Born in Orange, CA, in 1993, violist Tanner Menees is forging a robust career as a chamber musician. Mr. Menees has collaborated with a range of notable artists, including Miriam Fried, Susan Graham, Lynn Harrell, Frans Helmerson, Gary Hoffman, Kim Kashkashian, Laurence Lesser, Mitsuko Uchida, and Donald Weilerstein.

Tanner recently joined the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and regularly plays with ensemble NOVUS of Trinity Church and A Far Cry. As a soloist, Tanner has appeared with the Colburn Orchestra, Symphony New Hampshire, and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. As a proponent of new American music, he regularly performs and records with Copland House.

International festival appearances include the Marlboro Music Festival, Caramoor’s Evnin Rising Stars and Chamber Feast, Chamberfest Cleveland, Edinburgh Music
Festival, Festival Mozaic, Juilliard String Quartet Seminar, and NEXUS Chamber Music Chicago, among many others.

Tanner received his Bachelor of Music degree and Artist Diploma from the Colburn School, where he studied with Paul Coletti. He later studied with Kim Kashkashian at the New England Conservatory, where he earned his master’s. Tanner plays a viola of the Tarasconi school, made in Milan circa 1880.