Jeannette LoVetri, Director

Publications, Articles and Videos

Articles

  • Melton, Joan, PhD: "Singing in Musical Theatre: The Training of Singers and Actors". New York: Allworth, 2007. (Chapter in Book)
  • LoVetri, J, "Treatment of Injured Singers and Professional Speakers: The Singer/Actor, Singer/Dancer, and Singer/Musician". In: Benninger, M. S. and Murry, T. The Performer's Voice, San Diego, CA, Plural Publishing, 2006: 209-218
  • Barnes-Burroughs, K, Watts C, Brown, O.L. and LoVetri, J: "The Visual/Kinesthetic Effects of Melodic Contour in Musical Notation as it Affects Vocal Timbre in Singers of Classical and Music Theater Repertoire" Journal of Voice, 2005; 19(3): 411-419.
  • LoVetri, J: "Female Chest Voice," Vocal Pedagogy Column of Richard Miller, Journal of Singing. 2003; 60(2): 161-164.
  • LoVetri, J, and Weekly, E. M: "Contemporary Commercial Music: Who's Teaching What in Non-Classical Vocal Music." Journal of Voice. 2003; 17(2): 207-216.
  • Contemporary Commercial Music (CCM) Survey: Who's Teaching What in Nonclassical Music; Jeannette L. LoVetri and Edrie Means Weekly, Journal of Voice, Vol 12, No 2, 2003
  • Contemporary Commercial Music; More than one way to use the vocal tract; by Jeannette LoVetri, Journal of Singing Jan/Feb 2002
  • A Reflex Resonance Model of Vocal Vibrato; Titze, Story, Smith, & Long, Acoustical Society of America, Feb 2002. **J. LoVetri research associate
  • "Alternative Medical Therapy" Use Among Singers: Prevalence and Implications for the Medical Care of the Singer; Jason B. Surow and Jeannette LoVetri, Journal of Voice, Vol. 14, No 3, 2000
  • Preliminary Study on the Ability of Trained Singers to Control the Intrinsic and Extrinsic Laryngeal Musculature; Jeannette LoVetri, Susan Lesh, Peak Woo, Journal of Voice, Vol 13, No 2, 1999.
  • LoVetri, J: "Preventing Vocal Abuse in Non-Classical Singers", In: Bejjani, F. Current Research in Arts Medicine, Chicago, MEDArt International, Inc.; 1993: 519-521.
  • Comparisons of Pharynx, Source, Formant and Pressure Characteristics in Operatic and Musical Theatre Singing; Johan Sundberg, Patricia Gramming, & Jeannette LoVetri, Speech Transmission Laboratory, Quarterly Progress and Status Report, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockhom, Sweden, October 15, 1991.

Videos


This is part of a 34 minute video of an interview of Theo Bleckmann by Jeannette LoVetri that was presented at the NATS Convention in Minneapolis in June of 2006. It demonstrates various vocal qualities by Theo Bleckman combined with endoscopic video of Mr. Bleckmann's vocal folds previously presented at the Voice Foundation in 1998. it includes inhalation phonation, bright and dark vowels, scat and yodeling. Theo Bleckman, a very talented multidimensional vocalist, has worked with Jeannette LoVetri for over ten years.

Video of Theo Bleckmann

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Vocal Pedagogy Institute at Shenandoah University

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, is available at Shenandoah Conservatory of Music in July and August of 2008 with Level One, July19-21, Level Two, July22-24 and Level Three, July 25-27. For the brochure www.su.edc/tvpc/ For more information please visit our Vocal Pedagogy Institute page.

Other Venues for Somatic Voicework™ Level One

Somatic Voicework™ Level one will also be offered in January and April 2008 at two other venues. Please see our Upcoming Events page for more information.

Panel on Contemporary Commercial Music

On June 4, 2006, the very first panel discussion on Contemporary Commercial Music was held at the Voice Foundation, in Philadelphia PA, with representatives from Voice Science, Voice Medicine, Speech Pathology, Music Theatre and Jazz and was an outstanding sucess. To learn more please visit CCM Panel