2027 Guest Performer: Shiau-uen Ding

Shiau-uen Ding grew up in Taiwan. She then went to Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music for a master's and a doctorate, and moved to New York City. She is fortunate to have studied with Ying Wang, Lina Yeh, Eugene Pridonoff (piano), Mara Helmuth (computer music), and Alan Bern (contemporary improvisation), and to work with numerous wonderful composers.

Shiau-uen has performed in France, Germany, Belgium, China, India, South Korea, and throughout the US and Taiwan. She premiered Christopher Bailey's Empty Theatre, a quasi-concerto for piano and orchestra, at SinusTon Festival in Germany, and gave the American premiere of Philippe Manoury's Das Wohlpräparierte Klavier with Miller Puckette. She was called a "daredevil" by The New York Times for her performance at Bang on a Can Marathon, and has recorded for Capstone, Centaur, Innova, and New Focus.

Shiau-uen enjoys performing old-school classical and contemporary music equally. When she is not making music or listening to music, she might be writing code for financial trading systems. Visit https://www.shiauuending.com for more information.

About EMM

Electronic Music Midwest [EMM] is dedicated to programming of a wide variety of electroacoustic music and providing the highest quality performance of electronic media. This annual festival consists of approximately nine short concerts (about 1 hour in length) over the course of a weekend in Autumn. Our goal is to bring together vibrant and interesting artists of all forms, give them a vehicle for their expressions, and a place for them to share ideas with others.

EMM is the result of a consortium formed in 2002 between Kansas City Kansas Community College (KCKCC), Lewis University, and the University of Missouri at Kansas City. Officially formed in 2002, this festival was founded by Mike McFerron, Connie Mayfield, and Paul Rudy in 2000 when it was presented at KCKCC under the name "Kansas City Electronic Music Festival." In 2001, the festival continued at Lewis University under the title, "Electronic Music at Lewis - 2001."

EMM originally featured an 8-channel surround diffusion system, and now features a 12-channel immersive system, under the guidance of Ian Corbett. The core of the system are Yamaha powered speakers and subwoofers, and a Digico S21 mixer (named "EMMilia"). Many visiting composers comment that EMM is one of the best sounding and smoothest run festivals they have ever attended.

Since its beginning, EMM has programmed approximately 1500 new electroacoustic compositions. Composers have traveled from around the world to graciously share their music with audiences in the Midwest. However, EMM is about more than just playing new music. We strive to create an environment conducive to building community interaction. Most concerts are approximately one hour long, and composers have plenty of time to "talk shop" with each other as well as interact socially with students and audience members.