Chih-Chen Wei

Chih-Chen Wei

Chih-Chen Wei is an active composer.  Her recent compositions has been played by Taipei philharmonic orchestra, member of Los Angeles Percussion Quartet (Nick Terry), Dharma drum mountain choir, Soprano Stacey Fraser, Tenor Andres Crane, Violist Hsiaopei Lee, Flutist Glendy Chien, Pianist Slawomir P. Dobrzanski, Chialin Hsieh, Charleen Liu, Kelly Anderson, Jocelyn Hua-Chen Chang, and among others.

In addition to being the recipient of MetLife Creative Connections Grant from Meet the Composer (2009), Chih-Chen Wei was awarded Subito Grant from the American Composers Forum (2010), Chamber Music Award from National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra (2010), Stanley Wilson Composition Award from UCLA (2002), Clifton Webb Fine Arts Award (2001), Carolyn Alchin Endowed Award (2003) and the honorable mention in the Music Taipei Composition Competition (1999).  She also served as resident composers for Los Angeles Chamber Singers (2002), the 4th Annual Thailand International Composition Festival (2008), and National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra (2010).

Her works have been selected and performed in the concert of Society of Composers, Inc., Region VI Conference at Oklahoma City University and Kansas State University, UCM New Music Festival 2011 at University of Central Missouri, 7th Annual Festival of Contemporary Music in San Francisco, Asian Composers League in Korea, National Association of Composers/USA in Los Angeles, University of Southern California, Chapman University, Cantai Music Festival in Taipei, Thailand International Composition Festival, National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra Composition Workshop, and among others.

Born in Taiwan, Chih-Chen Wei entered the National Taiwan Normal University, earning a Bachelor of Music. She then completed her Master of Music at the University of California , Los Angeles , and her Doctor of Musical Arts with academic honors and distinction, Pi Kappa Lambda, from the University of Southern California .  Her composition mentors include Chinary Ung, Stephen Hartke, Donald Crockett, Paul Chihara, Ian Krouse, Shyh-ji Chew, and Ting-Lien Wu.  Currently, she resides in Southern California.