Texoma National Association of Teachers of Singing Conference

Exciting things are happening in the next few days!  From Thursday November 11 through Saturday November 13, 2015 the Wanda L. Bass School of Music plays host to the 2015 Texoma National Association of Teachers of Singing Conference.  Talented singers from all over Texas and Oklahoma will be here to compete for several prizes.  Often those competitions are open for public viewing and are free for interested families of the competitors, as well as local students faculty and staff to view.   I'm going to provide a schedule of events for this because some of the events are available to view even if you are not a member of the conference.  For instance, the Nathan Gunn performance on Friday evening is part of the Distinguished Artist Concert Series and tickets are available for that for $20 to the general public.  Please call 405-208-5227 to speak to the box office or go to www.okcu.edu/tickets.

65th Texoma NATS Regional Conference

Oklahoma City University

Wanda L. Bass School of Music

2501 N. Blackwelder

Oklahoma City, OK 73106

November 11-14, 2015

 

Schedule of Events

 

Edward Baird Singer of the Year Preliminary Round

November 11, 2015

 

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2015

12:30p	Edward Baird Singer of the Year Preliminaries	Petree Recital Hall

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2015

10-10:50a	Artist Series 1 Once Upon a Time: Fairy Tales in Art Song Leslie John Flanagan, baritone Elizabeth Avery, piano	Petree Recital Hall
11-11:50a	Artist Series 2 Dominick Argento’s “From the Diary of Virginia Woolf”: A Musical Glimpse into a Writer’s Mind Jacquelyn Matava, mezzo-soprano Mark Alexander, piano	Petree Recital Hall
12:30-1:20p	Artist Series 3 Don Quichotte in Film and Musical Theater David Robinson, baritone; Jan McDaniel, piano	Petree Recital Hall
2:00-2:50p	Artist Series 4 Primary Colors: The Musical Collaboration of Sister Helen Prejean and Jake Hegge Catherine McDaniel, mezzo-soprano; Jan McDaniel, piano, Parthena Owens, flute	Petree Recital Hall
3:00-3:50p	Artist Series 5 Rufus Wainright’s “Songs for Lulu” when a Singer-Songwriter crosses over into Art Song Nicole Asel, mezzo-soprano Eric Jenkins, piano	Petree Recital Hall
8:00p	Oklahoma City University Opera Music Theatre Presents Don Pasquale	Kirkpatrick Auditorium

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2015

9-9:50a	Artist Series 6 What’s on Your Bookshelf:  The Well-Read Pedagogue’s Guide to a Studio Library Debra Greschner	Petree Rectial Hall
10-10:50a	Artist Series 7 Langston Hughes in Poetry and SongDonna Mitchell-Cox, soprano; Erica Thomas, reader; Lorne Richstone, piano	Petree Recital Hall
11-12:30p	Master Class        Stanford Olsen, tenor University of Michigan	Petree Recital Hall
1:30 -2:20p	Artist Series 8 Jean Sibelius as a Song Composer Sooah Park, soprano Vicki Conway, piano	Petree Recital Hall
8:00p	Guest Artist Recital Nathan and Julie Gunn	Kirkpatrick Auditorium

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2015

9:30a	Announcement of Semi-finalists           College divisions (VIIA-XIV)	Kirkpatrick Auditorium
12:00p	Announcement of Semi-finals     Youth divisions (IIIA-IVB)	Petree Recital Hall
2:00p	Edward Baird  Singer of the Year   Final Competition and Presentation	Kirkpatrick Auditorium
3:30p	Announcement of all Finalists	Kirkpatrick Auditorium
7:00p	Finals: Divisions XIB-XIV	Kirkpatrick Auditorium
	Announcement of Grady Harlan Award Winner