Maq formed Camp Cope in 2015, when she recruited bandmates Sarah Thompson and Kelly-Dawn Helmrich to flesh out solo material Maq was working on. The group released three studio albums before breaking up in 2023. She was a member of the punk band Würst Nürse and sang on their first EP,
Hot Hot Hot, released in 2018. Maq released her debut solo studio album,
Pleaser, in 2019. The album was produced by
Katie Dey and Darcy Baylis. In 2022 she released a live EP titled
Live At The Sydney Opera House. She had graduated as an
enrolled nurse in 2015, just before the band took off, and delayed taking a graduate position to pursue music. During the
COVID-19 pandemic, with concerts temporarily halted, she went back to nursing. Initially doing COVID testing, then administering vaccinations, and then finally taking up a graduate position. She is the daughter of Australian musician
Hugh McDonald of the folk-rock band
Redgum. She is of
Greek heritage through her mother and was baptised
Greek Orthodox. at
Laneway Festival in 2019 ==Discography==