Maia received a Bachelor of Arts with honors in May 2003 from Yale University, where she was awarded the Master’s Prize for her contribution to the musical life of her college. While an undergraduate, she served as the youngest member of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, in which she held the Jeanet S. Curtis Chair. She spent her junior year at the Paris Conservatoire as a scholarship student of Gérard Poulet.

Maia is committed to bringing not only artistic integrity but also relevancy to art music in contemporary society. She recently gave the U.S. premier of Constantinidis’ “Folk Suite” and the West Coast premier of Periklys Koukous’ Violin Sonata in San José. At the 2004 Los Angles Philharmonic International Gala, she performed music of Piazzolla alongside her teacher and Philharmonic Concertmaster Martin Chalifour. She served as concertmaster of and soloist with the Timothy Dwight Chamber Players, Yale’s contemporary music ensemble. For two years she hosted her own radio program, Listening to the Guys Who Invented Music, on WYBC New Haven, AM 1340. An avid chamber musician, Maia will perform sextets with the Ysaye String Quartet when the group performs in Los Angeles this October. As first violinist of the Sonus Quartet in 2003 – 2004, she participated in the Juilliard Quartet Seminar, the Yehudi Menuhin Emerging Artists Seminar, and the Banff Centre Quartet Residency. Other chamber music performances have been broadcast on National Public Radio, KCSN, KKGO, and KUSC. She is also developing a taste for early music, performing as baroque violinist with Los Angeles’ early music ensemble Musica Angelica and as leader of the Thornton Early Music Ensemble. She was recently awarded a generous scholarship to support her studies with renowned baroque violinist Elizabeth Blumenstock.