The University of Virginia Department of Music presents a colloquium by Annie Hsieh entitled The Spatialtemporality of Musical Memories on Friday, September 11, 2026, at 3:30pm in 107 Old Cabell Hall. This event is free and open to the public. Annie Hsieh is a Composer and Associate Professor of Music Theory and Electronic Music at Carnegie Mellon University.
ANNIE HUI-HSIN HSIEH is a Taiwanese-Australian composer working in acoustic and electroacoustic mediums. Her work focuses on creating visceral physical experiences and articulates sonic expressions in terms of spatial gestures and relational sociality. Hsieh’s music has been presented internationally at events such as MATA Festival, Metropolis New Music Festival, OzAsia Festival, WasteLAnd Music Series (LA), Mise-en Festival, Adelaide Festival, Tectonics Festival, International Society of Contemporary Music (ISCM) World Music Days, MaerzMusik, Asian Composers' League (ACL) Conference, International Rostrum of Composers, SEAMUS (Society of Electroacoustic Music US), MOXonic, New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, Seoul International Computer Music Festival, Forum Wallis, Sonic Pavillion Festival, Paysages|Composés (France), Eavesdropping Symposium (UK), Sonic Matters Festival (Switzerland), Pittsburgh Festival of New Music, Huddersfield Festival of Contemporary Music, and Bendigo International Festival of Exploratory Music. Some recent commissions include Symphony Services Australia, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Lucerne Festival, Coriole Festival, Experimental Sound Studio Chicago, Wien Modern, Hypercube Ensemble, ELISION Ensemble, and Foundation Royaumont, among others. Her works have also been performed by ensembles including the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, UC Davis Symphony Orchestra, Canberra Symphony Orchestra, Mivos Quartet (USA), Rubriks Collective (Australia), The Sound Collector's Lab (Australia), The Monash Sinfonia (Australia), Thin Edge New Music Collective (Canada), Ensemble Dal Niente (USA), Ensemble Offspring (Australia), Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (Switzerland), and Hong Kong New Music Ensemble (Hong Kong). She has been a recipient of several awards and honors such as the APRA (Australian Performance Rights Association) Art Music Fund, the Monash University International Women’s Day Composition Commission, the Belegura Composer Award as part of the Melbourne Prize 2022, the Monash Performance Art Centre David Li Sound Gallery Commission, as well as support from the New Music USA, the Tomayko Foundation in Pittsburgh, Australian Cultural Fund, Creative Australia grants, the National Cultural and Arts Foundation (Taiwan), and is a recent grant receipient of the Schmidt Sciences AI and Humanities Virtual Institute (HAVI). Hsieh completed her bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of Melbourne (Australia) and her doctorate at the University of California, San Diego. She is currently an Associate Professor of Music Theory and Electronic Music at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, USA.
Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh's website.
Old Cabell Hall is located on the south end of UVA's historic lawn, directly opposite the Rotunda. For parking options, please visit our Directions and Parking page.