Shueh-li Ong (Mandarin Chinese 王雪莉) is an Australian born composer, producer, arranger and multi-instrumentalist (thereminist, synthesizer, sound designer, performer and vocalist[1]) residing in the United States since 2005.
[16] In 1999, Electric Muse produced its first full-length performance, A Tale Of Metal And Music, in the Singapore Arts Festival Fringe's Late Night Series.
[23][24] Ong was joined by Dallas-based drummer John Martinez, Australian keyboardist Michael Spicer, and Singaporean guitarist Jeff Long, at the premier of Shueh-li’s Xenovibes the Show in Singapore on 8 May 2004.
Singaporean daily English-language newspaper, The Straits Times, proclaimed Ong as Singapore's first and only diva of the theremin; and a producer, performer, concert administrator and artist all rolled into one.
In 2005, Ong moved to the U.S.A. on a special visa awarded to an Alien of extraordinary ability with the specific purpose of creating new music, working on shows and touring.
[28] Ong has been interviewed about her work as a record producer, and as a performer, and how she designs from a macro perspective, modulating the theremin with distortion, flanging and heavy delay.
Ong is possibly the first thereminist to have performed at the Dallas Museum of Art (2005), Grapevine Opry (2008), State Fair of Texas (2007), NJProghouse (2013), and the Steinway Piano Gallery Nashville (2012),[31] and the second at Moogfest (2007).
[34] She is host of youtube livestream “Music and Chat” sharing the behind-the-scenes work of inventors, concept artists, VFX supervisors, composers, synthesists, magazine editors, hit writers and more.