Maya sang Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing, a traditional anthem in the African-American community, at the January 13, 2011 Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration at the Majestic Theater in Corvallis, Oregon. She followed main speaker Shelley Moon, poet, playwright and proud instigator of social change. Read the Gazette-Times article. The song “was publicly performed first as [...]

When Maya was aged 3 to 5, she sang with Mom in the Inner Strength Gospel Choir, directed by Rev. Dr. Isaiah Jones, Jr. The Reverand passed away in Oct 2008. The local Corvallis community gathered to remember him at a service Oct 19, in which Maya sang a song she wrote called “My Brother.”

Maya sings a song she wrote a few years ago for her brother, Martin, called, “My Brother.” Thank you to Mr McKee for recording!