Tusker began playing the viola in seventh grade. Having started the violin at the age of four, he fell in love with the sound of the viola the very first time he heard it played. Though he an still rip a Scottish fiddle tune on the violin, his heart is with the viola.
This spring he will be travelling to Ellensburg to compete in the State solo competition on viola.
This is Tusker’s second year with the Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra and his first year as principal violist for the Port Townsend High School Orchestra.
He enjoys singing and has sung in the Port Townsend Youth Chorus for the past seven years.
Tusker is on the high school track team, Knowledge Bowl team, PTHS robotics team, and is in the Students for Sustainability club. He enjoys mountain biking, scuba diving, travel, backpacking, fishing, and designing and building just about anything.