Her orchestral music, described as “drop-dead gorgeous” (Jim Munson, Broadway World), has been commissioned by the Louisville Orchestra (2023-24 LO Creators Corps Residency), the San Francisco Ballet (Kin, choreography by Claudia Schreier), the Albany Symphony Orchestra, and the New York Youth Symphony, among others. As an arranger, Tanner orchestrated Grammy award-winning songwriter Aoife O’Donovan’s All My Friends for premiere with the Orlando Philharmonic, with a Grammy-nominated 2024 record featuring orchestrations for The Knights of New York, the Westerlies, and the San Francisco Girls Chorus. As a performer, Tanner recently made her Broadway debut in ILLINOISE at the St. James Theatre (music by Sufjan Stevens, choreography and direction by Justin Peck, and a book by Jackie Sibblies Drury and Peck). Her latest record, One Was Gleaming, was described as “an outstanding, genre-defying album from a uniquely talented composer-songwriter” (Lauren Ishida, I Care If You Listen) and can be heard on all streaming platforms. Tanner received degrees in Composition from the University of Michigan (BM) and the Yale School of Music (MM).
Copland & After Innocence
April 5, 2025 4PM
First Presbyterian Church of Lambertville
31 N Union Street, Lambertville
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.
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