Personal Statement: Welcome! I am a composer, French horn player, and conductor based in Austin, Texas. I recently graduated with a masters in music composition at the Butler School of Music (University of Texas). I did my undergraduate at Southern Methodist University (’22) in music composition (BM) and applied mathematics (BS), and I am originally from San Antonio, Texas.
Check out Ethan’s composition, RONCERTO, recorded in January 2024 at the Bunker Studio in Brooklyn, NY. This work was written for the one-of-a-kind virtuosic talent Ron Wilkins on Bass Trombone, with Martha Locker on Piano, and four French Horns (Eric C Davis, Sarah Boxmeyer, Karl Kramer, and Priscilla Rinehart). Huge thanks to Grammy Award-winning recording engineers John Kilgore and Alan Silverman for their amazing work! I hope you like it!
Ron's Introduction
Movement 1 - Big City
Movement 2 - Becca’s Big Bass Bone Blues Ballad
Movement 3 - The Unsettling Night
Ethan's Interview
Check out this incredible performance of Tale of the Cottingley Fairies, commissioned by the SMU Meadows Wind Ensemble! (Jared Beu, Conductor; Bethany Jelinek, Solo Soprano; Katy Downs, Solo Flute; Emma Bolton, text.)