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Jeannette LoVetri
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The Work Belongs Inside
When the voice is working properly, the majority of the functional response is inside. The idea that you can make a good deal of sound...
Explaining the Obvious
I just heard that in order to get into one of our undergraduate programs for jazz here in NYC, you have to sing one song...
The Real World
It’s very hard to imagine what it takes to mount a Broadway musical if you are not involved in that world. It takes a long...
Awareness As A Problem
I ran into something this week that I haven’t encountered in a very long time. A noted teacher pointed out how ineffective it is to...
Science versus Application
There are quite a few people who understand vocal function very well but do not understand how to apply functional exercises. Some of these are...
Normal Versus Extreme
Referencing the two productions I saw last week, “Cinderella” and “Hands On A Hard Body”, both on Broadway, it is important to note how much...
Muscles and Function
It is impossible to discuss function intelligently without also discussing the muscles in the physical body that affect function. It is impossible to discuss those...
The Old Versus The New
Two nights ago we went to see the new Broadway production of Cinderella written by Rodgers and Hammerstein for TV in the 50s. The book...
Old Fashioned Goodness
Just returned from a preview of “Cinderella” a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical written for TV in 1957 and done again in 1965. The first production...