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Jeannette LoVetri
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Respect For All Kinds Of Music
Anthony Tommasini, the classical reviewer of the New York Times, recently reviewed 85 year old Barbara Cook and had the nerve to say [my words,...

Riding the Semi-Autonomous Nervous System
You can blink, swallow, cough, and breathe on purpose but when you are not doing so, those things happen on their own through the wiring...

When You Already Know Everything You Need To
Sooner or later, you come to a place where you think, “That’s it. I don’t need to learn anything more about this topic. I’m an...

The 21st Century
This blog has addressed the changing atmosphere of teaching singing int he 21st century numerous times. It is slowly but surely moving towards changes that...

Those Who Refuse To Learn
In spite of the fact that I am always championing students, placing the responsibility of learning to sing squarely on the shoulders of the teachers,...

"Good Taste"
How many kinds of singing are there in this world? Do we really know? How many kinds of singing are available to the average person...

Never Too Late Never Too Early
I have two students, both middle aged men, who came to me with no background in singing who wanted to sing and who, two years...

Lenny Bruce
Lenny Bruce was arrested a number of times on charges of obscenity. Compared to what comedians get away with now, what he did was minor,...

No Resources
Recently, I was called upon to give a talk to an mixed audience of teachers (new and experienced), classical and not, speech language pathologists, students...

Working With A Conflicted Student
Fear of success, fear of failure. They can exist in one person. If they do, they will surely prevent the person from getting anywhere, no...