Maryland
23 Years Old

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BIOGRAPHY

In 2006, at the age of sixteen, Maria and twin sister, Sarah Fitzmaurice, launched their own group, The Fitzmaurice Band. In a matter of months, they were invited to play GreyFox Bluegrass Festival, one of the biggest progressive bluegrass festivals in the country alongside acts like Nickel Creek, The Duhks, Marty Stewart, and Ricky Skaggs. Maria has taken on the role of primary songwriter for the group and continually pumps out 1-2 songs per week. Now, at the age of twenty, she is a full time student and musician. She hopes to be able to take on music full time and get her name in the industry as a songwriter as well as a singer and musician.

LEVEL

semi-pro

GENRES

Alternative Country, Bluegrass, Pop

PUBLISHING COMPANY

Maria Fitzmaurice, I own my own publishing

P.R.O.

BMI

INSTRUMENTS

acoustic guitar

INFLUENCES

Alison Krauss, The Eagles, Fleetwood mac, George Jones, Nickel Creek, Linda Ronstadt, Stevie Wonder, etc...

DAY JOB

Full time student/Musician

I AM INTERESTED IN

in networking with songwriters
in pitching songs to artist
in pitching songs to tv
in getting a record deal

I WRITE:

It's my second job

I Also Write:
by myself
for myself
for others

I Prefer To Write:
lyrics
melody
music

experience >

SONG CUTS

I'm in a band and all of the songs off of our debut cd, with the exception of two or so, have been written by myself.

AWARDS & ACCOLADES

The song I wrote, "California" one first place in the country category on ourstage.com.

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