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Nellie Quinn

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General Info

  • Genre: Acoustic / Celtic / Folk

    Location Victoria, Canada / Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England, Please select your region., Un

    Profile Views: 9785

    Last Login: 8/24/2011

    Member Since 10/29/2009

    Website www.nelliequinn.com

    Type of Label Unsigned

  • Bio

    Canadian folk fiddler Nellie Quinn is quickly gaining attention as an outstanding musician, captivating performer and versatile interpreter of Canadian traditional musics. At the age of 20, Nellie belies her young years through the depth and maturity of her music, no doubt a result of traveling across Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom to study under some of the best fiddle players of today. Born and raised in Victoria, British Columbia, she began playing music at the age of 9 and unlike most fiddlers, started playing violin an opposite way, or cross fiddle style as she is naturally left handed. After a few years of excelling at playing fiddle tunes left handed, she started to study classical music where it was recommended she switched to the conventional way of playing, right handed. Nellie studied classical music for 3 years before deciding to return to her first love, folk music. Hailing from a musical family, Nellie inherited her great grandfather's fiddle on which she has explored and become proficient in many different genres of music, recording with Indie Band ‘Italian Edition’ and recording her original tunes and traditional folk music on her bands recently released CD ‘From Past to Present’. Nellie has played with many prestigious groups including the ‘British Columbia Fiddle Orchestra’ which performed for over 40,000 people at the Victoria Canada day celebrations and ‘Twisted String’; a string group formed by Juno-nominated composer Oliver Schroer. As an active musician in the Canadian folk scene, Nellie has had the great opportunity to compose and perform with some of Canada’s most influential fiddlers over the past several years. She has performed on stage with such fiddlers as; Gordon Stobbe, Oliver Schroer, Daniel Lapp and Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) and learned from luminaries such as Mark O’Connor, Ashley MacIsaac, Darol Anger, Catriona MacDonald, Jerry Holland, Shane Cook, Calvin Vollrath, Patti Lamoureux, John Arcand and Ivonne & Kalissa Hernandez to name but a few.  Nellie has strong roots in Canadian folk music traditions such as Cape Breton, Quebecois, Métis (indigenous first people of Canada) and Old Time music which puts her in high demand as a fiddle teacher. In 2009 Nellie studied in New York to become a practitioner of Mark O’Connor’s Violin Method. Through her understanding and awareness of these genres she has developed and nurtured an individual style of playing which draws and shows respect for all these traditions whilst creating something vibrant, exciting and different. An evening of music from Nellie is an experience not be forgotten and is guaranteed to get your feet tapping.

  • Members

    Nellie Quinn: Fiddle Freya Rae: Flute Ben Fitzgerald: Guitar Matt Quinn: Melodeon Dogan Mehmet: Cajon

  • Influences

    I have been so lucky to work with many musicians who have influenced me a great deal... These influences include my band members, and many musicians I have worked with. Here's a list of influential musicians in no order: Natalie Macmaster, Oliver Schroer, Ashley MacIsaac, Darol Anger, Mark O'Connor, The Bee Eaters, Crooked Still, John Arcand, Calvin Vollrath, Daniel Lapp, Ivonne & Kalissa Hernandez, Patti Lamoureux, The Schryers, Leahy, Ben Sollee, Stephane Grappelli, Stan Rogers, Sparrow Quartet, Folk Arts Quartet, Aidan O'Rourke, Alasdair Fraser, Natalie Haas, Aly Bain, Andy Leftwich, April Verch, Bela Fleck, Blazin' Fiddles, Catriona Macdonald, Bobby McFerrin, Brian Finnegan, Brian Pickell, Bruce Molsky, Brittany Haas, Casey Driessen, Andre Brunet, Flook, Genticorum, Hanneke Cassel, Zav RT, Calvin Cairns, Gordon Clements, Jerry Holland, Shane Cook, Mark Sullivan, John Coltrane, Joni Mitchell, Vasen, Kenny Baker, La Bottine Souriante, Laura Cortese, Liz Carroll, Lunasa, Martin Hayes, Mike Block, Randal Bays, Troy MacGillivary, Twisted String.

  • Sounds Like

    Modern Folk Music

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  • Tim Cheatle

      

    17 days ago
  • Doyle Kohlbusch

    Hi Nellie

    I am please you let me be a friend. You are a lovely and free spirit woman that most men dream of knowing. I see your adventurous in meeting new people. An your outside beauty is just the reflection of your inner beauty of your lovely heart. An I be looking to read your blogs, see your photos. I am working for the US government Dept of Defense as a army civilian. I hope everything you dream for comes true in your life. Your making the world more enjoyable place with you in it.

    A Friend
    Doyle

    PS: YOU HAVE LOVELY TALENT & CREATIVITY THAT YOU SHOW IN ALL YOUR PERFORMANCES THAT WHY YOUR FANS FEEL HONOR TO SEE YOU PERFORM THEN AND NOW FOR LONG TIME

    2 years ago
  • Callie CHerry



    Hay how are u?

    2 years ago
  • Brandie C. Pointer



    Hello,how are u?

    2 years ago
  • Willie-Bo-Dave

    Cheers from the North Coast of Ohio!!

    2 years ago
  • Phoebe R. Ambrose


    Hello,How do you do?

    2 years ago
  • wolfman dan u.s.a /fan …

    OOwwwoooo,hi
    thanks for addin me 
    & welcome to my page
    your music is all rockin hot
    have a rockin hot weekend
    ynf&nf
    dan

    2 years ago
  • BLAGGARDS

    we





    LOVE








    you!

    2 years ago
  • Lauren MacColl

    cheers ellie. great fiddle playing x

    2 years ago
  • Vidar Skrede

    Hi Nellie,


    thanks for your add and your music - sounds good, I enjoyed it all.

    Cheers
    Vidar

    2 years ago
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