Faculty of the LoVetri Institute for Somatic Voicework™

Faculty may vary at each session but usually include all senior faculty.

Senior Faculty

These individuals are experts in the method and are excellent examples of how this work, which started out as being unique to Jeannette LoVetri, can be used effectively by everyone. They bring decades of experience as educators and vocalists to Somatic Voicework and understand the open-hearted philosophy which brings together science and art, pedagogy and personal expression, and a trust of the body’s ability to produce beautiful, authentic sound in any voice and in any style.
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Jeannette LoVetri

Jeanie LoVetri is a recognized expert on Contemporary Commercial Music (CCM) Vocal Pedagogy. She created this term in 2000 and the first college course for CCM in 2002, and has taught thousands of singing teachers worldwide since that time. She has been on five college faculties as a singing teacher and is the recipient of the Van Lawrence Fellowship bestowed by NATS and the Voice Foundation. She is author of 15 articles in both pedagogy and science in the Journal of Voice and the Journal of Singing. Trained as a classical soprano, LoVetri began performing leading roles in musical theater at age 17, and came to New York City in 1975 where she sang at Lincoln Center, Rockefeller Center, Riverside Church, Marble Collegiate Church, at the Henry Street Settlement Theater, the late “Village Gate” in New York’s Greenwich Village and in classical and CCM repertoire up until 2020. LoVetri’s singing has been called versatile, unique and expressive by the New York Times. She encountered voice science in 1978 at Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice sponsored by the Voice Foundation where she is now on the Advisory Board. Her ground-breaking work has had a broad impact on the profession at large, leading the way to significant changes in pedagogy. She initiated multiple topics that have since become standard practice in teaching across the globe. Her students have appeared on and Off Broadway, at Carnegie Hall, at Lincoln Center and at concert halls, on TV, in film and theater and on recordings and at international venues all over the world but also locally in small churches, schools and auditoriums throughout the USA and internationally. Many of her professional students are Grammy and Tony winners and are recognized in a wide array of styles and are also teachers of singing. She has lectured or presented at many colleges and universities and at British Voice Association (BVA) Pan European Voice Conference (PEVOC), National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), Australian Association of Teachers of Singing (ANATS), as well as at Centro Estudo da Voz in Sao Paulo, and in hospitals and medical centers in the USA, Canada, South America, Australia and Europe and will present at the newly formed Israeli Association of Teacher of Voice. She shares from her 52 years of teaching and training all that she has learned in the hope that it will inspire others to grow and succeed at accomplishing their own singing goals.
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Michelle Rosen

Michelle Rosen is in her sixth year teaching musical theatre majors at Tisch School of Drama. She previously taught BFA musical theatre majors as assistant professor at Rider University, Westminster College of the Arts for seven years. She spent fifteen years teaching young people at the Grammy-winning Brooklyn Youth Chorus, and is in demand as a private teacher in her Brooklyn, NY studio. She holds a master’s degree in vocal performance from NYU Steinhardt and received the Distinguished Voice Professional certificate from the New York Singing Teachers' Association. Certified in Somatic Voicework™ The LoVetri Method since 2005, she joined the CCM Vocal Pedagogy Institute faculty in 2012 and is now Senior Faculty at the LoVetri Institute for Somatic Voicework™ in residence at Baldwin Wallace University. Ms. Rosen has enjoyed a performing career in musical theatre and opera and has sung folk music and performed in a rock band. Performing credits include various settings of "The Phantom of the Opera," notably as Christine in the Lloyd Webber Phantom in Germany. Other credits include Aldonza in "Man of La Mancha", Rosabella in "The Most Happy Fella", Carrie in "Carousel", Jeanie in "The Stephen Foster Story", as well as leading roles in such operas as "The Medium" and "Dialogues of the Carmelites." She has appeared in Europe, in New York venues, in regional theatres across the country and on National Tours, and twice had the honor of singing the National Anthem at Shea Stadium.

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Elizabeth "Betsy" Fiedler

Elizabeth “Betsy” Fiedler teaches music in her own private studio, and is the Director of Music at Holy Family of Nazareth Church. In addition, she is an adjunct faculty member at Mount Wachusett Community College, the Voice Consultant for the Arts Magnet at Burncoat High School, and is a soloist at local churches, colleges, and with the Greater Gardner Community Choir. Betsy enjoys performing on the stage at Theatre at the Mount and Greater Worcester Opera Company, and sings at local nursing homes. She has recorded three CDs of contemporary Christian Music. Her enthusiasm for music spills over into her teaching style and is evident in her performances. She has interest in many types of music from classical and sacred, to music theatre and jazz. Her love of learning has compelled her to seek out additional professional development and course work with the motivation of becoming the best teacher and singer possible. She holds a BS and MM in Music Education, and has completed coursework in Vocal Pedagogy. Betsy is certified in Levels I, II, and III of Somatic Voicework ™ the LoVetri Method, and is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, National Pastoral Musicians, and National Association for Music Education.

Faculty

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Moran Cohen Talmor

Jeff Costello

Jeff Costello

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Benjamin Czarnota

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Roseanne Fraley

Billy Gollner

Billy Gollner

Jamie Leonhart

Jamie Leonhart

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Jocelyn Medina

Associate Faculty

Associate faculty include:

  • Maria Damore
  • Mary Gresock
  • Oliver Henderson
  • Marty Lamain
  • Doug Peck
  • Ric Ryder
  • Bharati Soman
  • Rachel Williams

Guest Experts

Past Guest Experts