Kyma artists participated in multiple concerts during the SEAMUS ’25 conference at Purdue University in March 2025.
The winner of the 2025 SEAMUS/SWEETWATER commission prize was Yao Hsiao for her composition Daiyu, for voice, iPad and Kyma. Yao is a doctoral student at the University of Oregon, studying with Jeffrey Stolet. She completed her master’s degree with Chi Wang at Indiana University, where the piece was composed.
Scott Miller opened the conference with his COINCIDENT#7, performing live Kyma electronics with collaborators Sam Wells and Adam Vidiksis.
Featured on the same concert, Michael Wittgraf performed his piece for EWI and Kyma: Absence of Hope.
In other SEAMUS concerts, Chi Wang performed her piece Fusion of the Horizons, for JoyCon, RingCon, Max, and Kyma.
John Ritz presented his composition for cello and live adaptive Kyma signal processing.
Kelsey Wang performed her composition Mahjong: Peng Gang Chi, for Wacom tablet and Kyma.
Among the fixed media pieces, several utilized Kyma for the sound design:
- Minho Kang, The Mist, fixed media
- Wyatt Cannon, Something About Birds, fixed media (8-channel, Kyma)
- Mei-ling Lee, RUN
- Brian Belet, My Last Tape piece
The closing event of the conference was Places | Spaces | Traces, a large telematic improvisation ensemble organized by conference host Tae Hong Park, which included Brian Belet performing electric bass and Kyma via remote connection from his home studio in Hawai’i.
