Ethan Rouse

Ethan Rouse is a violist currently based in Frisco, TX, where he is in high demand as a performer and teacher. He is a graduate of the Royal College of Music, London, where he earned a Master of Performance degree as a student of Jonathan Barritt. He also holds a Master of Music and a Bachelor of Music, Summa Cum Laude, from the University of North Texas, where he studied with Susan Dubois and Daphne Gerling. An active orchestral musician, he performs regularly with a number of orchestras and is a member of the symphony orchestra of his native Wichita Falls, where he also serves as personnel manager. Equally at home in chamber music settings, he has performed at The Queen’s Gallery at Buckingham Palace and at the British Ambassador’s Residence in Washington D.C. As a passionate practitioner of historical performance, he has performed with Ars Lyrica Houston, Ensemble Sylvatica at St. Martin in the Fields, London, at the Boston Early Music Festival, and toured Germany and Austria with the Fantasmi Baroque Ensemble. He studied baroque viola with Cynthia Roberts, and performs on an instrument made by Gabriel Bolioli.