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Brian Thacker

Brian Thacker

Applied Instructor of Bass

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Brian Thacker (Yale '09) has performed throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and Scandinavia with the Bergen Philharmonic in Norway, Hawaii Symphony and Sarasota Opera. Guest engagements include performances with the Baltimore Symphony, Washington National Opera and Boston Ballet. He joined the Portland Symphony Orchestra bass section in 2014 and serves as a teaching artist in their Music Explorers program, which embeds musicians within the community using music as an educational device in early childhood development. An avid chamber musician, Mr. Thacker has collaborated with members of Ensemble Intercontemporain while in residence at the Lucerne Festival Academy in Switzerland, and with members of the Borromeo & Dover Quartets. As an educator, he has taught applied lessons in the Boston Youth Symphony's Intensive Community Program, at Fitchburg State University, and is currently on faculty at Gordon College and Phillips Exeter Academy.