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Jeannette LoVetri
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The Entertainer
Anyone who knows my work knows that I have great affection and respect for the old “song and dance man” kind of performer whose roots...

A Fully Functional Voice
So, what, exactly, is a fully functional voice? A fully functional voice covers approximately two octaves of range. (It can be more but it shouldn’t...

The Truest Tragedy
What does one do when listening to a student sing and the student is in a master’s degree program at a university and sounds absolutely...

All Kinds of Sounds Are Correct
The only kind of sound that is not “correct” is one that is very squeezed, tight, caught, swallowed, muffled, held, or constricted. Guess what? That...

Letting Go
When I was studying singing with my last (and my eighth) teacher, he told me “not to do anything” in my throat, just let go...

Doing It All
You cannot do it all. You cannot be an excellent high belter, a fabulous classical soprano, a great Broadway singer, a star cabaret performer, a...

Manipulation
Free singing is the opposite of manipulation. Anyone who teaches you to move your larynx on purpose is teaching you to manipulate your throat. No...

Why Resonance Is Not An End In Itself in CCM
Every sound a human being makes has some kind of resonance or it would be inaudible. Classical singing REQUIRES that a singer learn to stay...

Mind/Body/Voice
You cannot separate the mind, the body and the voice. The idea that they are separate is false. There is no voice without a mind...