Panache Quartet-a moment in time….
“I absolutely LOVE the sound of Panache! The winner for me is the sheer enthusiasm and energy in the playing - you can actually hear the smiles! Sometimes, witht he right people, there is a spark, a connection that lets you bounce off each other and create something really special - this is it!”
Panache Quartet
Cape Breton Fiddler ANDREA BEATON
Franco-American fiddler DONNA HEBERT
Southern-Scottish fiddler JANE ROTHFIELD
Quebecois fiddler VERONIQUE PLASSE
Panache Quartet’s fiery fiddlers are leaders in their own genres. This supergroup literally crosses borders, merging repertoires and calendars, all out of mutual longing for their magical musical conversations! Drawing on deep, soulful roots in Cape Breton, Appalachian and Old Time, Quebecois and Franco-American traditions, the fiddlers write spectacular music that’s already entered the living tradition. Panache plays true roots music with a contemporary twist!
What happens when you put these fierce musicians together? You could call it fiddle bliss - lively reels, dancing jigs, soulful waltzes and airs, plus dancing feet and rousing songs@ Listening to panache, you hear art being made at the moment of inspiration. Quartet members ignite each other with arrangements, countermelodies, harmonies, rhythms and musical improvisation. The result is something NEW and EXCITING and FUN!