2010 Contempory Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy Institute
Please come to the 8th Contemporary Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy Institute at Shenadoah Conservatory from July 17-25, 2010.
Our experts, including Dr. Wendy LeBorgne, who was absent last year to have her second child, are all returning and we have Dr. Ronald High, teaching Gospel for our Post-Certificate Styles Class (open to anyone who has completed Level III). Kathryn Green, DMA, Director; and Institute graduates Tom Arduini, Ed Reisert, Marcelle Gauvin and Robert Doyle, complete the faculty.
The entire Institute is filled with laughter, making new friends, sharing information, and an atmosphere of collegiality. Participants in the Institute continue to give us feedback that we are doing something special. Magical things happen, in that a group of strangers arrives and a group of friends goes home. There is a desire to learn and grow and there is support for everyone to learn at whatever level they may be. It is always a humbling experience to be in such a group as the Instructor, and to have with me such amazing experts as we have in our faculty and guests. We do hope you will come join us. We always have a great time
Our 2010 brochure is not ready yet, but please look at last years brochure at www.su.edu/www/tvpc/index.cfm. Please read below about past courses in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009. We look forward to 2010!
2009 Contempory Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy Institute
Our 2009 institute had it's second highest enrollment, despite the economic downturn, with participants from all over the county as well as Canada, Barbados, France, Japan and Korea. On faculty, we again had noted Broadway coach Robert Marks and world-renowned otolaryngologist Dr. Gwen Korovin, along with special guest Voice Technology Specialist Dr. Christopher Watts.
Our Post-Certificate styles class in jazz was taught by 2008 Grammy®-nominated artist Kate McGarry, herself a Level III graduate of SVW®, with her husband, noted guitarist Keith Ganz, as accompanist.
2008 Contempory Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy Institute
In our sixth year, Institute Co-Founder, Donna Gullstrand, retired. We missed her, but wished her well in all her new endeavors. We will be ever grateful for all that she contributed to the Institute.
Our participants came from far and wide, including Singapore, Canada, and many of our own fine United States, and, as always, included young teacher/singers, experienced folks and experts from the worlds of conducting and theater.
We had the newest additions to our faculty there (Robert Doyle, Ed Reisert, Tom Arduini, and Marcelle Gauvin) to teach the "break-out" sessions and help with some individual coaching for those who wanted a bit of "extra help". Institute Co-Founder Edrie Means Weekly lead her Styles class in the Post-Certificate Program to great success while we opened the doors of CCM to another group of 40 people who wanted to explore this exciting new territory. She was assisted by Broadway star Meg Bussart, who worked with music theater acting alongside Edrie. Many of our graduates became fast friends and joined our chat room to keep their new communications going after the Institute was over. With each passing year we find that the community of Somatic Voicework teachers working with CCM styles is growing into a strong, caring, and insightful network of like-minded 21st Century teachers of singing.
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 chance 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 patients, and knows first hand what they go through in managing their careers and staying healthy, which they do with her thorough expertise and 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
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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.
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 2006 Staff
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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.
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 all combined 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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For more information contact Shenandoah University or e-mail Kathryn Green or call: 504.665.4600
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