Ethan Hsu | composer
list of works
orchestra/large ensemble (10+ players)
Chaos Theory (2027) - ca. 6'
full orchestra (2.2.2.2 - 2.2.3.0 - timp - strings)
Venice Island Performing Arts Center, Manayunk, PA [future]
Roxborough Orchestra; Michael Ludwig, conductor
everwander (2026) - ca. 5'
full orchestra (2.2.2.2 - 4.2.3.0 - timp+2 - hp - strings)
Central Park Bandshell, New York, NY [future]
Opera Italiana is in the Air; Alvise Casellati, conductor
Do a barrel roll (2026) - ca. 6'
full orchestra (3.3.3.3 - 4.3.3.1 - timp+3 - 2hp - strings)
Purchase College, Westchester, NY
reading by the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America; Yiran Zhao, conductor
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
*please contact for a perusal recording*
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
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
Elegy for Strings (2023) - ca. 6'
string orchestra (4.4.3.3.2)
Shannondell, Audubon, PA
subsequent performances by the Philadelphia Sinfonia Chamber Orchestra and the Roxborough Orchestra
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
*MIDI available upon request*
chamber (3-9 players)
for the sake of humor, for string sextet (2026) - ca. 5'
[2 vln, 2 vla, 2 vc]
Paul Hall, The Juilliard School, New York, NY [future]
students of Juilliard Pre-College
Oriri, for wind sextet (2026) - ca. 4'
[fl, ob, cl, bsn, hn, tpt]
Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland
musicians of the Edinburgh Youth Orchestra
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 National YoungArts Week 2026
jack-of-all-trades, for string quartet (2025) - ca. 9'
Bruno Walter Orchestral Studio, The Juilliard School, New York, NY
The Dolphins Quartet
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
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
Forestial Berceuse, for trumpet and horn (2025) - ca. 5'
recorded by students of The Juilliard School, virtual premiere
The NowBeat Project 2025 Cycle
Partita for Young Musicians, for string quartet (2025) - ca. 10'
KMFA studio, Austin, TX
Seize Cordes, Orpheus Academy of Music (movements I & II)
stomp, for piano trio (2024) - ca. 7'
[vln, vc, pno]
Ford-Crawford Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Jacobs Composition Academy Fall 2024
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
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
solo/duo
star song (2026) - ca. 5'
The Juilliard School, New York, NY [future]
Ryan Huang, piano
once there was a river, for solo cello (2026) - ca. 7'
Waverly Heights Auditorium, Gladwyne, PA
Ethan Hsu, cello
star-rise / star-set, for cello and piano (2026) - ca. 16'
recorded by Ethan Hsu, cello; Paavo Toikka, piano
Ra and Apophis, duel for two pianos (2026) - ca. 5'
Morse Hall, The Juilliard School, New York, NY
Taige Wang and Anwen Deng, pianos
Song of the Moonlit Waters, for solo cello (2024) - ca. 1'
Eunice Koh, Vox Novus Fifteen Minutes of Fame
vocal
so close that your eyes close with my dreams (2026-27) - ca. 5
text by Pablo Neruda
the red death held illimitable dominion over all (2026) - ca. 4'
text by Edgar Allan Poe
Paul Hall, The Juilliard School, New York, NY [future]
New York Virtuoso Singers
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)
arrangements
Alma Mater, for flexible voice(s) and ensemble (Reilly O'Bova, original; Daphne Nevler, lyrics) (2025) - ca. 2'
Finneran Pavilion, Villanova University, Villanova, PA
Harriton High School Music Department
Strata, for combined band and orchestra (Ethan Hsu) (2025) - ca. 3'
AdventHealth Waterside Stage, Lake Buena Vista, FL
Harriton High School Music Department; Ethan Hsu, conductor
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