About Martha Velez

Martha Velez (born August 25th, New York City) is an American singer, actress, songwriter, playwright of Puerto Rican/Spanish descent. 

Martha started singing at five years old and won an opera scholarship at 12 years old, as a mezzo soprano. She studied for three years, then went to the High School of Performing Arts in New York City. She holds a master's degree from Antioch University in Clinical Psychology and a PhD from Pacifica Graduate Institute in Cultural Mythology and Depth Psychology. She is a founding Fellow of the Imaginal Institute of Ojai, California. Recently she completed her Higher Education Teaching Certificate from Harvard.


Martha toured for three years and recording two albums with the Gaslight Singers, performing at Carnegie Hall, in multiple college concerts across the country, and several pivotal television shows, including the famed Hootenanny Show! 

During her distinguished career as a singer songwriter, she released six solo albums backed by Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, Christine McVie (Fleetwood Mac). Her solo Reggae album, Escape From Babylon, was produced by Bob Marley. She toured with Van Morrison, appearing on his Street Choir album. She recorded with John Lennon and Yoko Ono.  

Martha also pursued  her career as an actress which she began on Broadway where she played the lead in HAIR.  She later moved on to acting in movies and TV series.

​Presently, she is pulling all those skills together creating American musicals, AMERICAN HEARTBEAT, THE JOLLY CORKS, CHRISTMAS W/THE JOLLY CORKS, and WILD KNIGHTS.