Tyson Kerr
ACCOMPANIST, ÒRAN
Tyson Kerr is a stylistically diverse composer, arranger, pianist, organist, singer, and accordionist. Tyson has collaborated with and written commissions for a variety of Edmonton groups, including Citie Ballet, Musango, 6 Minute Warning, and Cosmopolitan Music Society. An award-winning graduate of the University of Toronto, Grant MacEwan, and Banff Centre for the Arts music programs, Tyson has released several albums as leader/co-leader with free improvised classical folk quartet Myrtle's Turtle and composer collective The Writers' Guild. Tyson is the organist for St Paul’s United, teaches through the Sarah McLachlan School of Music, MacEwan Conservatory, and uses a degree in social work to help make artist spaces more inclusive.