NATS is pleased to announce that Broadway star Kelli O’Hara will be our featured artist at our 51^st National Conference in Salt Lake City.  Kelli O’Hara has unequivocally established herself as one of Broadways’ great leading ladies.  She recently starred in the Tony Award-winning revival of South Pacific at Lincoln Center, enrapturing audiences and critics alike with her soulful and complex interpretation of Nellie Forbush, garnering her third Tony-nomination in the process.  She made her Broadway debut in Jekyll & Hyde and then starred in Follies, Sweet Smell of Success, and Dracula. In 2005 The Light in the Piazza landed on Broadway with O’Hara in the starring role and earned Kelli her first Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations.

Stage and screen performer Audra McDonald will appear in "110 in the Shade" at the Hale Theater in Orem, a Salt Lake City suburb, during the 51st NATS National Conference.  NATS is currently negotiating a special ticket price for conference attendees.  Stay tuned for more information.

51st National Conference July 2-6, 2010, Salt Lake City, Utah. Online Conference, Exhibit and Advertising Registration Are Now Open!

Did you know there was a World Voice Day? Every year on April 16, otolaryngologist-head and neck surgeons and other voice health professionals worldwide join together to recognize World Voice Day. World Voice Day encourages men and women, young and old, to assess their vocal health and take action to improve or maintain good voice habits.

NATS announces the 2010 recipients of the NATS Emerging Leader Awards.  Each national conference year applications are sought from members who meet the selection criteria.  Each awardee will receive $750 to defray expenses to attend the 51st National Conference in Salt Lake City.  Recipients and their regions are:

Serdar Ilban (Cal-Western), Angela Peterson Winter (Mid-Atlantic), Shelley Neville (New England), Michelle Debruyn (Southeastern), Barbara Clements (Southern), Mark McQuade (Texoma), Maurice Burgess (Mid-Atlantic)