Yiyi Cui received prize in Musicacoustica-Beijing Competition

MM Computer Music student Yiyi Cui received the Excellence Prize in the Musicacoustica-Beijing Competition.  Her audio/video work, Beijing Impression, placed top 10 in the Multimedia Music of Electroacoustic Music and Video category.  In the piece, she combined eastern and western musical elements to convey the different sides of Beijing.  The judges praised her composing skills, noting that her piece touched their hearts.  Cui is a student of McGregor Boyle.