Maria Isaak received her masters in music from the New England Conservatory in Boston, studying under Sherman Walt, Otto Eifert, and Richard Svoboda. Maria has worked as a freelance bassoonist throughout New England including the Portland Symphony, Portland Chamber Orchestra, Musicians of Wall Street, Walker Chamber Series (Concord, NH) Central Massachusetts Symphony, New Hampshire Philharmonic, Great Waters Music Festival (Wolfeboro, NH), Boston Philharmonic, and many others. In addition, she performed concerti and played with orchestras in California, China and Chile.