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Welcome
Welcome Sweet Adelines!
We are happy to bring you a new series of voice enhancement products by one of the top voice trainers in the world today – Jeannie Deva.
Do you need help with:
Posture
Breathing
Phonation
Resonation and
Articulation?
Our vocal program will quickly assist you to excel in all five areas of vocal performance most looked for by Sweet Adelines judges. After reading this page, use the links at the bottom of the page for more information about each of our vocal courses that you may purchase from S.A. Int.
The Deva Method
What is The Deva Method? It is an effective, comprehensive non-classical approach for singers that gives you an understanding of your voice and puts you in control. This method was developed from the premise that the body has a natural voice production process and if you understand it, you can sound the way you want without hurting yourself.
The Deva Method is:
“A non-classical approach for singers which uses rib cage expansion as the method for breath support, control and vocal freedom. Excellent for all!” -Dede Nibler, Certified International Faculty, Sweet Adelines International Education Direction Committee
Jeannie Deva’s method is ideal for the development of each type of voice used in Barbershop style singing. Many Sweet Adelines singers already use this vocal method. Over the past several years, Jeannie Deva has given vocal production workshops for Sweet Adelines chorus directors and faculty of Atlantic Gulf Region #9, The Merrimack Valley Chorus, and Patsy Meiser’s Ft. Meyer, Florida chorus. In July 2004, Patsy Meiser, DMA Faculty, gave two seminars in The Deva Method at the International Education Symposium at Furman University.
“I was surprised to see how easy it was to sing after your exercises!” Pam Housley, Sweet Adelines, Merrimack Valley Chorus Back to Top
Ribcage Expansion
The Deva Method utilizes ribcage expansion as a means of breath support. You may have heard of it as it has been around for quite awhile, but even singers who “have studied it” often do not really know why it works. Ms. Deva thoroughly researched human anatomy, compared it to various methods of breath support and found that ribcage expansion works the most naturally with the body.
It takes a bit of practice to learn it well, but once you have it, you will not need to think about it while you sing and it will remedy many problems you may have encountered. It is relatively easy to do once you understand why it works. Here is an unsolicited testimonial of a 17 year old singer from Australia.
“Dear Jeannie, My whole life singing has been my passion. I ordered your course. You have taught me more in a couple of weeks than anyone before. I’m so happy with the progress that I’ve made and it’s all because of you!
I’ve worked hard on my rib expansion and feel like I can do it pretty well… it’s amazing how much more of a pleasure it is to sing without any of that throat tension!!” – Ilaria
This Method is Natural
The Deva Method gives you a natural approach to expanding range, eliminating register break, improving tone, pitch accuracy, resonance, vocal consistency, stamina and power.
With it, the myths and secrets of the voice are revealed leaving you with peace of mind and the certainty of a workable vocal technique that supports an expressive performance of each song you sing.
“The program was extremely interesting and opened new doors for me.” - Dorren Schena, Merrimack Valley
Use the links below to read more information about each of Jeannie Deva’s vocal improvement products.
"If you're looking for a way to better yourself vocally, The Deva Method is right on target." – Mary Jo Topolewski, Editors Choice Review
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