Intimate and innovative performances

Performance Styles & Purpose

  • Maryliz Smith performing at a grand piano.

    Simply the Music

    FOR LISTENING PLEASURE

    Maryliz offers piano performances for audiences of all sizes, enabling a live experience of her more popular compositions.

  • Maryliz Smith speaking to an audience alongside a grand piano.

    Music & Storytelling

    AS PERFORMANCE ART

    In these performances, Maryliz carries us through feelings and memories, as she both performs her compositions and tells the stories that inspired their creation. Visit the audio blog for a related experience.

  • A large audience listening with their eyes closed.

    Live Improvisation

    FOR HOLDING SPACE

    Maryliz’s music sustains the sense of possibility that is critical for a transformative retreat or conference. Her emotive performances bridge transitions, provide an inspiring backdrop for group work, and magnify the energy of an event.

  • Two people facing one another.

    Voice Explorations

    FOR TEAMBUILDING

    Maryliz builds the muscle of robust vulnerability through facilitated singing that bypasses the strategic mind. This slightly unsettling yet revelatory process allows individuals and groups to build the capacity for presence, intimacy and relational intelligence.

  • Maryliz Smith composing on a piano.

    Songmaking

    FOR SELF DISCOVERY

    Through a collaborative songmaking process, Maryliz works with individuals and organizations to capture their unique genius in music. The premise is that every person, and many organizations, have a distinctive way of creating value. Being aware of and rooted in this signature expression is where innovative ideas are born.