*1939
Composer of Classical
Jerré Tanner (b. 1939 - ) is a composer of symphonies and operas, music critic, teacher, author and long-time resident of Hawaii. He studied orchestration with Pulitzer Prize recipient Wayne Peterson at San Francisco State University where he earned an MA degree in composition. His compositions have been recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra, the Prague Chamber Orchestra, Polish Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra and released on the Albany and Vienna Modern Masters labels. He has received awards and grants from ASCAP, Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, National Association of American Composers and Conductors, National and Hawaii Bicentennial Commissions, Huntington Hartford Foundation in Los Angeles, Meet-the-Composer, and two Margaret Fairbank Jory Copying Assistance grants administered by the American Music Center. In 1997 the State of Hawaii awarded him the Artist Fellowship in Music Composition. In 1999 and 2001 he received commissions through the American Composers Forum “Continental Harmony” program for composer-in-residence in New Mexico and North Carolina.
Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Music From Six Continents: 1997 Series | Caroline Szeto, Barry Mills, Jerré Tanner, Charles Stephen Lawrence Parker, Alan Heard, Siobhan Cleary | 1997 | Album |
Music From Six Continents: 1992 Series | Paul Moravec, Ann Silsbee, Jerré Tanner, Larry Bell | 1992 | Compil. |
Music From Six Continents: 1992 Series | Tsippi Fleischer, Jerré Tanner, Nancy Van de Vate, Sherwood Shaffer | 1992 | Album |
Music From Six Continents: 1991 Series | Edward Reichel, Mary Jeanne Van Appledorn, Dinos Constantinides, Tsippi Fleischer, Jerré Tanner | 1991 | Compil. |