Marissa Grace is eleven years old. She appears reserved while simultaneously vibrant—but once she picks up a microphone, she is impossible to ignore. Here is how it happened. A father wrote his own cover of “Rude” by the band “Magic” and it got a lot of air time. Marissa Grace, a La Mesa resident, sixth-grade […]

Knowing she was playing early and not on the program, I first watched Marissa Grace perform at America on Main Street in El Cajon. A young singer, her strength on stage is well beyond her years. Though the crowd was small in that drizzly morning, people stopped and listened as she sang “RUDE” (The daughter’s […]

                    Marissa Grace lists her faves…… “I play pop rock, infused with some folk, funk, and jazz,” says La Mesa’s Marissa Grace, who started studying piano at age four. The 13-year-old took vocal lessons with local stars Eve Selis and Mattie Mills, as well as singing […]