 The LoVetri Institute for Somatic Voicework™ in residence at Baldwin Wallace University will again be held in July in Berea, Ohio. People are already registering for a course that has become the place to go for summer Contemporary Commercial Music vocal pedagogy. Our guest experts, along with our regular faculty, are top of the line in their individual professions. You simply cannot find this many experts in any other place under the guidance of one of the country's most recognized singing experts. Why not take advantage of a well-vetted, solidly proven course, that has drawn America's and Australia's highest level laryngologists as lecturers, the biggest names in Music Directors on Broadway, the most singer-friendly speech language pathologists, and experts from Gospel, jazz, and rock to present lectures and master classes?
 This is a highly organized, codified and graded program that many people return to multiple times because it is so densely packed with vital information. The remarks of those returning is always, "I learn something new and go deeper into my own understanding of vocal function every time. It has changed my teaching forever."
We urge you to participate in the course that changed everything as the original, ground-breaking CCM training. It remains consistent and reliable but is different every time, as it adjusts to the needs of the participants.
Jeanie wonders why it is that every individual who teaches singing isn't able to sing an operatic or classical sound, a jazz or pop sound and a belt sound as found in music theater or rock music. Why isn't vocal training a comprehensive education in vocal function for all styles? Why isn't it universally true that singers can learn to generate natural, comfortable and authentic adjustments in vocal production in every singing style? Until that's true, Somatic Voicework™ continues to lead the way in this 21st Century direction.
 Our early bird discount for first time participants is only available until March 31st, so if you are thinking of registering, do so right away. And, if you are returning you can still take advantage of our huge 50% discount for reviewing (to receive the discount code, please click here). We also offer graduates of Level II or III the chance to work with Dr. Trineice Robinson-Martin in her acclaimed "Soul Ingredients" course (July 26th-28th, during Level III) and for graduates of Level III, the important chance to learn about vocal health and hygiene from one of America's most recognized Speech Language Pathologists who specializes in working with professional voices, Dr. Claudio Milstein, of the Cleveland Clinic from July 26th-27th. Registration is also live for both Dr. Trineice Robinson-Martin's course and Dr. Claudio Milstein's course, to register click here.
How can you resist all those opportunities? To register for this summer's LoVetri Institute for Somatic Voicework™, please click here.
 There is a reason why Jeanie is in demand all over the world. In recent years she has been invited to teach in Australia, South America, Europe, Canada and will be soon in Israel. Her webinars are always sold out immediately. If you are curious as to why that would be the case, please come to Baldwin Wallace and see for yourself.
In September, Jeanie will be teaching in Barcelona, Spain, at the invitation of Mr. Joey Bates, Fitzmaurice speaking voice teacher and singer, alongside her NY colleague Mary Saunders-Barton. Information on the details of this workshop will be announced soon. In late August Jeanie will be at Pan-European Voice Conference (PEVOC) in Copenhagen where she has been in attendance at most of these conferences since their inception.
 Jeanie will be visiting Boston in April, working with Somatic Voicework™ teachers and others who are teachers and singers at three universities over April 12-14. She will begin at New England Conservatory, then go to Berklee College of Music, and end at Wellesley. All sessions are open to observers. For further details, please look at the announcement below under, "Upcoming Teacher Support Weekends" at the bottom of this newsletter.
 Somatic Voicework™ faculty Amanda Chmela and teacher Melanie Vaughn have joined forces with Jeanie on a research paper about belters. They are seeking professional belters to answer a short survey on what belters do and think about belting. We request that you share this link with your friends and colleagues and on your social media sites. Please click here to complete the survey.
Don't forget that April 16 is World Voice Day! What are you going to do to celebrate? Please send all your activities to our Somatic Voicework™ community by contacting our Media Coordinator and Newsletter Editor, Billy Gollner by clicking here.
Have a wonderful spring, everyone. We look forward to hearing from you and seeing you this summer!
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Hi Dr. Trineice, thanks so much for taking the time to meet with us today.
You are currently faculty at Princeton University’s esteemed jazz program, what can you tell us about your exciting work at Princeton University?
 I’m in seventh year at Princeton University I direct the Jazz Vocal Collective (JVC) Ensemble and teach private voice lessons for jazz students and for students performing other CCM styles.
Jazz Vocal Collective ensemble features solo voice, piano, guitar, bass, drums, and sometime horns. I coach students in developing their own arrangements, in addition to coaching interpretation and stage presence. I also teach private lessons.
I collaborate often with other departments on the Princeton University campus, including my annual guest performance with the University Chapel Choir with director Penna Rose; and my collaboration concert called “Sangam: A Confluence” with Office of South Asian Studies, African American Studies, Office of Religious Life, and Department of Comparative Literature. In this program I present gospel music, along with my colleagues Somdatta Pal singing Tagore music (south Indian folk influenced music), Dr. Fauzia Farooqui reciting Sufi Poetry (Islam). Together we present 7 mini sets during which these three completely musical styles will tell the same story from 3 different cultural perspectives. It’s quite interesting how it all works out.
My next project is a collaboration with the director of Princeton’s Early Music Program, harpsichordist Wendy Young to present a course on improvisation.
You are the Executive Director of the African American Jazz Caucus, what can you tell us about your work with the AAJC?
 The African American Jazz Caucus Inc mission is the preserve the legacy of jazz, prepare the future of jazz and promote jazz in the present. It was created in response to the lack of representation of African American educators and students in jazz education, and the lack of representation in jazz history as its being represented in academia.
As the executive director I been able to implement programs such as the Mentorship program, Griot’s Corner: Conversation with Jazz Griot, HBCU spotlight performance at Jazz Education Network conferences, and I also helped establish and promote the Donald Meade Legacy Jazz Griot Award through which we seek out and celebrate oral historians in the jazz community.
Congratulations on the success of So You Want To Sing Gospel, what can you tell us about your upcoming publication Voice Training for the Gospel Soloist?
 Thank you. I’ve been working on Voice Training for the Gospel Soloist for a while now, half the battle seems to be finding the time to finish. I’ve rewritten it so many times trying to get it just right. Trying to teach voice using written words, while at the same time creating vocabulary for a topic that has not been written about is quite challenging. However, I do consider it my best work, and I look forward to finishing it. I have also began writing three additional pedagogic resources: Style conditioning Exercises for Gospel; Style Condition Exercises for Jazz; and an AdLib Composition Journal (Gospel).
In addition to teaching and performing you are also working on your first recording? Tell me about it? Do you have a release date?
 I’m very excited about my completing my first CD. The title of the album is “My Shining Hour” and it is just that, my turn to focus on my own performance and the stories and messages I want to tell. I spend so much time helping other people with their recording projects, I never made the time to work on my own.
I have co-produced this album along with saxophonist Don Braden. It features Cyrus Chestnut on piano, Philip Orr on Piano; Kenny Davis on bass; Vince Ector on drums; Kahlil Kwame Bell on percussions; Stretch on guitar; Don is of course featured playing alto sax, tenor sax, and flute on many of the tracks; and I also have a small horn section.
There will be about 12-14 tracks on the album mostly jazz standards and one original blues of mine called “Let It Shine” which feature me and my children singing background together. As you know, “This Little Light Of Mine” has been a major teaching tool of mine for workshops and clinics, and my song “Let It Shine” reflects what I consider my most prominent message to world “Let your light shine bright.” Keep your eyes peeled, the CD will be released in late spring.
At this summer’s LoVetri Institute for Somatic Voicework™ you’ll be offering a course, Soul Ingredients® Methodology Course: When Science Meets Soul from July 26thto 28th, what can participants expect from this course?
 The three-day intensive is specifically designed for Somatic Voicework™ teachers, and will provide pedagogic strategies for applying Somatic Voicework™ to soul-based singing styles. Soul Ingredients® Methodology Course: When Science Meets Soul specifically explores pedagogic strategies for developing the following four aspects of voice training: Anatomical Awareness, Voice Conditioning, Style Conditioning, Music Interpretation in a manner that exemplifies every aspect of the singer’s individuality both physically and musically. We will be exploring various pedagogic paths for belt sounds through the release of the “Primal Cry” and other colors and vocal nuances common in African American folk-based music styles. We will be breaking down the physiological components and pedagogic strategies for stamina and endurance. , through pedagogic parameters and teaching methodology.
Additional Information:
Website(s): www.drtrineice.com, www.aajc.us, www.jazzgriot.com
Facebook Pages: @drtrineice
Twitter: @drtrineice
Instagram: @drtrineice
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Jeannette LoVetri,
Founder
Jeannette LoVetri is founder and director of The Voice Workshop™, creator of Somatic Voicework™ and creator of the original course for Contemporary Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy, which for 13 years garnered over 1200 participants from all over the USA and 12 foreign countries.The work is unique, practical and based on voice science, vocal health and vocal function. It has received rave reviews from vocal experts in every discipline and has had a significant influence on vocal pedagogy worldwide.
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Betsy Fiedler,
Senior Faculty
Elizabeth “Betsy” Fiedler teaches music in her own private studio, and is the Director of Music at Holy Family of Nazareth Church. In addition, she is an adjunct faculty member at Mount Wachusett Community College, the Voice Consultant for the Arts Magnet at Burncoat High School, and is a soloist at local churches, colleges, and with the Greater Gardner Community Choir. Betsy enjoys performing on the stage at Theatre at the Mount and Greater Worcester Opera Company. She has recorded 3 CDs of contemporary Christian Music.
To celebrate World Voice Day, Betsy's College Voice Class has putt together the following event:
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Dr. Trineice Robinson-Martin
Dr. Trineice Robinson-Martin, Dr. Trineice Robinson-Martin has dedicated her career to performing and developing resources for teaching jazz, gospel/christian, R&B, rock, country, and pop singing styles in an applied/private voice lesson setting.
She completed her doctoral work at Teachers College Columbia University. Dr. Trineice holds master degrees in music education and jazz studies from Teachers College and Indiana University-Bloomington, respectively, B.A. from San Jose State University, and is a Level III certified in Somatic Voicework™ - The LoVetri Method. Dr. Trineice holds faculty positions at Princeton University as the jazz voice instructor and director of the Jazz Vocal Collective Ensembles I and II. She serves on the National Faculty in the academic division of Gospel Music Workshop of America, and serves as the Executive Director of the African American Jazz Caucus, Inc.
Based on her graduate research, Dr. Trineice created Soul Ingredients®, a teaching methodology for developing a singer’s musical style/interpretation in African-American folk based music styles (i.e. jazz, gospel, R&B, blues, etc). This methodology shows students how to take their personal experiences, musical influences and models, and execute the different components in a manner that is personal to the singer/performer’s own personal expression.
As an accomplished performer, teacher, and scholar, Dr. Trineice has traveled and taught students from all over the world and lectures nationally and internationally on a variety of Soul Ingredients® topics. Her performance experience spans a variety of musical styles, venues and settings: the intimacy of private parties and local clubs, the grand stages of musical arts centers and large music festivals, and international stages. She has performed with concert choirs and chorales, large and small jazz ensembles, Latin music ensembles, corporate bands, a POP orchestra, and R&B groups, including international R&B recording group CHANGE and Standing in the Shadows of Motown Live.
Dr. Trineice has authored for Journal of Singing, and has a chapter on gospel music pedagogy in "Teaching Singing in the 21st Century." Look out for her upcoming publications: “Voice Training for the Gospel Soloist: Training the Voice,” and "So You Want To Sing Gospel" as part of the NATS book series.
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Andy Einhorn
Leading Broadway music director and conductor, Andy Einhorn, directs concerts this year with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra, Tucson Symphony and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Most recently he served as the Music Supervisor and Musical Director for the Broadway productions of Carousel and Hello Dolly! Einhorn’s previous Broadway credits include Holiday Inn, Woody Allen’s Bullets Over Broadway, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Evita, Brief Encounter, The Light in the Piazza, and Sondheim on Sondheim. Einhorn served as music director and conductor for the Châtelet Theatre’s production of Sondheim’s Passion in Paris and has twice led the New York Philharmonic conducting for Audra McDonald and Chris Botti, respectively.
Since 2011 Einhorn has served as music director and pianist for Six-Time Tony Award Winner, Audra McDonald, performing with her at such prestigious orchestras and venues including The New York Philharmonic, the Boston Pops, The Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Opera, Avery Fisher Hall, Carnegie Hall, Walt Disney Concert Hall and Teatro Real, Madrid. They recently recorded performances for national telecast with the Sydney Symphony at the Sydney Opera House in Australia. Einhorn has also music directed for Barbara Cook at Feinstein’s and Toronto’s Royal Conservatory of Music.
His tour work includes Sweeney Todd, The Light in the Piazza, Mamma Mia!, and The Lion King. Einhorn’s work can be heard on the current touring production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music. Einhorn has worked at Goodspeed Opera House, Signature Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival and PaperMill Playhouse. He was principal vocal coach and pianist for Houston Grand Opera’s An Evening with Audra McDonald, a double-bill of Poulenc’s La Voix Humaine and LaChiusa’s Send.
Recording credits include Audra McDonald's Sing Happy with the New York Philharmonic, Carousel featuring Renee Fleming, Hello Dolly! featuring Bette Midler, Bullets Over Broadway, Cinderella, Evita, Sondheim on Sondheim (Grammy Nom) Stage Door Canteen and McDonald’s Go Back Home. He served as the music director for HBO’s Peabody Award winning documentary Six by Sondheim and music supervisor for Great Performances Peabody Award winning special “Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy” on PBS.
Andy Einhorn is an honors graduate of Rice University in Houston, Texas.
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Jeff Costello
Jeff Costello has been a professional singer, instrumentalist and sound engineer for over 30 years performing a wide variety of musical genres from Classical to Heavy Metal and everything in between. In addition to maintaining a private studio of 8-15 students, Jeff is the director of a 265 member school choir program in Michigan where his groups perform with live rock band accompaniment.
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Billy Gollner
Performance highlights of Billy Gollner’s include, appearing as a backing vocalist for Andrea Bocelli, performing the title role of Aeneas in the Opera, Dido & Aeneas, and performing in musical theatre (favourites include: Hair, Little Shop of Horrors, & Christmas Pops). Billy has had the honour of singing for the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, and for vocal legend, Sarah McLachlan.
In addition to Billy’s work as a performer, he has been working as a voice teacher. Billy currently teaches Singing and Musical Theatre at London’s Urdang Academy; one of London’s Top Performing Arts Universities. In addition to teaching at The Urdang Academy, Billy teaches private lessons in London and online with singers all over the world.
Billy holds a Master of Arts degree from The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Musical Theatre Performance, a Bachelor of Music in Voice, a Bachelor of Arts in Communications, and a Certificate of Liberal Arts. Billy is an active member of The National Association for Teachers of Singing.
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Michelle Rosen,
Senior Faculty
My diverse studio comprises high school and college-age students, professional singers, actors and dancers as well as adult avocational singers. My teaching is a fusion of many influences, including classical and commercial music singing techniques, yoga and other body work, dance, acting and speech training. I am certified in Somatic Voicework™ The LoVetri Method which is functional training that draws on current voice science and features a body-based approach tailored to the needs and abilities of each individual, with the goal of healthy, free and stylistically appropriate singing. Attention is paid to posture/alignment, register balance, diction, resonance, and breathing as well as performance aspects including interpretation and style. Besides my private studio, I teach at NYU Tisch, at the Westminster College of the Arts in NJ and at the Grammy Award-winning Brooklyn Youth Chorus. In 2012 I was invited to join the faculty of the summer CCM Vocal Pedagogy Institute at Shenandoah University. I have also taught at NYU Steinhardt as well as the Open Center in New York. Memberships include Actors Equity Association and NYSTA (New York Singing Teachers Association) in addition to NATS. I am a recipient of the Distinguished Voice Professional Certificate from NYSTA and hold a Master of Music degree in vocal performance from NYU Steinhardt.
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Dr. Chandler Thompson
Chandler Thompson, DMA, MS, CCC-SLP, is a speech-language pathologist/professional voice specialist, who evaluates and treats patients with voice disorders, chronic cough and disordered breathing. An active singer and lecturer, Dr. Thompson holds three degrees in Vocal Performance, including the Doctor of Musical Arts from Michigan State University. She taught singing and related music courses at several universities before matriculating at New York Medical College, where she received a Master of Science degree in Speech-Language Pathology, winning the Clinical Excellence Award. She is certified in Performing Arts Health by the Performing Arts Medicine Association and the American College of Sports Medicine. Prior to moving to the Sean Parker Institute for the Voice, Dr. Thompson served as the Coordinator of Voice Services at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Division of Otolaryngology’s Voice Program. She also previously worked in New York in private practice, at the Eugen Grabscheid Voice Center of Mount Sinai Hospital, and at Westchester Medical Center.
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Dr. Michael Benninger
Dr. Michael S. Benninger, MD serves as the Chair of Head & Neck Surgery of Cleveland Clinic Head & Neck Institute, Cleveland. Dr. Benninger serves as a Scientific and Clinical Advisor of Sonitus Medical Inc. He previously served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. He serves as a Member of Medical Advisory Board at WiserTogether, Inc. Dr. Benninger serves as the President of the American Laryngological Association (ALA), the longest-standing ENT society, and has served on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS). Dr. Benninger serves on the Board of Directors of the Voice Foundation and the International Association of Phonosurgeons. Dr. Benninger has authored or edited five books, with his most recent being The Performer’s Voice. He has also written more than 125 scientific articles, focusing primarily on voice care and laryngology, nasal and sinus disease, and healthcare management. A graduate of Harvard University, Dr. Benninger received his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He completed his residency at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
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Dr. Claudio Milstein
Dr. Milstein is the director of the Voice Center at the Head and Neck Institute of the Cleveland Clinic. He joined the faculty of the National Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, specializing in voice for stage, and care of the professional voice. He is an associate professor at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner School of Medicine, and holds an affiliate scholar appointment at Oberlin College. He has been actively involved in the clinical management of voice patients for over 20 years, has authored numerous publications related to the human voice and its disorders, and is frequently invited as a lecturer at national and international meetings. Current areas of interest include laryngeal hyper-reactivity, functional voice disorders, upper airway dysfunction and care of the professional voice.
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Karen Erickson, DC
Dr. Erickson believes the body is a healing miracle. The quality of your life can be transformed by optimizing your health. With over 25 years of experience, she draws from a treasure trove of therapies to help patients achieve their best health. Her true love is inspiring, and caring for patients.
Dr Erickson integrates chiropractic, cranial sacral therapy, soft tissue work including massage, myofascial release and cupping. She incorporates essential oils, homeopathy, nutrition and supplements, and specialized diets to support weight-loss, autoimmunity, inflammation and detoxification. Dr Erickson empowers her patients with home exercise programs and mind-body techniques to restore and support health and vitality.
Dr Karen Erickson is an integrative healthcare leader, transformational speaker and author. She was a pioneer in ushering chiropractic into the mainstream: becoming the first chiropractor credentialed by a teaching hospital in the United States when she joined Beth Israel’s Continuum Center for Health and Healing in New York. She co-directed the first conference on Chiropractic Integration. Her passion is sharing health and wellness information through print, television, workshops, and speaks on natural health care topics throughout the country.
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Moran Cohen Talmor
Moran Cohen Talmor is a Somatic Voicework™ teacher based out of Israel. She has been studying with Jeanie Lovetri for the past 6 years. Moran runs a private studio that works fully with over 40 private students. In the past two years, Moran has been working with Jeanie to open teacher's courses that are based on Somatic Voicework™ for students in Israel (in preparation for Jeanie's upcoming visit to Israel).
Moran is also a nationally acclaimed vocalist and performer with two solo albums, national and international tours. Moran is the lead singer of the group Black Crow - Homage to Joni Mitchell. The group is performing throughout the country, even gaining recognition from Joni Mitchell. We are currently preparing for our North American tour next year.
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Amanda Chmela
Amanda Chmela, soprano, of Lindenhurst, NY, received her BFA in Musical Theatre from SUNY Fredonia and her MM in Opera Performance from Binghamton University. She also attended the Aaron Copland School of Music for a year where she worked towards an Artist Diploma Cerftificate for Opera Performance. Ms. Chmela is currently taking classes in Speech Language Pathology from Northwestern University and C.W. Post. She is a member of NATS, NYSTA, NAfME, The Voice Foundation, and is Certified in Somatic Voicework™, The LoVetri Method. Ms. Chmela is on the voice faculty at LIU C.W. Post within their Fine and Performing Arts Departments. In addition to her collegiate teaching, she also maintains a private studio on Long Island where she specializes in teaching Contemporary Commercial Music with a strong focus on musical theatre and pop/rock styles. This summer, Ms. Chmela will be joining the faculty at the LoVetri Institute for Somatic Voicework™, held at Baldwin Wallace University in July. Past teaching experience includes voice faculty at Rider University (2014-2018), voice faculty at Molloy College (2014), and adjunct faculty at Binghamton University (2010-2013).
Ms. Chmela has participated in the Westchester Summer Vocal Institute, is an alumnus of Tri-Cities Opera’s Resident Artist Training Program, and attended Queens College as an Artist Diploma candidate for Opera Performance. She has been the female vocalist for the Savoy Swing Band since August of 2013. Performance highlights include Lucille (Parade), Anne (A Little Night Music), Nancy (Oliver!), Gretel (Hansel and Gretel), Josephine (H.M.S. Pinafore), Beth (Little Women), Sister Mary Patrick (Sister Act), Hodel/Fruma Sarah (Fiddler on the Roof), Alice (Addam’s Family), Mrs. Cratchit (A Christmas Carol), Despina (Cosi fan tutti), Latitia & Ms. Pinkerton (The Old Maid and the Thief), Poppea (L’incoronazione di Poppea), Barbarina (Le Nozze di Figaro) and Fire Cover/Chorus (L’enfant et les sortilege).
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