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Jeannette LoVetri
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Master Classes
What, exactly, is a master class? A class taught my a master, no? Seems to make sense. I have seen my share of master classes,...

Opera, Yes. Trash, No.
I believe that new opera, written by living composers is indeed alive and well. Sometimes new interpretations of old operas can work, too. While in...

The Performing Arts
The decline overall in respect for all performing arts is ever more apparent in the arts themselves. If you do not educate children to understand...

Gun-Tottin’ Brünnhilde
Do not bother to see the last few performances of “Annie Get Your Gun” with Deborah Voigt at Glimmerglass Opera House in Cooperstown, NY. Truly,...

Perception
It’s all about perception. It’s about your point of view. What we argue about, what causes strife and even wars, are different points of view....

Caring Too Much Is Such a Juvenile Fancy
Caring too much ……. a lyric from “Falling in Love with Love” from Rodgers and Hart’s The Boys From Syracuse — it is a lovely...

Learning to Listen
Singing teachers listen for a living. Most of them have not been taught to listen. One of our participants in the most recent Somatic Voicework™...

"The Goal in SVW is NOT to Make Resonance"
I wrote this in a post on this blog in 2006. I was asked to explain further but I did not. It’s a little late,...

When Singing Is Not Just About Singing
Sometimes people need to take singing lessons for reasons that have little to do with singing. We have, in our society, quite a bit of...