QUERN
Music - Mainly in the Scottish Idiom
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Contents:
- Introduction
- Meet the QUERN
- What they say about the QUERN
- Our Musical Journeys
- The QUERN Shoppe
- Enquiries
Introduction:
Formed in 1984 with the twin objectives of promoting the music and culture of Scotland in a lively and imaginative way and helping organisations in their fund-raising efforts, QUERN has established its own and perhaps unique niche in the Scottish cultural scene.
While performing mainly in the Scottish idiom, QUERN have an extensive repertoire, frequently incorporating the music and songs of other lands in their performances.
Widely travelled within Scotland, QUERN have taken part in major events in France, Holland, Germany, Spain and Russia and made two-week tours to both Eastern Australia and Western Canada (twice) playing for Scots Societies, Burns and Country Dance Clubs. In a three-week tour to Kenya, Quern help to raise funds for a Kenyan hospital
To aid charities, QUERN operates on a ‘no-fee, expenses-only basis’. Enquiries are welcomed from charitable and voluntary organisations throughout the country.
Meet the QUERN:
The regular members of QUERN are:
| Amy Donaldson Gabrielle Kuhn Jim Laing Wallace Lockhart David Lunt Connie Park Jim Sim Bill Sinclair Molly Sinclair Deonaid Wilson |
- Musical Director, accompanist & accordion - fiddle - fiddle - mandolin & script-writer - flute - soprano - rhythm - guitar - accordion - fiddle |
What they say about the QUERN:
| "Another marvellous performance - packed the hall to bursting point" | Stirling Observer |
| "An evening of sheer delight" | Journal and Gazette |
| "One of the Fringe’s nuggets of gold. A delightful little orchestra" | Edinburgh Evening News |
| "..enthusiasm of the performers gave it a freshness of its own ...deserves a warm welcome" | The Scotsman |
| "Your performance has become a considerable contribution to strengthening friendly relations and cultural ties between Russia and Great Britain" | E B Shurygin, The Chairman of the Council of the South-east Administrated District of the city of Moscow |
| "The best amateur group I have ever had the pleasure to meet" | Allan Lindsay, President, Hunter Valley Scots Club, NSW, Australia |
| "A talented and versatile group of musicians, Quern delighted audiences with their lively and varied repertoire. Quern... haste ye back." | Robert Bell, President, Victoria B.C. Gaelic Choir, Canada |
Our Musical Journeys:
A blend of story, songs, music and verse - and the odd cameo
"Life of Burns"
Hogg - "The Ettrick Shepherd"
"Life of Robert Service"
"Robert Louis Stevenson"
"The Royal Mile"
"The Story of Country Dancing"
"Fishing and Trawling"
"Bothies, Bannocks and Ballads"
"Violet Jacob - a tribute"
"Linlithgow’s Story"
and, of course "QUERN In Concert"
The QUERN Shoppe
Available from "the QUERN Shoppe" are books and music, bits and pieces and such QUERN recordings as:-
"QUERN in Concert - 3"
"QUERN in Concert -2"
"Quern in Concert - 1"
"Royal Mile"
"The Burns Story"
"Niel Gow the Fiddler"
"Tales of Scotland"
"The Songs of Wallace Lockhart"
Enquiries to:-
e-mail: quernmail@linnet.co.uk