Institute for Music Teaching & Learning

The Institute for Music Teaching and Learning offers high-quality professional development for music educators in a format coordinated with Ohio Standards. All courses are offered for graduate credit through Baldwin Wallace University. Courses are offered throughout the year and are listed below. Please check back regularly for updates.

Professional Development

Check back in March for Professional Development Courses for Summer of 2024!

Summer 2023 LoVetri Institute (Online)

Somatic Voicework™ is a body-based method of vocal pedagogy that incorporates physical awareness, aural acuity, kinesthetic development and vocal freedom. It is supported by voice science, vocal hygiene and medical information. It promotes technical security, stylistic accuracy and personal satisfaction.

Level I is called “Basic Application” and includes the following: introduction to functional principles of voice science and medicine. It guides singing teachers to enhance their own qualities as the “building blocks” of The LoVetri Method. It looks at terminology and at objectively describing vocal behavior. It also addresses attitude, intention and appropriateness of the interaction between student and teacher. Level I states that the teacher must have a clear intention for the vocal exercise when it is given. The teacher must know (a) either what is missing and needs to be added or (b) what is wrong and needs to be corrected, such that the student’s singing will somehow improve. It rests on vocal function, vocal health and on traditional pedagogy, but it is also meant to help singers be marketable. There will be a guest vocal health lecture. Its main objective is to instruct the teacher how to listen functionally, to hear aural distinctions and relate them to responses.

Jeanette LoVetri, Creator
Michelle Rosen, Senior LoVetri Faculty
Betsy Fiedler, Senior LoVetri Faculty
July 22-24, 2023
EDU 565-PM10
Credit: 1

Level II is called “Advanced Application” and is largely devoted to exploring how singing exercises work, what they do and why. It examines the age, background and desires of the students and how those things relate to the teaching process. It enhances the teacher’s ability to evaluate the students in terms of vocal behavior and aptitude. In Level II, the teacher acquires greater skill in choosing exercises that are appropriate and adjusting them to meet the level of ability of the student at any given point. There is also greater exploration of the many CCM styles examining performance aspects that may impact vocal health. The main objective of Level II is understanding how to use vocal exercises functionally.

Jeanette LoVetri, Creator
Michelle Rosen, Senior LoVetri Faculty
Betsy Fiedler, Senior LoVetri Faculty
July 25-27, 2023
EDU 565-PM11
Credit: 1

Level III addresses “Repertoire, Problem Solving and Voice Medicine”. It features a noted music theater expert from New York City, who will conduct a master class in audition skills with chosen participants. Level III also touches upon acting for Music Theater and provides an excellent and quick approach to teach pitch matching for anyone with that problem. It promotes interdisciplinary interchange, i.e., the need for fellowship with Speech Language Pathologists and Medical Doctors. It also supports the idea that teachers should acquire the ability to read, understand and possibly even undertake research of interest to those in voice disciplines.

Jeanette LoVetri, Creator
Michelle Rosen, Senior LoVetri Faculty
Betsy Fiedler, Senior LoVetri Faculty
July 28-30, 2023
EDU 565-PM12
Credit: 1

What is Soul Ingredients^® Methodology?
Soul Ingredients® is a voice teaching method created by Dr. Trineice Robinson-Martin for developing the voice while fostering personal style and soul expression. The methodology is a strategic combination of science-based voice pedagogy and standard pedagogic concepts found within the oral teaching tradition of African American folk-based music styles (gospel, jazz, soul, hip-hop) to develop unique artists and musical storytellers regardless of musical genre.

Soul Ingredients^® is voice pedagogy according to science; voice training according to style; and artist development rooted in soul expression.

When Science Meets Soul: Level I
Introduction to Soul Ingredients^® Methodology
(for Somatic Voicework™ Level II Graduates)
July 28 - 30, 2023
Dr. Trineice Robinson-Martin, Instructor
EDU 565-PM13
Credit: 1
When Science Meets Soul Level I: Soul ingredients^® Methodology is the 3-day intensive course that introduces professional voice users, teachers, and SLP to a vocabulary for teaching music and working with singers and musical styles rooted in, and influenced by, African American folk-based music styles and music traditions. Each day presents a focused area in Soul Ingredients^® Methodology: Developing the Sound, Developing the Style, Developing the Story.

Soul Ingredients^® is voice pedagogy according to science; voice training according to style; and artist development rooted in soul expression.

When Science Meets Soul: Level II
Developing the Artist: Developing Personalized Plans
(for Somatic Voicework™ Level II & Soul Ingredients^® Level I Graduates)
August 4 - 6, 2023
Dr. Trineice Robinson-Martin, Instructor
EDU 565-PM14
Credit: 1
When Science Meets Soul Level II provides next-level strategies for developing authentic creative vocal artists. Using the Soul Ingredients^® Method, teachers and singers learn to use a customizable framework that identifies parameters of excellence that are both unique for each student yet culturally viable for the style the artist performs. Fostering next-level performers, When Science Meets Soul Level II explores the voice, the sound, and the story from the perspective of intermediate to advanced level singers and creative musical artists.

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