Stella Childs (she/her) is a violinist, singer-songwriter, composer, and folk-singing fairy in Chicago, IL, whose work combines her classical music training with her lifelong love of folk music, musical theater, and improvisation.

Stella has performed in and led a variety of ensembles including string quartets, symphony orchestras, choirs, new music improvisation groups, Balkan music groups, and bluegrass jams. She brings these invaluable experiences with her to the page with her written works and to the stage as a performing artist.

Check out her first single, an orchestral ballad for violin and voice: I Wanna Live! | Wanna Try!, her acoustic Live EP: Hope Flies, and her minimalistic composition: Theme I, for the A76 podcast, all under her stage name Stella Solveig (pronounced Soul-vay).