(2014) Maria is more than just your typical girl from Ottawa Canada. She is a Blah blah blah(gger). Health & Fitness Enthusiast. Yogini. Speaker. Conversationalist. Visionary. Earth Angel. Medicine Woman. Amateur Poker Player. Expert RockBand Vocalist. Proud Mother. Sister. Friend. Lover. Partyrocker. Supreme Goddess. Polaroid Shaker. Time Traveller. Sensational Supper Maker. Hug Giver. Jedi Order. Stargazer Lily Lover.

Her first experiences of music were playing with her father, an artist, writer, and amateur musician. Together, they would play Beatle's songs and pop standards on the guitar, something Maria remembers as being "some of my best musical memories".  Having been exposed to music at a relatively young age, she harboured secret dreams of being a musician that were suppressed by adolescent shyness. "As a child, I was really outgoing, but something happened when I got to being a teenager. It was a big change, I was very introverted. I was writing music and singing but people I went to school with didn’t know anything about it.” She also felt that being a musician was beyond the reach of a girl from small town Williamstown. “It’s something I always really wanted to do but I didn’t really think it was an opportunity that was available. I was in the real world, people who did music were somewhere else.”

Singing her heart out since she was 3 years old, her first instrument was the piano at age 7, which she played for nearly 10 years. Strong Celtic roots helped her discover her love for violin and the flute and piccolo too. 

She considers herself an amateur musician who plays for pleasure and to explore. She plays because she needs to. 

Music is a big part of who Maria is. It has always been with her and has become her muse to all of life's key questions.

If music didn't exist, Maria would invent it!

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