American Composers Forum

Ethan Wickman's music has been performed by such groups as the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony, Aspen Concert Orchestra, Proteus, the Mostly Modern Chamber Music Society, the Gryphon Trio, and the CCM Philharmonia. Performers include Bayla Keyes, Michael Finckel, Martin Goldray, Dan Lippel and many other exceptional players. His incidental music was featured on select episodes of the nationally broadcast PBS series "Ancestors." His orchestral work Night Prayers Ascending won the Jacob Druckman Prize for Orchestral Music at the Aspen Music Festival and was a recent finalist for the 2005 ASCAP Rudolf Nissim Prize. He is the recipient of fellowships from the Aspen Music Festival, the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, and was a Fulbright Fellow in Madrid, Spain. He has been commissioned by the American Composers Forum, Barlow, the Mostly Modern Chamber Music Society, and Flexible Music.

Current projects include a new for New York-based chamber group Flexible Music, and a Barlow commission to compose a new piece for the Avalon String Quartet.

Ethan is currently Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. He holds a Doctorate in Music Composition from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. He also holds degrees in Composition from Boston University and Brigham Young University.

Though composition is a lonely endeavor (and perhaps because it is) I strive to connect and communicate with listeners. My training as a singer has lent my music a distinct lyricism. Rhythmically engaging, upbeat and fast, or quietly introspective--a healthy sense of drama drives the unfolding of my favorite pieces.