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