Dr Scott Harrison National President ANATS

A Dec 2008 / Jan 2009 update from the National President of ANATS.

Annual Subscriptions

2009 Membership subscriptions should have arrived by now – please get these in as soon as possible.

There is a separate email with the Teachers Directory form. Get this in by January 15 to ensure your inclusion in the 2009 Directory.

National Council 2009

The new National Council met for the first time in late November and resolved to meet face to face in Sydney in March 2009.

In 2007 we held a similar meeting to ensure the work of the association could continue in non-conference years.

This was immensely productive and, while we already have a very full agenda, if there are any issues you would like to see Council address at the meeting, please let me know on president@anats.org.au

Voice of ANATS

Your electronic copy of the Voice of ANATS should have reached you by now. The hard copy was posted in early December.

It includes some excellent reports and photos from the 2008 Perth Conference.

Many members would be aware of our intention to phase out the hard copy of the Voice of ANATS over time.

We have decided to maintain both forms of the newsletter for now, but your opinions on whether we should continue to do this are actively sought.

Australian Voice

As you would be aware, our Journal is going online from the 2008 edition. You will, however, receive one last paper copy of the 2007 edition which will arrive very soon.

The move to a digital version of the journal is a very exciting one and will bring our association and its activities a wider international audience.

If you have research or articles of interest you would like to submit, please contact Adele Nisbet at av@anats.org.au

Emailing ANATS

In last month’s message, I let you know about a new way to contact ANATS.

Thanks to our illustrious Webmaster, John Waller, you can now contact us on dedicated ANATS email addresses – for example to contact me, you just need to use the address president@anats.org.au.

Similar accounts have been set up as follows:

Buying for Christmas?

Soon you will be able to purchase DVDs of some of the Perth Conference sessions – do look out for these excellent resources on sale soon.

There are, of course, many other resources available to members and Jennifer Mueller would love to hear from you.

Jenni can be contacted at

Address: P O Box 4226
HAWKER ACT 2614
Tel: 02 6254 0436
Mob: 0418 295 296
Fax: 02 6278 4568
Email: books@anats.org.au

In closing…

2008 has been a great year for ANATS, with the highlight being our 20th Anniversary conference in Perth.

We have much to look forward to in 2009, with the ICVT in Paris including the presentation of our bid to host the 2013 conference here in Australia.

There are also a number of local chapter activities underway with exciting themes and presenters.

Thanks to each member who has made ANATS the strong voice for singing teaching in this country. I look forward to working together with you in 2009.

All the best for the festive season

Best wishes

Dr Scott Harrison

As always, I invite you to share your ideas about ANATS with us.

You might choose to do this

• through your Chapter representatives,
• online via the ANATS Forums or
• directly to me through president@anats.org.au