Jeannette LoVetri

Used to be we talked about “placing the tone” somewhere “in the mask”. We talked about “vibrating the bones in the face” and “sending the...

Over the decades, in my meetings with other singing teachers, I have been told to my face, twice, “I have a gift from God to...

If a student asks, “Why?” during a lesson and the teacher responds with, “Just trust me”, the student should run away. Why, indeed, should a...

One of the most deadly things a teacher can say to a student starts with the words “You are…….” This pronouncement is deadly unless what...

It’s tough when people in high places think they know something. It’s tough when what they know is outdated or wrong. It’s tough when you...

F. M. Alexander developed a method of working with the body, through spinal alignment, that was once regarded as being “unorthodox” but over the years,...

Back in the mid-80s, when we were searching for something to call the first Symposium done by the New York Singing Teachers’ Association at Donnell...

The teachers’ organization is against certifying people. Why? Why should they care? In point of fact, if any one individual decides that their training, and...

If you are savvy, you know the rest of that title is….a dangerous thing. If you only know a little bit, is that better or...

Anyone can take piano lessons or tennis lessons. Not everyone is going to be a Horowitz or a Venus Williams. Anyone can learn to do...