Qingyang (Tom) Xi
Musician, Technologist
Research Interests
I’m currently working on more explainable, automatic methods for audio based music structure analysis with Dr. Brian McFee, with broader interests in music informatics, music theory, and mathematics.
Education
2018-2026 (expected)
New York University, New York, NY
- Ph.D. in Music Technology
2015-2018
New York University, New York, NY
- M.M. in Music Technology
2010-2014
Boston University, Boston, MA
- B.M. in Piano Performance and Theory and Composition with Magna Cum Laude
Publications
2025
Lose the Frames: Event-based Metrics for Efficient Music Structure Analysis Evaluations
- Qingyang Xi, Brian McFee
- 26th International Society for Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR) conference
2024
Zero-Shot Structure Labeling with Audio and Language Model Embeddings
- Morgan Buisson, Christopher Ick, Qingyang Xi, Brian McFee
- Extended Abstracts for the Late-Breaking Demo Session
- 25th International Society for Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR) conference
2021
Beyond Hard Decisions: Accounting for Uncertainty in Deep MIR Models
- Qingyang Xi, Brian McFee
- Extended Abstracts for the Late-Breaking Demo Session
- 22nd International Society for Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR) conference
2018
Guitarset: A Dataset for Guitar Transcription
- Qingyang Xi, Rachel M. Bittner, Johan Pauwels, Xuzhou Ye, and Juan Pablo Bello
- 19th International Society for Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR) conference
Experiences
Teaching Experiences
2016-2017
Adjunct Lecturer, New York University, New York, NY
- Developed new material and taught digital and analogue electronics for audio
2015-2016
Teaching Assistant, New York University, New York, NY
- Helped teach digital and analogue electronics for audio
Industry Experiences
2014-2015
Software Developer, SynthWorks, Brookline, MA
- Developed Logic plugins and other solutions for live music performances.
2013
Assistant Music Editor, Canxing Culture Broadcast Co., Shanghai, China
- Worked on Season 2 of “The Voice of China”
Performances and Productions
Musical Theater
2015
Associate Music Programmer
- Clinton the Musical, New World Stages, New York, NY
2014
Music Director
- Godspell, Emerson Umbrella, Concord, MA
Observing Music Director
- Fiddler on the Roof, Goodspeed Musicals, East Haddam, CT
2013
Music Director
- How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying, Tsai Performance Center, Boston, MA
Music Director
- Chicago, Tsai Performance Center, Boston, MA
2012
Music Director
- The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Jacob Sleeper’s Auditorium, Boston, MA
2011
Keyboardist
- Sweeney Todd, Tsai Performance Center, Boston, MA
Music Festival
2014
Pianist
- Amalfi Coast Music Festival, Amalfi, Italy
2013
Pianist
- Summit Music Festival, Purchase, New York
Service
Professional Services
2022
Reviewer, International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP)
2019
Reviewer, Transactions of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval (TISMIR)
University Services
2022-2024
BeTogether Ambassador, New York University
- Promoting global inclusion, diversity, belonging, equity, and access
Invited Talks
2018
Boston University, Composer’s Forum, Department of Composition and Music Theory, Boston, MA