2023 Spring Student Audition Information
Spring D/FW NATS will be held on March 24 & 25, 2023 at Texas A&M Commerce. Registration is February 1-March 1.
D/FW NATS offers three divisions for eligible students to audition in:
- Classical Divisions: middle school, high school, college, and adult categories
- Musical Theatre Divisions: high school, college, and adult categories
- Commercial Music Divisions: high school, college, and adult categories
Refer to the national website "Student Auditions Guidance” for category descriptions and information: https://www.nats.org/nsaresources.html.
The audition dates are as follows:
Registration is open Feb 1-March 1, 2023
Musical Theatre & Commercial Music Singers must submit videos for preliminaries. These videos are due March 13th by 5pm.
Preliminary videos for CM and MT will be judged March 15th-18th 2023.
Semifinalists for MT & CM will be announced March 20th.
Semifinals/Finals for MT and CM will take place at A&M Commerce Friday March 24th, 2023.
Classical Prelims, Semis & Finals will take place at A&M Commerce Saturday March 25th, 2023.
Video Criteria for MT & CM Prelims are as follows:
- Prelim Video Links must be pasted into Auditionware by March 13th, 2023 5:00pm
- Videos must show the singers full body in frame (above top of head to below their shoes)
- No sound enhancement such as reverb, compression, EQ, may be used on the recording. All CM singers must use amplification, please ensure that no reverb/compression is in use.
- Accompaniment for the preliminary round may be provided by live accompanist or backing tracks. MT singers may only use piano tracks or live piano accompaniment. CM singers may use live piano, instrumental backing tracks, and may self accompany on guitar/piano only 1 selection maximum.
- Music must be memorized by each singer.
- Please slate name, title, show title, composer.
- No panning, zooming or edited angles allowed.
- Prelim Video links must be submitted via Unlisted YouTube videos
- Commercial Music Singers must use the amplification provided for live semifinals/finals. (handheld mic, optional microphone stand, PA system)
- Amplification for Commercial Music video prelims may include: Hand held mic, Diva mics (headsets), stationary mic on a stand
Accompaniment Criteria:
- Collaborative Pianists may play for no more than 10 singers per day.
- Classical Singers must have live piano accompaniment for Prelims, Semis and Finals.
- Musical Theatre Semifinalists and Finalists must have live piano accompaniment for March 24th.
- Commercial Music Semifinalists and Finalists may use backing tracks, live piano accompaniment and may include self accompaniment on 1 piece for March 24th. All accompaniment choices MUST match those choices used in the preliminary video submission.