Quinta (musician)

Quinta

Birth name| Katherine Mann
Origin| London, England
Occupation| Instrumentalist
Instruments|

* Violin
* viola
* musical saw
* keyboards

Musical artist

Quinta is the stage name of Katherine Mann, a London-based multi-instrumentalist, solo artist, composer, and session player. She plays the violin, viola, musical saw, and keyboards. Mann's father nicknamed her "Quinta" when she was a baby; he was a teacher of Latin and Greek, and she was the fifth of five children.

Mann is a member of experimental arts quartet Collectress[1][2] who released their first album Mondegreen in 2014.[3] She has released two solo albums, My Sister Boudicca (2009)[4][5][6] and The Quick of the Heart (2017).[7][8]

Mann has performed with numerous other artists including as one of Bat for Lashes’ Blue Dreams on her Radiohead support tour[9][10] and as solo accompanist to Patrick Wolf on his Sundark Riverlight Acoustic World Tour.[11][12]

Since 2010, she has worked extensively with Radiohead's Philip Selway,[13][14] including on his 2014 album release Weatherhouse[15][16] and on the acclaimed score for Rambert's Merce Cunningham Event in 2014.[17][18]

Mann has composed for circus, dance, theatre and television, including for The Paper Cinema,[19][20][21] Mimbre,[22][23] Ockham's Razor[24] and Rambert[25][26] amongst others.

Mann was Rambert's 2015/16 Music Fellow,[27] British Council/PRSF China Musician-in-Residence in 2017,[28] and PRSF Composer Fund awardee in 2019.[29]

## Selected discography

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* Bat for Lashes – Two Suns (2009)
* Quinta – My Sister Boudicca[30] (2009)
* Philip Selway – Running Blind EP (2011)
* Philip Selway – Weatherhouse (2014)
* Collectress – Mondegreen (2014)
* Quinta – Flux: new music new dance Archived 10 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine[31][32] (2017)
* Quinta – The Quick of the Heart[33] (2017)
* Lamb – The Secret Of Letting Go (2019)

## References

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1. ^ "Quinta • CAST THE DICE". Retrieved 10 April 2019.
2. ^ Rutterandbennett (9 August 2018). "Exhibition with Collectress at Devonshire Collective Eastbourne". Chris Rutter and Evelyn Bennett. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
3. ^ "Collectress – Mondegreen". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
4. ^ http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/2009/07/quinta-[permanent dead link]–-my-sister-boudicca
5. ^ Mathews, Jonathan (18 July 2009). "Quinta - My Sister, Boudicca". Thefourohfive.com. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
6. ^ Joseph C Seager (16 April 2009). "Quinta | My Sister, Boudicca". Leedsmusicscene.net. Archived from the original on 25 June 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
7. ^ "Quinta releases second album The Quick of the Heart". CAST THE DICE. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
8. ^ "[sic] Magazine - Quinta – The Quick Of The Heart". Retrieved 10 April 2019.
9. ^ Adams, Sean (30 May 2008). "Bat for Lashes reveals her band for Radiohead supports / Music News // Drowned In Sound". Drownedinsound.com. Archived from the original on 31 July 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
10. ^ [1][dead link]
11. ^ CM (22 October 2012). "Live review: Patrick Wolf @ Kaserne, Basel, 21.10.12 | High Rotation". Highrotation.ch. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
12. ^ "Review: Patrick Wolf @ the Tivoli | NU". Newsunlimited.com.au. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
13. ^ "Radiohead's Philip Selway announces new EP | News". Nme.Com. 5 July 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
14. ^ "Searching for "Kath Mann" on Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
15. ^ Subscribe (2 October 2014). "Philip Selway - Weatherhouse". DIY. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
16. ^ "Philip Selway | Bella Union". bellaunion.com. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
17. ^ "Rambert Event". Rambert. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
18. ^ "Review: Up close and personal with Rambert". The Wonderful World of Dance Magazine. 13 July 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
19. ^ "rhys". The Paper Cinema. 28 November 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
20. ^ "The Paper Cinema's Odyssey". Plays to See. 25 February 2012. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
21. ^ "Paper Cinema". Exeunt Magazine. 30 January 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
22. ^ "Mimbre | The Exploded Circus". Retrieved 10 April 2019.
23. ^ Mimbre Acrobats (12 April 2016), Mimbre's World, retrieved 10 April 2019
24. ^ "Ockham's Razor: Tipping Point: 5 star review by Gillian Bain". broadwaybaby.com. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
25. ^ "In the Making". Rambert. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
26. ^ "Scanning Through The Waves". 22 August 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
27. ^ "Rambert's new Music Fellow announced". Rambert. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
28. ^ "Quinta: Musicians in Residence, China". British Council Music. 12 April 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
29. ^ "The Composers' Fund: Quinta". PRS for Music Foundation. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
30. ^ Tartaruga. "'My Sister, Boudicca' by Quinta". Tartaruga. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
31. ^ Siôn, Pwyll ap (13 June 2017). "Flux". www.gramophone.co.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
32. ^ "Flux | NMC Recordings". www.nmcrec.co.uk. Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
33. ^ "The Quick of the Heart, by Quinta". Quinta. Retrieved 10 April 2019.

## External links

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* Official website
* Collectress

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