2008 Singing
Festival Final Standings
2008 Singing
Festival Final Standings (Word document)
Winners Recital
Program
Dear SFBACNATS Members!
What a wonderful Singing Festival we had on March 15th. Our thanks to Alan
Shearer, gracious host at California State University East Bay – Hayward. We
appreciate all the logistical work you do to make an event like this run
smoothly. Again, many thanks to April McNealy, who stepped in and
orchestrated this huge event with only two months time and kept everything
running like clockwork. Thanks also to the Board Members there and working
all day: Dorothy Barnhouse, Joshua Elder, Sue Field, Diana Rae Ryan and of
course April.
And now a thanks to all of you for your work and efforts. We had 25 teachers
in attendance (working) and 165 student participants. Our two newest chapter
members, Marina Lynch and Justin Montigne, jumped right in. Welcome Aboard!
Everyone was ready for the day and excited to be there. The calm beginning
arranged by April really set the mood and continued throughout the day.
Congratulations to all of you for the evidence of good teaching in your
students' performances. Thank you for all of your efforts in their behalf.
Each division showed the progression of learning happening in your studios.
This is one of the best festivals I have attended.
A change to this year's recital, to be fairer for all, the winner of each
division sang one piece. There were truly wonderful singers and growth
evident in each progressing division. The recital provided the perfect end
to a fabulous festival. The teachers in attendance adjudicated and were
happy to award the Barlow Award, the Emerging Artist and the Cohen Award to
three very deserving singers this year. They are listed in the attached
program. After Audrey Howitt, Treasurer, determines the net profit from the
entry fees, the board will be able to determine the monetary award to each
division winner. I have attached program modified with results which will be
posted to the website soon and appear in the next newsletter.
Thank you, thank you, and thank you for a wonderful day of singing. I hope
we are all invigorated and inspired to continue in the quest of beautiful
singing. Bravi tutti!!
Sharon Kaye
President, SFBACNATS
Purpose of the Festival
The annual San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of NATS Singing Festival offers to
our Membership’s students
• Motivation toward vocal and musical growth
• Encouragement toward the preparation of appropriate repertoire for many
genres of music
• An opportunity to sing before qualified and impartial judges and to
receive constructive criticism of their performance
• An opportunity to have outstanding musical talent and vocal achievement
recognized by teachers and peers
Categories and Divisions
We offer four categories in which singers may participate: Art Song, Aria,
Musical Theater and Late Bloomers. Please note that participants in Div. 15 (vocational),
may enter only that division; students in
other categories may enter two divisions. Students may enter any division
“for comments only” by indicating that preference on their Repertoire and
Judge’s Comment Sheet.
Winners' Concert and Awards
All First Place winners are expected to participate in the Winners’ Concert.
Winners may elect to perform any portion of the repertoire they submitted
for performance in the festival, with a time limit to be determined by the
Festival Chair. If the winner of a division is unable to perform at the
Winners’ Concert, the second place recipient will be invited to participate
and compete for the Barlow and/or Emerging Artist Award. Anyone who has
participated in the Festival is invited to attend the recital and the
reception to follow. There will be no additional participation fee or
admission charge.
Edwin Barlow Scholarship and
Emerging Artist Award: The
Barlow Scholarship was established in 1995 as a tribute to Edwin Barlow, a
local teacher, performer and NATS member who died in 1994. At the Winners’
Concert, participating students will be evaluated by SFBAC Member Teachers
to identify winners of the Barlow Award and/or an Emerging Artist Award. The
judges may decide to present one, both, or neither of these awards.
More information will be posted as it become available.
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