Performance Schedule
Upcoming Performances
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
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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
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