The National Association of Teachers of Singing and the NATS Foundation have announced that 14 recipients have been selected for the 2020 Joan Frey Boytim Award for Independent Teachers. These fellowships are awarded to voice teachers who are NATS members in order to assist with their attendance at the biennial NATS National Conference.
Thanks to the generosity of Joan Frey Boytim (pictured), a $1,000 award will be granted to reimburse each recipient for eligible expenses associated with their attendance at the 56th National Conference in as Knoxville.

Click here to learn more about the Joan Frey Boytim Awards for Independent Teachers.Independent teachers comprise a significant proportion of NATS membership. Our partnership with Joan Frey Boytim, author of The Private Voice Studio Handbook and editor of The First Book series of anthologies among many other works, offers a dedicated source of support for NATS independent teachers.

The 56th NATS National Conference will take place June 26-30, 2020 in Knoxville. For more information on the Conference, click here.

The 2020 recipients include:

• Jeffrey Ballard, Great Lakes Region
• Austin Bradley, Texoma Region
• Kathy Cammett, Great Lakes Region
• Amber Dilger, Mid-Atlantic Region
• Kateri Gormley, Central Region
• Elizabeth Huling, Mid-South Region
• Catherine Keen, Mid-South Region
• Jeremy Ludwig, Great Lakes Region
• Joanna McCarty-Rogers, Mid-South Region
• Mary McMurtery, Cal-Western Region
• Lisa Medici-Buckley, New England Region
• Jordyn Palmer, Northwestern Region
• Keely Phillips-Carter, Mid-Atlantic Region
• Sara Stejskal, Intermountain Region

Jeffrey Dale Ballard	Austin Bradley	Kathy Cammett
Amber Dilger	Kateri Gormley	Elizabeth Huling
Catherine Keen	Jeremy Ludwig	Joanna McCarty-Rogers
Mary McMurtery	Lisa Medici-Buckley	Jordyn Palmer
Keely Phillips-Carter	Sara Stejskal