Ethan Young is a first year at Bard Conservatory in Peter Wiley’s cello studio. Having graduated from Eastport South Manor Jr. Sr. High School in Manorville, New York, in 2021, he participated in the orchestra, chamber ensemble, and pit orchestra among other performing ensembles with schoolmates. He studied cello with Annette Perry Delihas for six years, was a member of her cello ensemble throughout high school, and is an alumnus of the BAM Young People’s Orchestra/Chamber Ensemble and the MYO Suffolk Principal Orchestra, the former of which he performed the Haydn Cello Concerto in C Major with in Spring 2021. He has been a member of The East End Youth Quartet, Southampton Strings Festival and NYSSSA 2020, as well as various music festivals local to Long Island throughout his high school career (LISFA, HMEA, SCMEA), the NYSSMA All State Symphony Orchestra in 2019, and the NAfME All Eastern and All National Symphony Orchestras in 2021.

Ethan has also participated in masterclasses given by cellists such as Alberto Parrini and Tomoko Fujita, and was awarded numerous music scholarships leaving high school, such as the ESM Music Boosters Yo Yo Ma Orchestra Scholarship, the Michael Tortorice Scholarship for the Arts, the NYSCAME Robert W. Kruger Memorial Scholarship, and the St. Jude’s RC Church Arts Scholarship. In February 2021, Ethan placed third in the 2021 MYO Concerto Competition. He enjoys giving back to the community with free recitals, and had played volunteer services at St. Jude’s RC Church in Mastic, NY, Sunday evenings from Fall 2018 until his departure for Bard.