Janice Shieh

Co-founder & Committe of Artistic Director

Janice Chia-Ying Shieh serves as the Artistic Director, guiding the artistic vision for the InclusiVibe Foundation’s music-centered initiatives. She oversees the commissioning and production of original compositions, live performances, and creative collaborations that elevate patient voices through the arts.

Originally from Taiwan, Janice is a composer, performer, educator and recording enthusiast. She believes that music is a communal life experience for everyone and advocates accessibility, inclusion, and education to the community. Her music connects with others through memories and spaces while reflecting herself as a habitual transpacific traveler. Shieh’s compositional practice is deeply informed by her decade-long performance experience as an established violinist while constantly exploring the forefront of contemporary experimental music at the culture and genre intersections.Shieh holds M.M. in composition at Bowling Green State University, B.M. in composition, and B.M. in violin performance from University of North Texas. Her compositional style was influenced by her teachers: Piyawat Louilarpprasert, Marilyn Shrude, Christopher Dietz, Sungji Hong, and Andrew May. Her current research interest includes multi-species musicology, psychoacoustics, neurocognitive mechanisms, and interactive electroacoustic music.

You can find her at “Join Janice Music Studio” in the Finger Lakes Region of New York, where she teaches music lessons, works on commissioned projects, plays with sound and bakes traditional Taiwanese Castello cakes.