Gabriel José Bolaños (b. 1984 Bogotá, Colombia) is a Nicaraguan-American composer of solo, chamber, orchestral and electronic music. He holds a PhD in composition from UC Davis and a BA from Columbia University. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the  Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, School of Music, Dance and Theater at Arizona State.

Composer and Chinese flutist Yu-Hsin Chang is an adjunct assistant professor at the Taiwan National University of the Arts, Taiwan.  She received her Ph.D. in Composition from UC Davis. She received her previous degrees (MFA, BFA) from Taiwan. Her works include solo, chamber, and orchestral pieces for both Western and Chinese music instruments, and have been performed by soprano Tony Arnold, the Empyrean Ensemble, the Daedalus Quartet, the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, the Chai Found Music Workshop, and the Little Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra.