Described as "anything but ordinary" by the Chicago Tribune, MAEVE & QUINN is the duo of Alaskan twin sisters Maris and Bryce O'Tierney, multi-instrumentalists, songwriters, and composers. maeve & quinn's music fuses alt rock, pop, and folk influences, distinguished by lyrical vocal harmonies and dynamic instrumental interplay. Classically trained (voice, guitar, violin, piano), the duo also draws on improvisation in their practice.
maeve & quinn’s collaboration as twin sisters is conversational and fluid between past and present. They bring together lyrics and melodies from their respective experiences for songs of layered perspective, addressing themes of memory, truth, and relationship. maeve & quinn's music has a feeling of landscape, and draws from multiple points of origin: where the sisters grew up (Alaska), their country of heritage (Ireland), and present home (Chicago).
maeve & quinn have performed their music and poetry in concert with the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and the Poetry Foundation; premiered their symphonic compositions with the Chicago Composers Orchestra and Anchorage Symphony Orchestra; and collaborated with dancers for film works, most recently with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
Following their 2018 release something overheard, something overhead, their recent EP star-crossed (August 2021) was featured on Bandcamp's 'New & Notable' releases. Their first full-length LP, Another Door, released September 2023.
Maris and Bryce studied at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music (Maris, Voice Performance and Guitar Performance; Bryce, Violin Performance). Bryce also holds an MPhil in Creative Writing (Poetry) from Trinity College, Dublin. Maris adds to the palette of influences with her experience as a curator of exhibitions and performance programs for art museums in Anchorage, Chicago, and Washington, D.C.