Founded in 2010 by
its Director, Kirsty Orr, it is a cross-community choir with
approximately 65 loyal members of varying ages who come from all
walks of life. The ladies love to sing and they love the bond of
friendships, health benefits and the satisfaction of working as part
of a team to create the beautiful wall of sound in the blend of their
voices. They sing in harmony and they have fun in harmony.
Here's the choir in action with a song that Josh Groban & Westlife have also sung which sounds equally as good as the ladies from Lisburn. Enjoy, "You Raise Me Up"!
Here's the choir in action with a song that Josh Groban & Westlife have also sung which sounds equally as good as the ladies from Lisburn. Enjoy, "You Raise Me Up"!
Included in this year’s season of celebrations was its recent sell-out concert at Lagan Valley Island on Friday 17th April. The concert, which included the highlights of the choir’s musical repertoire over the five years, was a huge success. Songs such as Sister Act, Chicago, Run, Shule Aroon, You Raise Me Up, May It Be, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, Rhythm of Life, Chattanooga Choo Choo, Edelweiss, Tell Me It’s Not True, and many more, were eagerly enjoyed by the audience who thanked the choir with a glorious standing ovation. It was a night of magic and joy!
The choir is well
known in the City of Lisburn and further afield and has achieved a
lot in its first five years, including participating in (and winning)
choral festivals, performing annual concerts to large audiences in
Lagan Valley Island Lisburn, Christmas concerts in the Lisburn
Cathedral, carol singing in Lisburn City Centre, recording the
Christmas CD ‘Christmas in Harmony’, being the first choir to
sing in the Parliament Rooms at Stormont, singing Christmas songs on
Good Evening Ulster (Radio Ulster), providing backing vocals for
Muriel Day’s ‘Testify to Love’, travelling to Bournemouth to
perform a concert with the Bournemouth Male Voice Choir and many more
performances at local, church and community events or as part of
other events. On Sunday 10th May it was featured in BBC
Radio Ulster’s ‘Classical Connections with John Toal’.
The choir has a huge
repertoire of songs which is continually growing—from a wide range
of musical genres including classical, pop, stage musicals, Irish
folk songs, ballads, swing, gospel and Disney.
Kirsty is passionate about her choir …
I formed the choir to fill others with the joy that I get from singing and performing. Singing has amazing benefits for the body and mind, and there is never a rehearsal that I don't enjoy or, indeed, learn something new from. I have the blessed fortune of working with an amazing bunch of ladies, who are up for anything I throw at them, and work incredibly hard. I would like to think though that all our members get as much out of Lisburn Harmony as I do.
In April, the choir
was featured in Irish TV’s ‘Antrim County Matters’ The
programme can be viewed here.
Many of the choir’s
songs are available to view on YouTube so check them out. They can
also be followed on Facebook (Lisburn Harmony Ladies Choir) and
Twitter (@LisburnHarmony) for the latest news of where they are
performing.
It’s onwards and
upwards for Lisburn Harmony Ladies Choir … and they will continue
sing, smile and have fun!
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