Phil Hanson

Phil Hanson is the founding timpanist of the Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra and has been with them for 31 years. He is the founding timpanist with Auburn Symphony under Stewart Kershaw. In a long career he has performed with the Seattle Symphony and Opera, as well as the Tacoma Symphony, Opera, and Ballet. He has also performed for more than a decade with the Peter Britt Festival Orchestra in southern Oregon. In addition, he has a long list of freelance work to his credit.