The Women Amplify the Voice of Electroacoustic music (WAVE) festival is the first women-focused electroacoustic music festival. The festival’s mission is to support, showcase, and celebrate women in electronic music and art disciplines. As a key underrepresented group in this genre’s history of predominantly male, European contributions, this festival provides a unique opportunity and a central stage to showcase the creativity and brilliance of women’s contributions. This year’s festival is partially sponsored by SEAMUS Micro CREATE Grant and University of Oregon School of Music and Dance CEI Mini Grant.

Staff

Director: Li Tao

Award winning composer Li Tao 李陶 was born and raised in Beijing, China and currently based in the U.S. working on her second Doctoral degree in Data-Driven Music Performance & Composition at the University of Oregon. The philosophy, literature, and spirituality of the ancient East play a formative role in the aesthetic of Tao’s work. Her music consists of vivid soundscapes, colorful timbres, and interdisciplinary elements that often lead her audiences on a multi-dimensional journey full of imagination. As an Asian female musician, Tao is devoted to promoting gender equity and cultural diversity through her music as well as through collaboration with other artists.

Tao’s music has been performed at concerts and music festivals throughout the world including China, Japan, Korea, Australia, Ireland, Belgium, Ukraine, Brazil, and the U.S.A. Her primary interests include acoustic and electroacoustic composition, performance practices, and analysis of compositional techniques, aesthetics, and intercultural dialogues. For more information, please go to taolimusic.com.

Assistant Director: Oliver Kwapis

Oliver Kwapis (b. 1997) is a composer and performer of electroacoustic music. His work has been featured at conferences and festivals including ICMC, NIME, NYCEMF, NSEME, and MISE-EN FESTIVAL, Fresh Inc Festival, June in Buffalo, the Mostly Modern Festival Institute, and the soundSCAPE Composition and Performer Exchange. Currently, he is pursuing a PhD in Data-Driven Music Performance and Composition at the University of Oregon’s School of Music and Dance under the tutelage of Jeffrey Stolet, where he is also a Graduate Employee in the Department of Intermedia Music Technology.