Mary Beth Maziarz (pronounced: “MAY-zee-arzz”) began singing in the jazz cafes, folk rooms, and elevated train platforms of Chicago while in college at Northwestern. After school, she moved to Park City, Utah, where she found the mountain community to be the perfect place to write songs, talk to interesting people, and appreciate the beauty of nature. A series of non-musical jobs bucked up her life experience and resume; time spent as a fine art framer (hmm…finger-devouring tablesaws…great for pianists!), a golf course beer cart girl, and a waitress of many fascinating establishments helped her use that “American Culture” degree as she found her way through it, up close and personal.

TV and Film

As Mary Beth’s audience grew, her music drew the attention of the popular television shows, Dawson’s Creek, Party of Five, and Everwood. Before its final curtain in May of 2003, Dawson’s Creek used Mary Beth’s music a dozen times, featuring her more than any other artist. They even featured her on the show in January of Season Three. Filming her episode and working with the cast in Wilmington, North Carolina, was a thrill she’ll never forget.

In the fall of last year, Mary Beth was approached by a German production company to supply a theme song for a new series called “Bianca – Wege Zum Gluck”. They selected a warm ballad Mary Beth had been working on, called “True Believer,” and debuted the show in November of 2004. “Bianca’s” romantic storyline quickly drew a legion of viewers to watch the show every day, making it a bona fide hit! “Bianca” currently airs everyday in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria and may appear in other countries in the next year.

She has also performed songs in a number of movie soundtracks, including the films Coyote Summer, Broken Hearts Club, and the upcoming features, Leave No Trace and Jupiter Landing. With a talent for interpretive covers, she did a version of John Stewart’s (and the Monkees’) song “Daydream Believer” that was included as the only song by an independent artist on the “Songs from Dawson’s Creek – Volume 2” Soundtrack, released worldwide by Sony Music in 2000.

Albums

Mary Beth has just finished the final tracks and mastering on her next record, entitled “Wish.” The release of Wish will signify another evolution in MB’s musical direction. The wonderful, lush sounds of artists like Rufus Wainwright and Aimee Mann and the great energy of people like Susan Tedeschi and Jos Stone have influenced the production style of an incredibly diverse and compelling collection of new songs. Watch for updates as release dates and pre-order info is announced.

Mary Beth released her first album in 1995 – the folky, award-winning Something Real. Since then, she has recorded four more full-length CDs: her current release, plus the wintery Snowed In, the rich pop of Supernatural/Goodnight, Goodnight and the mellow piano and vocal simplicity of A More Perfect World. She also has songs on two Sony soundtrack albums available everywhere – “Songs from Dawson’s Creek, Vol. 2” and “Broken Hearts Club – A Romantic Comedy.”

Upon its release, Supernatural (an earlier incarnation of Goodnight, Goodnight) topped Amazon’s “Emerging Artist” Best Seller list as the number #1 selling album on both the Pop and Adult Contemporary categories for over two months. Recently, A More Perfect World was ranked 20th on Amazon’s overall Pop list, selling better than thousands of major-label artists. Mary Beth’s independent label, Musaic, has sold over 30,000 of her albums so far from shows and indie record stores, and looks to double that amount in the next year.