - Singing What Is Not Written: Margins of Interpretation and Stylistic Nuances in Italian Repertoire from Mozart to Verismo. (College and up - volunteers needed)

2:00PM - Robyn Frey-Monell How to Character (High School)

3:00pm - Rachel Stoddard -  Expressing Character with Confidence for the Young Classical Singer  (Youth)

3:30PM - Rebacca Plack - Creativity, authenticity, and personal expression in 17th- and 18th-century Italian arias (High School)

4:30PM SNATS SUMMIT with Megan Gillespie - 

Power (Soft) Skills for Performers - all ages welcome.

(Students may attend any workshop, but should expect the material to be focused on the target audience.

7:00  PM Seussical at Phoenix Theatre - CWR NATS Discount Night! 

(Discount tickets Jan 16-19 Promo Code: SING !!!) 

***Top 3 winners in each category announced before midnight on the website - calwestnats.org

1/19/25 SUNDAY

9:00 AM Registration Desk Opens

9:00-10:20 AM  MT Voice Clinic with Amanda DeMaris 

10:00-11:20 AM CM Voice Clinic with Jeremy Aye 

11:00AM-12:20PM Classical Voice Clinic with Carole FitzPatrick

12:00-4:00PM Raffle Prizes available for pick-up at the registration desk. Winners notified by email and a list will be posted.

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM   CWR NATS Auditions Finals

5:30 PM Awards Ceremony

ONLINE CONFERENCE SESSIONS

• Available on our website.
• On January 17, an email will go out to all who have registered with detailed instructions on how to log in.