Ethan Soledad

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. 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.

His music has been performed and commissioned by organizations such as the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, the Washington Gay Men's Chorus, the Phoenix Boys Choir, the Young New Yorker's Chorus, The Choral Project, 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 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 Doctorate of Musical Arts in Composition at the University of Michigan where he has studied under Evan Chambers, Kristy Kuster, and Roshanne Etezady.