Chloe Liuyan Liu is a composer who earned her Master of Music in Music Composition from Indiana University in May 2023, following her Bachelor of Music in Composition at Wheaton College in 2021. In 2019, she achieved recognition by winning both the Schultheis Composition Competition Award and the Josephine Halvorsen Memorial Composition Prize. Liu has studied composition under professors such as Shawn Okpebeholo, Xavier Beteta, David Dzubay, Annie Gosfield, and Han Lash. She also pursued a minor in computer music under the direction of John Gibson and Chi Wang. During her time at Indiana University, she focused on interactive music with data-driven instruments for her computer music compositions. Additionally, she has gained experience in conducting through instruction from Jerry Blackstone, Mary Hopper, Daniel Sommerville, and John William Trotter. She served as the Honors Conductor for both the Wheaton College Symphony Orchestra and the Wheaton College Women’s Chorale. Outside of academia, she composes Chinese pop music and soundtracks for short films and games.