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Jeannette LoVetri
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Opera? Popera?
The world of opera is trying very hard not to fall apart. This has been so for quite some time but it seems that things...

Voice First, Everything Else After
If the body is a hologram (and it is), then working with any part of it changes every part of it, whether that change is...

Oberlin Again
If you are interested in inter-discipinary interchange, please come to the symposium at Oberlin at the end of January. Many minds sharing many ideas can...

Who Really Cares?
Singing teachers forget that in the music industry, very few people care about vocal categories. Outside of classical music, and it could be argued that...

Breakthrough
Ohio State University has announced that it will be presenting a special Voice Forum on April 4-5. One of the topics listed is “Vocal Pedagogy...

Oberlin Symposium
On January 31, February 1 and 2, a break-through symposium is happening at Oberlin College Conservatory, once of the nation’s premier classical training colleges. During...

Stupid Casting
You have to wonder why the wrong people are cast in major roles on in musicals. It isn’t new and it has always raised eyebrows...

The Sound of Money
Many of you will have watched last evening’s Sound of Music on NBC starring Carrie Underwood, Stephen Moyer, Audra McDonald and Laura Benanti. Regardless of...

To Give Up or Not Give Up – That is the Question
I know quite a few people in New York City who came here to become successful professional singers and who, after long years of striving,...

Holiday Music
Here we are again, in “the holiday season”. We’ve just seen Thanksgiving and are in the middle of Hanukkah. Then there’s Christmas, New Year’s and,...