Weiling Chen (b.1981), a Taiwanese composer, has composed for a variety of media including orchestra, various chamber ensembles, solo works, theatrical works, and electroacoustic works. She has received her Doctoral of Musical Arts in Music Composition from the Michigan State University (MSU). She also holds Master of Music in Music Composition from the University of Houston (UH), and Bachelor of Music Education from Taipei Municipal University of Education (TMTC).
As an enthusiastic composer and educator, Wei-Ling teaches music lessons for over ten years and has been assigned and taught in Houston Taiwan Institute for Senior Citizen (HTISC) and Michigan State University. She has been commissioned to arrange for various combinations of choirs, percussion ensembles, chamber ensembles, and musicians, including Taiwanese Association in America, Clear Lake Association, John Burroughs High School Vocal Music Association, Grace Taiwan Presbyterian Church…etc.
Wei-Ling’s music has been widely performed. Most recent performances include “The Island II” (piano and a dancer) in Sound of Formorsa: fundraising Concert for the Moracot typhoon victims in Ann Arbor, MI. “Black Hole Drift II” (actors, kumumgo, danso, singer, video, and sound) at New York University, Transmigration (French horn and tape) at Nanhai Gallery (Taiwan), Au Revoir (electroacoustic) at 60x60 Midwest Mix Festival and broadcasted at WKCR, Jasmine (electroacoustic) at the International Workshop on Computer Music and Audio Technologies (WOCMAT) at National Chiao Tung University (Taiwan). “Symbiosis II” (alto and tenor saxophones) will be presented as the discussion topic at Forum Music – Taiwan Contemporary Music Forum in March 2011.