Chin-Chin Chen

Chin-Chin Chen was born in Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. She holds a B.A. degree in Social Work from Fu-Jen Catholic University and M.M. degrees in Piano Performance and Music Theory from University of Illinois. She is currently working on her D.M.A. in Composition at University of Illinois, where her principal composition teachers have been Bill Brooks and John Melby. She has worked in the Experimental Music Studios with Scott Wyatt and James Beauchamp. In the EMS Workstation and Studio C, which are MIDI studios, she has been working with FM and AM sound synthesis and designing instruments. In Studios A and B, which are analog studios, she has been working with concrete techniques and experimenting electronically generated sound synthesis. Her Trio for flute, cello, and percussion was recently presented at the Midwest Composers Symposium.