Doors: 5PM for Golden Hour

Showtime: 7:30PM

Tickets: $15 – Standing, $20 – At door | $25 – Seated, $30 – At door | $80 – VIP table for 2 | $160 – VIP table for 4

For this one night performance, musician and composer Macie Stewart has arranged her debut solo album Mouth Full of Glass for a large ensemble. Convened especially for this occasion, performers include: Mallory Linehan, Karlyn Gehring, Zara Zahareva (violin); Karlita Williams (viola); Zach Moore (upright bass); Lia Kohl, Olula Negre (cello); Sen Morimoto, Dustin Laurenzi (saxophone); Michael Hilger (keys/guitar); Rob Frye (multi-instrument).

Mouth Full of Glass (released in the US by Orindal Records; UK – Full Time Hobby). Written and recorded by Stewart while finding solace and strength in solitude, Mouth Full of Glass features eight lushly arranged songs that search for the meaning of self within and without partnership. The record explores loneliness as well as the growth and beauty that blooms from within it—through creating it, Stewart reassesses her own relationships in order to communicate with a singular voice.

The evening opens with a special guest performance by Damon Locks and Dana Hall.

About Macie Stewart

Macie Stewart is a multi-instrumentalist, composer/arranger, songwriter, and improviser based in Chicago, IL who Downbeat Magazine calls “a master of equilibrium.” Stewart’s instrumental work primarily includes piano, violin, voice, guitar, and synthesizers. From a very young age she found herself drawn towards music and sound; learning to communicate with music while simultaneously learning to communicate with words. As the child of a career musician (pianist Sami Scot), Stewart was encouraged to explore the piano and violin through classical training which led to teaching herself guitar and composing music for herself and others. After helping to found the Chicago bands Kids These Days and Marrow, Stewart broadened their interests and spent time in the avant-garde jazz scene, performing regularly at Chicago institutions Constellation and The Hungry Brain. It was in that scene Stewart distinguished herself as a go-to collaborator, co-founding the band Finom, (with Sima Cunningham); forming an improvised duo and longstanding artistic collaboration with cellist and sound artist, Lia Kohl (Macie Stewart & Lia Kohl); performing and improvising with Ken Vandermark’s Marker ensemble; and creating as the improvised trio, The Few (with guitar player Steve Marquette and bassist Charlie Kirchen). Stewart has toured as a multi-instrumentalist with bands such as Japanese Breakfast, The Weather Station, Chance The Rapper, Makaya McCraven, and Tweedy. Stewart has also spent years working as a string arranger, drawing on her varied background in classical, jazz, and Irish folk music to create unique arrangements for artists such as the band Whitney, SZA, V.V. Lightbody, Knox Fortune, and many others.

About Epiphany

From dance to theater, literary arts, comedy and magic, performance art is curated to complement Epiphany’s live music programming offering several performances to choose from seven days a week. And, from ages 17 to 70… whether traditional, old school or alternative, Epiphany’s eclectic and ageless music offerings include… Jazz, Blues, Rock, Pop, Funk or Classical; R&B, Soul, Folk, House or Fusion, or, Indie, Hip Hop, Bedroom Pop, Lounge or Rap.

This concert is presented in partnership with Epiphany

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Tags: Chicago, Damon Locks, Dana Hall, Dustin Laurenzi, Epiphany Center for the Arts, Experimental Sound Studio, Experimental Sound Studio Presents: Macie Stewart | A Mouth Full of Glass Orchestra, Karlita Williams, Karlyn Gehring, Lia Kohl, MACIE STEWART, Mallory Linehan, Michael Hilger, near west side, Olula Negre, Rob Frye, Sen Morimoto, Zach Moore, Zara Zahareva