Upper Floor Studio

Home of Teaching Artists: Sheila Townsend & Osher Fein

508 Madison Street Santa Clara, California

650.823.4697

Upper Floor Studio goes to NATS

What?

Upper Floor Studio is participating in the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) San Francisco Bay Area Chapter student auditions at CSU East Bay in Hayward, CA. These auditions provide students an opportunity to receive constructive feedback from many teachers in our district, a chance to appear in front of many other musicians and industry experts, and also a chance to earn recognition and awards. 

This is a PERFECT opportunity for you to run your audition pieces and get some experience performing! Participating also looks really good on college applications… :)

Who?

Any current Upper Floorian!

Where / When?

Friday February 21st - Optional Dress Rehearsal

3-6pm Dinner is Provided (Pizza and Salad)

You’re invited to come to Upper Floor Studio (508 Madison Street in Santa Clara) for a dress rehearsal and master class. You’ll get to run your pieces and gain some confidence! And make new friends!

Saturday March 1st - Day of the Singing Festival!!!

8:30am

The student auditions are going to be held at CSU East Bay on March 1st. It is an all-day event! You will meet Neil Townsend (Sheila’s husband) at the Safeway (2605 The Alameda in Santa Clara) parking lot at 8:30am and then drive to CSU East Bay. Auditions are scheduled in 8 minute increments by category starting at 10am. (We won’t know the schedule until after registration but I’ll let you know as soon as they're published.) From there we will attend our individual auditions, other Upper Floorian auditions, and hopefully sit in on some other categories! Then we grab dinner and watch the finals concert in the evening. We’re back at Safeway (most years) by 10:00pm! It is SUCH a fun day!

If you are immunocompromised or are unable to stay the whole day, that’s ok too! Here is a link to the CSU East Bay Campus Map. Just make sure you arrive 60 minutes before your audition time.

Deadline to register is February 3rd at 10pm!

All the details!

 Cost:

Total Cost for Participant - $200

(As always, we have angels that will help you financially if you need help, just ask!)

Registration is due by February 3rd at 10:00 p.m. Payment is non-refundable

What to Bring:

  • Upper Floor Studio music bag

  • Black binder with sheet music and lined paper. Please write your full
    name on the inside cover.

  • Pen or pencil

  • Sheet music books or hard copies (We’ll discuss this as the date gets
    closer, but NATS requires that the student show the book where the photocopy is from or show proof of purchase with the student’s name.)

  • Reusable bottle of water

  • Copies of: Government-issued ID, Birth Certificate, or Passport (NOT a student ID)

What to Wear:

We'll talk about this more as the festival approaches, but wear something nice that isn't too fancy. Please understand that while your teacher is incredibly cool and hip, not all teachers are. The idea is to put your best face forward, we want to focus more on your singing than your outfit.

(Hint: if you're going to ask me if it's a good idea, it's probably not! If you can’t bend over in your dress or slacks, probably not a great choice either!)