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Jeannette LoVetri
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The Importance of Science in Vocal Pedagogy
The importance of science in vocal pedagogy. We are not going to go backwards. We are not going to stop investigating how the body makes...
The Light In The Darkness Still Burns Bright
It might be hard to believe but it was way back in 1983 when the New York Singing Teachers’ Association presented the first workshop on...
Opera Arias and Art Songs That Aren’t
I recently attended a concert that presented a range of art songs and CCM music. It was sung by very good classically trained singers and...
Maintaining A Default
Once you get someone into a new default position, which can take a lot of work and time, it’s important to emphasize the idea that...
The Larynx Has To Move
The idea that the larynx should stay down at all times is incorrect. The idea that laryngeal stability is produced by keeping the larynx from...
First You Do, Then You Don’t
In order to get somewhere with functional training, a teacher has to pull in two opposing directions and that is confusing to the student. It...
"You Don’t Need To Understand Physiology"
“You don’t need to understand physiology to sing well.” “You don’t need to understand voice science to sing well.” “You don’t need to understand vocal...
Too Weak To Sing
Singing well requires strength. You have to have strength in your core muscles, which includes the muscles in your back from the sacrum to the...
Boundaries
How do you know what kind of vocal boundaries you should have? In fact, what are functional boundaries and what, exactly, is functional training anyway?...
"Spinto"
In Italian the word “spinto” when applied to singing voices means “pushed”. Every singing teacher worth his or her salt is against pushing the voice,...