Maria Jacobs is a national recording and voice over artist. Born of Syrian Lebanese and Armenian descent, she was raised in Cleveland, Ohio. Her repertoire spans Christian, Jazz, R&B and Pop Music. She charted on the Smooth Jazz Holiday Charts 2019-2121 and also the Groove Jazz Charts in 2015. She's recorded with several well-known artists including Grammy award winning, platinum selling songwriter/producer Tommy Coster, Grammy Award winning producer Pete Tokar, and Alphonso Johnson and Ndugu Chancler of Weather Report, Maria opened for jazz trumpeter/songwriter Chuck Mangione, jazz singer/songwriter Bob Dorough, The Average White Band and British Soul Band Loose Ends. Other acclaimed artists Maria has worked with include Music Director Damien Sneed (Wynton Marsalis, Abyssinian Mass, soloist) William Henry Caldwell and Robert Porco (Cleveland Orchestra, soloist) The Jazz Heritage Orchestra (soloist), and Gospel greats Bili Redd and Karen Clark Sheard. Today, Maria Jacobs is a Vocal Jazz Professor at Kent State University and a licensed music educator. She has released nine, well reviewed solo albums: No Frills, Free As A Dove, Chasing Dreams, Art of the Duo, Here Comes Winter, Lucky Girl, Hold On Your Heart, and two live albums, Bootleggin’ at the Bop Stop, and Back at the Bop Stop. This ninth album was accepted for Academy review in the highly coveted Best Jazz Vocal Album category for the 66th Annual GRAMMY® Awards.