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Jeannette LoVetri
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The Not So Invisible Double Standard
Classical students at colleges and conservatories are still giving graduate recitals as a pre-requisite to getting their degrees, both as undergrads and graduate students. They...
It’s a Man’s World
Little Christina Aguilera, with her Blonde-blonde locks, in her rail thin body, sang the “you-know-what” out of “It’s A Man’s World”, made famous by the...
What’s It All For?
Here in New York we have quite a few places to see and hear live performers, beyond Broadway, Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall. We have...
Limp Arms and Fourth Walls
A number of years ago, I heard the great operatic baritone, Håken Hagegård, speak and remember well his topic, as it was startling. He described...
Where It Belongs
Just came back from a truly glorious quasi-staged version of “My Fair Lady” at Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center. Stars were Kelsey Grammer, Brian...
Just a few lessons…
Every voice teacher with a private studio has had a call that starts out with the following statement: “I just want a few lessons to...
The Last Piece of the Puzzle?
Why can’t we just think our way into the right sounds? If you just get everything lined up perfectly, isn’t the sound you are looking...
"I Like To Squeeze My Throat"
Many times I have encountered young singers who come into a first lesson with a list of things “they do”. The things they are “guilty”...
Solving Nasality with Register Balancing
I have a student who is struggling to rid her singing voice of nasality. This issue is difficult for several reasons. One, she doesn’t speak...
Do What I Don’t Do?
How can you teach what you don’t do? I have never understood that. If you are teaching a physical skill, and you personally do not...