Conference program 41 International Computer Music Conference

Computer Music at CalArts where he teaches music composition in the Experimental Sound Practices program.
Lily Chen, born in Taiwan, is a composer exploring poetic and timbral potentials of both western and non-western instruments.
In her recent works, she creates counterpoint of timbre by synthesizing sound gestures with subtlety, which also
shapes imaginative and poetic atmosphere in her music. She is currently a PhD candidate in music composition at the
University of California, Berkeley, where she is studying with Ken Ueno, Franck Bedrossian, Edmund Campion, and Cindy
Cox. She got her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Taipei National University of the Arts in Taiwan, under the instruction
of Chung-Kun Hung. Since 2005, Lily has received several prizes, including 1st Prize of Asian Composers League Young
Composers Awards (2012), 1st Prize of Nicola de Lorenzo Prize in Music Composition (UC Berkeley, 2014), and some other
prizes in Taiwan. Her works were also performed at several festivals in USA and Asia, including Midwest Graduate Music
Consortium (Chicago, 2014), Van Appledorn Festival of New Music at Texas Tech University (Texas, 2014), the 30th and
29th Asian Composers League Conference and Festival (Israel, 2012 & Taiwan, 2011) and Nong Project at Korea National
University of the Art (Korea, 2007). For more information, please visit http://chenlily.wordpress.com
Ying-Jung Chen born in 1990, and come from Taiwan. Now is National Chiao Tung University graduate student. Studying
with Yu-Chung Tseng. Her works have been selected from Asian Composers League Conference and Festival (2011 Taiwan
/ 2012 Israel), Shanghai Electronic Music Festival (China, 2011), International Computer Music Conference (2012 Slovenia
/ 2013 Australia / 2014 Greece), New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival (2013 / 2014). And received 1st Prize from
6th Digital Art Festival Taipei (Taiwan, 2011), 1st Prize for Cross-strait Modern Electronic Technology Music Festival Competition
(China, 2012), 3rd Prize form WOCMAT 2012 International Workshop on Computer Music and Audio Technology
(Taiwan, 2012), 2nd Prize from WOCMAT 2013 (Taiwan, 2013), 2nd Prize from 2014 Beijing International Electroacoustic
Music Festival “Electronic Music Competition : Category A and B” (China, 2014).
Kyong Mee Choi, composer, organist, painter, and visual artist, received several prestigious awards and grants including
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, Robert Helps Prize, Aaron Copland Award, Illinois Arts Council
Fellowship, First prize of ASCAP/SEAMUS Award, Second prize at VI Concurso Internacional de Música Eletroacústica
de São Paulo, Honorary Mentions from Musique et d’Art Sonore Electroacoustiques de Bourges, Musica Nova, Society
of Electroacoustic Music of Czech Republic, Luigi Russolo International Competition, and Destellos Competition. She was
a Finalist of the Contest for the International Contemporary Music Contest “Citta’ di Udine and Concurso Internacional de
Composicai eletroacoustica in Brazil among others. Her music was published at CIMESP (São Paulo, Brazil), SCI, EMS,
ERM media, SEAMUS, and Détonants Voyages (Studio Forum, France). Ravello records published her multimedia opera,
THE ETERNAL TAO, which was supported by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship and Roosevelt
University. Aucourant Records published her CD, SORI, featuring her eight compositions for solo instrument and
electronics. The project was supported by the IAS Artist Project Grant from the Illinois Arts Council. She is an Associate
Professor of Music Composition at Roosevelt University in Chicago where she teaches composition and electro-acoustic
music. Samples of her works are available at http://www.kyongmeechoi.com.
Toshiro Chun (Trumpet) is an active freelance musician and educator in the Dallas Fort Worth metropolitan area. He is
comfortable playing in classical, contemporary, baroque and commercial music groups and has performed with some of the
worlds finest performers such as Bernadette Peters, Wayne Bergeron, and the Metropolitan Opera Horn Section He keeps
a busy schedule both as a performer and teacher in the Dallas metroplex. Mr. Chun studied at the University of Northern
Colorado where he played lead trumpet with the Downbeat Magazine Award Winning UNC Jazz Lab Band One and Columbus
State University where he won the Schwob School of Music concerto competition and received his undergraduate
degree in Music Performance. He is currently completing a Master of Music Performance at the University of North Texas
where he studied with Keith Johnson, John Holt and Adam Gordon. His previous teachers include Dr. Robert Murray and
Kye Palmer with isolated lessons with some of the worlds finest trumpet players such as Wayne Bergeron, Thomas Hooten
of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Fred Sautter. Originally focused in commercial music he has branched off to perform
in all disciplines of music but is especially interested in contemporary music with a focus on performing some of the most
challenging pieces in the trumpet repertoire but focuses on unaccompanied works and performing with electronics. Toshi
has also served as a chamber music coach and assistant band director at Arrowbear Music Camp in Arrowbear Lake, CA.
He has performed at the WASBE, IAJE, International Trumpet Guild Conferences and was a semi-finalist for the Undergraduate
Division of the National Trumpet Competition. While not teaching or performing he enjoys hiking, rock climbing, training
German Shepherd Dog Gustav Mauler, working on his car and fiddling with video games and technology.
Thomas Ciufo is a sound artist, composer, improviser, and researcher working at the intersections of electroacoustic performance,
interactive instrument design, sonic art and emerging digital technologies. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Music
and New Media from Brown University. International festival presentations or performances include Visiones Sonoras in
Mexico City, the Enaction in Arts Conference in France, the New Interfaces for Musical Expression conference (Vancouver,
Genoa, Montreal and Ann Arbor) as well as numerous conference presentations for the International Computer Music Society
and International Society for Improvised Music.
Nicholas Cline writes acoustic and electroacoustic music. His compositions have been performed in the US and Europe.
He was featured on the 2012 SEAMUS electroacoustic miniatures recording series: Re-Caged. He holds degrees from
Columbia College Chicago and Indiana University. He is currently studying and teaching aural skills at Northwestern University.
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