19-Piece Compaq Big Band w/ Vocalist Maya Saturn at 'Sanctuary's Big Band Christmas'

About this event

Need to jump-start Christmas spirit just as Thanksgiving ‘turkey coma’ fades? Looking for that special experience - versus JAT (Just Another Thing) - as an early stocking stuffer this season? We’ve got just the ticket – literally ;) Join the 19-piece Compaq Big Band with Vocalist Maya Saturn - making her exciting debut with us - at one of our favorite venues, Sanctuary Cultural Arts Center in Maynard, Massachusetts. We are STOKED to return again to present ‘Sanctuary’s Big Band Christmas’ on Sunday November 29th! Coincidentally, Maynard is where the band was born… (see below).

If you don’t know Sanctuary, you should – check out sanctuarymaynard.com. Hip, historic architecture, great sound system, and a warm, cozy full bar staffed by wonderful servers. Also, feel free to bring in takeaway fare from a variety of cool Downtown Maynard restaurants.

Sanctuary is located at 82 Main Street in Maynard, with plenty of free parking on-street and in nearby municipal lots.

This will be an amazing evening filled with seasonal favorites like you’ve never heard them before - exciting, inspirational, and just plain fun. Even the biggest Grinch can’t help but get in the Christmas spirit when the inside of this great old church echoes with the sounds of the most wonderful time of the year!

The show runs 7:00pm-9:30pm. Doors open 6:00pm. Tickets are available online at sanctuarymaynard.com/shows/sanctuary-s-big-band-christmas-november-29-2026-778762/ - see the Seating Chart on that link to select from the following:

$30pp-$35 Reserved Seating at cabaret or high-top tables accommodating 2-5 people

$30pp Reserved Seating in theater-style rows

$25pp General Admission Standing Only section orchestra rear

All of the above subject to a $5 upcharge for day-of purchases.

$20pp for ‘Community Circle’ Standing Only section in orchestra rear. Walk-ins night of only as space permits. Public bar opens 2:00pm

Previous holiday shows of ours at Sanctuary have SOLD OUT, so we STRONGLY urge you to purchase tickets early!

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While not specifically advertised or programmed as a ‘dance’, there will be floor space to do so if the Christmas spirit moves you ;)

The styles you’ll hear on November 29th run the gamut from traditional swing to very UNtraditional jazz rock, ballad, samba and jazz waltz tunes – dominated by high-energy instrumental arrangements from legendary big band arrangers such as Gordon Goodwin, Count Basie, Tom Kubis, Sammy Nestico, Dave Metzger, and John Clayton.

It will be an extra-special treat this year at Sanctuary to feature Maya Saturn out in front in her debut appearance with us, channelin’ Ella Fitzgerald and much, much more - only the best vocal treatments of seasonal classics.

Maya is a freshman at Berklee College of Music (class of '30) in Boston, majoring in Contemporary Writing and Production, with a minor in Dance. A gifted singer in jazz and other genres, she's active in the Boston, and New York City music scenes, as well as fronting the Maya Saturn Band. She's also an accomplished songwriter and composer.

In 2026 Maya earned the prestigious DownBeat Magazine Student Music Award Winner in the Outstanding Vocal Jazz Soloist category. She was also received the Jazz Choir Division "MVP" award at the storied University of New Hampshire Clark Terry Jazz Festival two years in a row ('25 and '26).

All of Maya's experience performing with vocal groups, as well as singing out in front of, and playing piano with, the acclaimed Foxborough High School Jazz Ensemble has prepared her incredibly well for the next 'big band chapter' in her rapidly-expanding professional music story. She has also sung with other professional big bands such as the Cameron Shave Jazz Orchestra, and the Kenny Hadley Legacy Big Band. We're very happy to welcome her to our stellar rotation of vocalists hailing from Greater Boston and New York City.

To get a tiny sample of what you’re in for, take a listen to the Tom Kubis Big Band performing the instrumental “Joy To The World” youtube.com/watch?v=n0Tx6lZEzNo. And for a holiday vocal sample here’s Diana Krall’s “Jingle Bells” youtube.com/watch?v=SABWU6im1do&list=RDSABWU6im1do&start_radio=1

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The Compaq Big Band has a strong connection to Maynard, having started out as the DECbigband at Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in 1975, just a block or down Main Street in the Civil War era textile mill that was the for many years DEC headquarters – hence Maynard’s moniker of ‘Minicomputer Capital of the World”.