Samuel Hazo is a composer who writes for professional, public, and university levels. He has composed original scores for television, radio, and stage. Some of his compositions for wind band are considered among the top 20 of all time. SolasAne is one of Hazo's Celtic-inspired compositions featuring piccolo, oboe, and flute solos over shifting meters and textures between sections. The piece builds in intensity through layered entrances of instruments before resolving at the end.