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Performance Schedule

Upcoming Performances Merrill Tanner

Music Wednesdays at Noon
Merrill Tanner, soprano, and Ernst Birss, guitar
Wednesday, February 1, 2017, 12:10 - 12:50 pm
McDougall United Church Banquet Hall
101 Street and one block south of Jasper Avenue
Enter by Macdonald Drive
Admission is free!
Presented by the McDougall Concert Association

Wednesday, December 14 , 12 noon – 1 pm
Free CHRISTMAS Concert
“The Musicians of McDougall” – Christmas Classics
Kimberley McMann, Julia Davis, Merrill Tanner, Timothy J. Anderson, guest:  Ernst Birss
Free admission,
McDougall United Church
10025 – 101 street
Admission is free
Complimentary coffee by Starbucks, hot apple cider, Christmas treats, bring your lunch!
A BENEFIT CONCERT IN SUPPORT OF E4C SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM

 

Past Recital Performances

  • March 2, 2016 McDougall Music at Noon Series
  • Nov. 6, 2015 Edmonton Classical Guitar Society 20th Anniversary Concert
  • June 20, 2015 Water Valley Celtic Festival
  • Feb. 11, 2015 - McDougall United Church Banquet Hall - McDougall Music Series
  • May 25, 2013 - Voice and classical guitar recital, St. Albert Chamber Music Society
  • Feb 10, 2013 - Voice and classical guitar recital at Church of the Holy City, Edmonton AB
  • Jan. 30, 2013 - Wednesday Music at Noon Recital McDougall United Church, Church Banquet Hall,
  • Jan. 18, 2012 - Voice and classical guitar noon hour recital at McDougall United Church, Edmonton,
  • Feb. 23, 2011 -Voice and classical guitar noon hour recital at McDougall United Church, Edmonton
  • March 7, 2010 - Feature Artists with Ernst Birss, classical guitar Shurniak Art Gallery, Assinaboia, Saskatchewan
  • November 4, 2009 - Voice and classical guitar noon hour recital at McDougall United Church sponsored by the Musician’s Union, Edmonton
  • April, 2009 Feature Artists with Ernst Birss, classical guitar for Edmonton Classical Guitar Society Event, Hulbert’s
  • November 26, 2008 - Voice and classical guitar noon hour recital at McDougall United Church sponsored by the Musician’s Union, Edmonton
  • April - Sept, 2006 - Feature Artists with Ernst Birss, classical guitar for Sunday Brunch at the “Blue Chair Restaurant”, Edmonton
  • April 20, 2006 - Voice and classical guitar recital with Ernst Birss, Acquired Tastes Tea Co., Edmonton
  • Feb. 11, 2006 - Voice and classical guitar recital with Ernst Birss, Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Edmonton
  • March 9, 2005 - Female Composers Recital, Grande Prairie College, with Carmen Gorgichuk, pianist, Grande Prairie
  • October 4, 2003 - French Voice Recital, Ritchie United Church, with Bob Casgrain and Mary-Lou Cleveland, pianists and David Grainger Brown, guitarist
  • June, 2000 - Schubert Recital at Trinity Lutheran Church with Cedric Abday, pianist
  • April, 1992 - Vocal Recital with violin & piano (Handel, Mozart, Fauré) Knox United Church
  • April, 1990 - Voice Recital with guitar & piano (Bach, Schubert, Poulenc, Seeley, Copland), Grovenor Park United Church

 

Solo Appearances

  • Various Solos (including Dec. 23 and 24, 2012) at McDougall United Church, Edmonton beginning Dec. 2011
  • Solo at Westwood Unitarian Church with Ernst Birss, Edmonton June 3, 2012
  • Various Solos at Christian Science Church, Edmonton 2008-2012
  • Solo at Westwood Unitarian Church, Edmonton May 15, 2011
  • Special Guest at Classical Guitar Concert, with David Grainger Brown, guitar and Tami Cooper, flute, Nov., 2002
  • Featured soloist with Faculté St. Jean Choir, 2000 to 2002
  • 1998-2000 Various solo performances in St. Paul’s United Church (Edmonton), Unitarian Church of Edmonton, Earth Day, St. Albert Music Festival Fundraiser, Holy Spirit Lutheran Church
  • Featured Soloist for the La Ribambelle concert, Saskatoon, May, 1998
  • Solos in Eleanor Daly Requiem, Saskatoon Chamber Singers, Spring, 1998
  • Featured soloist with the Saskatoon Brass Band, 1997
  • Saskatoon Opera Society yearly opera gala performances, 1990-1998

 

Past Vocal Theatre Performances

  • “The Mother” in the 1996 production of Little Match Girl  by R. Faith & M. Ard - Prairie Opera, Saskatoon
  • Opera in Disguise -Opera Excepts in 1994 by Co-Opera, Saskatoon, Barbara Montalbetti, director
  • “Isabelle/Madeline” inThe Face on the Barroom Floor  by H. Mollicone in the 1992 Saskatoon Fringe Festival - Prairie Opera
  • “Mother” in The Women  by T. Pasatieri in the 1992 Saskatoon Fringe Festival - Prairie Opera
  • “The Countess” in Die Fledermaus  by J. Strauss in the 1992 Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan Festival - Prairie Opera directed by Henry Woolf
  •  “Monica” in 1991 production of The Medium by G.C.Menotti with Alphonse Gaudet - Saskatoon Opera Society –directed by Patricia Lenyre
  • “First Spirit” in 1991 of the The Magic Flute  by W.A.Mozart- Saskatoon Opera Society – directed by Laurie Seligman
  • “Sylphinia” in 1990 production of Only a Miracle  by  S. Barab - Prairie Opera at the Persephone Theatre
  • “Cousin” in 1990 The Night Bell  by G. Donizetti - Saskatoon Opera Association

 

Voice Teaching Experience

  • Freelance voice instruction
    (past students include; recording artist Connie Kaldor and Bachelor of Music candidates, Citadel and Edmonton Opera performers)
    1984 - present
  • Voice Instructor at the Saskatchewan School of the Performing Arts
    Sept. 1990 – May 1992
  • Voice Instructor, Music Department, Univ. of Alberta
    1988 - 1989