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Vision & Mission Statement

La Voix Studio was specifically founded in Studio City to support, outreach, and give back to the community. The celebrity studio houses great vocal talent and wishes to continue to spread the wealth of knowledge among others through vocal lessons, guitar classes, and more.

History

La Voix Studio was specifically founded in Studio City to support, outreach, and give back to the community. The celebrity studio houses great vocal talent and wishes to continue to spread the wealth of knowledge among others through vocal lessons, guitar classes, and more.

La Voix Studio is the music studio where singers come to develop and improve their voices since 2010. We are located in Studio City in Los Angeles, CA, and are operated by a top vocal coach and professional celebrity singers. Our owners and staff consist of a former lead singer from one of the top female-selling groups in the world, celebrity vocal coaches, professional musicians/singers, and a musical conductor from a top record company that has worked with many hit recording artists — along with the grace and blessings of our celebrity friends and family that support us. Our music studio offers private vocal lessons for beginners with an instructor, group sessions, sight reading classes, singer's classes, master classes, and online lessons. We also offer piano and guitar lessons. We help our students prepare for auditions, expand their range, enhance their power, strengthen their voices, and eliminate their breaks, all to gain control and preserve the longevity of their voices.

​In 2022, La Voix Studio INC became an S-Corporation.

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The Balanced Voice Method, our focus for vocal coaching, was developed over many years and derived from the celebrity vocal coach who studied and trained with SLS for numerous years and other high-level vocal teachers who have been associated with the SLS organization.
A strong singer’s voice, as well as a good speaking voice, should be able to be controlled by three things -- air pressure, cord closure, and vowels. With a balance of these three elements, a student can achieve the balanced voice technique. We accomplish this by demonstrating and having students practice vocal exercises to control and balance their air pressure, cord closure, and vowels during vocal coaching sessions. We also aid students with audition and performance preparation. By learning The Balanced Voice Method, students will retain the skills necessary to sing or adapt to any style and genre of music they want - Broadway, Classical, Opera, Musical Theatre, Jazz, Blues, R&B, Soul, Bluegrass, Folk, Indie, Alternative, Rock, Pop, Country, Rap, Gospel music, etc.

By attending our vocal lessons for beginners and studying and training with our vocal instructors, students will have the opportunity to learn to strengthen and control their voices. Students will be able to reach expanded ranges without vocal strain, which is just the beginning of how the technique works for so many and could help students develop their own sound.

At La Voix Studio, we work with actors, speakers, and beginner, intermediate, advanced, and professional singers. For more information about how The Balanced Voice Method of vocal coaching works, please contact us to speak to a vocal coach to obtain more details. We provide music lessons to our students so they can develop their craft, including skills such as sight reading classes for singers and musicians to learn how to read music. 
*At our studio office, on-site, we offer a variety of vocal coaching options in Studio City, including Private Voice Lessons with a vocal instructor, as well as providing the option of virtual music lessons. Our online music lessons allow us to provide vocal lessons for beginners and our other music lessons to anyone in the world! For more information about the different types of classes that are available, view our studio classes or reach out to the team at La Voix Studio today.

Studio Instructors

In addition to Shoshana Payne Phillips Radlein, Scherrie Payne, and Charles L. Eugene, our other music studio instructors include: 

Marvin Marshall

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Marvin Marshall began his career at age 3 already excelling at playing the trumpet and adding piano and guitar to his repertoire by age 9. Martin studied orchestration, conducting, and composition at the Universtiy of Michigan as well as with Gil Askey and Maurice King. Marvin quickly became the Music director, guitarist, and pianist for artists such as The Fifth Dimension, Supremes, Temptations, and many more. He has also worked with TV personalities like Sonny & Cher, Dick Cavette, Steve Allen, and even the presentation for England Royalty.

For more information about Marvin, and to see his list of recording artists and performing credits visit https://www.discogs.com/artist/645933-Marvin-Marshall

Jim Gilstrap

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​Jim Gilstrap - With collective sales of more than 100 million albums in his portfolios, Jim is on of the most prolific male session singers in the industry. When his family moved to California, he started working with The Doodletown Pipers and the Cultures. Jim first honed his vocals with luminaries such as The Temptations, Streisand, and Rod Stewart but later worked closely with Michael Jackson, Herbie Hancock, and Stevie Wonder. To see Jim’s FULL Bio, Visit our Sight Singing and Sight Reading Teacher page.

Freda Payne

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Freda Payne began her career at the age of 12 working with singers and producers including Quincy Jones, Pearl Bailey, David Gest, and Sammy Davis Jr. Her work has garnered her appearances on shows including those of Johnny Carson’s and Jay Leno’s. Ms. Payne has worked notably as an actress, on Broadway, and other theater productions and currently tours the country doing her “ELLA -First Lady of Song” show based on the life of Ella Fitzgerald. For more information about Freda Payne, visit www.fredapayne.com.

Pamela Vincent

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Pamela Vincent - As a young teen Pam became a sought after background singer with a portfolio including some of the most legendary Motown songs. Later with Davis Sadler and Cynthia Douglas she formed her own group, Brandye and performed live with James Brown, Funkadelic, Bob Seeger and many more. Pam has worked on her own with names such as Aretha Franklin, and in 2008 Pamela was inducted into The Vocal Group Hall of Fame. Currently she continues her impressive career performing around the world and at special events. Pam also teaches at Cal State Los Angeles Gifted and Performing Arts as well as at La Voix Studio.

Joyce Vincent

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​Joyce Vincent Wilson is most famous for being one-third of Tony Orlando and Dawn, who also had their own successful television program featuring Wilson in many of their hits. Wilson continues singing to this day and tours often providing background singing for many major artists.  Wilson and her sister Pamela Vincent, also perform with the "Inspirational Voices of Free" choir and are members of the group Tour de 4Force alongside Jim Gilstrap, Theresa Davis, and former Supreme Scherrie Payne. Since 2009, she's presently joined with Former Ladies of The Supremes, Scherrie Payne and Lynda Laurence, and now featuring Susaye Greene, singing all over the world.

Anastasia Charakidou

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Anastasia became one of the most sought after singers in Greece and the Medeterranean after winning first at the 2014 New Talent Festival. She is an honored and versatile singer ranging from styles including ElectroPop, R&B, Rock, and Gospel with Bachelors of Music, Performance, and Songwriting from Berklee College of Music. Now based in Los Angeles, Anastasia works in the music industry as a recording artist, writer, performer, and teacher sharing her wealth of knowledge in music theory, composition, songwriting. Her students get to experience and share her joy in supporting them in their musical journeys and goals.

Meet Our Sponsors

Here are some of our sponsors and special guests for our Annual Events and Scholarships

Freda Payne

Prolific Singer, Artist & Actress

Scherrie Payne

Final Lead Singer of "The Supremes"

Randy Taraborrelli

Bestselling Author, Journalist & Celebrity Biographer

Marvin Marshall

Musician & Musical Conductor at Motown

Charles Eugene

Executive Chef of
Spicy Charlie's Catering

Geri Benoit

Former First Lady of Haiti & Ambassador to Italy
We would like to say Thank You to our Newest Sponsor(s) for La Voix Studio Vocal Scholarship:

SALEM DASMAL
Executive Vice Chairman at Bin Dasmal Group & Previous CEO of Dubailand

&

Myrthel Target Pierre of Exclusive Estate Property
License BRE # 00968153

&

Eric Iversen 
Owner of A1 Twister's Gymnasium

Meet Our Admin Team

Meet our Administrative Team who assist with managing all the behind the scenes of the Studio's operations from Scheduling, Accounting, to our Social Medias.

KAROLE GRAHAM

Office Manager

MONICA DOMINGUEZ

Asst. Office & Finance Manager 

CRYSTAL SCHAEFFER

Marketing Coordinating Manager