BIOGRAPHY

Scarlett Shi is a sound artist with a strong interest in immersive and interactive experiences. Her work emphasises audiovisual perception, sensory engagement, and spatial sound environments. She often works across traditional roles—taking on responsibilities as director, writer, and composer—to craft cohesive and deeply experiential works.

Currently, she is a second-year MFA student in Sound Design at the UC San Diego Department of Theatre and Dance, studying under the mentorship of Bobby McElver. She previously earned her BFA in Sound Design from the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing.

Her creative practice integrates technology and art, exploring themes such as social alienation, fragmented perception, and the blurred boundaries between symbols and reality.

Knowledge & Skills

Live Sound

Designing and delivering immersive auditory experiences for the stage, with expertise in:

Theatre Sound Design — original composition and sound effects creation
Sound System Design & Drafting for productions of varying scale
Network-Based Show Control System Design
Max/MSP programming for interactive and generative audio
Live Sound Engineering for theatre and events

Music

Merging musical artistry with technical precision:

Composition & Arrangement across genres
Piano performance for live and recorded contexts
Studio Production: recording, editing, and mixing
MIDI music programming and sequencing
Strong foundation in music theory

Film Sound

Crafting cinematic soundscapes across the entire production pipeline:

Original Film Scoring and soundtrack creation
Storytelling through audiovisual language
Location Sound Recording & ADR
Post-production: editing, Foley, and final mixing

Software Proficiency

Ableton Live • QLab • Logic Pro • Pro Tools • Max/MSP • Reaper • Vectorworks • OmniGraffle

Awards

Scholarship of The Central Academy of Drama (Year 2021-2022)
Scholarship of The Central Academy of Drama Year (2022-2023)
Excellent Practice Award, The Central Academy of Drama (2022)
Third Prize of the Professional Group of the National Immersive Sound Reinforcement System Design Competition, EZPro College (2022).

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