CCM Institute Faculty
Jeannette LoVetri, artist-in-residence
Creator of Somatic Voiceworksm- The
LoVetri Method, was chosen in 2008 by Dr. Robert T. Sataloff
to be an instructor at Drexel University College of Medicine in the Department
of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. This prestigious recognition
may make LoVetri the only singing teacher in the world on a college medical
faculty. She is on faculty at Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens
College in New York City, is a guest lecturer at Teachers College Columbia
University, and formerly taught for 10 years at Tisch School for the Arts
and the Steinhardt School, both at New York University. Her students have
leading roles on Broadway, perform at Carnegie Hall and at Lincoln Center,
and have appeared at well-known venues in New York including The Jazz
Standard and the Blue Note. She has authored many voice science research
publications and pedagogy articles, including a chapter in the recent
book, "The Singer's Voice," by Drs. T. Murry and M. Benniger.
She is on the Scientific Advisory Board of The Voice Foundation and is also a consultant to several noted New York City hospitals, retraining injured voices. She has been the singing specialist with the Grammy®-award winning Brooklyn Youth Chorus since its inception in 1991
Dr. Kathryn Green, director
Dr. Kathryn Green, has been director of the CCM Vocal Pedagogy institute for the past four years. Under her guidance, the Institute has expanded its offerings, graduated more than 150 Level III participants, and seen the initiation of two satellite courses at the University of Massachusetts, and in Michigan at Albion College. Kathryn has been instrumental in developing the Doctor of Musical Arts in Vocal Pedagogy program at Shenandoah University.
This past summer she presented research at the Pan European Voice Conference (PEVOC) in Dresden, Germany. She received her DMA in performance at Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and received a substantial scholarship from the state of New York to research the Hymnody of the Seneca Native Americans, which became her doctoral thesis. She has been a guest clinician at Universitat der Kunst Berlin and at Hochshule der Kunst Lubeck in Germany.
Dr. Green is perhaps most well known for her portrayal of one of the leading characters in the musical "Nine," which she performed in Berlin at Theatre des Westens, and her operatic comedic act of the "Misplaced Diva" which she performed both in Europe and the United States. As a classical contralto, she has appeared with the Erie and Buffalo Philharmonics, however when she sings crossover, her favorite styles are country and bluegrass. She has been teaching Somatic Voiceworksm- The LoVetri Method for eight years.
Robert Doyle
Michigan
District NATS Governor, serves on the Voice Faculty at Albion College
and is the director of choral activities and theatre at Edsel Ford High
School in Dearborn, Michigan. He has formerly served as a music instructor
for Olivet College, Siena Heights University, Lansing Community College,
and Saginaw Valley State University He holds degrees in Vocal Performance
from Michigan State University and The University of Texas at Austin.
He presented Somatic Voiceworksm- The LoVetri Method
at the 2008 Michigan Music Conference, and assisted Miss LoVetri in a
Level I Certification Course for Somatic
Voiceworksm- The LoVetri Method held at Albion College in April 2008.
Marcelle Gauvin
Two recordings, "Faces of Love" & "The Edge of the Pond" established her career as a national jazz recording artist. A well-respected instructor of both jazz & contemporary commercial vocal techniques, she is a faculty member at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and a master class clinician. She assisted Miss LoVetri in a Level I Certification Course forSomatic Voiceworksm- The LoVetri Method held at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in 2008 and 2009. Ms. Gauvin is one of the founding members of the Somatic Voiceworksm- The LoVetri Method in Boston.
Tom Arduini
Tom Arduini has studied at SUNY Fredonia, SUNY Oswego, The Hartt School of Music, and Shenandoah University. He holds a B.A., M.S. and a degree in education administration. He has performed with Oswego Opera and also performed ten seasons at Glimmerglass Opera. He currently teaches vocal music in the Yorktown, N.Y. Central School District where he also serves as the Music Department Coordinator. He teaches Somatic Voiceworksm- The LoVetri Method in his private voice studio in Westchester County, N.Y.
Ed Reisert
executive
board member of the New York American Choral Directors Association, earned
his Bachelor of Music degree from Boston Conservatory and his masters
degree from State University of New York at Oswego. As a performer, Mr.
Reisert sang with Glimmerglass Opera for five years and received a grant
from the National Endowment for the Humanities in 2006 to attend the Mozart's
Worlds Institute in Vienna, Austria. He teaches Somatic Voiceworksm-
The LoVetri Method in his private voice studio in Westchester
County, New York.
"Sensitivity on every level marks LoVetri's teaching."
- Mara Waldman
NYC Faculty & Private Studio
Brooklyn, New York