About this Event
Tanner Porter is a composer-performer, arranger 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. 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 Albany Symphony Orchestra, and the National Repertory Orchestra, among others. She is thrilled to have collaborated with choreographer Claudia Schreier on two orchestral 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). As an arranger, Tanner orchestrated Grammy award-winning songwriter Aoife O’Donovan’s record All My Friends (The Knights of New York, The Westerlies, SF Girls Chorus), and collaborated with the Orlando Philharmonic, Virginia Symphony and music director Eric Jacobsen on the score for the original play “Potsdam” (script by Harley Elias). As a performer, Tanner 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), and premiered “Legacies” with the Living Earth Show (featuring music by The Sleeping Giant Collective) at San Francisco’s Herbst Theatre. Her latest record of songs, 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. She received degrees in Composition from the University of Michigan (BM) and the Yale School of Music (MM).
Agenda
🕑: 06:45 PM - 07:30 PM
Doors Open
Info: Doors Open. Grab a drink!
🕑: 07:30 PM - 08:30 PM
Performance
🕑: 08:30 PM - 09:00 PM
Post Show Hang
Event venue & nearby stays
34 7th St, 34 7th Street, San Francisco, United States
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