Paul Tanner

Performance

Paul will join Fritz Hauser, Ian Cleworth, Louise Devenish, Joey Eng and Gabrielle Lee in a concert of short solo works that explore the breadth of percussion and the artistry and styles of each artist.

Artist Bio

Paul Tanner is the Chair of Percussion at the University of Western Australia and Principal Percussionist of the Perth Symphony Orchestra. He has performed throughout Australia and South-East Asia for Musica Viva; in the UK with Grammy-nominated guitarist, Craig Ogden; with diverse groups at the Adelaide, Sydney, and Perth International Arts Festivals; at Darwin’s Bougainvillea and International Guitar Festivals; and in the east coast of Australia with New York’s Bang-on-a-Can Allstars.

Paul studied with Steven Schick in San Diego, and gained insight into the percussion music of other cultures by travelling and studying in Latin America and West Africa. He has collaborated with musicians from diverse genres, composers, dancers, circus performers, dramaturgs, poets and painters; built and composed for invented instruments; educated future performers through schools’ performances and residencies; composed works for students and professional soloists; and arranged works by composers as diverse as J.S. Bach, Ed Sheeran and Iannis Xenakis. His recent PhD project, researching and developing repertoire for one player performing marimba and vibraphone simultaneously, was awarded the medals for ‘most outstanding research thesis’ by both WAAPA and Edith Cowan University.