About the quartet

Quorus was based in the Nottingham area and performed at weddings, funerals, Care Homes and other private functions.

The group originally formed as a semi-chorus of The Saturday Singers in order to perform as a functioning ‘a cappella’ quartet.

Performances lasted around one hour, including a short break.

We were:

  • ▪ Phillip Burley, Baritone
  • ▪ Andre Francis, Tenor
  • ▪ Nev Hamilton, Bass
  • ▪ Wendy Smith, Alto (who took over from Alison Rawlins - shown in many photos, who was with us for around 5 years).

We did not perform in accordance with government lockdown and/or other restrictions during the Covid pandemic, and never re-assembled later. The website is left up ‘in memorium’.

The Masonic Hall, 2014

Clip from YouTube video, 2020

Music

The quartet covered a wide range of music genres, from Gospel, through Madrigal and traditional, to Barbershop. A standard performances lasted around one hour, with or without a break.

Programmes from a selection of concerts are shown below:

  • ▪ Kingfishers Court, April 2018   View PDF
  • ▪ Blore Hall, Derbys, March 2017   View PDF
  • ▪ Nottingham Roundabout, May 2015   View PDF

Videos constructed under Covid-19 pandemic lockdown were posted to YouTube:

Collaborations

The quartet had collaborated or performed with various groups over the years we had been formed. These are listed:

  • ▪ The Saturday Singers. Their concerts always included a spot where we performed either two or three songs.
  • ▪ The Pye Hill and District Male Voice Choir. We had a guest spot at one their concerts in 2017 where we performed three songs.
  • ▪ Sempre. We had a split concert with this all-female group, each of us performing two sets (see photo at right).

Quorus and Sempre

Performing at Bloore Hall, 2015

Contact

Webmaster:   Andre Francis

          Email:   andre.francis1@gmail.com