XIAOSHA LI

Education

2019 - 2022

2023 - 2024

Berklee College of Music

Double Major in Electronic Production and Design (EPD) & Composition

Degree: Bachelor of Music | Summa Cum Laude

GPA: 3.90

Courses: Machine Learning, Programing in C/C++/Python, DSP, Circuit Bending, Composition Related Courses

Focus: Music Technology

Directed by: Dr. Richard Boulanger, Akito Van Troyer, Beth Danish, Allen Cohen

Thesis (EPD): Voice Changer | Embedded System of Live Audio Signal Processor

Thesis (Composition): In Her Eyes-The Frivolous Duels | Large Chamber Orchestra

Total Credits: 168 credits in 4 years

2017 - 2019

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Major in Business and Management

Degree: Bachelor of Science | Magna Cum Laude

GPA: 3.89

Courses: Linear Algebra (High-level), Statistic (High-level), Probability, Data Management

Focus: Business Analysis

Finished 4-year-program in 2 years (124 credits)

Educational Experience

May 2024 - Dec 2024

Coursera

Oct 2023 - Dec 2024

Attended Conferences

May 2018 - Sept 2018

Berklee College of Music

Summer School

Online Programs

Courses: Deep Learning (Andrew Ng), Digital Signal Processing (EPFL)

CASPA 2023, GTC 2024, CHI 2024, AES AI and the Musician, AES Show,

COLM 2024, IAP 2024, ISMIR 2024, HPCA 2025

Paper Review: ICMC 2025

Courses: Harmony, Ear Training, Music Technology, Arranging, Private Vocal Training, Ensemble

Admitted to Berklee College of Music after the Summer School Audition

July 2016 - Sept 2016

University of Cambridge

University of Oxford

Summer School

Student in Magdalene College, Cambridge and Oriel College, Oxford

Courses: Game Theory, International Economics, Behavior Economics, Financial Crisis and Policy Responses

Sept 2015 - Jun 2017

Hunan University

Financial and Statistic College (Top 1 College) | Dropped the University

Major Courses: Calculus I & II, Matrix Algebra, Statistic (SPSS), Matlab, Accounting, Micro Economics, Macro Economics, Corporate Law, Corporate Finance

Admission Scholarship | 1st Place High-level Vocal Art Students for General Admission

Project

Sept 2023 - Nov 2024

Denoiser

Audio ML Research Project

Designed and implemented a Denoiser model on CPU using the ConvTasNet architecture with an integrated encoder, separator, and decoder system.
Self-collected data set both clean and real-life noise sounds over 10,000 stems.
Train the model with 5 different real-life noise types (Small Room Reverb, Supermarket Background Noises, Urban City Noises, Human Speaking Background Noises, and Striking Noises) comparing to a ground truth.

Feb 2024 - May 2024

Voice Changer/Transformer

Embedded System

A prototype developed on the Bela microcontroller using C++, employs FFT, DFT, and DSP techniques.
Transformed live sound into robotic, whisper, little girl, demon, echoing, or retain the original style.
Controlled through pressure-sensed touch bar and MIDI knobs.
Live signals from hardware synth, software synth, live vocal, live acoustic/electronic instruments, and DAW signal.

Sept 2023 - Jan 2024

Gen to Gen

Video Signal to Audio Signal

Designed and implemented a multimedia project in Max/MSP/Jitter, integrating video generation, video-to-audio conversion, and audio synthesis into a cohesive sound performance.
Developed specific equations and functions to dynamically control pixel position, color, speed, and delay for real-time video creation.
Processed video matrix signals into a real-time changing buffer, recording amplitudes for 32 samples to generate sound by looping frequencies.
Combined real-time input signals and predefined sound waveforms to create a controlled synthesizer.
Modulated video generation using external video sources and synchronized 32 amplitude channels to merge video-generated audio with visual outputs.

Sept 2022 - Dec 2022

Toru's Eyes

Multimedia 3D

Programmed with Max/MSP/Jitter to synchronize 3D video signals with audio properties such as amplitude, speed, and waveforms.
Designed dynamic visual elements, including motion backgrounds, sound-responsive torus shapes, and manipulated video clips.
Developed an interactive sampler plate to randomize music selection and control audiovisual transformations in real time.

May 2021 - Sept 2022

Multimedia Sound Projects

Dec 2020 - Dec 2023

AI Singer Trainer

X Studio, Microsoft (China Region)

Jan 2022 - April 2022

ML for Spotify Music Recommendation

Inspirit AI

Sept 2021 - Dec 2021

Watch the Sounds

Microcontroller, HCI

Nov 2018 - Dec 2018

The O.T. Swanson Multi-disciplinary Design Lab Project

Nov 2018 - Dec 2018

Operational Management

Programmed in ChucK connected eight speakers and program-designed keyboards to produce live spatial sounds performance.
Programmed with Max/MSP building Additive, Subtractive, and FM Synthesis.
Programmed with Max/MSP building acoustic instrument interaction interface with controls.

Produced hundreds songs of vocal stems to make an AI singer that can sing by itself and integrated at the X Studio.
Designed characteristics and image of personalized cartoon ID.

Built hit songs prediction system and music recommending system with multiple machine learning techniques
Data from Spotify Library
Inspirit AI Fellow

Built on Pimoroni Pico Scroll and in Python to create an interactive interface with colorful pixels, button-triggered visual effects.
Visualized waveforms and audio effects with Pico Scroll, allowing users to control and interact with visual effects through button presses.

Shooting and editing the promotional video for the Design Lab.
Designed customer questionnaire survey.

Using EOQ Model to help the local restaurant A Bite of Xian saving 10,152.96 USD a year in total

Research Program

Oct 2016 - Dec 2018

Student Innovation Training Program, HNU

National Project Award
Project team leader
Research thesis —— A study on the difference between leverage and liquidity risk in different countries

Sept 2016 - Dec 2016

Blockchain and Ethereum Program, Financial Technology Department, HNU

Utilizing block chain technology to Internet of things of domestic meter for energy consumption.
Optimizing excitation mechanism of bitcoin mining from Ethereum.

Composition

Master-Class with Yun Du (Pulitzer Prize), Richard Carrick (Guggenheim Fellow), Julia Wolfe (Pulitzer Prize), and Nan Schwartz

In Her Eyes-The Frivolous Duels, Large Chamber Orchestra May 2024

As The Sea Level Rise, Duo, Piano and Cello, 3’07’’ Dec 2023

Diving, Art Song, 3’04’’ Sept 2023

The Trend, Electroacoustic Chamber, 7’11’’ Mar 2022

Premiered and performed by SPLICE Ensemble
Documented on Berklee Official YouTube Channel and Website

Dissimilated Domestication, Chamber Ensemble, 4’14’’ Sept 2021

Honorable mention in the young artist group of the MTNA competition (3rd place at Massachusat )
Premiered and performed by Sound Icon Sinfonietta

Chen · Qian, Electroacoustic Chamber Dance, 6’22’’ May 2021

Selected and played by Acadia Dance Festival

Rebirth, Electroacoustic Chamber Dance, 3’18’’ Oct 2020

Two Humming Mums, Electroacoustic Solo, 2’45’’ April 2021

Live Processed piano with Max/MSP

Sonata in D, Solo Piano, 6’28’’ Dec 2021

Copycats Are Stealing, Duo, 2’23’’ Dec 2020

Etude 1, Solo Piano, 4’10’’ Nov 2020

Music Publication

May 2024

Why They Choose "Reshape"

Singer

Feb 2023

Puppets Are Dancing

Singer | Composer | Lyrics Writer

Official Work for Return to Future: 1999 First Anniversary Celebration – Original Musical Drama Hand-drawn Animation
Performed as Isolde, singing both operatic and musical theater pieces.
Achieved over 5 million views on Bilibili, with a single track receiving over 300,000 plays, 27,000 likes, 26,000 saves, 2,781 shares, 448 comments, and 243 bullet chats.
Reached 150,000 plays on NetEase Cloud, with over 9,000 saves and 126 comments.

Published on NetEase Music, and got over 30,000 play volume and 800 Collections.
Electronic Pop Music

June 2022

Artificial Bubble Dream

Singer | Composer | Lyrics Writer

Published on NetEase Music, and got over 20,000 play volume.
Electronic Pop Music

Dec 2021

Unheard

Unasked

Singer

Two movie theme songs for the iQIYI movie Chang'an Mysteries (长安秘闻) on NetEase Music.

Performance Experience

Perform with Zhou Chao Band, Oct 5th, 2024

First Chinese Band Performed at Burning Man Main Stage.

Musical Performance, RPI Players, US, Jan - May 2018

Played the role of Liebeslieder Singer Mrs. Nordstrom who had the most broad vocal range among all actors
Got the Golden Lily awarded from the musical director

Peer Gynt, Soprano, RPI Holiday Concert, US, Sep - Jan 2017

Demo Recording, Singer, Sinopec Group, China, June - July 2017

Recording the song of Sinopec Enterprise —— The Silk Road

Performance Tour, Singer and Dancer, Australia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Sept - Oct 2012

Selected by China Overseas Exchange Association as a member of Excellent Talent Student Group and Chinese Culture Paradise, aiming at introducing and transmitting Chinese culture to overseas Chinese teenagers
Participated in musical and cultural exchanges with local overseas Chinese families and students from Chinese schools, and visited prominent entrepreneurs in Indonesia.
Performed in four featured programs during evening galas as part of the cultural showcase.
The tour received extensive coverage and reporting from CCTV 4 International Channel, highlighting its cultural significance.

Performance Tour, Singer, United Nation, US, Jan 2012

Attend the conference on China's Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection in United Nations Headquarters
Performed traditional Chinese songs as part of a chamber choir at the United Nations Conference on Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection

Leadership/Volunteer

Oct 2023 - Now

Asian Music Industry Festival (AMIF)

Core Team | Coordinator | PM | Concert MC

Hosted the Asian Music Industry Festival's Concert at the House of Blues.
Coordinated eleven panels involving more than 200 participants.
Managed event content, personnel scheduling, venue setup, logistics, and guest arrangements. Managed all event photography teams and volunteers.
Government’s Citation and Recognition from City Commonwealth of Massachusetts, The City of Boston, City of Boston in City Council.

July 2023 - Now

Simultaneous Interpreter/Translator

Client: Yichun Shan (单依纯), Chinese Pop Star.
Client: African team, Yuhua District Party Committee Propaganda Department at 3rd China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo.
Client: Mr. Uno-Blum, the former national president of the Swedish Sandvik Group Company.

May 2024 - Now

Boston Asian Radio & TV (BARTV)

Special Guest Host

Hosted the Symphony Orchestra concert as part of the Boston Asian Arts Carnival at Boston City Hall.
Hosted two concerts in the "Power of Music" series featuring Zhouchao Band, the first Chinese band to perform on the main stage of Burning Man, at Harvard and Berklee.
Conducted interviews with: Anny Chan, Teaching Fellow at Harvard University; Baili, American entrepreneur and Co-Founder of Super 8 Worldwide Inc.; Yi Zheng, Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and Director of the Nano Energy Laboratory.

Nov 2023

Rap of China

Host

Hosted the Rap of China Boston Regional Audition Finals at the Sonia Live Music Venue, with an audience of over three hundred.

Dec 2015 - Jun 2017

President of alumni ambassador Hunan University

Financial and Statistic College

Keeping in touch with alumni of class of 1981, 1987 and 1989 by field visiting and video calling in person
Interviewed alumni online and face to face, and wrote interview newsletters(pressed)
Arranged and launched Alumni Homecoming Anniversary

Dec 2015 - Jun 2016

General Youth League branch | Vise President of Student Union

Hunan University

Financial and Statistic College

Assisted Dean of class of 2019 organizing over 300 students’ data and files
Developed Standard Evaluation Rules of excellent students

Employment

July 2023 - Sept 2023

Investment Advisor

Hongta Securities Co., Ltd., China

April 2023 - June 2023

Loan Officer, Intern

Guizhou Bank, China

Wrote a daily stock market review and recommended short-term and long-term stocks for investors.
Made analysis of daily market changes and future market trends based on economics, stock market K-line charts, fundamentals, etc.

Evaluated, authorized or recommended approval of loan applications for people and businesses.
Reviewed an average of 120 loan applications per month, and granted an average of 15 loans per month.
The amount of the loan project ranges from 50,000 yuan to 10 million yuan.

June 2017 - Aug 2017

Warehouse Coordinator, Intern

Hunan Lianqiao Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

June 2015 - Aug 2015

Assistant of Director of Office Part-time

China Guangfa Bank

Negotiated and secured contracts with Storage Glass factory and Printing company
Strategized business plans of financial warehouse department with general manager

Negotiated prices with Shenzhen materials plant to cut the building material cost of the new office building
Assigned working details to security, IT and marketing departments, and coordinated tasks of them
Arranged schedules of director including catering, transportation and accommodation

Skills

Language Skills

Fluent in English and Chinese

Software Skills

Unity, Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Max/MSP(High-level), Jitter, Python, Java, C, C++ (Audio), Swift, HTML, PyTouch, Matlab(Simulink), SQL, SPSS data analysis, Excel, Microsoft Access, Power BI

Production/Hardware Skills

Microcontroller, Embedded System, Sound Design, Music Composition (Master), Synthesizing, Arranging, Recording, Mixing

Performance Skills

Professional singing and dancing for over 15 years
Sufficient piano skills

Honors & Certifications

Berklee’s Composition Department Spring Scholarship - Amy Beach Award (Berklee College of Music), March, 2022

Outstanding alumni Ambassador (Hunan University), May 2017

Admission scholarship, (Hunan University), Sept 2015

Competition of Solo Singing, Solo Dance, Solo Instrument, First Rank (Hunan Province,China), Oct 2014

Ambassadors for cultural exchanges between China and America, Jan 2012

Attended the conference on China's intangible cultural heritage protection in United Nations Headquarters
Performed traditional Chinese songs as part of a chamber choir at the United Nations Conference on Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection

Ambassador for cultural exchanges between China and Australia, Oct 2012

Selected by the China Overseas Exchange Association as a member of the Excellent Talent Student Group and Chinese Culture Paradise to introduce and promote Chinese culture to overseas Chinese teenagers

First Place Winner in the High-Level Art Troupe Exams at both Hunan University and Beihang University, Second Place Winner at Sichuan University, Candidate of the Peking University Winter Camp (High-Level Arts Groups), Jan-Mar 2015

First Rank in Vocal Competition of ISING at the University at Albany, Oct 2018

Top 12 in the U.S. Division, Vocal Competition of VISM in North America (competition interrupted), Nov 2020

Dean's List, Sept 2017 - Now