What is Somatic Voicework™ The LoVetri Method?

Here are some of the basic tenets of Somatic Voicework™ The LoVetri Method in Jeanie’s words:

“Somatic VoiceworkTM works holistically. It respects the singer, the singer’s body, the awareness the singer has (which changes) and the attitude of the singer toward the music they want to sing. It respects voice science (which is always on-going and changing) as well as concepts found in voice medicine and speech language pathology. It rests upon traditional vocal pedagogy concepts (taken largely from classical pedagogy) and professional speech training, and also highly values marketability. It marries the ineffable art of singing with the scientific grounding found in objective measures. It assumes that all teachers of singing are interested in long-term growth and in constant learning. It discourages anyone thinking there is “one right way” from teaching. It also discourages methods that violate what is known and accepted about how the brain and body operate. We do not “move the vocal folds” like we move a finger. We do not move the structures deep inside the throat deliberately. Somatic Voicework™ acknowledges that vocal mastery takes a long time (years) but that vocal progress can occur in every lesson. It has created and is building a community of like- minded individuals who see teaching as a loving service.”