Performances & Schedule
Premieres, orchestral appearances, chamber recitals, and academic symposium presentations worldwide.
SiHyun Uhm presents "Inhabiting Neural Activity: A Closed-Loop VR System for Generative Sonification and Visualization of Spike Data" in a full 30-minute time slot at the inaugural Milwaukee Sonic Arts Festival (curated by Nathaniel Haering, UW-Milwaukee).
Presentation and demonstration of 'Inhabiting Neural Activity: A Closed-Loop VR System for Generative Sonification and Visualization of Spike Data' at the 31st International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA2026) in Dubai.
World premiere of SiHyun Uhm's new chamber opera 'Elevator B' (엘리베이터 B층), commissioned by Korea National Opera (국립오페라단).
'2026 WORLD HARP SYMPHONY' — the 3rd regular concert of the International Harp Orchestra (국제하프협회), conducted by SiHyun Uhm. Theme: a one-day world music journey with 20 harps. Program included Bach (Air on the G String), Fauré (Pavane), Brahms (Hungarian Dance No. 5), Smetana (Moldau), Grieg (In the Hall of the Mountain King), Danny Boy, Oh My Darling Clementine, Tico-Tico no Fubá, and Arirang, plus guest performances by flutist Han-jung Kim, pianist Chae-yoon Lee, and musical actor Hyun-jun Seok.
NU Quintet's fourth annual call for scores winners concert. SiHyun Uhm's Treasure Hunting (2013) received its US premiere, alongside works by David Voss, Jaylin Vinson, Aidan Gold, Matthew Tirona, and Alyssa Mena.
SiHyun Uhm is a commissioned composer for TIMF Academy. The concert features the works of commissioned composers in the 2026 TIMF Academy.
SiHyun Uhm joins the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra as a Teaching Artist for the 2026/27 season, working with LACO's Learning programs.
World premiere of SiHyun Uhm's 'Against the Clock' (2026) for quintet, performed by the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble as part of the Aspen Music Festival.
World premiere of 'Urban Pulse' by Trio Hana at ClarinetFest 2026 in Incheon, South Korea.
Jeffrey Miles Ho's doctoral cello recital at UCLA included SiHyun Uhm's 'Two Movements for Cello & Piano' (I. Allegro Moderato, II. Doleful Hazy), with the composer at the piano.
Hongbo Cai's recital 'Archaeology of the Piano: Listening Backward' — tracing the keyboard from modern piano back through fortepiano, harpsichord, and clavichord — included SiHyun Uhm's 'Seasons of Emotion' (2026), movements I. Whirlwind and IV. Reminiscence, on modern piano.
Andrew Seohyeon Kim's graduation recital at TU Dublin (Technological University Dublin) included SiHyun Uhm's 'Parents' Love' for clarinet and piano, with Edward Holly at the piano.
A concert devoted to the music of Charles Tomlinson Griffes at UCLA's Lani Hall. SiHyun Uhm performed as piano soloist and collaborative pianist, and is also credited with preparing the performance edition of Griffes' 'Pierrot'.
Miniscope Multimedia Project (2025, fixed audio and video) by SiHyun Uhm was presented in Matinee Concert (a) of the 22nd Biennial Festival of New Music at Florida State University, Friday, January 30, 2026, 10:10 A.M., Opperman Music Hall, Tallahassee.Full festival program: 2026 FNM Full Program (Issuu)
World premiere of 'Pulse' by the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players (SFCMP) in the ARTZenter Institute Emerging Composer Program concert at Herbst Theatre.
사라지는 목소리들 (Disappearing Voices), September 20–21, 2025 — a concert of chamber works about endangered animals, planned, composed, and artistically directed by SiHyun Uhm, performed by 강나경 (violin), 김승민 (cello), 김세현 (clarinet), and SiHyun Uhm (piano). Produced with support from Arts Council Korea (2025 청년예술가 도약 지원) and the Seoul Foundation (2025 예술창작활동지원). Reviewed by Monthly Review (ireview.kr).
SiHyun Uhm conducted the International Harp Orchestra's 2nd regular concert Miracle Again — about 20 harpists plus piano, violin, cello, flute, and drums — in a program from Disney OST to Debussy, before an audience of 300.
Miniscope Multimedia Project (installation ID 909) by Si Hyun Uhm screened at ICMC Boston 2025 — Installations: Screenings, June 11–14, 2025, Bright Family Screening Room, Emerson College, 559 Washington St., Boston.
SiHyun Uhm presented her research at MOXsonic 2025 (Missouri Experimental Sonic Arts Festival), Research Papers session.
A new work by SiHyun Uhm was premiered at the National Sawdust Hildegard Commission Concert, alongside works by Danae Venson, Lingbo Ma, Kayla McIntyre, Nina Fukuoka, Arowah, Mizu Issei, and Katie Jenkins.
SiHyun Uhm performed her piano work 'Seasons of Emotion' at FOCAM (Festival of Contemporary Art Music) at Washington State University.
SiHyun Uhm presented 'Illuminating Neural Pathways — Transforming Brain Activity into Generative Audio-Visual Experiences' at FOCAM (Festival of Contemporary Art Music), Washington State University.
Guest Artist Concert Han and Heung — Cecilia Kang (clarinet) and Angela Park (piano) perform Echoes of Hahoe: A Masked Reverie for clarinet, piano and electronics (2024) by SiHyun Uhm.
'Dancing in the Rainforest' was performed at the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) Civic Fellows Chamber Concert.
Performance of 'Degul-Degul (Rolling Over)' for clarinet, violin, and piano as part of the prestigious Young Artist Recital Series.
Wesley Schulz leads the Seattle Festival Orchestra in a performance of 'Parrot in the Rainforest', 1st prize winner of Arts Council of Korea.
Lecture recital 'The Korean War, Memory and Nostalgia' at the Korea University Research Institute of Korean Ethnic Culture's international academic event on the Korean War. With Yoon Ju Hwang (bassoon); media and creative direction by Jae Hoon Kim.
The UCLA Fall Graduate Composers Concert at Schoenberg Hall. SiHyun Uhm performed at the piano — her own 'Seasons of Emotion' and Sergey Nesterov's 'Tolling of the Bell' and 'Piano Waves'.
World premiere of 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' in Cincinnati Song Initiative's 'Let It Be New' digital concert (streamed through July 30, 2023).
George Rothman conducts Riverside Symphony in the Lincoln Center premiere of SiHyun Uhm's vibrant orchestral work 'Ladybug in the Room'.
Chamber strings performance of 'Yearning' following the 1st prize recognition in the national Marine Band competition.
SiHyun Uhm participated as a composer in a work-in-progress showing of theatre etudes at Juilliard's The New Series.
A fixed media work by SiHyun Uhm was screened at the Performing Media Festival, hosted by Indiana University South Bend.
Premiere of Parrot in the Rainforest (열대 우림 속 앵무새) by the Korean Symphony Orchestra under Chung Chi-yong, as the youngest prizewinner's work of the 14th ARKO competition.
Culmination concert of the National Sawdust Blueprint Fellowship featuring 'Zoom' for Pierrot ensemble, percussion, and theatrical staging.
World premiere of String Quartet No. 2 “For AFC System” — a work for string quartet and Yamaha's AFC (Active Field Control) spatial-audio system, composed as part of Yamaha's joint research with Dr. Sungyoung Kim (Rochester Institute of Technology).Performers: Nahoko Wakatabi and Saori Nakazawa (violins), Kiyoko Nakamura (viola), Naotaka Oiwa (cello).
Circus Suite — 1st Prize, 2022 Belvedere Student Composition Contest — performed at the Luna Nova New Music Festival, Concert IV.I. Monkey · II. Clown · III. Trapeze · IV. Lion. Performers: Marisa Polesky (violin), Hannah Schmidt (cello), Jonathan Webber (clarinet), Tomasz Robak (piano).
World premiere of 'Last Blue' by Courtney Miller (oboe) and Alan Huckleberry (piano) at the University of Iowa, as part of the 'Postcards from Six Continents' commissioning project.
Min Jee Kim (double bass, studio of James VanDemark) performs Playful Tiptoe (2021) by SiHyun Uhm on her Bachelor of Music recital, with Priscilla Yuen, piano.
World premiere of El Reno for tenor and piano, setting text by incarcerated writer Terry Hedin. Performed by José Heredia (tenor) and Nathan Ben-Yehuda (piano).
World premiere of Phone Call for wind ensemble at the Korean Wind Orchestra's “Sounds of Wind” Regular Concert, Seoul Arts Center Concert Hall.Phone Call won the Korean Wind Orchestra Composition Competition.
World premiere of Splash of Colors at Juilliard's Beyond the Machine 21.0: Emerging Artists and Art Forms — new works by composers, VR artists, and performers working with new performance technologies.Directed and choreographed by Matilda Sakamoto. Percussion: Oliver Xu. Electronic percussion: TianYi Li. Dancer: Stephanie Terasaki. Virtual art: Sabby Life. (Also performed May 22, 2021.)
String Quartet No. 1 — a score-call winning work — performed by the Craft Ensemble (Ensemble in Residence) at the 20th Annual Women Composers Festival of Hartford virtual festival (March 19–20, 2021).
Inaugural concert of Ensemble Savory (앙상블 세이보리), with SiHyun Uhm as composer member alongside fellow Eastman alumni. Program included her works plus Schumann, Ravel, Kapustin, and Piazzolla.
Invoke String Quartet performs String Quartet No. 1 in Austin, Texas (February 2020).
Alias String Quartet performs String Quartet No. 1 at Ingram Hall, Tennessee (February 2020).
Ladybug in the Room for orchestra read by the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra under Bradley Thachuk as part of the American Composers Orchestra's EarShot New Music Readings (Jan 28–29, 2020), with mentor composers Robert Beaser, Chen Yi, and Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate.
Ladybug in the Room for orchestra performed by the Riverside Symphony at The Dimenna Center, New York (January 2020).
Ladybug in the Room workshopped at the Nashville Symphony Composer Lab with Giancarlo Guerrero, Aaron Jay Kernis, Gabriela Lena Frank, and Kip Winger.
Mini-opera Sammy & Remmy for 6 singers and orchestra premiered at the Universal Artists Festival (August 2019).
Ladybug in the Room for orchestra performed by the Daegu MBC Orchestra in Daegu, South Korea (June 2019).
Art songs by twelve young composers including SiHyun Uhm, performed by young vocalists at Yeoro's 2nd creative art song night.
Apex of Longing for orchestra performed by the Future Symphony Orchestra in Vilnius, Lithuania, at the final round of the 1st Future Symphony International Composition Competition (October 8, 2018).
String Quartet No. 1 performed at the Golden Key World Composer's Concert, Ehrbar Hall, Vienna (Summer 2016), following its 1st Prize in the Senior Division.
SiHyun Uhm performed Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 2 as soloist with the Quincy Symphony Orchestra, as winner of the 2016 Eleanor B. Nelson Concerto Competition.
Stirring of a Sparkle for violin and piano performed at the Houston Museum, Texas (November 2015), following its 2nd Prize at the Avalon Composition Competition.
The 301st House Concert (Youth Festival II): Sunman Kim (clarinet) and SiHyun Uhm (piano) performed 'Pieces 1 & 2 for Clarinet and Piano' (movements 1 and 2 of Suite for Clarinet and Piano, 2011).
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