About

Mari taught jazz voice at Columbia College Chicago and at Jacksonville University in Florida. She received a Master of Music from Roosevelt University and a Bachelor of Science from Western Michigan University. She studied voice with Sunny Wilkinson and Jennifer Barnes, and sang in WMU's Gold Company under the direction of Dr. Steve Zegree. She also attended at the University of Kentucky, where she majored in Vocal Performance, and at Eastern Kentucky University, where she focused on Music Education and the Percussive Arts. Some performance credits include legendary jazz artists Joe Williams and Mel Torme, as well as Cleo Laine, George Duke, and Bunky Green.

Her professional music career began in Florida with Walt Disney World's 'Voices of Liberty' at EPCOT Center. She traveled throughout northeast Florida with her funk band before moving to Chicago in 1998. From 2005-2007, she served as Music Director at Chicago Center for Spiritual Living.

Mari balances and enhances her music career by studying spiritual psychology, the Science of Mind teachings, breath awareness, and intuitive healing. She's a Licensed Spiritual Counselor (RScP), Nia Technique Instructor, Reiki and Yoga Practitioner, Akashic Reader, and Breathworker.

"Art-- the one achievement of man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised."  -James Thurber