Stone Room Concerts @ Hill Center Featuring Award-Winning Indie Folk Singer/Songwriter Kipyn Martin

Curated and Hosted by Stone Room Concerts Founder David Holiday

Kipyn Martin is an emerging Indie Folk singer-songwriter whose roots sink deep into the banks of the Shenandoah River. She has played festivals, concert halls, coffeehouses, and house concerts from New England to Texas. She has earned multiple Gold Awards in the Mid-Atlantic Song Contest, and has previously been honored by the Washington Area Music Association with multiple WAMMIE nominations (Songwriter of the Year and Folk Contemporary Vocalist). In 2015 she won the WAMMIE for New Artist of the Year. In addition to songwriting, Kipyn holds a Master of Music in Composition and teaches private lessons in voice, guitar, piano, and songwriting.

Currently one can find Kipyn performing in the DC/Baltimore areas. She is a dedicated tribute artist as well as performing songwriter. 2025 will see her paying tribute to Joni Mitchell as part of Joan & Joni with music partner Allison Shapira, as well as paying homage to Simon & Garfunkel as part of Newmyer Flyer’s Bleecker Street.

Kipyn lives in Frederick, MD with her family and cat.

About David Holiday: David Holiday — a lifelong music aficionado who in his youth performed with the Grammy-winning Texas Boys Choir and numerous youth orchestras and ensembles, founded Stone Room Concerts together with his wife in 2012 to bring  intimate, high-quality performances by local, national and international independent musicians to the DMV area.  He has hosted more than 200 shows over the past decade in homes, churches and other eclectic venues, including for several years at Bikenetic,a full service bicycle shop in Falls Church. Stone Room Concerts also serves as the fiscal agent for Niñas Arriba, a charitable project of Latin Grammy-nominee Gina Chavez and their wife Jodi Granado, which they set up to support the college education of young women in El Salvador and Central America.  In keeping with his long standing professional involvement with Central America, Holiday is part of a team supporting the Maya Kaqchikel musician Sara Curruchich.  In 2023, he had the privilege of serving as tour manager for Curruchich’s first-ever US tour, including major venues and festivals in New York, California, Colorado and Illinois.

Kipyn Photo Courtesy Eric Michael Hilton Photography