The lessons are primarily aimed at adults and young adults, ranging from complete beginners to intermediate, semi-professional, or professional singers.OuiVox is ideal for both regularly weekly students, as well as those preparing for a specific bounded goal such as an audition, a concert, a recording, or admission to music school.Lessons are tailored to your level, voice, musical tastes, and goals.

No, OuiVox offers online music lessons accessible worldwide. All you need is a computer and internet connection to get started.

Yes, of course! OuiVox welcomes singers of all experience levels, from absolute beginners to intermediate and advanced singers. The lessons are tailored to you: your level, needs, and vocal goals.

Yes. Like any skill, singing can be learned with the right guidance, appropriate practice, and time.I work with both adults who are just starting out and experienced singers. The goal isn’t to create a voice that sounds like someone else’s, but to better understand and use your own.

Yes. Mari has worked with hundreds of singers, including dozens online, and the format works fantastic. Some of Mari's students work with her online because they have to, and others because they want to.Online lessons are a particularly great choice for people with busy schedules, those who prefer to avoid commuting, or simply those who want to work with Mari from elsewhere. OuiVox students live in Paris and throughout France, as well as in Australia, Ireland, the United States, India, and other countries. A testament to excellence of her lessons, one of Mari's students chose to work with Mari remotely even while attending Berklee College of Music in Boston. OuiVox students have recorded albums, performed concerts, joined choirs, formed music groups, and gained entry to competitive degree granting programs like Berklee in Boston and The New School in New York.

OuiVox students come from all kinds of backgrounds: amateur, semi-professional, and professional singers, as well as engineers, actors, teachers, doctors, web developers, designers, university students, and more. Some have been singing for many years. Others are just beginning. What they share is a desire to understand their voices better, make progress, and make music that feels like their own.

No. OuiVox welcomes singers at every level, from complete beginners to intermediate, semi-professional, and professional singers. Some students arrive with years of experience; others have never taken a single singing lesson. We simply start with the voice you have today. You don't have to prove that you deserve to sing before taking a lesson. Your voice is exactly what we're here to explore.

For students taking weekly or every-other-week lessons, we spend time on vocal technique through voice, body, and breathing exercises, as well as performance and interpretation. We work on songs you love, because songs themselves are wonderful learning tools — and an important source of inspiration and motivation.Week to week, the goal is to help you become freer, more comfortable, and more artistically interesting in your singing. Progressively, you’ll also become more self-reliant, with a deeper understanding of how and why you’re doing what you’re doing.You’ll leave each lesson with clear steps to follow: what to work on, how to work on it, and, most importantly, why. Depending on your needs, you may also have exercises and prerecorded resources to support your practice between lessons. If you’re preparing for an audition, concert, recording, or another specific goal, our work will be targeted accordingly — with greater emphasis on the performance, technique, or interpretation skills you need, depending on your goals and the number of sessions we have together.

Yes. Mari offers audition prep to students seeking to gain entry to music schools, conservatories, and professional programs.Depending on your goals, our work may focus on repertoire selection, vocal technique, interpretation, stage presence, musical preparation, and mental training.Several of Mari’s students have been admitted to top music schools, and two have won full scholarships. The goal is to help you showcase your voice, your musicality, and your artistic personality to the best of your ability.

Yes, you can. Some of my most rewarding teaching experiences have been working with students who were told they couldn't sing. Some started out being able to sing just a handful of notes without straining but they had a fire under them. Coupled with my knowledge and direction, their discipline took form and led to remarkable changes. All are actually singing now, some in choirs, some in bands. None are professional singers in the sense of being famous people you would know, but that was never the point for them. Singing is now a part of their lives -- daily, weekly. How cool is that?As an artist and a voice coach, it's deeply gratifying to see this kind of fun and heroic work take hold.

OuiVox is primarily aimed at adults and young adults. Mari also works with some older high school students, particularly when they are preparing for an audition, applying to a music school, or working on a specific artistic project.

In most cases, a laptop or desktop computer in good working order, and a stable internet connection are all you need. A phone is not recommended for following the lesson comfortably because lessons may involve sharing files, listening to recordings, or watching a video together, so please plan to take the class on your laptop or desktop computer. Your computer's built-in microphone and speakers are usually perfectly adequate. Some students choose to use an external microphone with audio interface, but that's entirely optional. No special audio equipment is required to take voice lessons with Mari at OuiVox.

Yes. You’ll leave each class with a clear plan for your personal practice. Mari provides you with pre-recorded vocal exercises to make practicing intuitive and valuable. The goal is to make the most of your practice between sessions and to gradually learn how to guide your own voice.