Private voice instruction grounded in Somatic Voicework™ — The LoVetri Method — in Chicago’s Ukrainian Village. For singers who want to sound like themselves.
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If you’ve ever walked out of a voice lesson feeling more restricted than when you walked in — lectured about “proper” technique, asked to round vowels in ways that erase your sound, told to “sing more classically” when classical isn’t what you want — this is a different experience.
Somatic Voicework™ — The LoVetri Method — is a science-based, body-aware approach to voice training developed by Jeannette LoVetri specifically for contemporary commercial music: pop, jazz, R&B, musical theater, gospel, rock. It teaches you how your voice actually functions — the muscles, the airflow, the registration — so you can develop real control, real range, and a real sound in the style you actually sing.
The premise is simple: there’s no single “correct” voice. Different styles ask the voice to do different things. Healthy technique is the technique that lets you make the sounds you want to make, repeatedly, without strain — whatever style you’re singing in. The method gives you a vocabulary for understanding what your voice is doing and a path for changing it when you want to.
For in-person students, recording is integral to voice lessons here. Listening back to your own voice is how voice work actually happens — you can’t hear yourself accurately while you’re singing. The studio has a real recording setup that captures reference takes throughout the lesson, and polished tracks for pieces you want to share. More on the studio →
Pop singers who want more range and stamina without losing the sound that makes them them. Jazz vocalists who want better control over registration and improvisational confidence. Musical theater performers preparing for auditions, who need to be able to belt cleanly, sing legit when called for, and switch between idioms. Total beginners who’ve always wanted to sing but didn’t know where to start. Experienced singers who’ve hit a wall and need to figure out what’s going on technically before they can break through it.
Lessons combine direct vocal work, listening to recordings of yourself, and a fair amount of technical conversation about what’s happening physically when you sing. The pace is yours — some students want to drill specific exercises, others want to spend most of the lesson working on songs and have technique woven in. Both work.
Recording is integral to voice study here. Hearing yourself outside the moment of singing is the fastest way to understand what your voice is actually doing — and the studio’s recording setup makes this part of every voice lesson. Reference takes for self-review while you’re working on something, polished tracks when something is ready to share. More about the studio →
“He helped my daughter grow her understanding of music theory and her vocal skills while seamlessly customizing lessons to her individual interests and priorities. He brings positive energy and is genuinely such a nice person.”
The Voice Foundations Bootcamp is built around Somatic Voicework™ — breath, alignment, register work, style-specific training, and a piece you can perform by the end. Eight 50-minute lessons, $850 for the pack, valid 1 year from purchase.