Mary has been passionate about music since she started playing the piano at age four. Growing up in a large musical family fueled her fascination with music and gave her the versatility to perform folk, western swing, blues and spiritual music. As a teen, Mary learned 40’s era swing tunes from her father and performed in a swing trio with the Santa Fe Theatre Company. In college at Colorado State University, she studied Dance, Music and Human Development while singing with a folk trio throughout northern Colorado. Her next audience was her three children who became the focus of her time and music while they were young. She began playing guitar and singing with a local bluegrass band and performed western swing at a guest ranch for several years while directing music for a local church. As a result of her search for a new musical challenge, Mary began learning jazz standards in 2000. Jazz takes Mary back to listening to her father play upright bass and brings her into the best music she has ever performed.