Mingjia Chen sings, composes, improvises, writes songs, writes words, curates shows and events, draws, animates, designs visually, hangs out in Los Angeles & Toronto, was born in Beijing, leads the chamber-pop ensemble Tortoise Orchestra, is 1 half of synth pop band uoou, belts & yodels as part of Roomful of Teeth, makes records as Mingjia (3 in the world, 1 in the oven), occasionally performs with the Queer Songbook Orchestra & Wild Up, runs the secret-santa-style songwriter showcase series ‘not my song’, is described as “one to watch” by I Care If You Listen, and “beautiful, mature and exceptionally coherent” by the Whole Note, and recently graduated from the University of Southern California.

http://www.mingjiamusic.com/