Jeannette LoVetri

In order to enhance the first harmonic, it’s best to align it either in front of or behind the first formant. This, coupled with a...

I was involved recently in writing a pedagogy paper with some colleagues in which the phrase “engaging the expiratory muscles” was used. I objected to...

More than 35 years ago I presented at a program for the New York Singing Teachers’ Association on the music of Stevie Wonder. You have...

In keeping with yesterday’s post, it’s important to look at the body because if you sing you also have to look at bodily function. You...

Human beings have limits. Some of them are flexible. Some of them absolutely are not. The human body will definitely die if some very specific...

What is your voice worth to you? What is it worth to you to be thought of as an excellent vocalist? Not an actor, not...

The hardest thing to change is someone’s mind. People “get married” to their own ideas. They invest in them and their validity. They build a...

I’ve written here before about prejudice regarding singers. It’s odd that this exists in so many places and shows up in a variety of forms....

For every person who gets to live his or her dream, there are many others who never get close. While some of us are “making...

Teaching is dynamic. You experience all that the human race has to offer, in all its glory and messiness. Some people say “thank you” at...