Ethan received his master degree in voice at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He has performed with UW opera as Dr. Caius in "Falstaff", Testo in "Il commbattimento di Tancredi et Clorinda", Alfred in "Die Fledermaus", Don Curzio in "Le Nozze die Figaro" and Kaspar in "Amahl and the Night Visitors". He has also performed with the Madison Savoyards playing Luiz in "The Gondoliers", Richard in "Ruddigore", and Fredrick in "The Pirates of Penzeance"
He originally hails from Athol, Massachusetts and got his bachelors degree in music at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY where he performed as Tamino in "The Magic Flute", Jack Madden in Scott Gendel's "A Song That's True" and The Sailor in "Dido and Aeneas" and where he performed with the American Symphony Orchestra.
Since moving to Boston, Ethan performed the role of Achilles in Gluck's "Iphigenie en Aulide" and Rodolfo in "La Boheme" with the Boston Opera Collaborative, and Giorgio and Poliziano in the premier of "Michelangelo" with Opera Providence.