Mac Waters (they/he) is a dynamic multimedia composer and improviser working and performing across a spectrum of interdisciplinary contexts. Mac's research investigates the interplay between collective memory and sonic nostalgia, particularly in relation to virtual/extended realities, internet (sub)cultures, queerness and digital medievalism. His diverse creative practice spans composing chamber music for leading contemporary ensembles, composing electroacoustic music for film and dance, performing as a vocalist and violist in interdisciplinary and multimedia performances, designing interactive Virtual & Extended Reality experiences, and recording and producing original song. Their works have been performed by Fonema Consort (Chicago), Wet Ink (New York City), Conrad Tao (New York City), Mivos Quartet (NYC), Ostravska Banda (Ostrava, Czech Republic) and Ars Futura (Cleveland). Mac's extensive capacity as a violist-improviser has been featured internationally in ensembles such as the Cherry-Ah-Cole Ensemble (Hanover, New Hampshire), the Venice Exploratory Ensemble (Venice, Italy), the International Contemporary Ensemble's Ensemble Evolution (New York City) and Anthony Braxton's Creative Orchestra (Darmstadt, Germany). As a XR for the Humanities Fellow with the Dartmouth College Data Experiences Visualization (DEV) Studio, he is developing a 3D-audio studio for interdisciplinary research and performance. 
 
Among numerous awards and prizes, Mac is the recipient of the Columbia University Charles S. Miller Composition Prize (2022) and the Hopkins Center for the Arts Arts Integration Grant (2023). Mac holds a BA in Music from Columbia University with a special concentration in Medieval & Renaissance Studies, and he is currently in pursuit of a MFA in Sonic Practice studying with Ash Fure, César Alvarez and Taylor Ho Bynum.