Quartette (band)

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Quartette

| image =

| caption =

| background = group_or_band

| origin = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

| genre = Country/Folk

| years_active = 1993–present

| label = Denon

| associated_acts =

| website = {{URL|quartette.com}}

| current_members = Cindy Church
Caitlin Hanford
Gwen Swick
Sylvia Tyson

| past_members = Colleen Peterson

}}

Quartette is a Canadian country-folk group consisting of Cindy Church, Caitlin Hanford, Gwen Swick and Sylvia Tyson.{{cite magazine|author=Larry LeBlanc|title=Canada: Who's Who|magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sAsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA80|date=4 February 1995|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=80–|issn=0006-2510}} Each of the four members also record as solo artists in addition to their work as a group.{{cite magazine|author=Larry LeBlanc|title=Stony Plain's Church revives folk with 'Just a Little Rain'work=Billboard| magazine=Billboard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xgsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA24|date=19 August 1995|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=24–|issn=0006-2510}}

History

The group was originally formed in 1993 and included Tyson, Hanford, Church and Colleen Peterson.{{cite book|author=John Einarson|title=Desperados: The Roots of Country Rock|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pydnobIDzJEC&pg=PA233|date=January 2001|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-0-8154-1065-2|pages=233–}}{{cite book|author=Jason Schneider|title=Whispering Pines: The Northern Roots of American Music... from Hank Snow to the Band|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c--zNXu1v74C&pg=RA1-PT149|date=15 December 2010|publisher=ECW Press|isbn=978-1-55490-552-2|pages=1–}}

In 1994 Quartette released a self-titled album,[http://www.stalbertgazette.com/article/Quartette-brings-Christmas-to-Morinville-20151125 "Quartette brings Christmas to Morinville"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108190338/http://www.stalbertgazette.com/article/Quartette-brings-Christmas-to-Morinville-20151125 |date=2017-01-08 }}. St. Albert Gazette, Nov 25, 2015 Anna Borowiecki and later that year won a Canadian Country Music Association award for best vocal collaboration.

In 1995 and 1996 they were nominated for Juno Awards in the category of best country group.

Peterson had toured and recorded with Quartette until early 1996, when she was diagnosed with cancer and was unable to perform with the band during her cancer treatment. She chose her friend and collaborator Gwen Swick to fill in for her,Ted Shaw, "Quartette copes with loss". Windsor Star, December 14, 1996. and later died in Toronto on October 9 that year. She is interred in Little Lake Cemetery in Peterborough, Ontario.

All four current members of the group are also solo performers who have toured throughout Canada,{{cite magazine|author=Larry LeBlanc|title=Tyson album, stage show, draw on her life and long career in music|magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aREEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA60|date=9 September 2000|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=60–|issn=0006-2510}} having performed on Adrienne Clarkson Presents and at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival.

Quartette's recordings and live performances have been reviewed favorably by The Globe and Mail, Chatelaine and Billboard.

At the end of 2016, Quartette continued to perform live, completing a month-long tour in December.[https://ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/local-arts/a-quartette-christmas-with-sylvia-tyson-and-friends "A Quartette Christmas with Sylvia Tyson and friends"]. Ottawa Citizen, Lynn Saxberg, December 16, 2016

Discography

=Albums=

class="wikitable"

! Year

! Title

! CAN Country

1993

| Quartette

1995

| Work of the Heart[http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/cdreview.asp?xid=2243 "Quartette Work Of The Heart – 1995 (Denon (Canada))"]. Country Standard Time, Reviewed by Joel Bernstein

| align="center"| 19

1996

| It's Christmas

1998

| In the Beauty of the Day

2002

| I See a Star

2007

| Down at the Fair

rowspan="2"| 2013

| Rocks and Roses

20 Years of Quartette