Jeanie’s Blog

When dealing with anyone who doesn’t know he doesn’t know, it is very easy to be unintentionally insulting. To some extent the person on the receiving end of any information is an easy mark re having their ego bruised. Leading an individual into discovering what they don’t know (which could be the size of the Grand ...

You’ve had a very successful career as a voice teacher. Can you give us an overview of your work? Over the 38 years since graduate school, I’ve maintained a large private studio alongside other teaching, such as adjunct college faculty positions and as a member of the senior voice/choral faculty at a large community music school. I ...

The entertainment industry. The music business. TV, theater, movies, recordings, the internet, public performances. All of them are venues for performers. Musicians may or may not like the idea that they are in the entertainment industry. They would probably acknowledge they are in the music business. They probably don’t call themselves performers, but, of course, they ...

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 ...

We are delighted to conclude this year with many wonderful memories of great things that have happened, successes of Somatic Voicework™ teachers everywhere, and the expansion of the work in the international community. Much of this happens through “word-of-mouth” sharing, as we do very little promotion or advertising. That’s such a wonderful thing to know…that ...

July 26th-28th, 2019 For Somatic Voicework™ Graduates of at least Level II Soul Ingredients®, led by Trineice Robinson-Martin, Ed.D, EdM, MM, is a voice pedagogy method created to nourish both the development of the voice and execution of one’s own soul’s expression through song. The focus of this methodology is to train the voice as an instrument, ...

Greetings, fellow singers and teachers! We welcome spring weather here in the USA and we hope that everyone is enjoying the budding of the flowers and trees (although we extend our condolences to those who are sneezing, wheezing and blowing!) Things are developing with Jeanie’s first book, “Notes on Singing.” Dr. Karen Hall, Editor, is working ...

“So You Want To Sing CCM (Contemporary Commercial Music): A Guide for Performers” compiled by Dr. Matt Hoch, of Auburn University, also published by Rowman & Littlefield. Dr. Hoch is a Somatic Voicework™ graduate. The book presents a compendium of approaches to CCM with an emphasis on vocal technique and function. Somatic Voicework™ is presented ...

Somatic Voicework™ seeks to bring the voice, the person, the emotions and the mind together. It seeks to illuminate the path of vocal artistry by conveying objective information about vocal production based on what is currently known and understood in medicine and science. It supports inter-disciplinary exchange. It is an open system. All premises are ...

Vocalist Maria Damore demonstrates her ability to sing in a variety of vocal styles in this compilation of Kurt Weill songs from her 2016 concert in Reading, PA. She is accompanied by Lars Potteiger. Song clips include Pirate Jenny, My Ship, Speak Low, Youkali, Lost in the Stars, and, Mack the Knife. Maria has studied Somatic Voicework: ...

  Leischen Moore Leischen will be performing the role of Eliza Doolittle in Tacoma Musical Playhouse’s “My Fair Lady” from May 18th to June 10th. For tickets and more information, click here. Leischen will also be Associate Faculty at this summer’s LoVetri Institute for Somatic Voicework™. (photographed left: Leischen Moore in rehearsals for “My Fair Lady)   Dr. Melissa Forbes‘ article, “A ...

I know that older people always complain about “the youth of today” and praise the good old days. Now that I am an older person, I don’t want to do that, but it is hard not to look back at what I learned and think that much of it is gone. To me, that’s a ...

Imagine that you are a singing student who has been taught a method that leaves you with your throat feeling pain. It actually hurts when you practice or perform. Imagine, also, that when you complain to your teacher, you are blamed for being unable to understand the great pearls of wisdom falling from his or her ...

You need only be exposed once to someone who has had a laryngectomy to understand how important it is to be able to speak. While it is certainly better than dying from laryngeal cancer, it is a terrible loss and staying alive becomes much harder. Since the larynx is responsible for keeping the lungs protected ...

In most spiritual traditions the “masters” are of few words, carefully chosen. They understand the power of words, as spoken sound, to influence. Strongly spoken words carry emotional and mental power and have an impact. Singing magnifies that experience. Any authority figure must learn to choose words carefully and to pay attention to the consequences of ...