Sharon Corr
| Sharon Corr MBE |
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Sharon Corr performs at the 2012 Brussels Summer Festival.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Sharon Helga Corr |
| Born | 24 March 1970 |
| Origin | Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland |
| Genres | Pop, rock, celtic |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, television personality |
| Instruments | Violin, vocals, piano, guitar |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Labels |
Rhino Warner Bros. |
| Associated acts | The Corrs |
| Website | www |
| Notable instruments | |
| Barcus-Berry Violin | |
Sharon Helga Corr (born 24 March 1970) is an 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 and younger sisters Caroline and Andrea. She plays the violin, piano and guitar, and sings 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, Corr was revealed as one of the coaches on the first series of the RTÉ talent show The Voice of Ireland.
In July 2009, Corr was voted into first place in the Ms Twitter UK competition.
On 15 July 2009, Corr appeared on This Morning, having been booked by host Phillip Schofield via Twitter, to confirm the release of a new solo single and album. Her début 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 festivals. The album, Dream of You, was released on 13 September 2010 and comprises a number of self-penned tracks and select covers with Corr playing violin throughout. She was joined by longtime Corrs' sidemen Anthony (Anto) Drennan on lead guitar, Keith Duffy 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. While on the tour she introduced a newly written track, "Edge of Nowhere", which will be included on her second album.
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