World Voice Day Special Event: Bryan Wagorn in Conversation and Masterclass
World Voice Day Special Event: Bryan Wagorn in Conversation and Masterclass
When: Wednesday, April 16, 2025, 7-8:30pm
Where: Open Jar Studios, 1601 Broadway (48th & Broadway, entrance on Broadway), 11th Floor (Studio 12L)
Cost: Free | Please RVSP at this link: https://forms.gle/xVTRcU3HRfHXhJMe9
What: NATS NYC Chapter presents the Metropolitan Opera’s Bryan Wagorn in conversation with Peter Thoresen (Classical Singer Magazine & NATS NYC Board Member). The evening will include a discussion and Q&A about Wagorn’s experiences working with singers ranging from students to today’s top artists. This free World Voice Day event will conclude with a masterclass with 2 preselected singers.
Bryan Wagorn serves as Assistant Conductor at the Metropolitan Opera, and he regularly performs throughout North America, Europe, and Asia as a soloist, chamber musician, and recital accompanist the world’s leading singers, including Anthony Roth Costanzo, Lise Davidsen, and Nadine Sierra. Wagon holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Manhattan School of Music, where he serves as a member of the Collaborative Piano Faculty.
College Teaching Jobs in Music— the Inside Track
Learn the winning strategies needed to upgrade your application materials and interview skills—so you stand a chance of landing the job. In this hands-on zoom session, Angela will present examples, go over her top 10 do's and don'ts for CVs, and even conduct some "hot seat" mock interview coaching. Bring your questions and leave with the answers you need to make the short list.
RSVP to natsnyc2@gmail.com. Please do RSVP in advance (!) so that Angela can send you the "Musician's Pathfinder Guide" with her top six coaching questions to get your career in forward motion!
The author of the classic “Beyond Talent: Creating a Successful Career in Music,” Angela Myles Beeching is the former director of career and entrepreneurship programs at Manhattan School of Music, Indiana University, and New England Conservatory. Ms. Beeching maintains a thriving online career coaching practice helping musicians get more of their best work out into the world so they can become the artists they are meant to be. She writes a popular weekly e-newsletter with music career tips and insights, which you can get along with a free copy of her Musician’s Pathfinder Guide at http://AngelaBeeching.com
Student Auditions
Teachers College, Columbia University
Join NATS-NYC for the 2024/25 Student Auditions! All participants will receive valuable feedback from an esteemed panel of judges. Winners will receive cash prizes and be featured in-recital following the competition.
For more information, click here.
News They Can Use: Giving Practical Feedback
Acclaimed pedagogue Lynn Helding, author of The Musician's Mind: Teaching, Learning and Performance in the Age of Brain Science, presents “News They Can Use: Giving Practice Feedback." Helding will offer practical advice based in research from both cognitive and developmental psychology about how to construct useful assessments.
NYC Song & Dance!
An afternoon exploring voice and movement through Yoga, Jazz, CCM, and Tango!
Teachers College, Columbia University.
Beyond the Binary Voice
Opera America Center (330 7th Ave, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10001).
The evening will begin with a light and leisurely reception at 6:30 p.m. and will include discussions with teachers and singers as well as a special presentation by Broadway/theatre casting professionals Duncan Stewart and Patrick Maravilla. We will be discussing working with nonbinary and transgender performers in the studio, and new and shifting paradigms and norms in casting, and in the profession.
We hope that you will be able to join us for this special evening, and wish you and your students all the best for the new school year/season.
To register visit https://loom.ly/CLlHTJA
World Voice Day: Community Sing with Dr. Darryl Jordan
Teachers College, Columbia University
Come and join us as we explore a diverse range of vocal styles including Gospel, Jazz, and CCM songs in an ensemble setting. All levels are welcome to attend! Come and build a Community of Singers with NATS-NYC!
Masterclass with Dr. Carleen Graham
Teachers College, Columbia University
Dr. Carleen Graham currently serves as Dean of the Vocal Division at Manhattan School of Music. Three participants will be selected to sing for Dr. Graham and receive industry feedback in front of a live audience.
Student Auditions
Teachers College, Columbia University
Join NATS-NYC for the 2022/23 Student Auditions! All participants will receive valuable feedback from an esteemed panel of judges. Winners will receive cash prizes and be featured in-recital following the competition.
For more information, click here.
The Kids Are Alright. Or Are They?
Opera America. 330 7th Avenue, 7th Floor, NYC.
Re-entering the world of live performance, post-Covid, poses unique challenges to the younger generation of students. Join us as we speak with Julie Boyd (Professional Actress & Professor of Theater and Performance Arts at The New School, Queens College, Arts Bridge, and Director of Summer Music Theater at Fordham University) to gain valuable insights about how these challenges may present both emotionally and psychologically in studio, and develop best practices for helping your student.
Voice in Performance: Speaking and Singing
For World Voice Day, Joan Melton will present in a workshop format exploring connections between the singing and speaking voice.
Sakura Park, 122nd St, North of Riverside Drive.
Click here for more details about the location, including a map.
Student Auditions
Click here to learn about the November 2021 NATS-NYC Student Auditions.
Join us on Zoom for the NATS-NYC Fall 2021 Student Auditions Award Ceremony & Winners' Recital
Contemporary Styles Masterclass with Kevin Wilson
Kevin Wilson joined the Boston Conservatory voice faculty in 2008 and is an associate professor of voice. He teaches applied voice for musical theater and vocal performance, as well as the courses Structure and Function of the Singing Mechanism, Vocal Pedagogy, Applied Teaching Practicum, and Foundations of Voice Technique. He also serves as director of the Conservatory's Vocal Pedagogy Professional Workshop.
To view the program for the master class, click here.
Join us on Zoom for the event.
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Shifting Ground:
What we've learned and what we need to learn
Thursday, September 23, 2021 at 7pm on Zoom.
Taking a look at diversity, equity and inclusion in the theater and opera communities, particularly with BIPOC and trans voices. We will also look at what we've learned through COVID about teaching and performing online.
Guest speakers include:
Natalie Douglas - BIPOC voices
Gwendolyn Walker - Trans voices
David Sabella - Teaching and Performing Technology
To join, click here.
Student Auditions
Click here to learn about the April 2021 NATS-NYC Student Auditions, coinciding with World Voice Day.
World Voice Day - 2021
On the occasion of World Voice Day 2021, NATS-NYC is excited to present a vocal masterclass with soprano, writer, poet, composer, and educator Adrienne Danrich, which will livestream on the afternoon of our annual Student Auditions on April 18th at 3pm EDT.
Meet & Greet - Singing Cabaret
David Sabella and Sue Matsuki introduce their new book So You Want to Sing Cabaret, and explore how to perform cabaret in a virtual world.
