Maud Hixson releases her seventh album; a collection of songs by the multi-faceted composer Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, best known for his classical works and film scores, but whose jazz compositions revealed his great love of the Great American Songbook. His last concert appearance was with Maud in Manhattan in 2012, and a decade after his passing, she presents his songs written for friends Blossom Dearie, Lena Horne and Cleo Laine, as well as some of his works outside the standard jazz repertoire. Maud and pianist Rick Carlson perform songs from the album as well as those of songwriters Maud and Richard loved, Noel Coward in particular.

Hailed as “gently virtuosic” (All About Jazz), singer Maud Hixson is a devoted exponent of great songs, ranging from the classic Great American Songbook to the often unsung or forgotten compositions awaiting rediscovery. Based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, she made her Guthrie Theater debut in the Noel Coward revue Coward’s Women, and has also appeared in Park Square Theater’s The Soul of Gershwin. She teamed with Sir Richard Rodney Bennett in 2012 for the long-running Midtown Jazz at Midday concert series at Saint Peter’s in Manhattan and debuted her show Skyscraper Wits in London and New York in 2015.

Maud is the recipient of four Artist Initiative grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board, one of which supported the research for her album “Don’t Let A Good Thing Get Away”, comprised of compositions by Broadway composer Michael (Mickey) Leonard. Featuring Tex Arnold, Steve LaSpina, Warren Vaché and Gene Bertoncini, it was recorded at Nola Studios in Steinway Hall, NYC. Her next recording, “Listening For Your Song”, was commissioned by the Betsy-Tacy literary society, and features music from the pre-Songbook era, referred to in the Betsy-Tacy series of novels by Minnesota author Maud Hart Lovelace.

Maud received a Next Step Grant from the McKnight Foundation in 2015 and her most recent Artist Initiative Grants funded a big band project in 2017 and a concert video in 2021. After her Chicago debut in 2017, the Chicago Tribune’s Howard Reich proclaimed, “Hixson stood out as the biggest revelation at the Chicago Cabaret Convention”. In October, Maud makes her third appearance at the New York Cabaret Convention presented by the Mabel Mercer Foundation in a tribute to Doris Day, hosted by Rex Reed. Her newest recording, Permanent Moonlight: Songs of Sir Richard Rodney Bennett was released September 2nd.

“A singular cabaret artist.” –Chicago Tribune

“Maud Hixson’s anticipated and thoroughly polished performances are just what we all need to hear. She really is in a class by herself.”–Rex Reed

“Her vocal style is so warm, intimate and compelling–it’s clear that she cares about the words and telling the story, with clarity and without artifice–practically a lost art these days.” –Michael Feinstein

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