Born in Taiwan, composer-performer Yu-Hsin CHANG earned her Ph.D. in Composition and Music Theory from the University of California, Davis. Since August 2024, she has served as a full-time Assistant Professor at the Academy of Music at Macau University of Science and Technology, where she teaches courses such as Music Technology and Electronic Music Production. Prior to her current position, Dr. Chang held adjunct positions at the Department of Music, Department of Chinese Music, the Institute of Piano Collaborative Arts at National Tainan University of the Arts, as well as the Department of Media Design at Tatung University in Taiwan. At these institutions, she taught various courses, including Music Analysis, Arrangement, and Digital Music Creation, enriching the academic and creative environments with her expertise.

Dr. Chang has a long-standing interest in the contemporary contexts on Western classical music and traditional music in East Asia. Her research and compositions focus on the evolution and metamorphosis of musical traditions, extended playing techniques, and performance studies. Her interdisciplinary research explores electroacoustic music and neural network as a novel method of music analysis tools. For more information about her publications, please visit her bio at https://scholar.must.edu.mo/scholar/106947 

In her creative work, Dr. Chang is deeply inspired by history, humanities, and literature, and attempts to deconstruct the temporal, syntactic, aesthetic, and symbolic elements. Her music showcases an intriguing complexity reminiscent of multiple styles, featuring shimmering timbres and compelling pulses. Dr. Chang aims to explore the boundary between a meditative nature and a subconscious turmoil using electroacoustic techniques, sampling, and experimental compositional methods to reconstruct the beauty and intellectual process that she experiences through sound. Her music has been featured worldwide, including Mise-En Festival 2017, Music Taiwan 2016, Etchings Festival 2016, Cortona Sessions 2014, and Shanghai Conservatory New Music Week 2011. Her composition mentors include Prof. Pablo Ortiz, Kurt Rohde, Sam Nichols and Chin-Yu Lin. For more information about her works, please visit SoundCloud.com/sorasinewaves