Member Concerts

MAYA de VITRY
Firehouse Center for the Arts, 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA 01950
Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 7:00 pm
https://firehouse.org/

WUMB is very pleased to present a Member Concert, free for Members, with Maya de Vitry at the Firehouse in Newburyport, MA!

Tickets are open to the public to purchase from Firehouse, but a limited number of seats are available for WUMB Members for free. To reserve your free Member tickets, please contact the Membership Office at [email protected] (preferred), or (617) 287-6902 (Mo,Tu,Fr).

See “Reservations” section at the bottom of the page for more details. Seats are very limited! Reserve now!

 

Originally from Lancaster, PA, Maya de Vitry is a Nashville-based artist whose music blurs the lines of folk, indie rock, and Americana. An admirer of the dedicated song craft of writers like John Prine, Gillian Welch, and Townes Van Zandt — and of the stirring vocals of artists like Bonnie Raitt and Nina Simone — Maya de Vitry’s music invites listeners into a space of openness and connection. After a formative chapter with the roots-Americana trio The Stray Birds, she launched her solo career with the 2019 album Adaptations, earning praise from Rolling Stone Country, NPR Music, and No Depression. Since then, she has built a devoted following, drawn to both her recordings and her powerful live performances. Known for her magnetic voice and hard-won sense of purpose, Maya has toured in North America and Europe, supporting artists like The Wood Brothers, Aoife O’Donovan, John Craigie, and Mighty Poplar. Her songs have also appeared on albums by Molly Tuttle, Lindsay Lou, and Steve Poltz, and her skills as a multi-instrumentalist and harmony singer have contributed to many Nashville recordings.

Her fourth full-length release in just six years, The Only Moment, is a 10-track testament to personal reinvention and creative growth. “I’m not just making different music now. It feels like I’m breathing in a different atmosphere,” she reflects on her evolution from The Stray Birds to her solo journey. Her sense of liberation is especially apparent in her live shows, which have become a space for spontaneity, peace, and freedom, often woven together with personal stories that connect the songs. “After the show, I just want to know if I’ve helped you feel more free,” Maya says. “That’s my unspoken agreement—to myself, my bandmates, and everyone in the audience.”

Despite a seemingly relentless creative pace, the recording of The Only Moment— produced by Maya and mixed by Grammy-winning engineer Justin Francis (Madison Cunningham)—was deliberate and unhurried. “It was like making a long-exposure photograph, but with music,” Maya explains, having allowed the songs to breathe over the course of nearly three years. “I shelved this record for months at a time, and each time I came back to it, I heard new possibilities. In today’s music industry, there’s pressure to share everything, to turn our process into ‘content.’ But I treasured keeping this record to myself and letting the songs simmer.”

Reservations

If you are already a WUMB Member (at a minimum of $84 annually or $7 per month) you and one guest can attend upcoming member concerts for free (space permitting) by sending us an email at [email protected] (preferred method), or by calling in your reservation at (617) 287-6902. Please include your Name, Member Number (if known), Daytime Phone or Email, and the Number of Seats you would like to reserve. Please note that the number of seats you are able to reserve is contingent upon your level of membership and the higher your level of membership, the more guests you can bring for free. More information about membership and benefits can be found on our Membership page.

If you leave a voicemail or send an email, you will receive a call back or confirmation reply within 3 business days. If you do not receive a confirmation, please contact us again as we may not have received your request.

If you have questions about your membership benefits, contact our membership office by email at [email protected], or by phone at (617) 287-6902.

Remember that seating is limited, so make your reservations early. Please tell us immediately if you need to cancel your reservations so that others will be able to attend.

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About WUMB Member Concerts

Throughout the year, we invite artists for a special performance and interview, which is offered free for WUMB Members to attend.

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