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Enjoyed some boat crochet and a gorgeous view during my recent EU tour. It was wonderful to make new connections and strengthen existing ones throughout those few weeks 🥰
You can stay connected with the inner workings of my compositions and techniques, and even share your feedback about works in progress, by supporting me on Music Patron.
To thank my patron community for their invaluable help, I regularly share insights and meet with them on Zoom to divulge musical ideas. I say to thank them, but honestly exploring ideas with open-hearted people who "get" my music nourishes me and fans the flames of inspiration, so it is really just a wonderful opportunity to go on this journey together with you 🙏❤️🔥
If you think you might be interested, there is more information at the link on my bio at the top xx
Photos:
Boat Crochet - Fed
Crouched by pedals - Åke Tireland at Debaser
Music Patron image - Nick Hodgson
How exhilarating! I will never get over the vastness and power that can be achieved by an orchestra, as here with Wilmink Orkest last year in The Netherlands!
My solo album 'Notan' has been released around the world and I have loved performing it to some of you across the UK and Europe.
Now I'm excited about working more on orchestral compositions with 'Ianus' (with a few other adventures in between). You can read all about in my recent interview with @AtTheBarrier (link in profile).
Thank you to the team who filmed this performance of 'Halmi' last November @wilminktheater:
Filmed by Andreas Weimann and Philipp Molin
Recorded by Lex Van Diepen
FOH Raymond Tabak
Lights Zis Ankone
#orchestra #composer #dramatic #exhilarating #thejourneycontinues
Wow stunning
Dit was een heerlijke prachtige muzikale avond.👌
A magic time ❤️
Jo Quail Notan is magnificent now Ianus will be a truly awesome masterwork with all the orchestral might backing you 🔥🔥 🔥 ❤️
Is there a full version of this show available Jo? X
❤️❤️❤️
Great Jo... a hug from Verona..italy
Hey Jo Sounds incredible!!!! Great to see you after all these years, out in the world sharing your gifts Love to you and yours 🙏🐻❤️🐦⬛🥳
Brilliant
Wow totally amazing a dream experience full orchestra, looks and sounds amazing
Wow indeed!
Sounds epic.
Wow!! 😍👏👏💛
Yesssssss
love that you are smiling during this performance! Totally justified!🎼❤️❤️😘😘🎼
Amazing!!
Very much looking forward to this concert with my dear Aaron Stainthorpe and Mark Deeks Music in September, and in such a stunning location too 🙂XX
my photo by Jovi Zhang 😊PROPHECY FEST 2026 – HOME OF DARK STIRRING MUSIC
3–5 SEPTEMBER – BALVE CAVE, GERMANY
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Dear Prophecy family,
as this year’s gathering in Balve gradually draws closer, we invite you to become acquainted with the artists who will shape Prophecy Fest 2026 into a particularly memorable chapter. Join us in welcoming them on the road to Balve Cave!
INTRODUCING THE ARTISTS:
AARON STAINTHORPE, MARK DEEKS & JO QUAIL
– PERFORM SONGS OF MY DYING BRIDE, ARÐ, & JO QUAIL –
Bringing together three voices of emotive music, Aaron Stainthorpe, Mark Deeks, and Jo Quail unite for a unique performance at Prophecy Fest.
Aaron Stainthorpe, known for his unmistakable voice from High Parasite and his former works with MY DYING BRIDE, has shaped the emotional language of doom metal for more than three decades. In collaboration with composer Mark Deeks, widely admired for his work with Arð, and internationally acclaimed cellist Jo Quail, this special performance presents selected works in an exciting and new collaborative context.
Expect interpretations of songs from MY DYING BRIDE, ARÐ and JO QUAIL’s REPERTOIRE, brought to life through the combined artistic vision of these three distinctive musicians.
Within the Balve Cave, a collaboration promising a deeply atmospheric experience shaped by emotion and musical sensitivity will await you. Be prepared.
Wohoooow, looking forward to having youto again 🙂
So sad that I can't be there! Prophecy Fest is such a lovely festival and I really would have loved to see you playing there
See you there !!!!! 🙏🏻
Can't wait!
I am waiting and will be there! Great to see you again
Have a special time. Jo ❤️
Sounds like a great session! Will get more data when we next talk!
a big hug from Verona dear Jo
EUROPE!!! I love you. Thank you for such a beautiful few weeks 🥰
I see this as a kind of mini triumph - for an artist with ‘no fixed genre’, often ‘hard to place’… and yet, together, we did it! If being difficult to define is what it takes to meet audiences like you every night, then I’ll happily stay that way. Sign me up!
As I often say (usually at length, mid-concert!), it takes a lot of people to make a solo tour happen. I have the deepest gratitude to so many incredible people; my wonderful agents at Atonal Music Agency, our brilliant promoters, my superhero tour manager Fed, Kunal (CHAOS THEORY) back home fielding socials, my beautiful family, but most of all, thank you to every single one of you who showed up 🙏💞 You blew my expectations sky high and made me want to write more music, wilder music, crazy music, I’m already starting!! 🎶🎶
12,299 km expertly driven (not by me!), 17 concerts - each one totally unique. From concert halls to old school gig venues, every single one was a privilege to play 🙏❤️🔥
Lots more to say, but I’ll be sharing more in the coming days.
Much love,
Jo xxx
📷: Peter Troest
Thank YOU! You gave me a completely mindboggling experience in Stockholm. ❤️ Hope to meet you again sometime.
Thank you for the wonderful evenings with your beautiful music. Always great to see you 😍🙌🏼🎶❤️
Thank you for the concert and the conversations in Wrocław. I hope the figurine arrived at your home in one piece?
What a night that was, tuesday in Haacht (BE). Absolutely Stunning.... Oh, my God!!! I'm still on Cloud 9... Thank you aswel for taking the time for a wee little chat with Stijn and me after the concert, and signing that load of CD's I bought from you, me struggling to unshrinkwrap them all, haha. Thank you for such a wondeful evening !!!!!! If all goes well we'll be in Utrecht! > Aaron Stainthorpe, Mark Deeks & Jo Quail in Stadsklooster | TivoliVredenburg
You stole my heart 💚
Thank you so much for that brilliant evening! I enjoyed every minute, it was magic <3 And it was such an honour hosting you. Come back any time, you will always be welcome 🙂
Joanna, as I said in Wrocław, a song about you youtu.be/EEpzKvunHuE?is=k3XT030pQpXaglJV A.D. 1969 Prześliczna wiolonczelistka Very beauty cello woman
Come to USA 🇺🇸!
... and we love you for who you are, an incredible Artist (capital A) and a joy to listen to and to watch (the expressions while playing). What is even more jaw dropping is the level of footwork that is involved, had the chance to watch this closely, Holy Sh.t ! Looking forward to the release of the Orchestral work and to work with you again in another crazy experiment of Ziele Klanken II in February 2027 ! Keep up the Crossover excelling work !
Beautiful photo!
Concerts
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25Jun, 2026Buy TicketsMorvala Festival, Cornwall 27 June
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17Jul, 2026Buy TicketsFestung Königstein as special guest of Songleikr, with Sieben as well!
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22Aug, 2026Buy TicketsArctangent Festival 19 – 22 August performing Notan with Crossbones Trombone Ensemble and Tom Atherton
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06Sep, 2026Buy TicketsUtrecht with Aaron Stainthorpe and Mark Deeks – our collaborative project playing as a trio the music of Jo Quail, My Dying Bride, and Ard.
'Jo shines in her compositional craft and an ingenuity in approaching what her instrument can do.’ 8/10
