Ethan Hsu | composer

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
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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)
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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

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]

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