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Macie Stewart is a Chicago based, multi-instrumentalist, composer/arranger, songwriter, and improviser.

Stewart primarily works with piano, violin, voice, guitar, and synthesizers. From a very young age Macie was drawn towards sound; learning to communicate with music while simultaneously learning to communicate with words. Stewart’s experience as an open collaborator and composer in her own right has led her music to become fluid and expansive- drawing on all that has come before while intentionally searching for something new. “Mouth Full of Glass” was her debut solo project: released fall of 2021 in the US and as an international release in fall of 2022. Since then, Macie has created two full length sound installations, "Hisako's House", a site-specific multimedia piece involving dance, visuals, and music with choreographer Robyn Mineko Williams; as well as "The World Doubles in Size", a quadraphonic sound installation through Experimental Sound Studio at Lincoln Park Conservatory in Chicago, IL. Stewart is also a founding member of the band, Finom, who have released 4 full length records, created the multi-media theater performance, “Full Bush”, and have been touring internationally since 2016.