Belflower elected NATS national vice president for auditions
calendar icon28 Jan 2022
Lincoln, Neb.--Alisa Belflower, the coordinator of musical theatre studies in the Glenn Korff School of Music and Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film, has been elected the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) national vice president for auditions for 2022-2024.
Belflower will take office immediately as vice president-elect and then take office as vice president this summer.
As national vice president for auditions, Belflower will serve on the NATS Executive Board with responsibilities to supervise and coordinate NATS National Student Auditions and two young artist competitions, NATS Artist Awards for early career classical singers and National Musical Theatre Competition for early-career singer/actors.
"I am honored the NATS Board and membership have invested their trust in me and my abilities to take on these important responsibilities involving students and young artists," Belflower said. "Having passed through the vetting process to be placed on the ballot, I know the rigor with which I was selected. Earning the respect of distinguished colleagues from across the nation is perhaps the greatest honor."
Founded in 1944, NATS is the largest professional association of teachers of singing in the world with more than 7,000 members in the U.S., Canada and more than 35 other countries.
Belflower has been at Nebraska since 2000. She teachers voice and acting, as well as serving as musical director, coach or staging director for UNL productions. She also works as an associate producer in development with the Lied Center for Performing Arts. As an advocate for new works, she directs developmental staged readings with renowned guest composers-in-residence and is a resident stage director in ASCAP’s New Musical Theatre Workshop.
Belflower is currently in her second term as the West Central NATS Region’s Governor and is a member of NATS National Student Auditions Committee. Her students have won international awards for their performances of opera, art song and musical theatre, including national awards won in NATS student and young artist competitions.