About

Marcellé is the Las Vegas-based recording artist, songwriter, and music producer who leads Once Upon a Voice—an online, all-ages teaching studio, record label, music publisher, and show production company designed for creators of every communication style. As an Autistic, ADHD, and disabled survivor of gender-based violence, Marcellé pairs high-level music creation with trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming, and accessible education, helping clients find, free, develop, and share their voices.

 

Her background spans training at Las Vegas Academy of the Arts, a B.S. in Popular and Commercial Music from Loyola University New Orleans, graduate-level music therapy training, and active mentorship under top music industry executives who have worked with Beyoncé, Ariana Grande, and more. Combining real-world projects with adaptive pedagogy, she will empower speaking and non-speaking creators equally to build commercially competitive records with absolute sovereignty.

 

(Note: More details about her credentials are in the "Curriculum" section of our FAQs page.)

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✨ Beyond the Credentials: Meet Marcellé

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Behind the degree, training, and experience is a founder whose life and teaching philosophy are built on lived truth, resilience, and deep human connection.​ Growing up as the daughter of Steven Boyd, a professional musician who collaborated with Chaka Khan, Natalie Cole, and other legends, Marcellé was immersed in music before she was even born. She learned firsthand that music was far more than a profession—it was a primary language, a safe harbor, and a vital bridge when words alone fell short.

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Marcellé’s personal journey directly shapes every corner of the Once Upon a Voice world:

• Bridging Deaf & Hard-of-Hearing Communities to Music: Inspired by her hard-of-hearing grandmother and a graduate music therapy practicum at a school for Deaf children, Marcellé witnessed how music can be explored through visual, tactile, and vibrational frameworks. These experiences drove her to make the music industry fully accessible to non-hearing and hard-of-hearing creators.

• Opening Doors for Non-Speaking Creators: Having navigated periods in her life where speech was difficult or inaccessible, Marcellé utilizes AAC and multimodal communication herself. Recognizing that she has the privilege of speaking and singing enough to build a traditional music career, she designed Once Upon a Voice to give non-speaking artists, writers, and producers the same quality of access to vocal and lyrical expression.

• Creating an Unmasked, Sensory-Aware Sanctuary: Living as an Autistic, ADHD, and disabled creator who spent years masking in conventional industry spaces, Marcellé built a studio culture where music industry professionals never have to hide who they are. Even though we will teach our clients how to mask for physical and mental safety in the business, our in-house studio sessions and events will prioritize somatic resets, flexible pacing, and sensory comfort.

 

(Note: Details about how we do this are in the "Accessibility" section of our FAQs page.)

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✨ Artistry, Advocacy & Survivor Reclamation

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Beyond her work as an educator, Marcellé is an active recording artist and advocate for survivors of stalking, domestic violence, and sexual abuse.

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As a survivor herself, her advocacy work has long bridged public action with artistic creation:

• Keynote & Platform Leadership: Marcellé served as the keynote speaker for New Orleans’ Take Back the Night March Against Sexual Violence, as well as other activism events against gender-based violence. Additionally, she co-founded stopsexualassault.org with her mother, which laid the foundation for Once Upon a Voice’s Resources and Blog.

• Musical Collaboration with Another Advocate: Her belief in reclamation through song led to a pivotal creative collaboration with Grammy-winning producer Devine Evans on a sexual assault awareness project. The creative process sparked profound reflection on how trauma, neurodivergence, and disability had impacted her voice, ultimately clarifying her mission to help others reclaim their voices through music.

• Solo Releases & Live Performance: Marcellé has performed across the United States, including at the House of Blues. After Marcellé organized two benefit concerts for rape crisis centers, her single "Monster"—a raw exploration of healing from gender-based violence—reached over 13,000 streams on Spotify, with earlier releases featured by outlets such as Fox, Offbeat Magazine, and My Spilt Milk.

 

(Note: Details about our advocacy are in the "Survivor Impact" section of our FAQs page.)

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✨ Experience Marcellé's Music

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After stepping back from releasing new music to prioritize her health, Marcellé dedicated recent years to refining her craft behind the scenes. She focused on polishing her audio engineering, music production, songwriting, and vocal coaching methods—building the exact technical and pedagogical foundation that powers Once Upon a Voice.

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Now, as she continues to advance her skills through elite mentorship, Marcellé is preparing to reignite her artist career with new music. Evolving from her earlier pop roots into a soulful sound that will bring folk, rock, and innovative sound design together, her upcoming releases will be like a sonic blend of SZA and Phoebe Bridgers (listen to "A Ghost in the Machine" for reference). If you want to be part of Marcellé's journey as an artist, please join her Patreon as a free or paid member. We will pitch and release all of her work as an alternative artist, using the same services that we will use for our clients.

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(Note: Details about our pitching and release process are in the "Music Industry" section of our FAQs page.)