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Tanner Porter

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ABOUT

Photograph by Titilayo Ayangade // titilayoandco.com

Photograph by Titilayo Ayangade // titilayoandco.com

BIOGRAPHY

Tanner Porter is a composer-performer and songwriter. In her “original art songs that are by turns seductive and confessional” (Steve Smith, The New Yorker), Tanner explores her passion for storytelling, often framing her music and words within the context of the natural landscapes she grew up in—the canyons, tides, and wildfires of the California coast. Tanner’s works have been commissioned and premiered by the Albany Symphony Orchestra with conductor David Alan Miller, the American Composers Orchestras Connecting ACO Community virtual series, the New York Youth Symphony with conductor Michael Repper (First Music program), Nu Deco Ensemble with conductor Jacomo Bairos, the University of Michigan’s University Symphony Orchestra with conductor Kenneth Kiesler, the Yale Philarmonia with conductor Julian Pellicano, and the Phillips Exeter Academy combined choir and chamber orchestra with conductor Rohan Smith. She recently collaborated with choreographer Claudia Schreier on a new work for the Boston Ballet, set to an orchestrated version of her string quartet “Six Sides from the Shape of Us,” with music direction by Mischa Santora. As an arranger, Tanner orchestrated Grammy award-winning songwriter Aoife O’Donovan’s song-cycle “America, Come” for premiere with the Orlando Philharmonic and music director Eric Jacobsen. Tanner has attended the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music, Avaloch Farm Music Institute, the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival and the Aspen Music Festival. Her works have been presented at Carnegie Hall, the Prototype Festival at the HERE Arts Center (Magdalene, 2020 featuring Danielle Birrittella and Ariana Daub with direction by Zoe Aja Moore and music direction by Mila Henry), the Miami Light Box, the Mizzou International Composers Festival, New Music Detroit’s Strange Beautiful Music, and New Music Gathering. She was a 2019 recipient of the American Academy of Arts and Letters Charles Ives Scholarship. Her most recent album, The Summer Sinks, was recorded with LA-based studio Oak House Recording and can be heard on all streaming platforms. Tanner holds degrees in composition from the University of Michigan’s SMTD (BM) and the Yale School of Music (MM). She is a member of ANTiCX collective.

Nu Deco Ensemble

Nu Deco Ensemble

Nu Deco Ensemble

Nu Deco Ensemble

Stony Brook Contemporary Chamber Players, Photo by Ford Forqurean

Stony Brook Contemporary Chamber Players, Photo by Ford Forqurean

Strange Beautiful Music 9, Willo Collective ft. Tanner Porter. Photography by Peaks Media.

Strange Beautiful Music 9, Willo Collective ft. Tanner Porter. Photography by Peaks Media.

New Music New Haven, "Nothing On Me" Premiere

New Music New Haven, "Nothing On Me" Premiere

New Music New Haven

New Music New Haven

Threads All Arts Festival, photography by Theo Shear.

Threads All Arts Festival, photography by Theo Shear.

BIDA with Ensoleil and caller Jack Mitchell, photo by Annika Socolofsky

BIDA with Ensoleil and caller Jack Mitchell, photo by Annika Socolofsky

CONTACT

To purchase scores and for general inquiries please email: 
tannerporter.music@gmail.com

SHOWS

Previous events

Jul10

Party of One: Album Release Show

Sunday, July 10 @ 7:00PMSun, Jul 10 @ 7:00PM

Archestratus Books + Foods, Brooklyn, NY

Mar13

Boston Ballet: ChoreograpHER

Sunday, March 13 @ 7:30PM (EDT, UTC-04)Sun, Mar 13 @ 7:30PM (EDT, UTC-04)

Citizens Bank Opera House, Boston, MA

Mar12

Boston Ballet: ChoreograpHER

Saturday, March 12 @ 7:30PM (EST, UTC-05)Sat, Mar 12 @ 7:30PM (EST, UTC-05)

Citizens Bank Opera House, Boston, MA

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Mar12

Boston Ballet: ChoreograpHER

Saturday, March 12 @ 1:30PM (EST, UTC-05)Sat, Mar 12 @ 1:30PM (EST, UTC-05)

Citizens Bank Opera House, Boston, MA

Mar11

Boston Ballet: ChoreograpHER

Friday, March 11 @ 7:30PM (EST, UTC-05)Fri, Mar 11 @ 7:30PM (EST, UTC-05)

Citizens Bank Opera House, Boston, MA

Mar10

Boston Ballet: ChoreograpHER

Thursday, March 10 @ 7:30PM (EST, UTC-05)Thu, Mar 10 @ 7:30PM (EST, UTC-05)

Citizens Bank Opera House, Boston, MA

Mar6

Boston Ballet: ChoreograpHER

Sunday, March 6 @ 1:30PM (EST, UTC-05)Sun, Mar 6 @ 1:30PM (EST, UTC-05)

Citizens Bank Opera House, Boston, MA

Mar5

Boston Ballet: ChoreograpHER

Saturday, March 5 @ 7:30PM (EST, UTC-05)Sat, Mar 5 @ 7:30PM (EST, UTC-05)

Citizens Bank Opera House, Boston, MA

Mar5

Boston Ballet: ChoreograpHER

Saturday, March 5 @ 1:30PM (EST, UTC-05)Sat, Mar 5 @ 1:30PM (EST, UTC-05)

Citizens Bank Opera House, Boston, MA

Mar4

Boston Ballet: ChoreograpHER

Friday, March 4 @ 7:30PM (EST, UTC-05)Fri, Mar 4 @ 7:30PM (EST, UTC-05)

Citizens Bank Opera House, Boston, MA

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