Miller Arts Scholars
Miller Arts Scholars
Kaiming Cheng

Kaiming Cheng

Semester of Mini-grant
Year of Mini-grant
2018
Disciplines(s)
Grant Description
With the help of the Miller Arts Scholars Minigrant Program, I would be able to purchase a fully-functioned VR headset, and add more functionalities and various novel human computer interactions on my project.
Original Proposal
Proposal Outcome
Title
VR headset Purchase for Sound Engineering
Semester of Mini-grant
Year of Mini-grant
2017
Disciplines(s)
Grant Description
Request funding from the Miller Arts Scholars Minigrant Program to reimburse the cost for Film Documenting during performance in Downtown Charlottesville, UVA Bicentennial Celebration and Smithsonian American History Museum in Washington,DC.
Original Proposal
Proposal Outcome
Title
Documenting Performance
Class Year
2019
Disciplines(s)
Arts Award Type
Proposal Outcome
Grant Description
I want to attend different music technology workshops hosted by the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) at Stanford University. I would am seeking funding to cover my project, tuition expense and traveling cost.
Original Proposal
Title
Music Composing in Virtual Reality

Kaiming Cheng is a Music and Computer Science major from Shanghai, China. At a very young age, he began to play drum and was actively involved in different music groups and bands in both China and America. After also developing a keen interest in technology, Kaiming tried to combine his two best interests- music and computer science. At the age of 16, Kaiming worked with musicians and engineers from Shanghai and developed a gaming software system for music education. Specifically, it is a game to teach children drumming and it is a much more fun and engaging experience compared to traditional music education. He received a patent for this development in 2014 (registration number 2014SR054613). Here at UVA, Kaiming hopes to learn more about music technology. Currently, he is taking upper-level courses with professor Luke Dahl and Matthew Burtner. He appreciates and looks forward to the opportunities that Miller Art Scholars will bring. He expects to graduate in 2019 with a Bachelor's Degree in both music and Computer Science.

2019