The National Association of Teachers of Singing is pleased to announce mezzo-soprano Courtney Fletcher as the inaugural recipient of the Barbara Hill Moore Emerging Teaching Artist Award. Fletcher was...

At the opening ceremony of the 59th NATS National Conference in San Antonio, Judith B. Boyter of the Greater Houston Chapter and Cynthia Linton of the Mississippi Chapter were recognized as 2026 NATS...

Expanding vocal range has traditionally been regarded as one of the fundamental objectives of professional singer training. At the same time, the very concept of vocal range remains pedagogically ambiguous. A singer’s ability to produce a particular pitch does not necessarily mean that the singer can use that pitch with stable intonation, controlled onset, coordinated register function, preservation of timbral quality, and sufficient freedom to incorporate it into a musical phrase. For a professional singer, what matters is not merely the physiological accessibility of a given pitch, but its functional viability under the demands of actual performance.

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The National Association of Teachers of Singing is pleased to share the 2026 “Let It Be New” concert, featuring the world premieres of 10 new works created by participants in the 2025-26 NATS Mentoring...

The 2025–2026 NATS National Student Auditions season concluded on July 5 in San Antonio, Texas, along the way engaging thousands of young singers at every level of the NATS audition process. This year’s...