Dorothy Chang is a composer and professor of composition at the UBC School of Music. Chang’s catalogue includes over 70 works for solo, chamber and large ensembles as well as collaborations involving theatre, dance and video. Her interest in cross-cultural and interdisciplinary collaboration has led to projects including a radio play adaptation of Gertrude Stein’s White Wines for four vocalists and speaking percussionist; Flying White (飞白) for mixed Chinese and Western ensemble in collaboration with with Wen Wei Dance; Shelter, a collaboration with harpist Janelle Nadeau and filmmaker Sean Shaul; and more recently, Precipice, a work commissioned in 2021 by the Montreal Symphony Orchestra that reflects on the catastrophic effects of climate change.