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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 work within the imagery of the California coast she grew up on. Tanner’s orchestral music, described as “drop-dead gorgeous” (Jim Munson, Broadway World), has been commissioned by the Albany Symphony Orchestra, the New York Youth Symphony and Nu Deco Ensemble, among others. 

Music as a vehicle for the mingling of multiple artistic mediums is at the heart of Tanner’s work, stemming from a reverence for theatrical productions, and a deep love of song arrangement. She is thrilled to have collaborated with choreographer Claudia Schreier on two new ballets: Slipstream, for the Boston Ballet, and Kin, commissioned by the San Francisco Ballet and hailed as “a total-stage spectacle” (Rachel Howard, SF Chronicle). Recently, Tanner’s short opera Boughs was commissioned and premiered by Barnard College and Columbia University’s New Opera Workshop. As an arranger, Tanner orchestrated Grammy award-winning songwriter Aoife O’Donovan’s America, Come for premiere with the Orlando Philharmonic, and co-arranged Holst’s The Planets for the Bridgeport Symphony and Dance Heginbotham with music direction by Eric Jacobsen. 

She was a 2022 Early Career Musician in Residence at Dumbarton Oaks, and has been a fellow of the Aspen Music Festival, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, and the Next Festival of Emerging Artists. Her works have been presented at Carnegie Hall, the New World Symphony’s New World Center, the Prototype Festival, the Miami Light Box, the Mizzou International Composers Festival, New Music Detroit’s Strange Beautiful Music, New Music Gathering, and the American Composers Orchestras Connecting ACO Community virtual series. She was a 2019 recipient of the American Academy of Arts and Letters Charles Ives Scholarship. Her most recent album of songs, 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

For inquiries about score purchases, lessons or performances please email:
tannerporter.music@gmail.com

SHOWS

Previous events

Apr10

New World Symphony: Solo Spotlight

Monday, April 10 @ 7:00PMMon, Apr 10 @ 7:00PM

New World Center, Truist Pavillion, Miami, FL

Solo Spotlight concert by Eleni Katz (bassoon/voice). Premiere of “Eucalyptus” for bassoon, voice and fixed media electronics. Commissioned by the New World Symphony, American’s Orchestra Academy. Written for Eleni Katz. Additional premieres of new works by Harry Castle and Richard Brasseale.

Mar25

New Opera Workshop: "Boughs"

Saturday, March 25 @ 8:00PMSat, Mar 25 @ 8:00PM

Barnard College, New York, NY

Premiere of “Boughs,” a short opera commissioned by Barnard College for the Columbia/Barnard New Opera Workshop. Additional operatic premieres by Nicole Balsirow and Sofia Ouyang. Performance in The James Room, Barnard College. www.operaticfeminismscolumbia.com

Mar24

New Opera Workshop: "Boughs"

Friday, March 24 @ 8:00PMFri, Mar 24 @ 8:00PM

Barnard College, New York, NY

Premiere of “Boughs,” a short opera commissioned by Barnard College for the Columbia/Barnard New Opera Workshop. Additional operatic premieres by Nicole Balsirow and Sofia Ouyang. Performance in The James Room, Barnard College. www.operaticfeminismscolumbia.com

Mar19

Midcoast Symphony Orchestra

Sunday, March 19 @ 2:30PMSun, Mar 19 @ 2:30PM

Orion Performing Arts Center, Lewiston, ME

"Tried and True, Plus a Newer Crew" Hiroya Miura, Guest Conductor

Program: Tanner Porter: Propellers in the Sun / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D major, K. 385, “Haffner” / Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 4 / Florence Price: Symphony No. 3

Concert length with intermission: approximately 2 hours

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Mar18

Midcoast Symphony Orchestra

Saturday, March 18 @ 7:00PMSat, Mar 18 @ 7:00PM

Riverfront-Franco Center, Lewiston, ME

"Tried and True, Plus a Newer Crew" Hiroya Miura, Guest Conductor

Program: Tanner Porter: Propellers in the Sun / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D major, K. 385, “Haffner” / Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 4 / Florence Price: Symphony No. 3

Concert length with intermission: approximately 2 hours

Mar13

Rockwood Music Hall: Tanner Porter + Friends

Monday, March 13 @ 7:00PMMon, Mar 13 @ 7:00PM

Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2, New York, NY

Tanner Porter + Friends will be opening for singer-songwriter Sydney Patrick. The set features new songs arranged for Sonya Belaya (piano), Nicole Patrick (drums) and Tanner Porter (voice).

Feb7

San Francisco Ballet: Schreier Next@90

Tuesday, February 7 @ 7:30PMTue, Feb 7 @ 7:30PM

War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CA

Premiere of "Kin," a new ballet by Claudia Schreier with music by Tanner Porter, commissioned by the San Francisco Ballet. Next@90 Festival: Blanc / Schreier / Possokhov Premieres.

Feb5

San Francisco Ballet: Schreier Next@90

Sunday, February 5 @ 2:00PMSun, Feb 5 @ 2:00PM

War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CA

Premiere of "Kin," a new ballet by Claudia Schreier with music by Tanner Porter, commissioned by the San Francisco Ballet. Next@90 Festival: Blanc / Schreier / Possokhov Premieres.

Feb4

San Francisco Ballet: Schreier Next@90

Saturday, February 4 @ 2:00PMSat, Feb 4 @ 2:00PM

War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CA

Premiere of "Kin," a new ballet by Claudia Schreier with music by Tanner Porter, commissioned by the San Francisco Ballet. Next@90 Festival: Blanc / Schreier / Possokhov Premieres.

Feb2

San Francisco Ballet: Schreier Next@90

Thursday, February 2 @ 7:30PMThu, Feb 2 @ 7:30PM

War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CA

Premiere of "Kin," a new ballet by Claudia Schreier with music by Tanner Porter, commissioned by the San Francisco Ballet. Next@90 Festival: Blanc / Schreier / Possokhov Premieres.

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