Maria & the Balance

Local singer-songwriter Maria Ferrara started playing music at age 4 and has a degree in Guitar Performance from Kent State University, where she was also in the Jazz Band, Women's Chorus, and Barbershop Quartet. She also studied at the Musician's Institute in Los Angeles. A a bassist, guitarist, trombonist, and vocalist with such groups as Aquarius Rising, the Swizzle Stick Band, Ragin' Kane, and One Loudah, she just recently released her solo debut, Connections. She plays a release party tonight at Jilly's Music Room.