07 September 2020
Hello Families!
As most of you know, the 2020 NATS Music Theater Competition will be held virtually this year. Students will need to bring a friend or family member to record and upload their videos (iPhones and iPads are suggested -- make sure you have enough storage space for the video files!).
The cost will be $75 to participate ($55 accompanist fee, $20 NATS application fee). Please send in a check or let me know if you'd like me to charge your card.
All YouTube links should be emailed to me at hensley.jenna@gmail.com by midnight Oct0ber 09, 2020.
Below is our recording schedule. Also, please read NATS Alaska's official guidance, pasted below.
I know this might have been confusing! Please feel free to text me directly with any questions: 907-717-7079
Monday September 28
11:30 - Helena Radford
Good Morning Baltimore
So in Love
Gorgeous
12:30 - Rachel Nielsen
Till There Was You
Someone Like You
No One is Alone
1:30 - Charlotte Wagner
On My Own
I Have Dreamed
Pulled
2:30 - Josh Paulson
Stars
The Man of La Mancha
Some Enchanted Evening
3:30 - Sophia York
Simple Little Things
Unexpected Song
Raining
Friday October 02
1:30 - Madison Dooley
I'll Be Here
Hello Young Lovers
Adelaide's Lament
2:30 - Helena Provencio
Someone Like You
The Sound of Music
Adelaide's Lament
3:30 - Clara Randall
Watch What Happens
Moonfall
I Have Confidence
5:00 - Makaylen King
There is Music in You
Without You
With You
6:00 - Brooke Congdon
Till There Was You
Burn
I Can Hear the Bells
--
National Association of Teachers of Singing - Alaska Chapter
Music Theatre/Contemporary Commercial Competition
Recording Location
• You should record your video in the spirit of a live audition or recital performance.
• You may record in a home, school, church, synagogue, recital hall, rehearsal room, or voice studio with good natural acoustics with or without an audience. Select a space with a nice background and the best acoustics possible.
• You should dress professionally, as you would for a recital or live audition.
Recording Instructions
• You should record a separate unedited video for each selection on your repertoire list.
• Your camera should record from a fixed position as if three adjudicators were seated in front of you.
• You should face straight forward to the camera as you would appear to adjudicators in a live audition.
• Your video recordings must clearly show your face and most of the body, from the knees up.
Suggestions for Best Video Quality
• Recent models of iPhone, iPad, or Android devices will have the best sound and video quality.
• Record in landscape mode. (Hold device horizontally while recording)
• When using a backup track, place the speaker close to the recording device rather than close to the singer.
• Do a test video and check the balance of the piano and voice. Adjust the distance of the singer or piano track to get a good balance of sound.
Accompanist
• You may sing with a live accompanist, who is not your teacher, in your video entries.
• If the room is too small to show both you and your accompanist at the same time, pan the camera before you perform to show your accompanist in one of your video selections. (Do not pan the camera during the performance as it does not conform to video guidelines)
• Accompanists must play from legal publications that are compliant with the Copyright law.
• The accompanist may use a page turner who is not the singer’s teacher.
Performance
• Introduce each selection at the beginning of the video.
“I will sing—Title of Composition---by— Composer—and if appropriate—from---Title of Work.”
*The identity of your teacher, school and region should not be revealed.
• You must perform each of your selections from memory on your recording.
Pandemic Concerns
Due to the unprecedented nature of the times in which we find ourselves, with growing travel restrictions, school closings (and/or transitions to online instruction), and wide-spread health concerns, we know it will be nearly impossible for many to meet and record videos with live accompanists during this time. Therefore, during this crisis students will be allowed to record audition videos using pre-recorded tracks such as found on: Accompanist, Hal Leonard’s Virtual Library, or other similar sources that offer piano-only accompaniments. YouTube Karaoke Tracks are also acceptable as long as they are piano only. NO orchestrated tracks or tracks with other instruments or voices will be acceptable and would result in disqualification. It will also be acceptable to use tracks that are recorded by your teacher or your pianist (who know you and your interpretation). Additionally, in this extreme circumstance, should student and teacher be in the same location, a teacher may accompany a singer in the recording, but the teacher should not be visible in the recording directly or on any reflected surface (mirror, piano surface, etc.). Please note that this will not be an accepted precedent for future auditions, but is rather an isolated exception necessitated by a highly unusual global crisis. Because of this, videos will not be required to show the pianist.
Preparing the YouTube Video
Settings
• Please note that you must select "unlisted" in the Privacy settings found under the broadcasting and Sharing Options section when uploading your video file to YouTube. (Unlisted adds one layer of privacy by making it unsearchable. It can only be accessed using a direct link.)
• If you select "private," adjudicators will not be able to access your submission(s). If you select “public” it may cause issues with copyright.
• How to upload a Youtube video: https://youtu.be/JOr7JluzEOM
Video Titles and Links
• Each video title should contain the singer’s name and the name of the local, regional, or national audition based on the audition for which you are submitting the video. (i.e. Jane Doe – Eastern Region NATS) If the same video is used for a different audition, the video title MUST be changed to reflect the new audition. (i.e. From the Eastern Region to the National Preliminary Round.)
• In the YouTube “Notes” section, please include the Title, Composer, and Larger Work (if applicable).
• YouTube Channel Titles & Images must NOT reveal Teacher, School, or Studio affiliations.
Submission
• In the application, provide the web link/address for each video that corresponds to the appropriate repertoire selection – either 1, 3, or 4 total selections, depending on your category.
• Add the videos in the order you would like the adjudicators to view them. The adjudicators will watch the first piece in its entirety, then choose portions of the second, third or fourth during the allotted time for the category at their own discretion.
• Please double check the links you provide for each video before submitting your application.
Invalid Videos
• The following video problems would make them invalid.
• Videos revealing the teacher’s identity, the region of the singer, or the school they attend.
• Videos with “private’ sharing options (see above).
• Videos that pan and zoom during performances.
• Videos using recording equipment that alters the acoustics of the venue or the sound quality of the singer by adding/subtracting reverb or altering the pitches being sung. (Reverb is only allowed on CCM videos, and only in moderation.)
• Videos that are digitally altered or enhanced.
Hello Families!
As most of you know, the 2020 NATS Music Theater Competition will be held virtually this year. Students will need to bring a friend or family member to record and upload their videos (iPhones and iPads are suggested -- make sure you have enough storage space for the video files!).
The cost will be $75 to participate ($55 accompanist fee, $20 NATS application fee). Please send in a check or let me know if you'd like me to charge your card.
All YouTube links should be emailed to me at hensley.jenna@gmail.com by midnight Oct0ber 09, 2020.
Below is our recording schedule. Also, please read NATS Alaska's official guidance, pasted below.
I know this might have been confusing! Please feel free to text me directly with any questions: 907-717-7079
Monday September 28
11:30 - Helena Radford
Good Morning Baltimore
So in Love
Gorgeous
12:30 - Rachel Nielsen
Till There Was You
Someone Like You
No One is Alone
1:30 - Charlotte Wagner
On My Own
I Have Dreamed
Pulled
2:30 - Josh Paulson
Stars
The Man of La Mancha
Some Enchanted Evening
3:30 - Sophia York
Simple Little Things
Unexpected Song
Raining
Friday October 02
1:30 - Madison Dooley
I'll Be Here
Hello Young Lovers
Adelaide's Lament
2:30 - Helena Provencio
Someone Like You
The Sound of Music
Adelaide's Lament
3:30 - Clara Randall
Watch What Happens
Moonfall
I Have Confidence
5:00 - Makaylen King
There is Music in You
Without You
With You
6:00 - Brooke Congdon
Till There Was You
Burn
I Can Hear the Bells
--
National Association of Teachers of Singing - Alaska Chapter
Music Theatre/Contemporary Commercial Competition
Recording Location
• You should record your video in the spirit of a live audition or recital performance.
• You may record in a home, school, church, synagogue, recital hall, rehearsal room, or voice studio with good natural acoustics with or without an audience. Select a space with a nice background and the best acoustics possible.
• You should dress professionally, as you would for a recital or live audition.
Recording Instructions
• You should record a separate unedited video for each selection on your repertoire list.
• Your camera should record from a fixed position as if three adjudicators were seated in front of you.
• You should face straight forward to the camera as you would appear to adjudicators in a live audition.
• Your video recordings must clearly show your face and most of the body, from the knees up.
Suggestions for Best Video Quality
• Recent models of iPhone, iPad, or Android devices will have the best sound and video quality.
• Record in landscape mode. (Hold device horizontally while recording)
• When using a backup track, place the speaker close to the recording device rather than close to the singer.
• Do a test video and check the balance of the piano and voice. Adjust the distance of the singer or piano track to get a good balance of sound.
Accompanist
• You may sing with a live accompanist, who is not your teacher, in your video entries.
• If the room is too small to show both you and your accompanist at the same time, pan the camera before you perform to show your accompanist in one of your video selections. (Do not pan the camera during the performance as it does not conform to video guidelines)
• Accompanists must play from legal publications that are compliant with the Copyright law.
• The accompanist may use a page turner who is not the singer’s teacher.
Performance
• Introduce each selection at the beginning of the video.
“I will sing—Title of Composition---by— Composer—and if appropriate—from---Title of Work.”
*The identity of your teacher, school and region should not be revealed.
• You must perform each of your selections from memory on your recording.
Pandemic Concerns
Due to the unprecedented nature of the times in which we find ourselves, with growing travel restrictions, school closings (and/or transitions to online instruction), and wide-spread health concerns, we know it will be nearly impossible for many to meet and record videos with live accompanists during this time. Therefore, during this crisis students will be allowed to record audition videos using pre-recorded tracks such as found on: Accompanist, Hal Leonard’s Virtual Library, or other similar sources that offer piano-only accompaniments. YouTube Karaoke Tracks are also acceptable as long as they are piano only. NO orchestrated tracks or tracks with other instruments or voices will be acceptable and would result in disqualification. It will also be acceptable to use tracks that are recorded by your teacher or your pianist (who know you and your interpretation). Additionally, in this extreme circumstance, should student and teacher be in the same location, a teacher may accompany a singer in the recording, but the teacher should not be visible in the recording directly or on any reflected surface (mirror, piano surface, etc.). Please note that this will not be an accepted precedent for future auditions, but is rather an isolated exception necessitated by a highly unusual global crisis. Because of this, videos will not be required to show the pianist.
Preparing the YouTube Video
Settings
• Please note that you must select "unlisted" in the Privacy settings found under the broadcasting and Sharing Options section when uploading your video file to YouTube. (Unlisted adds one layer of privacy by making it unsearchable. It can only be accessed using a direct link.)
• If you select "private," adjudicators will not be able to access your submission(s). If you select “public” it may cause issues with copyright.
• How to upload a Youtube video: https://youtu.be/JOr7JluzEOM
Video Titles and Links
• Each video title should contain the singer’s name and the name of the local, regional, or national audition based on the audition for which you are submitting the video. (i.e. Jane Doe – Eastern Region NATS) If the same video is used for a different audition, the video title MUST be changed to reflect the new audition. (i.e. From the Eastern Region to the National Preliminary Round.)
• In the YouTube “Notes” section, please include the Title, Composer, and Larger Work (if applicable).
• YouTube Channel Titles & Images must NOT reveal Teacher, School, or Studio affiliations.
Submission
• In the application, provide the web link/address for each video that corresponds to the appropriate repertoire selection – either 1, 3, or 4 total selections, depending on your category.
• Add the videos in the order you would like the adjudicators to view them. The adjudicators will watch the first piece in its entirety, then choose portions of the second, third or fourth during the allotted time for the category at their own discretion.
• Please double check the links you provide for each video before submitting your application.
Invalid Videos
• The following video problems would make them invalid.
• Videos revealing the teacher’s identity, the region of the singer, or the school they attend.
• Videos with “private’ sharing options (see above).
• Videos that pan and zoom during performances.
• Videos using recording equipment that alters the acoustics of the venue or the sound quality of the singer by adding/subtracting reverb or altering the pitches being sung. (Reverb is only allowed on CCM videos, and only in moderation.)
• Videos that are digitally altered or enhanced.