University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
VOCAL PEDAGOGY
CONTEMPORARY COMMERICIAL MUSIC STYLES
January 20-22, 2012

About Somatic Voicework(sm) The LoVetri Method
Somatic Voicework (sm)(SVW) is Jeannette LoVetri's body-based system of training for Contemporary Commercial Music (CCM). LoVetri has created a comprehensive approach to vocal development by drawing upon her three and half decades as a teacher and vocalist, her training in traditional classical vocal technique, as well as disciplines such as speech pathology, dance, and yoga. SVW also draws upon approaches taken from body awareness disciplines such as Alexander Technique, Feldenkrais, and BioEnergetics. LoVetri has worked for years in collaboration with voice scientists and medical doctors and is an internationally recognized expert in healthy singing for all commercial styles.

Why is this course unique?
Somatic Voicework(sm) (SVW) - The LoVetri Method presupposes that healthy singing is based upon free, full use of the vocal mechanism in partnership with the body. It promotes self-knowledge, musical intuition and the artistic uniqueness of each person and voice. Instructional materials are flexible and can be adapted to fit each professional's individual approach.

Receive Your Level One SVW Certification
Level I Certification is for anyone who currently works with or desires to work with CCM styles. It will present an organized pedagogical approach based upon vocal function and the principles of voice science and medicine. Level One Certification is designed to educate the eyes and ears of voice professionals about the healthy use of the voice in any CCM style. Through live and recorded examples, program participants will develop enhanced perception, sharpened aural discrimination and increased accuracy of the diagnosis of vocal health and production issues.

JEANNETTE LoVETRI

Jeannette LoVetri, creator of Somatic Voicework(sm) The LoVetri Method, is a pioneer and recognized expert in the field of healthy vocal training for all styles of non-classical music and has been teaching since 1971. LoVetri has taught throughout the USA, and in Europe, Australia and South America. She is a consultant in the retraining of injured voices for several of New York's largest hospitals. Her students perform leading roles on Broadway, and at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. She teaches on the voice faculty of the Steinhardt School of Education at New York University and Columbia Teacher's College at Columbia University. She is also on the Scientific Advisory Board and Faculty of the Voice Foundation, is past-president of the New York Singing Teachers' Association and secretary of the American Academy of Teachers of Singing. She has participated in voice research with the world's leading voice scientists, is author of many articles on CCM vocal production and is a respected authority in vocal acoustics and physiologic register differences in CCM. She has been the Singing Specialist with the Grammy Award-winning Brooklyn Youth Chorus since its inception in 1991.

"Finally! There is Somatic Voicework(sm)" - The LoVetri Method, a safe and sane system of voice training designed for singers of all genres to reach their potential. After a lifetime of practicing vocal exercises and still losing my voice when performance demands were high, finding Jeanie LoVetri was a godsend. She debunks the old myths about voice training and commercial music by teaching her students to sing ANY style of music safely and freely. Run, don't walk to this course."

Kate McGarry, Grammy Nominated Palmetto Records Artist

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