Maya Millsape

• Awards
• 2022- 2023 YoungArts Winner-Merit
• 2023 - CS Music - All State Singer
• 2023- Community Development Corporation-2023 Women’s History Month Winner
• Music
• . Donald Lawerence Music & Arts Global Choir April 2023
• · Lead Vocalist at Mount Zion Baptist Church, Havre De Grace, MD from 2015-present
• · Lead Vocalist for Harford County Sheriff’s Department & United States Army- National Anthem in 2018
• · Choir member at Peabody’s Children Choir through John Hopkins University –Chorister and Cantae Choirs from 2018-2020
• · Lead Vocalist for Bethesda Blues and Jazz Youth Orchestra from Sept 2021 to Present
• · Choir Member/ Lead Vocalist for Urban Choral Arts Society from Sept 2021
• · Cast Member and Vocalist with Theatre Live from 2019-2020
• School
• · Lead Role in Shrek the Musical as Dragon at Havre De Grace Middle School in 2018
• · Lead Role in All Together Musical as MotorMouth Maybelle (Hairspray) & Deloris Van Carter (Sister Act) at John Carrol School 2021
• · Cast Member in Elf the Musical at John Carroll School 2023
• · Choral Member for weekly Mass at John Carroll School from 2020 to present
• · Lead Vocalist for Jazz Youth Orchestra at John Carroll High from 2021 to Present
• Special Performances
• · Performed the National Anthem for Governor Larry Hogan Re-Election Fundraiser in Oct 2018
• · Lead Vocalist with BBJYO at the Mid Atlantic Jazz Festival in Feb. 2021
• · Lead Vocalist with BBJYO at Blue Alley Jazz in April 2021
• · Performed the National Anthem at Ernest Burke Sculpture Dedication in July 2021
• · Performed at 1st Annual Empowerment Women’s Brunch
• · Lead Vocalist for the St. Episcopal Church’s Black History Month Program in Feb 2022
• • Member of the Donald Lawrence & Edwin Hawkins’ Music & Arts Global Choir April 2024 to
• present – Traveled to London, England to perform
• Musical Training
• · Vocal Classical with Susan Chadwick 2020 to present
• · Vocal Jazz with Irene Jalenti 2022 to present
• · Piano Lessons started in 2022
• Community Volunteer Services
• · Future Care Northpoint, Dundalk Family Crisis Center, and Elmwood Elementary with Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Beta Alpha Tau Zeta Chapter from 2020 to present
• · Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Aberdeen from 2022 to present
• · Chosen Community Development Corporation from 2022 to present
• · Mount Zion Baptist Church from 2021 to present
• * Cantering various religious ceremonies.

My name is Maya Samone and I’m a junior at The John Carroll School. My overall grade point average is 4.2. I’m currently at John Carroll School in pursuit of Fine Arts Diploma with Distinction (FADD) in music. I’m an active member of the honor society, the Tri - C music honor society, International Thespian Society and the Spanish Honor society. I keep myself active by participating in a variety of school activities from volleyball in my freshman and sophomore year to embarking on a new passion for jazz music and musical theater. I participate in several different community service projects within my community which range from helping young students in a local elementary school with fun educational after school activities to assisting with multiple donation collections for a local family domestic violence facility. Once I graduate from high school, I plan to attend college and focus my studies toward vocal performance, Jazz studies and musical theater. I know there will be several valleys and peaks during my musical journey, but I continue to live by the motivating quote by Confucius, “ Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in getting up every time we do.”