The versatility Maria displays as a performer is evidenced in the broad range of music that she has had the pleasure of singing: having performed lead roles in works as diverse as Ravel's L'Enfant et les Sortilèges, Bock's Fiddler on the Roof and Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. Her characters have run the gamut from boy child to matron.

Having completed both an Undergraduate and Master's degree in music (at WLU and U of A respectively) and worked with some wonderful examples of talent and kindness, Maria has received opportunities to solo under the direction of musicians such as Howard Dyck (with the K-W Philharmonic choir), Roger Perkins (former musical director of the Shaw Festival) and William Shookhoff (Director of Opera by Request and Tryptych).

Although Maria enjoys the challenge of learning music from various genres and languages, her heart is always drawn to the beautiful simplicity inherent in the music of the 1930s and 40s.