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Jeannette LoVetri
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The Twelve Days of Singing
On the first day of singing my true love gave to me: My heart’s song to sing out gayly. On the second day of singing...
The Consequences of Telling the Truth
Recently I posted a blurb which caused so much trouble I took it down. That’s the trouble with the truth…..it can be very unpopular. Most...
Following The Party Line or Else
I have just heard about a substantial college music theater training program that is being narrowed to the point of making all the training there...
Swiss Cheese
A student arrived recently with a degree in music theater freshly planted under her belt. Lovely young woman, lovely voice, very musical and expressive with...
The Point Is Singing Very Well
I am very strongly committed to the idea that singing teachers should sing well in whatever style they teach. That this takes commitment, dedication and...
Doctors, Speech Language Pathologists and US
Those of us who have taken the time and spent the money to learn about working with injured voices by re-training them after illness, injury...
Throat Specialists Who Don’t Know
I make a lot of noise on this blog about ignorant singing teachers but we all need to address the throat specialists who don’t know what...
Going Slow
If you think you want to learn to sing by “taking a few lessons” then go ahead. You might find a bit of information helpful,...
Opera Versus Functional
The new rule is: all good training for the voice is functional training. No more “classical” training, anywhere. If you sing classical music (i.e. opera,...
Stepping It Down
I once met someone who told me she was an opera singer. We became casual friends and I had occasion to invite her one year...