Sharon Corr

Sharon Corr
MBE
Sharon Corr performs at the 2012 Brussels Summer Festival.
Sharon Corr performs at the 2012 Brussels Summer Festival.
Background information
Birth nameSharon Helga Corr
Born (1970-03-24) 24 March 1970 (age 54)
OriginDundalk, Louth, Ireland
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • television personality
Instrument(s)
  • Violin
  • vocals
  • piano
  • guitar
Years active1990–present
LabelsRhino
Warner Bros.
Spouse(s)
Robert Gavin Bonnar
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(m. 2001; sep. 2019)​
Websitewww.sharoncorr.com

Sharon Helga Corr MBE (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[citation needed].

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. On 22 March 2019, Corr was awarded an honorary doctorate (DUniv) by the Open University,[1] in recognition of her "exceptional contribution to education and culture". The ceremony took place at the Barbican Centre, London.

In 2012, Corr was revealed as one of the coaches on the first series of the RTÉ talent show The Voice of Ireland.[2]

  1. ^ "Sharon Corr receives honorary doctorate from The Open University". the Open University. the Open University. 22 March 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Sharon Corr to judge for The Voice". Herald.ie.