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Abstract Glow Object

list of works

orchestra/large ensemble

songbloom (2026) - ca. 9'

full orchestra (3.3.3.3 - 4.3.3.1 - timp+3 - piano - harp - strings)

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Concerto for Chamber Orchestra (2025) - ca. 21'

chamber orchestra (2.1.2.1 - 2.2.1.0 - timp+1 - harp - strings)

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The Nine Dragons (2025) - ca. 14'

full orchestra (3.3.3.3 - 4.3.3.1 - timp+3 - cel - harp - strings)

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Chimera (2025) - ca. 6'

full orchestra (3.3.3.3 - 4.3.3.1 - timp+3 - piano - harp - strings)

Bruno Walter Orchestra Studio, The Juilliard School, New York, NY

reading by Juilliard Pre-College Symphony; Oliver Hagen, conductor [future]

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Qilin (2025) - ca. 5'

full orchestra (3.3.3.3 - 4.3.3.1 - timp+3 - piano - harp - strings)

Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts, Pittsburgh, PA

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Jacob Joyce, conductor [future]

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Stardust (2025) - ca. 6'

full orchestra (3.3.3.3 - 4.3.3.1 - timp+3 - cel - harp - strings)

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Scherzoid in Hyperspace [string arr.] (2025) - ca. 3'

string orchestra (2.2.2.2.1)

Harriton High School, Rosemont, PA

Harriton High School Chamber Orchestra; James Joseph, conductor [future]

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Strata (2025) - ca. 15'

full orchestra (3.3.3.3 - 4.3.3.1 - timp+3 - harp - strings)

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Pandemonium, for orchestra (2025) - ca. 4'

full orchestra (3.3.3.3 - 4.3.3.1 - timp+3 - piano - strings)

Koussevitzky Music Shed, Tanglewood, MA

BUTI Young Artists Orchestra; Justin Casinghino, conductor

score | listen​

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Resonance: A Fanfare for Orchestra (2024 / rev. 2025) - ca. 3'

full orchestra (2.2.2.2 - 4.2.3.1 - timp+2 - strings)

Rottenbiller Studio, Budapest, Hungary

Budapest Scoring Orchestra; Darrell Brown, conductor

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Shen Long (2024) - ca. 12'

full orchestra (3.3.3.3 - 4.3.3.1 - timp+3 - cel - harp - strings)

score 

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Elegy for Strings (2023) - ca. 6'

string orchestra (4.4.3.3.2)

Shannondell, Audubon, PA 

subsequent performance at Foulkeways at Gwynnedd, Gwynnedd, PA

Philadelphia Sinfonia Chamber Orchestra; Gary White, conductor

score | listen

solo with large ensemble

Clarinet Concerto, for clarinet and chamber orchestra (2025) - c. 5'

chamber orchestra (1.1.0.0 - 1.1.0.0 - timp+0 - strings)

Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA

Lower Merion Chamber Orchestra; Jess Villante, conductor [future]

3D Abstract Shapes

chamber

shock absorber, for pierrot ensemble (2025) - ca. 6'

[fl, cl, vln, vc, pno]

The New World Center, Miami Beach, FL

musicians of the Nu Deco Ensemble

presented at YoungArts Week 2026

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jack-of-all-trades, for string trio (2025) - ca. 8'

venue TBA

The Dolphins Quartet [future]

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steampunk octet (2025) - ca. 6'

[fl, ob, cl, vln(2), vla, vc, perc]

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Fiery Fiddle Romp, for string trio (2025) - ca. 7'

[vln, vla, vc]

Morse Hall, The Juilliard School, New York, NY

musicians of Juilliard Pre-College [future]

 

seven up, concertino for drum kit and ensemble (2025) - ca. 6'

[solo drum kit, fl, bsn, vln, vla, vc]

The Attic, New York, NY

musicians of the American Composers Orchestra; Kevin James, conductor

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xenoarchaeology, for mixed octet (2025) - ca. 11'

[cl, hn, vln(2), vla, vc, cb, perc]

West Street Theatre, Lenox, MA

musicians of the 2025 BUTI Young Artists programs; Justin Casinghino, conductor

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sticks, stones, and plates in thirteen throws,

for percussion quintet (2025) - ca. 4'

Science Building 2, Lenox, MA (reading)

BUTI Young Artists Orchestra percussion students; Thadd Anderson, conductor

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Scherzoid in Hyperspace [wind quintet arr.] (2025) - ca. 2'

Berkshire County Day School, Stockbridge, MA (reading)

[fl(=picc), ob, cl, hn, bsn]

Vento Chiaro

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Fanfare for an Epic Universe, for brass quintet (2025) - ca. 2'

Berkshire County Day School, Stockbridge, MA (reading)

[tpt(2), hn, tbn, tba]

BUTI Brass faculty

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Forestial Berceuse, for trumpet and horn (2025) - ca. 5'

recorded by students of The Juilliard School, virtual premiere

The NowBeat Project 2025 Cycle

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Partita for Young Musicians, for string quartet (2025) - ca. 10'

Seize Cordes, KMFA studio, Austin, TX

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stomp, for piano trio (2024) - ca. 7'

[vln, vc, pno]

Ford-Crawford Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

Jacobs Composition Academy Fall 2024

watch

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Split Fracture, for piano trio (2024) - ca. 5'

[vln, vc, pno]

Juilliard SummerComp Ensemble, Morse Hall, The Juilliard School, New York, NY

Deleuze New Music Collective, Third Prize

score | watch

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Slight Shifts in the Air, for violin, vibraphone, and piano (2024) - ca. 6'

recorded at Penn State University, State College, PA

Penn State Young Composers Institute Fall 2024

score

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Church Choir

vocal

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Eldorado, for mezzo-soprano and piano (2025) - ca. 2'

text by Edgar Allan Poe

BUTI piano/vocal faculty

Berkshire County Day School, Stockbridge, MA (reading)

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Abstract Shapes

solo

Ra and Apophis, duel for two pianos (2026) - ca. 5'

Morse Hall, The Juilliard School, New York, NY

musicians of Juilliard Pre-College

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other draconic creatures, for solo cello (2025) - ca. 25'

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fire and fervor, for solo violin (2026) - ca. 3'

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Song of the Moonlit Waters, for solo cello (2024) - ca. 1'

Eunice Koh, Vox Novus Fifteen Minutes of Fame

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Salme, for solo bassoon (2024) - ca. 2'

Marc Goldberg, The Juilliard School, New York, NY (reading)

score

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distant light pulsations, for solo vibraphone (2024) - ca. 5'

score | listen (MIDI)

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arrangements

Strata (III.), for combined band and orchestra (original by Ethan Hsu) (2025) - ca. 3'

AdventHealth Waterside Stage, Lake Buena Vista, FL

Harriton High School Music Department; James Joseph, conductor [future]

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string orchestra addition for "Al Shlosha D'Varim" (Allan E. Naplan) (2025) - ca. 3'

The Perelman Stage, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY

Harriton High School Choir and Chamber Orchestra; Jason Bizich, conductor

ethan hsu (b. 2008)

contemporary classical composer

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Ethan Hsu is a composer of contemporary classical music. Ethan is a YoungArts Award Winner with Distinction, an American Prize winner, and the recipient of the Ruth Crawford Seeger Prize. He is a student at Juilliard Pre-College studying with Manuel Sosa.

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