A new music ensemble for the 21st Century, the [Switch~ Ensemble] is an electroacoustic ensemble in residence at the Eastman School of Music's Computer Music Center.  Switch~ is an initiative dedicated to the performance of works for chamber ensemble and electronics, with a focus on the creation of new repertoire featuring the integration of live musicians, amplification, synthesizers, fixed media, and real-time interactive computer processing.

Yeung-ping Chen is a Hong Kong-born composer who has received musical education from St. Bonaventure College and High School, Hong Kong Baptist University, the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, and the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego). His studies have been guided by notable mentors such as Alfonso Wong, Christopher Coleman, Law Wing-fai, Clarence Mak, Katharina Rosenberger, Roger Reynolds, Philippe Manoury, Rand Steiger, and Lei Liang. 

The recipient of the Asian Cultural Council’s Altius Fellowship, the Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund, and CASH’s Music Scholarship, Chen was named a finalist for the Rivers Awards Competition in Shanghai and has received commissions from Steven Schick and La Jolla Symphony & Chorus, Bard Conservatory of Music, Macau Band Directors Association, the Hong Kong Wind Philharmonic, Musicus Society, L'Ensemble Télémaque, and many others. 

Chen was also a composer-fellow for the Ensemble 2010 Project at Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt (IMD), the International Ensemble Modern Academy in 2011, June in Buffalo 2012, Manhattan Hong Kong Music Festival 2012, the Northwestern University New Music Conference (NUNC! 2014), the NEC’s Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice (SCIPP 2014), the Asian Composers League (ACL Taipei) in 2018, the China-ASEAN Music Festival (Nanning) in 2019, Shanghai Contemporary Music Festival (originally Shanghai New Music Week) in 2008, 2019, and 2024, Beijing Modern Music Festival in 2025, and worked with Marino Formenti, Christopher Rountree, Steve Schick, Jeffrey Milarsky, Johnny M. Poon, Jin Yukuang, Raoul Lay, Dedric Wong, Matt Kline, Scott Paulson, Viola Yip, Sara Perez, Rachel Beetz, Ine Vanoeveren, Paul Hembree, Kyle Johnson, Michael Matsuno, Alice Teyssier, Jessica Azordi, UMS n’ JIP, James Cuddefold, Jan Söderblom, Yuki Numata, Wong Tak Chiu, Ruan Mingyuan, Hong Kong New Music Ensemble, Red Fish Blus Fish, Ding Yi Music Company, Collegium Musicum Hong Kong, the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, Ensemble Modern (IEMA), Hong Kong Sinfonietta, JACK Quartet, Ulysses Quartet, Cong Quartet, Mivos Quartet, Novus-Classica Camerata, the Radnofsky Saxophone Quartet, Ensemble Dal Niente, Groove Wind Quintet, Rhythmaker, L'Ensemble Télémaque, and Tactus Ensemble. 

Chen is currently Associate Professor at the School of Music at the South China Normal University (SCNU) where he curated various academic exchange and research projects, including a cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary exchange project called “Ink Art and New Music” supported by ACC, HKU MUSE, M+, and Bard’s US-China Music Institute. Chen also served Macao Polytechnic University (MPU) as Programme Coordinator and Guest Associate Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Design in the summer of 2023. Chen is currently the Director of Council of the Hong Kong Composers' Guild (HKCG). 

Chen respectively launched a research project, "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Composers and Compositional Research Network" in 2022 and a multi-dimensional platform, “South China Contemporary Creative” and its music institute (SCCCMI) in 2025. These two initiatives aim to curate professional connections among composers and researchers in Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao, as well as to explore, investigate, cultivate, and promote the original sounds of the region. 

Chen’s compositions are published and distributed by Universal Edition AG.

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Laurence Osborn (b. 1989) is a British composer currently based in London. Laurence Osborn's music has been commissioned and/or programmed by the London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, The Riot Ensemble, Mahogany Opera Group, CHROMA, The Berkeley Ensemble, The English National Ballet, The Hebrides Ensemble, and Ensemble 360, along with performers Sarah Dacey, Mahan Esfahani, Bartosz Glowacki, Zubin Kanga, Lore Lixenberg, and Michael Petrov. His music has been programmed throughout the UK, at venues such as The Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, The Royal Opera House, The Wigmore Hall, Kings Place, LSO St Luke's, St Martin- In-The-Fields, Milton Court, Wilton's Music Hall, Britten Studio (Aldeburgh), The National Portrait Gallery, The Holywell Music Room (Oxford), The Crucible Theatre (Sheffield), Kettle’s Yard (Cambridge), and at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (where he was an International Showcase Artist), St Magnus International Festival, Music in the Round Festival, and Ulverston International Music Festival. His music has also been programmed abroad, at Festival Présences (Paris), November Music (Den Bosch), The Georg Solti Hall (Budapest), and in Denmark, Switzerland, and Germany. Laurence's music has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4, Resonance FM, and Deutschlandfunk Kultur. His music has also been released on Resonus Classics, and Coviello Classics.

Laurence won the Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize in 2017. He was also runner up in the New Cobbett Prize for Composition (2014) and the International Antonin Dvorak Composition Competition (2013) and shortlisted for the ICSM World Music Days (2018). Laurence has won student prizes for composition while studying at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, including the Adrian Cruft Prize for Composition and the Royal College of Music Concerto Competition. He has held positions in association with LSO Soundhub (2013-15), Nonclassical (2015-17), and the London Philharmonic Orchestra (2017-18).

Laurence Osborn is represented by Rayfield Allied. For commissions etc follow the links below.

George Lam is a composer based in New York City and Hong Kong. He is currently associate professor of music at Hong Kong Baptist University, and is a founding co-artistic director of Rhymes With Opera.

Find out more at www.gtlam.com

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