biography
Joanna Quail has performed in a wide range of venues from the Royal Albert Hall, St James' Piccadilly and the Blackheath Concert Halls and has recorded numerous live sessions for the BBC and independent radio and TV channels.
She is also a keen composer and she has written and recorded with a variety of leading performers from popular opera singers to classic rock icons, her commissions including music for film and theatre companies such as Danish Orphic Films and Teatro Vivo.
As both cellist and composer, Jo is committed to taking the cello and her music to a wide audience and she performs widely on her starfish electric cello at festivals throughout the UK and Europe.
Jo's experimental and sometimes improvisatory approach to composition has caught the attention of a number of festivals in the UK and Europe, including major festivals in Germany and renowned Glastonbury Festival.
Joanna also leads her own instrumental ensemble SonVer, which performs regularly in the UK and Europe, filling venues from concert halls to jazz clubs, from the Völkerschlachtdenkmal War Memorial in Leipzig to various outdoor settings in the UK.
Joanna hold a music degree and post-graduate
performance diploma.
Biography from St James’ recital programme,
February 2009.
© Marina Geraghty
Joanna Quail
contact: info@joannaquail.co.uk
