The repertoire of the presentation by Hsin-Yu Chou consists of two compositions for electro-acoustic music and three compositions for the combination of instrumental music and electro-acoustic music. The author seeks to blend music with technology in this portfolio and establish a close dialogue between the two kinds of media by utilizing their connections. In addition to humanistic spirit and musical techniques, the author incorporates elements of oriental literature and music into this portfolio, aiming to compose pieces that take on the aura of oriental music with Western instrumental music techniques and audio processing technology.

This thesis expounds the author’s idea of creation and analyzes each composition in the repertoire of the presentation. The thesis comprises five chapters. The introduction chapter offers an overview on the development from the origins of oriental and Western music to the emergence of contemporary electro-acoustic music. Chapter two explains the author’s idea of creation, including the motivation for creation, the blend of oriental and Western musical elements, and the stimulation and new dimensions that electro-acoustic musical techniques provide to the field of music, which includes the exploration of new timbre, the design of acoustic gesture, the construction of musical texture, and so forth. This chapter also illustrates how the compositions embody the foregoing ideas. Chapter three describes the methods employed for writing the five compositions, including the creation of forms, instrumental musical techniques, and electronic musical techniques such as filtering, reverse, stretch, granular synthesis, and delay. Chapter four elaborates on the content of the five compositions, including their structures, forms, instrumentations, acoustic textures, and pitch materials. The concluding chapter offers general remarks on the contributions and limitations of this thesis.