We are excited to announce the second event of our WE ARE NATURE series!
Join us for a magical evening on the rooftops as NOoSPHERE Arts celebrates the Summer Solstice with music, art, and community under the open sky. This special night will feature the debut of our 2025 Residency Award installation, the release of MaYita’s new concert experience and album: SOMOS, and a live dance performance by Mizuho Kappa.
SOMOS is a sacred musical offering to honor the peak of the sun’s light, the MaYita Summer Solstice Medicine Music Concert is a heart-opening ceremony where ancestral rhythms, healing music, and sacred chants guide the community into deep remembrance and joyful celebration. Aligned with the energy of the solstice, MaYita channels prayers of light, unity, and transformation through her voice and presence, creating a portal for collective healing, connection, and renewal. This is more than a concert - it is a living ceremony of music, spirit, and soul.
Maya Martínez: Guardian of Sound on this Musical Journey
Since time immemorial, sound has been a creative force, a vibration that unites, heals, and transforms. Maya Martínez is a daughter of that sacred energy, a tireless traveler of sound art who has dedicated her life to the study, performance, and healing through music.
Born in Colombia and shaped by the diversity of New York, her voice echoes from multiple latitudes. Along the way, she absorbed the essence of classical music in Havana and the vibrant pulse of jazz in Brooklyn, perfecting her craft to weave melodies that speak to the soul. With Pacha Massive, her sound resonated in legendary venues, sharing space with Café Tacuba, Bomba Estéreo, and Aterciopelados. But her journey didn't stop there. Maya embraced discipline, challenge, and evolution while serving as a sound engineer in the U.S. Army, becoming the first graduate of this specialty from the Army Music School. There, sound took on new dimensions, from technical precision to its power of connection. Guided by ancestral wisdom, her sonic exploration led her to the indigenous communities of Central and South America, where she learned the mysteries of sound as medicine. Amid ceremonial chants and deep vibrations, she understood that music is not just art: it is a vehicle for healing. Today, under the spirit of MaYita Music, Maya intertwines lineages, cultures, and generations, restoring harmony to the world with every note. Her mission is clear: to honor sound as a transformative force, awaken ancestral memories, and activate the universal heartbeat that reminds us that, in music, we are one.
Doors: 6 PM
Our programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.