Connecting Yamaha CVP303 Electric Piano to iMac

The iMac and Garageband are both very new to me. My kids are all piano players so I thought it would be great for them to discover work with Garageband and connect our Yamaha to our iMac. I understand that I can use a Yamaha UX16 midi interface cable to connect the iMac to the piano, however the cable is only 6 feet long which is about 10 feet to short. I am not able to relocate either the iMac or the piano.
My question is whether there is a way to extend this cable or if there is another interface cable that will work.
Thanks!

I would rather connect via wireless too.
you'll drive them nuts, the latency would be unbearable.

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