Welcome to the Mid-South Region Sandra Franks Award for an Outstanding High School Singer!

The Mid-South Region of the National Association of Teachers of Singing is pleased to create the Sandra Franks Award for an Outstanding High School Singer. The award honors the memory and legacy or our colleague and friend Sandy. It will be presented annually at the finals of the Mid-South Region National Student Auditions.

Dr. Sandra Franks was a member of the faculty of the University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music and an Adjunct Professor of Voice at Rhodes College. She served professionally as Treasurer and President of the Memphis Chapter of NATS, a presenter at The Voice Foundation's Symposium on the Care of the Professional Voice, and a contributor to the book The Larynx, edited by Robert H. Ossoff.

She maintained a private voice studio where she taught hundreds of students with diverse musical styles through the years. During summers she worked with young singers as vocal coach and director in the Opera Memphis Conservatory program.

As a Singing Voice Specialist and Vocal Pedagogue, Sandy specialized in the care of the professional voice. She joined the Voice Team in the office of Jan H. Petri, M.D. / Voice Care Associates in 1996, assisted several local physicians in the diagnosis of voice patients, and directed research projects, seminars, and masterclasses throughout the Southeast.

Our goal today is $250! Please help us in achieving this goal by making a gift today and sharing our Campaign with colleagues, family, friends, and arts education advocates!

Because of donors like you, we hope to greatly honor our colleague by awarding the Sandra Franks Award each year.

THANK YOU!

-Mid-South Region Leadership

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Founded in 1944, National Association of Teachers of Singing, Inc. (NATS) is the largest professional association of teachers of singing in the world with more than 7,000 members in the United States, Canada, and more than 35 other countries. Whether working in independent studios, community schools, elementary and secondary schools, or higher education, NATS members represent the diversity of today’s music landscape, teaching in all vocal styles.

NATS will:

Support voice professionals within the studio, classroom, clinic, and performance venue.
Provide committed leadership to achieve our mission and vision.
Advance ethical principles and practice in our profession.
Celebrate and recognize the value and efforts of all.
Encourage individual skills and creativity.

Mid-South Region Sandra Franks Award Campaign 2026

By National Association of Teachers of Singing Inc

Mid-South Region Sandra Franks Award Campaign 2026

Honoring our cherished colleague and friend, Sandra Franks

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