| Maria's latest CD "CHASING DREAMS"... an eclectic mix of tunes including some originals. Maria was honored by some of the best: Dan Maier, Ndugu Chancler, Alphonso Johnson, Greg Poree, and Ralph Penland, Purchase at itunes, Amazon.com and cdbaby.com. It's all about Maria if it's all about LOVE... www.playhousesquare.org www.raineausten.com Maria is the featured artist... on the most celebrated jazz networking site that honors the legends, features new artists, promotes music education and live jazz worldwide! "Jazz Work World Wide" Official website: Thejazznetworkworldwide.com Maria was featured on... Washington Jazz Network, the source of Jazz in the Nation's Capital and the world. People of all walks of life and nationalities now listen to and play jazz with love and this platform brings together millions of jazz enthusiasts from all over the world! Official website: The Washington DC Jazz Network Maria sang the National Anthem... for the Cleveland Browns on Sun. Dec. 27th. They won against the Oakland Raiders. Maria's original song "Free As A Dove" ... has been selected as part of a compilation disc called Girl Power. This is a positive and uplifting music selection of all women and will be part of a website called acousticfuel.com. Maria has also been selected... to perform in the prestigious showcase Chick Singer Night, this one featured in Milwaukee. She will be performing in late February. Maria will be performing at The Philmore Event Center in Fort Wayne Indiana on November 20th. Recently Interviewed... of her own personal favorite music selections. The show will also be streaming on the web at wclv.com. 9pm pacific standard time. Maria wrote... the words and music to the theme song "So This is Love", for a sitcom by the same name, starring Jack Donner and Jody Jaress. Maria has two new albums coming out 2009... "Chasing Dreams", her second jazz album and "Free As A Dove", her original pop album for which she is writing most of the music. Maria co-wrote and sang... "Sweet-n-Sexy, Cool " with Producer, Jeff Carruthers. Both are pop tunes with a smooth jazz sound ~ 2008 Honors were bestowed on Maria to sing... an original smooth jazz song called "Loreli", written by Billy Cole. |
