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Tanner West – Second Horn

Tanner West grew up in Charlotte, and started playing horn at the age of 14. During high school he was selected as Principal Horn of the North Carolina All-State Band. Tanner was the winner of the Southeastern Horn Workshop performing the Strauss First Horn Concerto. He currently attends the University of North Carolina at Greensboro on a music scholarship. He performs in the Wind Ensemble, University Symphony Orchestra, and the 4 Fresh and a Stale Wind Quintet.

Tanner started playing orchestral horn with the Charlotte Symphony Youth Orchestra, and later won his first job at the age of 18 with the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra. He is also a regular substitute musician with the North Carolina Symphony. Tanner was a fellow of the Brevard Music Center and worked with conductors Keith Lockhart and Ken Lam. Primary teachers include Abigail Pack along with Hazel Dean-Davis of the Virginia Symphony. In his free time Tanner enjoys golf and a good cup of coffee.

To Educate. To Entertain. To Inspire.

The Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1956 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and is a professional, regional orchestra whose mission is to educate, entertain, and inspire the citizens of the Fayetteville, North Carolina region as the leading musical resource. Praised for its artistic excellence, the Symphony leads in the cultural and educational landscape for Fayetteville and the southeastern North Carolina region.

The Fayetteville Symphony typically performs 8 concerts during any given season performing both at Methodist University and Fayetteville State University. Partnerships with other agencies include collaborative performances with Cape Fear Regional Theatre, chamber concerts at St. John’s Episcopal Church, as well as the city’s annual Independence concert with fireworks. The Symphony brings music to the schools and the community by performing educational concerts, as well as having its own Fayetteville Symphony Youth Orchestra, after school strings and summer music camps.