Works performed by Earplay:

Ad Hoc
De Metal y Madera
Hyperbole
Juego
Pantomime Suite in Five Movements

Miguel Chuaqui was born in Berkeley, California, and grew up in Santiago, Chile. He studied piano at the Escuela Moderna de Música and the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of California at Berkeley, studied electroacoustic music at CNMAT (Center for New Music and Audio Technologies), and went on to complete a Ph.D. in Composition with composer Andrew Imbrie. His music, which includes orchestral, chamber, vocal, and electroacoustic works, has been performed in venues in the U.S. and abroad by ensembles such as Speculum Musicae, Parnassus, Earplay, Left Coast Ensemble, Empyrean Ensemble, Octagon, New York's Riverside Symphony, New York Virtuoso Singers, Colorado Chamber Players, Canyonlands Ensemble, Ulysses String Quartet, Abramyan String Quartet, NOVA Chamber Music, Ensemble Bartok Chile, SEAMUS (Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the U.S.), and NYCEMF (New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival).

Chuaqui has received commissions from the Fromm Foundation at Harvard University, the Koussevitzky Foundation at the Library of Congress, the Utah Arts Council (NEA), Meet the Composer, and from U.S. and international performers and ensembles. Honors include an Award in Music from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, an Aaron Copland Recording Grant, the Eisner Prize, a Nicola de Lorenzo Award, an award from the Society for Universal Sacred Music, and induction into the National Association of Composers of Chile. His works are released on Parma Recordings, Centaur Records, New World Records, and Albany Records, as well as on all online platforms. His research interests include collaborations with colleagues in areas as diverse as Modern Dance nd the School of Medicine (interactive software development for therapeutic musical applications).

Miguel Chuaqui served as the Director of the School of Music at the University of Utah from 2015 to 2022. Prior to this appointment, he served as Interim Director, and as the head of the Composition Area.