About
“Soledad's music soared, dived, and incisively
evoked heartrending experiences.” - James Bash
(Classical Voice America)
on "Poems from Angel Island"
With music described as a "tour de force" (Phoenix Boys Choir New Works Rising) and "impressive...volatile" (Classical Voice America), Ethan Soledad (b. 1999) is a Filipino-American composer who aims to use music as a vehicle to connect with others. With an extensive background in singing, martial arts, and dance he imbues his music with a distinct sense of physicality and viscerality. Ethan’s music draws from a wide palette of compositional styles and colors ranging from impressionism and neoclassicism to post-minimalism and the avant-garde. His musical style is marked by unapologetic expression, dynamic extremes, and the ability to do more with less but never shying away from doing more with more.
Festivals and programs attended include the Cabrillo Festival Conductor/Composer Workshop, the Brevard Music Festival, the RED NOTE New Music Workshop, Dream American Emerging Composer Workshop by Pacific Chamber Orchestra, Albany Symphony’s Orchestrating in the 21st Century Workshop, Impulse New Music Festival, the Premiere| Project Festival by Choral Arts Initiative, the TUTTI Festival at Denison University, the Etchings Festival, Charlotte New Music Festival, the Oregon Bach Festival Composer Symposium, and the Curtis Institute's Young Artist Summer Program.
His music has been performed and commissioned by organizations such as the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, Musiqa, Hub New Music, True Concord Voices and Orchestra, DACAMERA Houston, the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, Seattle Chamber Music Society, and Chamber Music Northwest among others.
He is a former teacher at the Shepherd School of Music pre-college program, teaching music theory, composition, and aural skills to advanced high school students. Additionally he is a former young artist at DACAMERA Houston, engaging in outreach programs with Harris county elementary and middle schools.
He graduated with his Bachelor of Arts in Music at Florida State University 2021 studying under Liliya Ugay and his Master of Music in Composition at Rice University 2024 studying under Pierre Jalbert, Shih-Hui Chen, and Karim Al-Zand.
He is currently pursuing his DMA in composition at the University of Michigan where he has studied under Kristy Kuster and Roshanne Etezady.
