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Biography
Infobox musical artist| image = Sharon Corr.png|260px| caption = Sharon performing with The Corrs in Stuttgart in 2004| name = Sharon Corr Order of the British Empire|MBE | background = solo_singer| birth_name = Sharon Helga Corr| birth_date = birth date and age|1970|3|24|df=y| origin = Dundalk , County Louth , Republic of Ireland|Ireland | genre = Pop music|Pop , Rock music|rock , Celtic music|Celtic | occupation = Musician , television personality| instrument = Violin , singing|vocals , piano | years_active = 1990–present| associated_acts = The Corrs | label = Rhino Entertainment|Rhino Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros. | website = URL| http://www.sharoncorr.com/ Sharon Helga Corr (born 24 March 1970) is an Irish people|Irish singer-songwriter, musician and television personality. She is best known as a member of the pop-rock band The Corrs , which she co-founded in 1990 with her elder brother Jim Corr|Jim and younger sisters Caroline Corr|Caroline and Andrea Corr|Andrea . She plays the violin , piano and guitar , and sings backing vocalist|backing vocals . She began learning the violin when she was six years old. She has played in national youth orchestras and is qualified to teach the violin.
The Corr siblings were awarded honorary MBEs in 2005 by Queen Elizabeth II in recognition of both their musical talent and their charitable work raising money for Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne, victims of the Omagh Bombing , and other charities.
In 2012, Sharon was revealed as one of the coaches on the first series of the RTÉ talent show The Voice of Ireland . http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/around-town/sharon-corr-to-judge-for-the-voice-2898083.html
Career
2009–2012: Dream of You
In July 2009, Corr was voted into first place in the Ms Twitter UK competition.cite web|url= http://tweeterwall.mallplace.com/ukwomen07072009|title=Ms Twitter UK Hall of Fame
On 15 July 2009, Sharon appeared on This Morning (TV series)|This Morning , having been booked by host Phillip Schofield via Twitter , to confirm the release of a new solo single and album. her debut single, " It's Not a Dream ", was released on 29 August in Ireland and 31 August in the UK, with appearances at Isle of Wight, Glastonbury, and a number of other European music festival s. The album, Dream of You (Sharon Corr album)|Dream of You , was released on 13 September 2010 and comprises a number of self-penned tracks and select covers; Sharon plays violin throughout. She was joined by longtime Corrs' sidemen Anthony (Anto) Drennan on lead guitar, KeithDuffy on bass, and Jason Duffy on drums, with orchestral arrangements by Fiachra Trench, a collaborator on four Corrs' albums.
Corr embarked on the Dream of You Tour on 19 August 2011 in Aberdeen and continued through the UK and Europe, with an Australian leg added in January 2012. On the tour, she introduced a newly written track, "Edge of Nowhere", which will be included on her second album.
2012–present: The Voice of Ireland and second album
Corr was a coach on the first series of the RTÉ talent show The Voice of Ireland .cite news|url= http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/bressies-in-the-hotseat-in-search-for-the-voice-2919863.html|title=Bressie's in the hotseat in search for the Voice|date=28 October 2011|accessdate=28 October 2011|last=Finn|first=Melanie|work= Evening Herald
In an interview with the Maitland Mercury in February 2012, Sharon revealed that she is piecing together her second solo record. "We're going to record it in May and hopefully have it out in September/October." Sharon is taking a new approach with the writing of this record, "Mostly my whole life I've written on my own. Some of the songs I wrote for The Corrs, like So Young and Radio, I wrote myself. So for the new album I've been writing with other people and that's been brilliant."It's brought other angles to my music that perhaps wouldn't have been there."cite news|url= http://www.maitlandmercury.com.au/news/local/news/general/sharon-corr-lives-to-make-music/2433009.aspx? storypage=0|title=Sharon Corr lives to make music|date=26 February 2012|accessdate=15 March 2012|last=Milligan|first=Nick|work= Maitland Mercury
Corr finished writing the album in March 2012 and she said it may be called Catch the Moon . The title comes from the idea "of when somebody comes into your life and they utterly change yours, that you would go to any lengths for them... so you would catch the moon."cite news|url= http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/woman/life/sharon-corr-rock-chick-and-yummy-mummy-16127159.html|title=Sharon Corr: Rock chick and yummy mummy|date=6 March 2012|accessdate=15 March 2012|work= The Belfast Telegraph
Personal life
In 2001, Corr married Belfast barrister http://www.lawlibrary.ie/barristers/Mr_Robert_Gavin_Bonnar_/3347/ Robert Gavin Bonnar, BL in Cratloe Church , County Clare . In a performance for BBC Radio 2 , she stated, before performing the song, that she walked up to the aisle to "Along With The Girls", a traditional instrumental track that featured on The Corr's first album, " Forgiven Not Forgotten ". The couple met when she was shooting the music video|video for " Runaway (The Corrs song)|Runaway ". They had their first child, son Cathal Robert Gerard "Cal", in 2006, and their second child, daughter Flori Jean Elizabeth, in 2007.cite web|url= http://www.thecorrswebsite.com/news/july07/jul26.htm|title=The Corr's Main Frame
Corr's paternal uncle, Peter Corr , was a professional footballer who played for Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland , and several clubs including Everton F.C.|Everton .
Other recordings
As well as " No Frontiers " with Caroline Corr, Sharon sings " Dimming of the Day " and the demo version of "Goodbye". In 1999 she recorded violin parts for the Jean Michel Jarre track "Rendez-vous ŕ Paris", which was released in 2000 on the album Metamorphoses .
She also recorded two tracks in 2008 with the Welsh people|Welsh opera tic singer Bryn Terfel , and "Amarrado a Ti" with the Spanish people|Spanish singer Alex Ubago in 2009.
The Voice of IrelandSharon CorrTheCorrs Persondata | NAME = Corr, Sharon Helga | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = Singer, violinist | DATE OF BIRTH = 24 March 1970 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Dundalk, County Louth, Republic of Ireland | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Corr, Sharon Category:The Corrs members Category:1970 births Category:Living people Category:Irish female singers Category:Irish violinists Category:People from Dundalk Category:Honorary Members of the Order of the British Empire Category:The Voice judges
