Tanner Otto

Tanner Otto holds a bachelors degree in Music Education from The Ohio State University and currently teaches orchestra at Sycamore Community Schools (Cincinnati). A violist and violinist, he started improvising and playing eclectic styles early in his music career. As a strong advocate of technology and improvisation, Tanner has developed lesson plans that use GarageBand to help students practice, compose songs, and build their improvising skills. He has presented these ideas at conferences across Ohio, including at the Ohio Music Education Association Conference.  
    
Tanner is the Assistant Director of the nation's largest summer string camp that takes place annually in Moorhead, MN. The camp routinely hosts over 300 string students in August. In 2019, he was able to share his expertise at the ASTA National Conference, presenting a session on starting and developing summer camps.

Tanner began arranging pop tunes for string orchestra seven years ago. Since then, he has continued arranging and composing for various ensembles from string quartet to full orchestra. His pop and rock music influences make his compositions modern and unique. Tanner is excited to be published with Alfred Music Publishing starting in 2019.