Quartette is a Canadian country-folk group featuring Cindy Church

Cindy Church

Cindy Church is a Canadian country and folk artist. Church released three studio albums on Stony Plain Records and was nominated for Best Country Female Vocalist at the Juno Awards in 1995 and 1996. She is also a member of the award winning group Quartette....

, Caitlin Hanford, Gwen Swick and Sylvia Tyson

Sylvia Tyson

Sylvia Tyson, CM , is a musician, performer, singer-songwriter and broadcaster. From 1959 to 1974, she was half of the popular folk duo Ian & Sylvia with Ian Tyson....

. Each of the four members also records as a solo artist in addition to their work as a group.

Biography

The group was originally formed in 1993 by Tyson, Church, Hanford and Colleen Peterson

Colleen Peterson

Colleen Susan Peterson was a Canadian country and folk singer, who performed both as a solo artist and as a member of the band Quartette.-Career:...

. Following Peterson's death of cancer in 1996, Swick — a friend and collaborator of Peterson's who was Peterson's own choice to replace her — joined the band.

All four current members are accomplished solo performers, but their collaboration on Quartette's four CDs (as of April 2006) has met with an enthusiastic reception from fans and the media, and since 1993 they have performed on Adrienne Clarkson Presents

Adrienne Clarkson Presents

Adrienne Clarkson Presents was a Canadian cultural entertainment series broadcast on CBC Television beginning in 1988. The series ended in 1999, the year host Adrienne Clarkson was appointed Governor General of Canada....

, the Vancouver Folk Music Festival

Vancouver Folk Music Festival

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, among others, and their recordings have been reviewed favourably by The Globe and Mail

The Globe and Mail

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, Chatelaine

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and Billboard.

In 1994 Quartette won the Canadian Country Music Association

Canadian Country Music Association

The Canadian Country Music Association was founded in 1976 as the Academy of Country Music Entertainment to organize, promote and develop a Canadian country music industry. The association changed its name to the Canadian Country Music Association in 1987.-Awards:The CCMA held the first Canadian...

's award for best vocal collaboration, and in 1995 and 1996 they were nominated at the Juno Awards in the category of best country group.

Albums

Year	Title	CAN Country
1993	Quartette
1995	Work of the Heart	19
1996	It's Christmas
1998	In the Beauty of the Day
2002	I See a Star
2007	Down at the Fair

Singles

Year	Title	CAN Country	Album
1994	"Red Hot Blues"	9	Quartette
1995	"No Place Like Home"	81	Work of the Heart
1999	"I Don't Want to Cry"	53	In the Beauty of the Day