In Spring 2002, Kansas City Kansas Community College, Lewis University, and the University of Missouri at Kansas City formed a consortium to host Electronic Music Midwest. Prior to this arrangement, the first festival, Kansas City Electronic Music Festival, was held at Kansas City Kansas Community College in Spring, 2000. The Following year Lewis University hosted "Electronic Music at Lewis - 2001."

Each of these years, EMM has invited a guest artist to work with students at these institutions:

Tom Lopez - 2000 (Kansas City Electronic Music Festival - KCKCC)
James Mobberley - 2001 ("Electronic Music at Lewis - 2001")
Mark Applebaum - Spring 2002 (KCKCC)
Elizabeth McNutt - Fall 2002 (Lewis University)
Mark Wingate - Fall 2003 (UMKC)
Kevin Austin - Fall 2004 (Lewis University)
Robert Voisey and 60x60 - Fall 2005 (KCKCC)