Announcements

Jillian Pashke wins the Cheryl Boyd Waddell Award

The Georgia NATS 2009 Fall Workshop was held at Shorter College in Rome, Georgia, November 6-7, 2009.  Penelope Bitzas of Boston University offered excellent guidance to 23 students from all over Georgia.  Mezzo Jillian Pashke, a student of Dr. Allen Henderson at Georgia Southern University, received the Cheryl Boyd-Waddell Award.

Revision of National NATS Guidelines for Student Auditions

In 2007 a committee of NATS members surveyed the policies of chapters, districts, and regions to assess current trends in student auditions.  Over the next two years the Student Audition Guidelines committees worked on a revision of the national guidelines.  A link to the new Guidelines is at the bottom of the Student Auditions page found at

      Student Auditions page at www.nats.org

The Georgia Executive Committee will review the National Guidelines to determine if any changes will be needed in the Georgia Guidelines.  The Georgia Guidelines are found on this site's Documents page.

2009 State Student Audition Winners

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Click her to view slide show of 2009 Winners Concert

Minutes of the Annual Meeting - February, 2008

Click here for Minutes of the Annual Business Meeting at State University of West Georgia.

The Cheryl Boyd-Waddell Award

This award of $50.00 to an outstanding student of a GA NATS member is given annually at the fall master class. Selection is made by the committee that hears audition recordings.

The prize winner for 2007 was Mary Brooke Quarles from Mercer University, where she studies with Martha Malone. The alternate for 2007 was Liana Wimberly from Clayton State University, where she studies with Kurt Zellner.

2008 State Student Audition Winners

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2008 State Winners Recital

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2007 State Student Audition Winners

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2006 State Student Audition Winners

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Minutes February 17, 2006

Click here for Minutes of the Annual Business Meeting at Mercer University.

Dues Change Voted at February 2006 Meeting

At the Annual Business Meeting of the Georgia Chapter of NATS a motion was made to raise the annual dues to $20.00.

2005 Run-Off Change of Procedure

Beginning with the Georgia Chapter 2005 auditions, in the large divided classifications, such as Freshman Women, Certificates of Merit and monetary awards for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places will be awarded in each division. 1st place and 2nd place in each division will sing in a run-off with three new judges to determine who will sing as representative for their Category in the Winner’s Concert. Those singing in the run-off will not receive an additional certificate. This should give recognition to more of our students and make the run-offs more efficient.