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Spain Announcement, The LoVetri Institute,
Atlas, New Online Course, and more!


     Greetings, fellow singers and teachers! We welcome spring weather here in the USA and we hope that everyone is enjoying the budding of the flowers and trees (although we extend our condolences to those who are sneezing, wheezing and blowing!)
     Things are developing with Jeanie's first book, "Notes on Singing." Dr. Karen Hall, Editor, is working on organizing Jeanie's writings into book form. It will be distributed by Compton Publishing sometime in late 2020 or early 2021.
     During the week of April 22nd, Jeanie went to Los Angeles to work with the cast of Atlas at the request of composer Meredith Monk, and Yuval Sharon, director, of this production with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The opera, which will be presented in June at the Disney Hall under the baton of Maestro Paulo Bortolameolli, was in early rehearsal and Jeanie was able to work with the whole company as well as individual vocalists to help them achieve their singing goals. If you are in or near LA in June, treat yourself and go to see Meredith's gorgeous opera which will be unlike anything else you may have previously seen. It hasn't been mounted in full since the early 90s, so it will be a special treat to see it again with a really excellent cast. For more information or to book tickets, please click here.
     In May, Jeanie will again be attending Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice presented by the Voice Foundation in Philadelphia and presenting a workshop on true "crossover" singing. She remains on the Advisory Board, is an adjudicator for the Best Student Presentation Award and a Coach for the Presenters through the Outreach Committee. She encourages everyone to attend this important conference. For further info, click here.
     We ask your support and help in sharing our "Belt Study" with your friends, colleagues and students. We need as many responses as possible from professional belters by July. Please click here to complete the survey.
(Photographed below: Jeanie LoVetri, Dr. Melissa Forbes, and participants from Somatic Voicework™ training in Australia)
     Jeanie is pleased to announce that Dr. Melissa Forbes's presentation has been accepted for the Pan-European Voice Conference (PEVOC) in Copenhagen, Denmark, in August. Dr. Forbes' will be interviewing Dr. Irene Bartlett, of Queensland Conservatorium in Brisbane, Australia, and Jeanie, about their unique paths that helped establish the academic credibility of CCM pedagogy half a world apart, at the same time. Jeanie and Irene will share their distinct but related explorations and their collegial friendship as Melissa moderates and asks questions. It should be a great deal of fun.  
     In early September, Jeanie will be going to Barcelona to join New York colleague Mary Saunders-Barton for a four-day seminar on American Music Theater. This conference is open to the public and will feature master classes by both experts and a panel discussion at the end. For more information or the register, click here.
      The LoVetri Institute for Somatic Voicework™ at Baldwin Wallace University in July is filling up with eager registrants from near and far. More and more teachers are interested in functional training for CCM based on voice science and vocal health. We are again fortunate to have ASHA credits available for Speech Language Pathologists who work with singers. Also, for the first time we are able to offer CEU credits for K-12 music educators. We urge all of you who are interested to join us this summer in Berea, Ohio (just outside Cleveland) for 9 days (in three-day segments) of education, information, applied skill building, dynamic interaction, joyful fun, and many yummy and healthful snacks!
(Photographed below: Jeanie LoVetri and participants at the 2018 LoVetri Institute for Somatic Voicework™)
     The LoVetri Institute is not like anything else anywhere else and you will be glad to join the many remarkable people who not only come but return each year to deepen their skills. Registration is currently open for all three levels of Somatic Voicework™ training at the institute, for Dr. Trineice Robinson-Martin's course Soul Ingredients® Methodology Course: When Science Meets Soul (July 26th to 28th), and Dr. Claudio Milstein's Vocal Health Intensive (July 26th & 27th). To register for any of these courses, click here.
     We are very excited to announce our next online course, Special Topics in Somatic Voicework™. In this course we will be exploring working with children and teens, retraining voices with diagnosed vocal pathology, working with singers who sing professionally in multiple styles (classical and CCM), and working with professional belters. Registration is open to those who have completed their Somatic Voicework™ training and those who are interested in exploring Somatic Voicework™ for the first time. Those who have completed at least level I received a $50 discount on the course. The course begins Monday, June 3rd. Click here for more details or to register. This will be our final online course until they get started again in the fall. 
     Jeanie is hoping to visit Las Vegas in October and perhaps also Brazil in January of 2020. Discussions are ongoing and dates will be confirmed as soon as plans are finalized. In April, 2020, she will be the keynote speaker for the New Zealand Association of Teachers of Singing, and other destinations for 2020 are being discussed!  
(Photographed below: Jeanie LoVetri at Wellesley College, April 2019)
     Jeanie had a great time in Boston over April 12th to 14th, working at three universities in three days! The Friday afternoon sessions at New England Conservatory were arranged by Dominique Eade for the New England Conservatory students. The evening session was open to the general public and presented as an introduction to Somatic Voicework™. On Saturday, Jeanie was at Berklee College of Music as arranged by Lisa Thorson, Kris Adams and Kaoruko Pilkington (all Berklee faculty). Jeanie was able to do a master class for students of Berklee teachers and other Somatic Voicework™ teachers in the area. We had some real breakthroughs -- the kind that startled the student (and everyone else observing) -- into tears of joy. It was an incredible moment.  
(Photographed below: Jeanie LoVetri working with a student in Boston, April 2019)
     On Sunday, thanks to Kris Adams, Jeanie was able to work with the students of Wellesley College. We had some great "ah-ha" moments, such as  listening to a young tenor transform his voice while singing a pop song in Mandarin! Jeanie wishes to thank Celia Slattery, who provided her a warm and welcoming place to stay and transportation to everything. On Saturday evening, Jeanie, Lisa, Kris, Celia, Kaoruko and her husband, Bob, all had dinner where Jeanie was again feted for her 70th birthday by her Boston friends. She would like to thank Celia, Dominique, Kris, Kaoruko and Lisa for their organizing of this weekend event so efficiently. She reports it was an all-around real treat! If you would like to host Jeanie for a teacher training weekend in your area, contact us by clicking here.
(Photographed below: Jeanie LoVetri and Theo Bleckmann, Backstage at Carnegie Hall, April 2015)
     The day of Jeanie 70th birthday was quite a festive occasion. On that afternoon, April 2nd, Jeanie's doorbell rang and Theo Bleckmann arrived joined by Upper West Side neighbors and Somatic Voicework™ grads, Cathy Lawrence Schwartzman, Susan Pereira, and Katherine Hendry, with a gorgeous orchid, a bottle of champagne and a rousing chorus of "Happy Birthday". After sharing a champagne toast. Theo presented Jeanie a birthday card from more than 40 worldwide Somatic Voicework™ teachers who had each contributed to a "birthday fund" for Jeanie. She's putting those funds to use by hiring a professional organizer to do a much-needed cleanup of her office and studio and will maybe also have a bit left over to sneak in a couple of days vacation. She wants to sincerely thank Kate McGarry for organizing this wonderful gift and all who contributed to it. It was a very special day indeed.
     If you are a Somatic Voicework™ graduate, please send us your activities as we are happy to share your adventures and accomplishments with all who read this newsletter. Each of you matters in our Somatic Voicework™ community and we are all enriched by each others' successes.

Week One: Working with Children & Teens
Week Two: Retraining Voices with Diagnosed Vocal Pathology
Week Three: Working with Singers Who Sing Professionally in Multiple Styles (Variation of Function Depending on Style)
Week Four: Working with Professional Belters

Dates: Monday June 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th
Time: 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EST


Cost for Somatic Voicework™ Graduates of at least Level I: $200
Cost for those yet to complete any Somatic Voicework™ Certification: $250

Each week will begin with Jeanie working with two singers while teachers observe (30-45 minutes with each student). Jeanie will then discuss the functional approaches and challenges in working with each group; this will be a mixture of traditional academic lecture from Jeanie and dialogue among participants. Each week will end with a question and answer period.

All courses are recorded and archived so participants can complete the course at their own leisure; participants are not required to complete the course in real time. Recordings will not be posted publicly and are used solely for the educational purposes of people involved in the online classes. Videos are posted within 48 hours of each week’s class wrapping.

You are a Speech-Language Pathologist who also holds a DMA in vocal performance.  What led you towards a career as a CCC-SLP?

I was interested in also being able to work with people who had a voice pathology. While many singing teachers have the ear and the knowledge to help guide injured voices, the speech-language pathology degree is considered the “gold standard” by the medical profession to be able to do medical rehabilitation of the voice.
I am focused on helping singers, actors, and other professional voice users, recalibrate their vocal mechanics after a setback, as well as educating them about voice habilitation.  I am fortunate to have worked in voice centers in New York and Boston that are patient-centered, and have had the opportunity to see some interesting cases.  I learn so much from my patients!
 

Why is it important that singers have a speech-language pathologist as apart of their vocal health team (in addition to a voice teacher and a laryngologist)?

Since I have been both a singing teacher and a speech pathologist, I think one of the differences is that as a singing teacher, I helped singers go from a healthy baseline to enhanced use of the voice.  As a speech-pathologist/voice specialist, I take a singer from vocal setback/pathology back to baseline. The SLP who is a professional voice specialist can also “interpret” for the physician, the patient and the singing teacher what each of the other team members means—often the same thing said with different terminology. 
     Singing teachers have made great strides in the past 20 years in learning the medical terminology, and in including voice science and medical courses in their conference offerings. And, there are more physicians entering the field of laryngology who have some background in singing or performing, so, overall, the communication is improving. The most important thing is that EVERY member of the team needs to be invested in what is best for the particular student/patient. The solutions are not one-size fits all.
 

You will be presenting at this summer’s LoVetri Institute for Somatic Voicework™, what can participants expect from your presentation? 

I will cover anatomy and physiology, posture, breathing, myofascial release, vocal hygiene (including some myth-busting), how to do the teamwork of patient, SLP, physician, singing teacher and other providers, and I have a handout for everyone on “How to be a Good Patient.”

 

When did you first meet Jeanie LoVetri?  

I first met Jeanie when I completed by training for speech pathology in New York and began working as a speech pathologist.  I also took all 3 levels of Somatic Voicework™ - the LoVetri Method!

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Website(s):  https://voice.weill.cornell.edu/

 

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.
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. 
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.
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 ToddThe 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.

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.
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.

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.
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.
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.

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.
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.

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.
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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