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The LoVetri Institute for Somatic Voicework™

June 15, 2019 By svwadmin

Explore the Science and Art of the Singing Voice

(photographed below Jeanie LoVetri, founder, Andy Einhorn, Broadway Music Director)

We are so excited to invite you to the 2019 LoVetri Institute for Somatic Voicework™ in residence at Baldwin Wallace University in Berea, Ohio.
The three-tiered course of LoVetri’s method, Somatic Voicework™, is comprehensive but accessible to everyone from singers not yet teaching to those with decades of experience. Vocal function is clearly explained, and the exercises presented are designed to empower teachers to create solutions for a wide variety of pedagogical needs. Since 21st-century music continues to diversify, the need to understand vocal function, vocal health and voice science has never been greater, and new tools are needed to supplement those that were used for the past two hundred years. These tools are found in Somatic Voicework™. There is no special jargon, nothing to prepare, and it avoids any direct manipulation of the structures in the throat. It has the honor of having had 12 nationally recognized laryngologists as lecturers and four highly acknowledged speech language pathologists as faculty over the past decade. The training days are filled with information, demonstration and application balanced with camaraderie, networking and social interaction among participants at all levels. This year we again offer Speech Language Pathologists and K-12 Music Educators CEU’s.

2019 LoVetri Institute for Somatic Voicework™ in residence at Baldwin Wallace University

April 29, 2019 By svwadmin

Click here to register

The LoVetri Institute for Somatic Voicework™ in residence at Baldwin Wallace University will again be held in July in Berea, Ohio. People are already registering for a course that has become 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 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? [Read more…] about 2019 LoVetri Institute for Somatic Voicework™ in residence at Baldwin Wallace University

Upcoming Institutes in Australia and America.

October 8, 2018 By svwadmin

Everyone in Australia is excited as Jeanie’s return there is just a few months away. In January, she will have the first-ever Australian Somatic Voicework™ Institute at University of Southern Queensland in Toowoomba, a couple of hours north of Brisbane. Quite a few participants from her trip there two years ago will be returning and bringing their friends. If you know anyone “Down Under” or in southeast Asia, be sure to share the news with them. You can learn more by clicking here.

Detailed news about the 2019 LoVetri Institute for Somatic Voicework™ in residence at Baldwin Wallace University’s Community Music School will be announced soon but in the meantime please save the dates. Level I begins on July 20, Level II on 23, and Level III on July 26. Past participants still get an incredible 50% discount for any level they are reviewing. Our confirmed guests are Dr. Trineice Robinson-Martin, who will be on faculty for Levels I and II and then have a three-day intensive to certify participants in Soul Ingredients®, her work with Gospel R&B and jazz styles. Sign up as soon as the registration opens (in 2019) so you won’t miss her dynamic course. We also have Dr. Claudio Milstein of the Cleveland Clinic’s Voice Institute returning to do his highly successful vocal health seminar. Again, register early, as it is sure to fill up quickly. Other guests will be announced soon! Registration for all three levels, Dr. Trineice Robinson-Martin’s course, and Dr. Claudio Milstein’s course will go live very soon.

Click here to register for the first ever
LoVetri Institute for Somatic Voicework™
in Australia

The LoVetri Institute in residence at
The University of Southern Queensland

January 11th to 19th, 2019
January 11th to13th: Level I
January 14th to 16th: Level II
January 17th to 19th: Level III

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.

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.

LoVetri 2018 Institute for Somatic Voicework in Residence at Baldwin Wallace University

February 11, 2018 By svwadmin

Basic Application, July 21 – 23: Level I
Advanced Applicaton, July 24 – 26: Level II
Vocal Health and Performance, July 27 – 29: Level III

Special Vocal Health Intensive for Graduates of Level III July 27 and 28 with Instructor, Dr. Claudio Milstein

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!

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.