2008 Contempory Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy Institute
The Contemporary Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy Institute at Shenandoah Conservatory will be held again this year from July 19 through July 27, 2008. We will again have our Voice Technology Specialist, Wendy LeBorgne, PhD, and Robert Marks, Broadway Coach Extraordinaire. Dr. Gwen Korovin of New York City will also be on hand to teach the medical portion of the program. This year will be adding Tony nominated actress Meg Bussart , herself an Institute graduate of 2007, to our faculty, who will teaching acting for singers to our graduates.
Kathryn Green, DMA, Director; and Institute Co-Founders Donna Gullstrand and Edrie Means Weekly will join me as faculty. The new brochure may be viewed at www.su.edc/tvpc/
Please read below about our great achievements in 2006, and 2007 and we are sure that 2008 will be equally successful.
2007 Contempory Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy Institute
Our 2007 Institute began with 69 people, more than ever before, who came from all over the world including Australia and Israel, to learn from all of our experts. As in previous years, the atmosphere was friendly, collegial, and open, as we delved into new vocal territory. Everyone had a change to sing and teach the CCM sounds, even those who had not yet done any teaching! Experienced teachers were taught by beginning teachers and vice versa, and everyone seemed to like the possibilities inherent in those dynamics.
Dr. LeBorgne was on hand toward the end of the week to discuss voice science and Dr. Korovin once again provided vital medical information on vocal health. Everyone was able to absorb this important data because both of our experts are "singer friendly" in their approach. Dr. LeBorgne is a terrific singer herself, with experience as both a classical soprano and a true belter. Dr. Korovin has some of the world's most famous singers as patience, and knows first hand what they go through in managing their careers and staying healthy, which they do through her care.
We ended with 40 more graduates of Level III. They will be joining us in our "graduate only" chatroom and in upcoming years for the seminars that are only available to graduates of the full three levels.
2006 Contempory Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy Institute
Shenandoah Conservatory's Contemporary Commercial Vocal Pedagogy Institute, featuring Somatic Voicework™ The LoVetri Method, was a huge success this past July. We had participants from Jamaica, São Paulo, and Germany, as well as from around the United States and Canada. Many teachers who run Voice Departments in colleges and universities were in attendance, as were choral directors, junior and senior high school music departments chairs, and private teachers of all kinds. We had individuals with classical backgrounds, folk, pop, and jazz backgrounds and two Speech Language Pathologists, (our wonderful Brazilian colleagues), who are also Voice Specialists. Our new Voice Technology Specialist, Dr. Wendy LeBorgne, was a big hit with everyone, making Voice Science available and clear to all, and Robert Marks made an even bigger impact this year than last, helping many participants polish their audition skills while also dispensing with "hands on" information that can only be obtained through years of work with Broadway professionals. He also made some terrific jokes (extra added attraction) that had everyone laughing out loud! Dr. Gwen Korovin won everyone's hearts and minds, too, with her "voice-teacher friendly" information about voice medicine and vocal health.
The 47 people who graduated from the fourth year's course at Level III (the full program) were caring, open, enthusiastic, friendly, willing to share, supportive and absolutely fun-loving but dedicated and serious teachers. It was a privilege to stand in front of such a group as their Instructor.
The 2006 Graduates and Staff
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2006 Graduate Intensive Day with Jeanie LoVetri
Five of the 2005 Institute Graduates, Robert Doyle, Tom Arduini, Ed Reiser, Judy Wade and Jessica Van Ord, spent a day with me in Special Training and then assisted the faculty during the Level I training.
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This was the fourth year we have offered our Contemporary Commercial Music (the new name for non-classicial music) Vocal Pedagogy Institute at Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, Virginia. This is the first and only vocal pedagogy course offering graduate credit for this kind of music. Level I ran from July 22 - 24, Level II July 24-27 and Level III July 27-30. To download the entire brochure please go to su.edu/tvpc or e-mail Kathryn Green or call: 504.665.4600.
The program featured Somatic Voicework™ The LoVetri Method, and this year had as our staff as shown below left to right, Dr. Kathryn Green, Director of the CCM institute, our Technology Specialist Dr. Wendy LeBorgne of the Blaine Block Institute in Dayton Ohio; the "best of the best" Music Theater expert; returning again this year, Robert Marks, coach, conductor, arranger, and instructor; our Medical Specialist; Dr. Gwen Korovin, New York's voice doctor to the "stars"; Donna Gullstrand Co-Founder of the CCM Institute, Jeannette LoVetri, Artist-in-Residence; and Edrie Means Weekly Co-Founder of the CCM Institute.
The 2006 Staff
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We were excited to have so many leading edge teachers and conductors as participants in our Institute, from many of the tops schools in the country and from several foreign countries as well.
2005 Contempory Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy Institute
The 2005 Contemporary Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy Institute, Level One: July 23-25, Level Two: July 25-28 and Level Three: July 28-31, was an enormous success with 94 students signed up for one or more levels. This Institute at Shenandoah University is the first and only vocal pedagogy course offering graduate credit for contemporary commercial music (CCM) (music theater, jazz, pop, rock, Gospel, R &B, folk, country, rap and experimental). Until the Institute was created students wishing to learn vocal pedagogy for CCM had no choice but to turn to the study of classical vocal pedagogy. Now, for the first time, there is an organized approach to teaching CCM that is based upon the principles of voice science, voice medicine and of Jeannette LoVetri's more than three decades of "hands-on" teaching experience in New York City.
The staff, shown below, were Phillip Sargent, Donna Gullstrand, Kathryn Green, Jeannette LoVetri and Edrie Means Weekly. The Institute was extremely fortunate to have as guest faculty Dr. Peak Woo of the Grabscheidt Voice Center at Mt. Sinai Medical Center and well-known Broadway vocal coach Robert Marks, both from New York City.
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This year, the third year of the Institute, forty three graduates were certified in all three Levels, many of whom are shown below. These pioneering students formed close bonds with their instructors and created a warm and supportive atmosphere with their other colleagues who joined them in breaking new ground in this exciting and emerging specialty -- CCM vocal pedagogy. "I am delighted that so many people who are interested in building new and stronger skills as singing teachers have chosen to participate in the Institute. It is through them that the profession of teaching singing will benefit and change." - J. LoVetri
The 2005 Graduates and Staff
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