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The LoVetri Institute

Somatic Voicework™ The LoVetri Method

Institute

July 2024 LoVetri Institute for Somatic Voicework™ Summer Session

March 20, 2024 By svwadmin

The Summer 2024 session of the LoVetri Institute will be held in person at Baldwin Wallace University near Cleveland Ohio. Participants must complete each level before proceeding to the next, and advanced programs are available only to graduates of Levels I – III. 

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Daily Schedules

Class times for all courses* will run from 9:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. each day with breaks for lunch and dinner.
*with the exception of Level III, which will end by 2 p.m. on July 21 & Vocal Health Intensive for Singing Teachers which will end mid-afternoon on July 20; participants will have the option to stay for the remaining sessions of Level III through July 21 at 2 p.m. 

Tuition

  • $475.00 – Course tuition for each Level and all Advanced Courses
  • $450.00 – Early Bird discounted rate per course is available until April 10, 2024

Participants who are re-taking a Level or Advanced Course qualify for a Re-Certification discounted course tuition of $400.00; with an Early Bird discounted rate of $375.00 until April 10.

Limited automatic payment installments are available with credit card through the online registration.

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About the LoVetri Institute for Somatic Voicework™

The LoVetri Institute is offered exclusively in partnership with Baldwin Wallace University. Sessions are held either online or on the Baldwin Wallace campus in January and the summer of each year. The LoVetri Institute offers three tiered courses, each required before the next, to teach Somatic Voicework™. Learners must complete the courses in order, but you may repeat each level if desired. After completing all three base levels, learners may move on to advanced programs.

Participants must complete each level before proceeding to the next, and advanced programs are available only to graduates of Levels I – III.

Currently, only Level I is offered during the January session. Levels I through III and advanced programs are offered in the summer session.

Base Levels of the LoVetri Institute for Somatic Voicework™

The base levels of the LoVetri Institute include:

Level I

Level I is called “Basic Application” and includes the following: introduction to functional principles of voice science and medicine. It guides singing teachers to enhance their own qualities as the “building blocks” of The LoVetri Method. It looks at terminology and at objectively describing vocal behavior. It also addresses attitude, intention and appropriateness of the interaction between student and teacher. Level I states that the teacher must have a clear intention for the vocal exercise when it is given. The teacher must know (a) either what is missing and needs to be added or (b) what is wrong and needs to be corrected, such that the student’s singing will somehow improve. It rests on vocal function, vocal health, and on traditional pedagogy, but it is also meant to help singers be marketable. There will be a vocal health lecture to instruct the teacher how to listen functionally, to hear aural distinctions and relate them to responses.

Level I Learning Objectives:

  • Participants will be able to describe methods for effective communication with singers and singing teachers.
  • Participants will be able to describe musical vocal production, the way in which stylistic parameters impact voice production, the relationship between speaking and singing voice production, music industry terminology, and industry expectations for voicing style and vocal load.
  • Participants will demonstrate that they are able to listen “functionally” to singers’ voices both from a vocal health and a musical perspective, including the distinction between hypo- and hyper-functional singing in Contemporary Commercial Music (CCM).
  • Participants will demonstrate the ability to assess the intention/purpose for any given sung vocal exercise.

Level II

Level II is called “Advanced Application” and is largely devoted to exploring how singing exercises work, what they do and why. It examines the age, background, and desires of the students and how those things relate to the teaching process. It enhances the teacher’s ability to evaluate the students in terms of vocal behavior and aptitude. In Level II, the teacher acquires greater skill in choosing exercises that are appropriate and adjusting them to meet the level of ability of the student at any given point. There is also greater exploration of the many CCM styles, examining performance aspects that may impact vocal health. The main objective of Level II is understanding how to use vocal exercises functionally.

Level II Learning Objectives:

  • Participants will be able to describe teachers’ rationales for choosing specific voice exercises in the singing environment and also how to evaluate the functional appropriateness of those exercises for individual patients.
  • Participants will be able to evaluate singers’ vocal responses in the context of age, background, past vocal training, and natural aptitude.
  • Participants will be able to verbalize at least two distinct ways in which specific Contemporary Commercial Music singing styles interact with vocal health.
  • Participants will demonstrate basic competence in guiding a sample student through a sequence of Somatic Voicework™ singing exercises with supervision by LoVetri Institute faculty.

Level III

Level III addresses “Repertoire, Problem Solving, and Voice Medicine”. It will feature a music theater expert who will conduct a master class in audition skills with chosen participants. Level III also touches upon acting for Music Theater and provides an excellent and quick approach to teach pitch matching for anyone with that problem. It promotes interdisciplinary interchange, i.e., the need for fellowship with Speech Language Pathologists and Medical Doctors. It also supports the idea that teachers should acquire the ability to read, understand, and possibly even undertake research of interest to those in voice disciplines.

Level III Learning Objectives:

  • Participants will be able to verbalize at least two considerations for communicating and collaborating with their patients’ singing teachers to support their progress during therapy and transition back to the lesson environment on discharge
  • Participants will be able to state at least two potential impacts of vocal disease processes, injuries, medications, and phonosurgery on singing voice function.
  • Participants will be able to verbalize at least two physiologic voicing demands that are specific to singing at the professional level in the Broadway environment.

Advanced Programs

After completing the base levels of the LoVetri Institute, learners may continue with these optional, advanced programs.

Note that not all programs are offered in every session.

Working with Transgender or Gender Non-Binary Voices

Transgender and gender non-binary clients are seeking services from speech and language pathologists and from teachers of singing with increasing frequency, both for the singing voice and the speaking voice. This three-day intensive course is open to all graduates of Level III of Somatic Voicework, regardless of areas of professional practice or knowledge levels of teaching and therapy techniques for the transgender singing and speaking voice.

This course will combine lectures, demonstrations, and videos with opportunities for experiential learning. Guest lectures and demonstrations will be given by transgender, gender non-binary, and cisgender individuals. Topics include appropriate language usage, best practice standards for teachers and therapists, and becoming an ally to the transgender and gender non-binary community. Dr. Kozan will also discuss special concerns as a cisgender person providing services to transgender and gender non-binary clients, challenges faced by trans and gender non-binary singers and speakers, experiences using Somatic Voicework principles with clients, use of voice therapy techniques, and techniques for helping change the client’s internal self-talk. Kozan will present excerpts from The Singing Voice chapter (authored by Kozan and Sandi Hammond in Adler, Hirsch and Pickering’s Voice and Communication Therapy for the Transgender/Gender Diverse Client: A Comprehensive Clinical Guide, Third Ed., 2019). Time for questions will be scheduled and welcomed during each session throughout the three-day course.

Vocal Health Intensive for Singing Teachers

This is an intensive vocal health course for graduates of Level III of Somatic Voicework™ in any year prior to 2024. Dr. Milstein will cover a review of basic vocal anatomy and physiology, refreshing the definitions of terms used in clinical and medical discussion of vocal problems. It will present typical problems, through audio and visual examples, of various types of vocal pathology and vocal illness or injury and help singing teachers identify their student’s auditory cues for suspicious vocal qualities and behaviors. Recommendations for referring to a voice care team will be discussed, as well as suggestions on how to interact with these medical professionals to assist in the vocal health of the students. Other topics will be addressed at his discretion. Singing teachers will be free to interact with Dr. Milstein to clarify various issues or questions.

When Science Meets Soul: Level I – Introduction to Soul Ingredients®

Soul Ingredients is a voice teaching method created by Dr. Trineice Robinson-Martin for developing the voice while fostering personal style and soul expression. This methodology uses a strategic combination of science-based voice pedagogy and standard pedagogic concepts found within the oral teaching tradition of African American folk-based music styles (gospel, jazz, soul, hip-hop) to develop unique artists and musical storytellers regardless of musical genre. Through this uniquely designed methodology, the historical, artistic and improvisational techniques of African American music merge with science based vocal technique in an exploration of how each individual performer’s physical, emotional and cultural perceptions can expand their artistry.

Soul Ingredients is voice pedagogy according to science; voice training according to style; and artist development rooted in personal soul expression.

When Science Meets Soul Level I: Introduction to Soul ingredients is a three-day intensive course that introduces professional voice users, teachers, and SLP to a vocabulary for teaching music and working with singers and musical styles rooted in, and influenced by, African American folk-based music styles and music traditions. Each day presents a focused area in Soul Ingredients methodology: Developing the Sound, Developing the Style, and Developing the Story.

When Science Meets Soul: Level II – Developing the Artist

Soul Ingredients is a voice teaching method created by Dr. Trineice Robinson-Martin for developing the voice while fostering personal style and soul expression. This methodology uses a strategic combination of science-based voice pedagogy and standard pedagogic concepts found within the oral teaching tradition of African American folk-based music styles (gospel, jazz, soul, hip-hop) to develop unique artists and musical storytellers regardless of musical genre. Through this uniquely designed methodology, the historical, artistic and improvisational techniques of African American music merge with science based vocal technique in an exploration of how each individual performer’s physical, emotional and cultural perceptions can expand their artistry.

Soul Ingredients is voice pedagogy according to science; voice training according to style; and artist development rooted in personal soul expression.

When Science Meets Soul Level II provides next-level strategies for developing authentic creative vocal artists. Using the Soul Ingredients method, teachers and singers learn to use a customizable framework that identifies parameters of excellence that are both unique for each student yet culturally viable for the style the artist performs. Fostering next-level performers, When Science Meets Soul Level II explores the voice, the sound, and the story from the perspective of intermediate to advanced level singers and creative musical artists.

 

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Jeanie LoVetri no Brasil!

December 25, 2019 By svwadmin

Não perca a oportunidade única de cursar o método completo dessa professora norte-americana de renome internacional, respeitada em toda a comunidade científica da voz e escolhida por artistas de nichos os mais variados, da Broadway à música experimental, do canto lírico ao jazz e ao pop! Somatic Voicework™ níveis I, II e III, com convidados especiais da área da saúde, do trabalho corporal e das artes, pela primeira vez na América Latina!

Para saber mais sobre o evento de São Paulo escreva para vocalvocalsp@gmail.com ou nos procure inbox! Para saber mais sobre o evento de Rio de Janeiro escreva para lovetrinorio2020@gmail.com ou nos procure inbox!

In January 2020, Jeanie LoVetri will be headed to Brazil to present two separate Somatic Voicework™ teacher trainings. A full LoVetri Institute offering all Three Levels of Somatic Voicework™ training will be presented in Sao Paulo from January 17th to 26th. This is being hosted by Vocal SP. To register, click here.
In addition, Jeanie LoVetri will also be offering a Level I Training in Rio de Janeiro on January 10th to 12th, 2020. To register, click here. [Read more…] about Jeanie LoVetri no Brasil!

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Meet the LoVetri Institute for Somatic Voicework™ Faculty

July 12, 2019 By svwadmin

Jeannette LoVetri,
Founder

Jeannette LoVetri is founder and director of The Voice Workshop™, creator of Somatic Voicework™ and creator of the original course for Contemporary Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy, which for 13 years garnered over 1200 participants from all over the USA and 12 foreign countries.The work is unique, practical and based on voice science, vocal health and vocal function. It has received rave reviews from vocal experts in every discipline and has had a significant influence on vocal pedagogy worldwide.

 

Michelle Rosen,
Senior Faculty

My diverse studio comprises high school and college-age students, professional singers, actors and dancers as well as adult avocational singers. My teaching is a fusion of many influences, including classical and commercial music singing techniques, yoga and other body work, dance, acting and speech training. I am certified in Somatic Voicework™ The LoVetri Method which is functional training that draws on current voice science and features a body-based approach tailored to the needs and abilities of each individual, with the goal of healthy, free and stylistically appropriate singing. Attention is paid to posture/alignment, register balance, diction, resonance, and breathing as well as performance aspects including interpretation and style. Besides my private studio, I teach at NYU Tisch, at the Westminster College of the Arts in NJ and at the Grammy Award-winning Brooklyn Youth Chorus. In 2012 I was invited to join the faculty of the summer CCM Vocal Pedagogy Institute at Shenandoah University. I have also taught at NYU Steinhardt as well as the Open Center in New York. Memberships include Actors Equity Association and NYSTA (New York Singing Teachers Association) in addition to NATS. I am a recipient of the Distinguished Voice Professional Certificate from NYSTA and hold a Master of Music degree in vocal performance from NYU Steinhardt.

Dr. Michael Benninger
Dr. Michael S. Benninger, MD serves as the Chair of Head & Neck Surgery of Cleveland Clinic Head & Neck Institute, Cleveland. Dr. Benninger serves as a Scientific and Clinical Advisor of Sonitus Medical Inc. He previously served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. He serves as a Member of Medical Advisory Board at WiserTogether, Inc. Dr. Benninger serves as the President of the American Laryngological Association (ALA), the longest-standing ENT society, and has served on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS). Dr. Benninger serves on the Board of Directors of the Voice Foundation and the International Association of Phonosurgeons. Dr. Benninger has authored or edited five books, with his most recent being The Performer’s Voice. He has also written more than 125 scientific articles, focusing primarily on voice care and laryngology, nasal and sinus disease, and healthcare management. A graduate of Harvard University, Dr. Benninger received his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He completed his residency at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.

Dr. Claudio Milstein

Dr. Milstein is the director of the Voice Center at the Head and Neck Institute of the Cleveland Clinic. He joined the faculty of the National Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, specializing in voice for stage, and care of the professional voice. He is an associate professor at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner School of Medicine, and holds an affiliate scholar appointment at Oberlin College. He has been actively involved in the clinical management of voice patients for over 20 years, has authored numerous publications related to the human voice and its disorders, and is frequently invited as a lecturer at national and international meetings. Current areas of interest include laryngeal hyper-reactivity, functional voice disorders, upper airway dysfunction and care of the professional voice.

Betsy Fiedler,
Senior Faculty

Elizabeth “Betsy” Fiedler teaches music in her own private studio, and is the Director of Music at Holy Family of Nazareth Church. In addition, she is an adjunct faculty member at Mount Wachusett Community College, the Voice Consultant for the Arts Magnet at Burncoat High School, and is a soloist at local churches, colleges, and with the Greater Gardner Community Choir. Betsy enjoys performing on the stage at Theatre at the Mount and Greater Worcester Opera Company. She has recorded 3 CDs of contemporary Christian Music.

 

Amanda Chmela
Amanda Chmela, soprano, of Lindenhurst, NY, received her BFA in Musical Theatre from SUNY Fredonia and her MM in Opera Performance from Binghamton University. She also attended the Aaron Copland School of Music for a year where she worked towards an Artist Diploma Cerftificate for Opera Performance. Ms. Chmela is currently taking classes in Speech Language Pathology from Northwestern University and C.W. Post. She is a member of NATS, NYSTA, NAfME, The Voice Foundation, and is Certified in Somatic Voicework™, The LoVetri Method. Ms. Chmela is on the voice faculty at LIU C.W. Post within their Fine and Performing Arts Departments. In addition to her collegiate teaching, she also maintains a private studio on Long Island where she specializes in teaching Contemporary Commercial Music with a strong focus on musical theatre and pop/rock styles. This summer, Ms. Chmela will be joining the faculty at the LoVetri Institute for Somatic Voicework™, held at Baldwin Wallace University in July. Past teaching experience includes voice faculty at Rider University (2014-2018), voice faculty at Molloy College (2014), and adjunct faculty at Binghamton University (2010-2013). Ms. Chmela has participated in the Westchester Summer Vocal Institute, is an alumnus of Tri-Cities Opera’s Resident Artist Training Program, and attended Queens College as an Artist Diploma candidate for Opera Performance. She has been the female vocalist for the Savoy Swing Band since August of 2013. Performance highlights include Lucille (Parade), Anne (A Little Night Music), Nancy (Oliver!), Gretel (Hansel and Gretel), Josephine (H.M.S. Pinafore), Beth (Little Women), Sister Mary Patrick (Sister Act), Hodel/Fruma Sarah (Fiddler on the Roof), Alice (Addam’s Family), Mrs. Cratchit (A Christmas Carol), Despina (Cosi fan tutti), Latitia & Ms. Pinkerton (The Old Maid and the Thief), Poppea (L’incoronazione di Poppea), Barbarina (Le Nozze di Figaro) and Fire Cover/Chorus (L’enfant et les sortilege).

Jeff Costello

Jeff Costello has been a professional singer, instrumentalist and sound engineer for over 30 years performing a wide variety of musical genres from Classical to Heavy Metal and everything in between. In addition to maintaining a private studio of 8-15 students, Jeff is the director of a 265 member school choir program in Michigan where his groups perform with live rock band accompaniment.

 

 

Billy Gollner
In addition to Billy’s work as a performer, he has been working as a voice teacher. Billy taught Singing and Musical Theatre at London’s Urdang Academy; one of London’s Top Performing Arts Universities. In addition to teaching at The Urdang Academy, Billy has taught private voice lessons in London, Vancouver, and online with singers all over the world. Billy holds a Master of Arts degree from The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Musical Theatre Performance, a Bachelor of Music in Voice, a Bachelor of Arts in Communications, and a Certificate of Liberal Arts. Billy is an active member of The National Association for Teachers of Singing.

 

Dr. Trineice Robinson-Martin

Dr. Trineice Robinson-Martin, Dr. Trineice Robinson-Martin has dedicated her career to performing and developing resources for teaching jazz, gospel/christian, R&B, rock, country, and pop singing styles in an applied/private voice lesson setting.

She completed her doctoral work at Teachers College Columbia University. Dr. Trineice holds master degrees in music education and jazz studies from Teachers College and Indiana University-Bloomington, respectively, B.A. from San Jose State University, and is a Level III certified in Somatic Voicework™ – The LoVetri Method. Dr. Trineice holds faculty positions at Princeton University as the jazz voice instructor and director of the Jazz Vocal Collective Ensembles I and II. She serves on the National Faculty in the academic division of Gospel Music Workshop of America, and serves as the Executive Director of the African American Jazz Caucus, Inc.

Based on her graduate research, Dr. Trineice created Soul Ingredients®, a teaching methodology for developing a singer’s musical style/interpretation in African-American folk based music styles (i.e. jazz, gospel, R&B, blues, etc). This methodology shows students how to take their personal experiences, musical influences and models, and execute the different components in a manner that is personal to the singer/performer’s own personal expression.

As an accomplished performer, teacher, and scholar, Dr. Trineice has traveled and taught students from all over the world and lectures nationally and internationally on a variety of Soul Ingredients® topics. Her performance experience spans a variety of musical styles, venues and settings: the intimacy of private parties and local clubs, the grand stages of musical arts centers and large music festivals, and international stages. She has performed with concert choirs and chorales, large and small jazz ensembles, Latin music ensembles, corporate bands, a POP orchestra, and R&B groups, including international R&B recording group CHANGE and Standing in the Shadows of Motown Live.

Dr. Trineice has authored for Journal of Singing, and has a chapter on gospel music pedagogy in “Teaching Singing in the 21st Century.” Look out for her upcoming publications: “Voice Training for the Gospel Soloist: Training the Voice,” and “So You Want To Sing Gospel” as part of the NATS book series.

Andy Einhorn
Leading Broadway music director and conductor, Andy Einhorn, directs concerts this year with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra, Tucson Symphony and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Most recently he served as the Music Supervisor and Musical Director for the Broadway productions of Carousel and Hello Dolly! Einhorn’s previous Broadway credits include Holiday Inn, Woody Allen’s Bullets Over Broadway, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Evita, Brief Encounter, The Light in the Piazza, and Sondheim on Sondheim. Einhorn served as music director and conductor for the Châtelet Theatre’s production of Sondheim’s Passion in Paris and has twice led the New York Philharmonic conducting for Audra McDonald and Chris Botti, respectively.

Since 2011 Einhorn has served as music director and pianist for Six-Time Tony Award Winner, Audra McDonald, performing with her at such prestigious orchestras and venues including The New York Philharmonic, the Boston Pops, The Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Opera, Avery Fisher Hall, Carnegie Hall, Walt Disney Concert Hall and Teatro Real, Madrid. They recently recorded performances for national telecast with the Sydney Symphony at the Sydney Opera House in Australia. Einhorn has also music directed for Barbara Cook at Feinstein’s and Toronto’s Royal Conservatory of Music.

His tour work includes Sweeney Todd, The Light in the Piazza, Mamma Mia!, and The Lion King. Einhorn’s work can be heard on the current touring production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music. Einhorn has worked at Goodspeed Opera House, Signature Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival and PaperMill Playhouse. He was principal vocal coach and pianist for Houston Grand Opera’s An Evening with Audra McDonald, a double-bill of Poulenc’s La Voix Humaine and LaChiusa’s Send.

Recording credits include Audra McDonald’s Sing Happy with the New York Philharmonic, Carousel featuring Renee Fleming, Hello Dolly! featuring Bette Midler, Bullets Over Broadway, Cinderella, Evita, Sondheim on Sondheim (Grammy Nom) Stage Door Canteen and McDonald’s Go Back Home. He served as the music director for HBO’s Peabody Award winning documentary Six by Sondheim and music supervisor for Great Performances Peabody Award winning special “Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy” on PBS.

Andy Einhorn is an honors graduate of Rice University in Houston, Texas.

Dr. Chandler Thompson

Chandler Thompson, DMA, MS, CCC-SLP, is a speech-language pathologist/professional voice specialist, who evaluates and treats patients with voice disorders, chronic cough and disordered breathing. An active singer and lecturer, Dr. Thompson holds three degrees in Vocal Performance, including the Doctor of Musical Arts from Michigan State University. She taught singing and related music courses at several universities before matriculating at New York Medical College, where she received a Master of Science degree in Speech-Language Pathology, winning the Clinical Excellence Award. She is certified in Performing Arts Health by the Performing Arts Medicine Association and the American College of Sports Medicine. Prior to moving to the Sean Parker Institute for the Voice, Dr. Thompson served as the Coordinator of Voice Services at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Division of Otolaryngology’s Voice Program. She also previously worked in New York in private practice, at the Eugen Grabscheid Voice Center of Mount Sinai Hospital, and at Westchester Medical Center.

Karen Erickson, DC
Dr. Erickson believes the body is a healing miracle. The quality of your life can be transformed by optimizing your health. With over 25 years of experience, she draws from a treasure trove of therapies to help patients achieve their best health. Her true love is inspiring, and caring for patients.

Dr Erickson integrates chiropractic, cranial sacral therapy, soft tissue work including massage, myofascial release and cupping. She incorporates essential oils, homeopathy, nutrition and supplements, and specialized diets to support weight-loss, autoimmunity, inflammation and detoxification. Dr Erickson empowers her patients with home exercise programs and mind-body techniques to restore and support health and vitality.

Dr Karen Erickson is an integrative healthcare leader, transformational speaker and author. She was a pioneer in ushering chiropractic into the mainstream: becoming the first chiropractor credentialed by a teaching hospital in the United States when she joined Beth Israel’s Continuum Center for Health and Healing in New York. She co-directed the first conference on Chiropractic Integration. Her passion is sharing health and wellness information through print, television, workshops, and speaks on natural health care topics throughout the country.

Moran Cohen Talmor

Moran Cohen Talmor is a Somatic Voicework™ teacher based out of Israel. She has been studying with Jeanie Lovetri for the past 6 years. Moran runs a private studio that works fully with over 40 private students. In the past two years, Moran has been working with Jeanie to open teacher’s courses that are based on Somatic Voicework™ for students in Israel (in preparation for Jeanie’s upcoming visit to Israel).
Moran is also a nationally acclaimed vocalist and performer with two solo albums, national and international tours. Moran is the lead singer of the group Black Crow – Homage to Joni Mitchell. The group is performing throughout the  country, even gaining recognition from Joni Mitchell. We are currently preparing for our North American tour next year.

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Final Chance to Register for The LoVetri Institute for Somatic Voicework™

July 12, 2019 By svwadmin

The 2019 LoVetri Institute for Somatic Voicework™ kicks off in ten days at Baldwin Wallace University! We are so thrilled to be offering all three levels of Somatic Voicework™ training at this summer’s institute; in addition, we are honored to have Dr. Claudio Milstein offering a Vocal Health Intensive for graduates of Level III (July 26-27), and to have Dr. Trineice Robinson-Martin presenting Soul Ingredients® Methodology Course: When Science Meets Soul for graduates of at least Level II (July 26-28). Housing is available for participants both on campus and arrangements have been made with the Sonesta ES Suites for off campus housing (which includes a daily shuttle to the institute). For more details, click here.

(Photographed Below: Jeanie LoVetri with Adele)
We are honored to have so many already registered for our course which is recognized as both the original and the place to go for summer Contemporary Commercial Music vocal pedagogy. Our guest experts, along with our regular faculty, are top of the line in their individual professions. You simply cannot find this many experts in any other place under the guidance of one of the country’s most recognized singing experts. Why not take advantage of a well-vetted, solidly proven course, that has drawn America’s, Canada’s, and Australia’s highest level laryngologists as lecturers, the biggest names in Music Directors on Broadway, the most singer-friendly speech language pathologists, and experts from Gospel, jazz, and rock to present lectures and master classes? This is a highly organized, codified and graded program that many people return to multiple times because it is so densely packed with vital information. The remarks of those returning is always, “I learn something new and go deeper into my own understanding of vocal function every time. It has changed my teaching forever.” [Read more…] about Final Chance to Register for The LoVetri Institute for Somatic Voicework™

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Vocal Health Intensive with Dr. Claudio Milstein

July 12, 2019 By svwadmin

July 26th-27th, 2019
For Somatic Voicework™ Graduates of at least Level III

This is an intensive vocal health course for graduates of Level III of Somatic Voicework™. Dr. Milstein will cover a review of vocal anatomy and physiology, refreshing the definitions of terms used in clinical and medical discussion of vocal problems. It will present typical problems, through audio and visual examples, of various types of vocal pathology and vocal illness or injury and help singing teachers identify their student’s auditory cues for suspicious vocal qualities and behaviors. Recommendations for referring to a voice care team will be discussed, as well as suggestions on how to interact with these medical professionals to assist in the vocal health of the students. Other topics will be addressed at his discretion. Singing teachers will be free to interact with Dr. Milstein to clarify various issues or questions. The course size is limited, so those who are interested should register as soon as possible. To register, click here!

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Dr. Claudio Milstein’s Intensive Course

June 18, 2018 By svwadmin

Dr. Claudio Milstein will be offering a two day course on vocal health at this summer’s LoVetri Institute for Somatic Voicework™. This course is for graduates of Level III of Somatic Voicework™ in any year prior to 2018 and is an intensive in vocal health.
It will cover a review of basic vocal anatomy and physiology, refreshing the definitions of terms used in clinical and medical discussion of vocal problems. It will present typical problems, through audio and visual examples, of various types of vocal pathology and vocal illness or injury and help singing teachers recognize the auditory cues that would help identify suspicious vocal qualities and behaviors. The course size is limited, so those who are interested should register as soon as possible.

To register for Dr. Milstein’s intensive course, click here. 

Last year we had the pleasure of doing a full interview with Dr. Milstein, please check out that interview here.

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Your Invitation to The LoVetri Institute for Somatic Voicework™

June 18, 2018 By svwadmin

Highlights of May included a great trip to Boston to work with the Somatic Voicework™ teachers in New England. We had a great opening night at New England Conservatory courtesy of Dominique Eade, a Teacher Training Day on Saturday at the home of Celia Slattery and a Teacher Support Group at Wheaton College courtesy of Joanne Mouradjian. As always, there was a great exchange of information between the teachers and on Sunday with the students. Jeanie does these twice a year in New England, in Washington/DC/Baltimore and, new this year, in Michigan. If you would like a weekend in your area, you need at least 10 people who have done Somatic Voicework™ training (level one). If you’re thinking about hosting Jeanie for a Teacher Training & Support Weekend, please click here.

At the end of May Jeanie was off to The Voice Foundation Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice in Philadelphia to enjoy her 40th year of consecutive attendance. She is now on the Advisory Board, an adjudicator of the Best Student Award, a Presentation Coach, and this year was also a section chair of the Pedagogy papers. Additionally, she sang at the Gala in front of opera bass-baritone Simon Estes and tenor George Shirley and many of the doctors and scientists who have been her colleagues, mentors and friends for decades. Several Somatic Voicework™ teachers there in attendance included Benjamin Czarnota, Amanda Chmela, Ric Ryder and faculty of the upcoming training at Baldwin Wallace, Speech Pathologist, Jan Potter Reed. She was able to visit with friends from Europe and South America and all parts of the USA and Canada. If you have never been, Jeanie encourages you to attend next year.
We are now preparing for our LoVetri Institute for Somatic Voicework™ at Baldwin Wallace University in July. Our many expert guests will be presenting their incredible wealth of knowledge, experience and training for participants, delivering information custom tailored just for them. We will be offering credits for Speech Language Pathologists as well.
If you haven’t registered yet, please do so right away, as the courses are filling quickly and there is a cap on the number who can attend. We also have a special course for graduates of Level III in any past year with Dr. Claudio Milstein, from the Cleveland Clinic, who will be presenting an Intensive Course in vocal health.
Don’t miss this very special opportunity and, past grads, remember — you get a huge 50% discount for reviewing any level you’ve already completed. Fifty percent off!!!!!! To register, please click here.
This coming weekend we launch our first ever online Somatic Voicework™ course. We are so pleased with the excitement about the online courses and cannot wait to start! In September we will be offering an array of online courses, to be put on the mailing list for early registration please click here.

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European Adventures, Huge Celebrations and LoVetri Institute 2018!

September 18, 2017 By svwadmin


(Photographed Above: Kate McGarry, Michelle Rosen, Robert Doyle, Jeanie LoVetri, Benjamin Czarnota, & Jason Aquila (collaborative pianist) at the faculty recital, LoVetri Institute 2017)

At the end of August and beginning of September, Jeanie attended the Pan European Voice Conference (PEVOC#12) in Ghent, Belgium, where she presented a workshop on belting. The conference attracts participants from Europe and a few others from South America, Asia and the USA (10 people from the United States were there). She has presented at past conferences in London, Florence and Prague. Prior to the conference she and husband Jerry enjoyed Ghent and Bruges, and after the conference visited Brussels. Next was London where she presented Somatic Voicework™ for 55 participants in London at Arts Education, a college in Chiswick. She was able to visit with colleague and friend Mark Meylan, a noted singing teacher in the West End, and to connect again with others in London in the voice community.
RIght: Jeanie LoVetri in Ghent, Belgium
Left: Jeanie LoVetri working with a participant at her workshop in London, England

Next up later this month is a visit to the DC/Baltimore area to do a Teacher Support Group and Teacher Training Day with Somatic Voicework™ teachers. There is also an open evening for those new to the work. 
     Plans are in the works for a return to Brazil and Australia and a possible return to London in 2018. Jeanie is also busy planning the 2018 residency for the LoVetri Institute next summer at Baldwin Wallace University. After this year’s great success, she is eagerly looking forward to year two with new guest faculty. The dates will be July 21-29, 2018, so mark your calendars and save the date.
     This month, we are so lucky to feature an interview with Somatic Voicework™ faculty, Jamie Leonhart. Jamie will be presenting her original show, ESTUARY: An Artist/Mother Story. The show is truly breathtaking and will be playing at Feinstein’s 54 Below on Tuesday, September 26th at 9:30 PM. To book tickets, please click here & enter the discount code: JAMIEL5. 
     We are thrilled for the success of Jamie’s work and her contribution to our community and the artistic community of New York City! Please book tickets right away, not to be missed!

 

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Highlights from the 2017 SVW Institute and Residency.

August 20, 2017 By svwadmin

Accomplished singer, Faith Howard, blew us away with
her spirit and kindness.

Broadway Veteran, Melanie Vaughan, was kind enough to share her experience of
Somatic Voicework™.

Elise Besler tells us about her experience at the LoVetri Institute for Somatic Voicework, her thoughts on Dr. Adam Rubin’s presentation on vocal health & Thomas Murray’s musical theatre masterclass. 

Gina Razon, Soprano, discusses using Somatic Voicework in both a Classical and a CCM context.  [Read more…] about Highlights from the 2017 SVW Institute and Residency.

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