Registration and Fees

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Registration for the CWR NATS hybrid auditions will open October 6, 2023, and close November 9, 2023. We will be maintaining our recommended deadlines for districts:

Utah District Deadline: 11-4-23

Arizona District Deadline:  11-5-23

Northern California District Deadline:  11-6-23

Southern California Deadline:  11-7-23

Hawaii District: 11-8-23

Nevada District Deadline: 11-9-23

Teachers register their students and themselves on the new NATS software AuditionNow (instructions below).  All teachers with students registered must judge auditions in any round in which they have students or they must provide a substitute judge.  No exceptions.  If you have more than fifteen entries, you will be required to provide an additional judge for each additional grouping of 1-15 entries.

All students must participate in the video round of the hybrid auditions. For information about the video requirements, please visit our video instructions. **Please note that student categories are determined by student grade and age as of September 1, 2023. ** This is a change.

Also new for this year: any student under 18 participating in the live round will need to submit signed chaperone forms certifying that they will be accompanied by a chaperone.  The chaperone cannot be the student’s teacher. More information will be provided when semi-finalists are announced in December. 

Judging for the first round will take place online between November 16 and December 7. More information about the audition structure and timeline can be found here.   All students must study with a NATS teacher. Specific category and repertoire requirements can be found here.  **Students must sing the same repertoire in all rounds of the auditions. 

Fees:  

Teacher registration: $55

Student registration: $45 (includes conference registration and 1 category)

Additional categories (per student): $30

Instructions:

Before registering, please have the following information for each student:

1. Date of birth
2. Home address and phone number
3. Email address
4. Title and Composer for each piece being submitted.
5. Separate YouTube links for each piece being submitted.
6. 
   

While you’ll still need to enter all of this information into AuditionNow, NATS offers this pdf that your students can fill out for Items 1-3.

To register:

• Login to nats.org
• Click on your name in the upper right hand corner of the screen.
• Scroll down to the Auditions section, and click on the “NATS Auditions” button. You will automatically be logged into the AuditionNow site.
• Choose “Cal-Western Region” from the Location menu in the upper left corner.
• Click on CWR Auditions in the Event menu in the center of the page.

For questions about repertoire, audition timeline, and video submissions, please contact Emily at auditions@calwestnats.org.  For technical questions, please contact Justin at jplank.nats@gmail.com.