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Jeannette LoVetri
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Inaccurate Descriptions
Inaccurate Descriptions or… Huh? We have a lot of words in singing that are attempts to describe what we hear when someone sings. These words...

The Truth About Repertoire
What is the truth about repertoire, folks? Is it magic? If you give a beginning student an opera aria to “challenge” her, is that a...

What is “Ego”?
What is Ego? When you are a serious student of the arts, sooner or later you hear about “Ego” (with a capital E to differentiate...

The Very Long Haul
Singing and The Very Long Haul I sometimes discuss “waiting for the bus” or taking time to let the voice and body get used to...

All Muscular Systems Have Limits
My mother was a professional dancer. She was very young when she started (age 14) and had little formal training (back in the day, and...

In The Beginning Was The Sound!
In The Beginning Was The Sound! The most popular theory about the origin of the universe is that it began 14 billion years ago with...

Inherent Conflicts
No matter how you approach singing training, sooner or later you will bump into the inherent conflicts that arise. There issue of balancing one thing...

It’s Too Hard
What does it mean when someone says “it’s too hard”? Does it mean that they expect whatever it is to be only easy, effortless or joyful? Some...

Knowing Is Not Wisdom
You can be book smart — learning a lot of facts on any particular topics. You might know every tidbit on a particular subject and...

More Than Vocal Folds
The Vocal Folds Are The Source Of Your Sound But… How you sound has to do with all the muscles in your tongue, your jaw,...