Welcome to New England NATS the web site of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, where students and teachers of singing come together. Our mission at the regional level is to coordinate local chapter activities, post current Regional program information and disseminate other information of interest to our membership. Contact me if you have any questions or want to know more about New England NATS!
Julie Krugman
New England NATS Governor

New England NATS Regional Governor
Julie Krugman

Julie Krugman is a Mezzo-Soprano located in the Boston Metro-West area. She has performed professionally throughout the United States during her 25-year career.

Julie graduated with a degree in Vocal Performance from the Indiana University School of Music and went on to receive her Master of Vocal Performance from the Northwestern University School of Music in Evanston, Illinois. Upon completion of her degrees, Ms. Krugman performed around the Chicago area, most notably with the Chicago Symphony Chorus and the Chicago Lyric Opera Chorus.
 
Ms. Krugman has served on the Board for the Boston Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) since 2014 where she currently serves as Vice-President. Julie has also managed the NATS Boston Chapter Student Auditions since 2015. In that capacity she has run both one day and weekend long vocal auditions. As Chair, she has led all aspects of Student Auditions; from registration, venue management, scheduling and web site creation to acquiring top talent to judge the finalist concerts.
 
Ms. Krugman has been featured soloist in many Oratorio performances, most notably as the Alto soloist in Handel’s Messiah and the Mezzo-Soprano soloist in both Rutter’s Feel The Spirit and Ray’s Gospel Mass. Since her move to the Boston area, Ms. Krugman has been a featured soloist and ensemble member with the Worcester Chorus and the Back Bay Chorale. She has been a featured soloist in the Worcester Schubertiad series and with the Worcester State University Chorale.
 
In the fall of 2012, Ms. Krugman joined the Visual and Performing Arts faculty at Worcester State University as an Applied Music Instructor in Voice where she manages a voice studio specializing in Musical Theatre and Contemporary Commercial Music. She is also an Adjunct Faculty member teaching Opera Appreciation and the freshman seminar course, “Theater Rocks”, which teaches about the rock musical genre. She has also taught her rock musical class at Dean College in Franklin, MA.
 
Since opening the Julie Krugman Voice Studio in 2009, she has developed a business that includes over 30 middle and high school students. As a voice instructor, she has coached many of her students in successful auditions for Central District Choir, All-State and All-National Choir, NATS Regional & National Competitions, Classical Singer/Auditions Plus National Competitions, and roles in school and community musical productions. Her students have won National recognition through competitions in Musical Theatre and she has aided many others into top classical music and musical theatre performance Colleges and Universities. Julie has also been trained in teaching Contemporary Commercial Music (CCM) and she has aided many students with proper mic technique, pop & jazz vocal styling and working in a recording studio.
 
Julie lives with her husband Josh and her sons Jack and Ben in Westborough, MA.
juliekrugmanstudio.com

New England Region NATS Foundation Liaison
Hannah Murray
NATS Foundation Website

Hannah Murray, lyric coloratura, received her B.A. in vocal performance from Connecticut College, and her M.M. in vocal pedagogy and performance from Westminster Choir College. Additional studies include the Royal Academy of Music in London, England, and Middlebury College's Deutsch fur Sangerin program.

A highly sought after voice teacher, Mrs. Murray's students have gone on to sing at some of the nations leading Schools of Music, such as Boston Conservatory, Elon, the Tisch school at NYU and Yale, and have also sung on national musical theater tours, and off and on Broadway.

An accomplished singer in her own right, Mrs. Murray has performed throughout the Northeastern United States. She has been a soloist for the Nashua Symphony, The Paul Madore Chorale, The Opera circle,The Keiser Concert Series at St. Paul's School, and the Musicians of Wall Street series at Concord Community Music School. She recently completed the definitive recording of "Daughtersongs" by local composer William Fletcher, and is a member of "Trillium" a synergistic trio with Peggo Horstmann Hodes and Jane Berlin Pauley.
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A resident of Concord NH, Mrs. Murray will be joining the voice faculty of Plymouth State University in the fall. Formerly, she held the position of Voice and Choral Department Chair at Concord Community Music School, and Adjunct Lecturer of Music at St. Anselm College. She spent three years as Music Director at South Congregational Church. Mrs. Murray is the mother of two young girls, Grace and Caroline, and an active member of The National Association of Teachers of Singing.
hannahjsmurray@gmail.com