Jo Quail

2 weeks ago

Another huge thank you to Estie Joy Photography for this gallery, to organisers CHAOS THEORY and Lewisham Libraries, and to those of you who came along to enjoy and learn at my workshop last weekend in Catford Library!

It was really very inspiring to see how many of you wanted to listen to me chat about my effects, live looping, and inner ear monitors while I played through my pieces. It was also lovely to see a range of you, from just starting out to already far along your creative journeys, trying my cello and pedals for yourselves.

I hope to be able to deliver more workshops soon! It has been a privilege to take part in event series Echoes Off The Pages, which has brought different communities together to demystify a huge range of experimental techiques. Bartholomew and Kate Arnold - Music were fascinating in previous weeks, and Lia Mice will no doubt provide a fantastic workshop to end the series this Saturday. Credit to those at Arts Council England and Lewisham Council who support Vicky at Lewisham Libraries and Kunal at Chaos Theory in this endeavour.

Thanks as always to BOSS, Cosmic Ears and D'Addario Orchestral for the tools that provide me with the means to express myself fully. ... See MoreSee Less

Jo Quail is with Estie Joy Photography and 2 others.

3 weeks ago

What a magnificent time we had on Saturday at Catford Library! It was such a pleasure to not only share my music with those of you in my tribe and perform for you, but also to have an opportunity to share with you my composition and live looping processes.

It is always inspiring to see those of you familiar to me, and welcome a vast range of new faces, people of all ages and experiences engaging with me and my music, asking all of the questions one might expect from creatively awakened souls, and even trying the cello and loopstation for yourselves!

Thank you for making me feel welcome and for sharing your passion and potential. I hope you will keep exploring and that we see each other again. I'll perform a full concert in London on 20th September, the final date of my UK tour.

Saturday was all made possible by the brilliant people behind this series Echoes Off The Pages, Vicky of Lewisham Libraries and Kunal of CHAOS THEORY. Thank you so much to Nathan Greywater for the wonderful sound, to the staff at Catford Library, and Eila and Ruban for your endless support and for handling merch perfectly.

A big thank you to Estie Joy Photography for sharing these lovely moments from Saturday. There will be a full gallery on Chaos Theory's and Lewisham Libraries' Facebook and Instagram pages this week 😍 ... See MoreSee Less